Namingway 146 Report post Posted December 24, 2013 Merry Christmas! To: Buffalo Sabres From: Mike Smith's pants I think we all need a good laugh after tonight's game, so there ya go Hope you all have a great holiday! 5 Nev, dropkickshanahans, Z Winged Dangler and 2 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nev 1,085 Report post Posted December 24, 2013 Hahaha, the Sabres deserve a bit of luck like that with the season they're having As for Smith, couldn't happen to a more deserving goaltender. 2 Z Winged Dangler and haroldsnepsts reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
St. Michael (the Red Wing) 422 Report post Posted December 24, 2013 Great nothing better than seeing that happen to an overrated goaltender like Smith. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DeGraa55 Report post Posted December 24, 2013 Lol that was great. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Playmaker Report post Posted December 24, 2013 That should have been a no goal. How can the referee not lose sight of the puck if it's in his pants? The whistle should have been blown as soon as the ref lost sight. Even if he saw it go in there, it doesn't mean he can see the puck. Bad call. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Seraph 240 Report post Posted December 24, 2013 So weird. Sometimes they call off a goal with "intent to blow a whistle" because they lose sight of it, and other times they just don't make a call and take it to video review?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wings_Toledo 233 Report post Posted December 24, 2013 If that's the Wings scoring that goal, I guarantee it gets waived off with "intent to blow." Or Holmstrom was too close to Smith. Somehow, Holmstrom would be involved. 1 Frozen-Man reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cusimano_brothers 1,655 Report post Posted December 24, 2013 That was beautiful!!! Mike "Clown Pants" Smith. This is what happens when you choose to thumb your nose at the League's new "no-tuck" rule. 1 Cloune reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wings_Dynasty 267 Report post Posted December 24, 2013 That should have been a no goal. How can the referee not lose sight of the puck if it's in his pants? The whistle should have been blown as soon as the ref lost sight. Even if he saw it go in there, it doesn't mean he can see the puck. Bad call. Difference is that if a ref saw the puck go into his jersey/pants and chose not to blow the whistle then it stands. He knows where the puck is he just can't see it. No one will ever know for sure why a whistle didn't get blown but watching the play makes me think that the ref with the best sightline had a good idea that it was wrapped up in Smith somewhere and no one wants to blow a whistle in OT with a potential scoring play still going on. If there was no intent and the puck goes in the net the goal counts. 1 Hockeymom1960 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Playmaker Report post Posted December 24, 2013 Difference is that if a ref saw the puck go into his jersey/pants and chose not to blow the whistle then it stands. He knows where the puck is he just can't see it. No one will ever know for sure why a whistle didn't get blown but watching the play makes me think that the ref with the best sightline had a good idea that it was wrapped up in Smith somewhere and no one wants to blow a whistle in OT with a potential scoring play still going on. If there was no intent and the puck goes in the net the goal counts. That's now how it works. If you lose sight, whistle is blown. 99% of the time, the ref knows where the puck is, be it under the goalies pad, under his glove, whatever ,even if he can't see it under there. If he can't physically see the puck, the whistle is to be blown. The ref might have seen it go in, but he had no idea where it went. It could have fallen out or whatever and he not seen that. Bad call. Did they go to Toronto on this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haroldsnepsts 4,826 Report post Posted December 24, 2013 That's now how it works. If you lose sight, whistle is blown. 99% of the time, the ref knows where the puck is, be it under the goalies pad, under his glove, whatever ,even if he can't see it under there. If he can't physically see the puck, the whistle is to be blown. The ref might have seen it go in, but he had no idea where it went. It could have fallen out or whatever and he not seen that. Bad call. Did they go to Toronto on this? A grey area maybe, but not a bad call. The circumstance you're talking about is when the puck is already in the crease and the ref loses sight of it as the goalie is trying to cover it. It's a much quicker whistle because refs don't want guys hammering away at the goalie to knock the puck loose when it might be frozen. In this case, Smith is outside the crease when the puck goes up in the air and in his pants, then Smith immediately slides back into the net. He in no way is trying to cover the puck. And watching it real time, the ref skates over and blows the whistle after only a couple seconds transpired. That happens all the time in hockey when a puck gets stuck in a player's equipment. The refs wait a couple seconds to see if it'll fall out. On the overhead you can even see that the puck is visible the whole time. It didn't disappear into his pants. The ref never signaled a goal on the ice so I'm guessing this was reviewed in Toronto? 1 Wings_Dynasty reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rrasco 1,312 Report post Posted December 24, 2013 (edited) The ref never signaled a goal on the ice so I'm guessing this was reviewed in Toronto? Which is crazy because we could have a legitimate goal and they never even attempt to review it unless it was signaled a goal on the ice. A certain Brad May shot comes to mind. Consistency is still the biggest problem in this league's officiating IMO. Edited December 24, 2013 by rrasco Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cusimano_brothers 1,655 Report post Posted December 24, 2013 He's no Patrick Roy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dabura 12,207 Report post Posted December 26, 2013 A grey area maybe, but not a bad call. The circumstance you're talking about is when the puck is already in the crease and the ref loses sight of it as the goalie is trying to cover it. It's a much quicker whistle because refs don't want guys hammering away at the goalie to knock the puck loose when it might be frozen. In this case, Smith is outside the crease when the puck goes up in the air and in his pants, then Smith immediately slides back into the net. He in no way is trying to cover the puck. And watching it real time, the ref skates over and blows the whistle after only a couple seconds transpired. That happens all the time in hockey when a puck gets stuck in a player's equipment. The refs wait a couple seconds to see if it'll fall out. On the overhead you can even see that the puck is visible the whole time. It didn't disappear into his pants. The ref never signaled a goal on the ice so I'm guessing this was reviewed in Toronto? Agreed. And even if none of that were true, how many times has Smith tried to con the officials? Maybe a little bit of "volitional karma" here? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bring Back The Bruise Bros 1,029 Report post Posted December 27, 2013 (edited) Glad it happened to Smith. "And the Buffalo Sabres win it in ooooooooooooovvveeeeeeerrrrtimmee!" My heavens, will I ever miss Jeanneret when he calls it a career. One of my favorite announcers of all time. Edited December 27, 2013 by Bring Back The Bruise Bros Share this post Link to post Share on other sites