jollymania 162 Report post Posted May 10, 2011 http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=365222 I have to believe that the referee did not read the trip as it occurred and that he must have thought that the slash hit Thornton in a protected area of his shin pad and as such Joe's reaction was one of embellishment (diving). This certainly wasn't the case as a camera shot showed Thornton's face in the penalty box. Franzen's slash obviously carved some meat off the ham bone what a lunatic the Fraser column and the Dreger column and pretty much everything else is making TSN look like a joke. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SouthernWingsFan 854 Report post Posted May 10, 2011 And I am a millionaire... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
evilzyme 769 Report post Posted May 10, 2011 I personally like the Kerry Fraser articles on TSN, he talks a lot of honesty when it comes to the game. If you haven't you should read his article concerning "make up" calls. Towards this article it was an obvious dive, there was no "trip" by Franzen, the stick barely went above the lip of his skate and he has shin pads. Does it hurt? Hell yeah it hurts if he actually connected with skin but I highly doubt it. The worst is that "big joe" went down holding his face like he had gotten high sticked. I was surprised he wasn't biting his lips while he was down there trying to sell a double like some Shark players I know. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HankthaTank 1,100 Report post Posted May 10, 2011 The ****** was laughing his ass off like a little school girl in the box... How can they even consider this not being a dive when he wears this jersey: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toby91_ca 620 Report post Posted May 10, 2011 It actually is "possible" that it wasn't a dive, but unlikely. Looks like the stick could have caught him between the skate and the shin pad, and if it did, speaking form experience, that hurts a hell of a lot. In all liklihood though....dive. I did get a bit of an amusement out of Franzen complaining about the dive though, I mean, of all players..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edicius 3,269 Report post Posted May 10, 2011 The ****** was laughing his ass off like a little school girl in the box... Exactly. Fraser's an idiot if he thought Thornton was grimacing in pain in the box. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nightfall 871 Report post Posted May 10, 2011 (edited) Meh, the right calls were made. Time to move on. I really like Kerry Frasier's columns on TSN. The article on make up calls was great. He really seems honest when he writes them. With the amount of high praise I read on these forums about him and McCreary, you would think some of these would get a little more positive attention. Edited May 10, 2011 by Nightfall Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
