There are at least 10 "could have been calls" that I have counted so far. Some against the Wings, and some against the Ducks. The refs are not calling it consistent thats for sure.
It depends on what your definition of "showboat" is as well. Do you count celebrating after OT goals?
The Wings have Tatar who has showboated a bit in the past.
Personally, celebrating after a goal is fine with me. The Pascal goal is fine. Same with the Yakupov (sp) goal earlier this year when he went out to center and celebrated. Then you have Theo Fleury who has scored many goals with celebration. I have no issues with it.
2. Chicago's overtime victory came mere moments after St. Louis's own 2-1 OT win over the Los Angeles Kings. The Blues dominated the defending Stanley Cup champions and held a 1-0 lead for most of the game, before Justin Williams tied the game with seconds remaining in the third. Kings netminder Jonathan Quick made 40 saves and helped carry Los Angeles to overtime, but a costly blunder gave Blues winger Alex Steen a wide open net for the winner.
The Patrick Roy statue of liberty gaffe comes to mind. Roy is widely considered to be one of the best. The elite of the elite. Yet, he showboated and it cost his team the game and the series. Elite goalies are human, and they do make mistakes.
No, I really would have said the same thing if it was the other team. I am sick of the refs inconsistencies. Let the play go. I am not saying Chicago should have gotten a penalty either.
As someone who referees hockey, that could have been called either way without the use of instant replay. Even when i see the replay, I see a penalty on Parise. No doubt in my mind. That "shove" wouldn't have knocked a 3 year old down. Parise just used it as an excuse to hit the goalie.
The Hawks suck a big one. I certainly hope that the Hawks and Pens get knocked out before the finals. That being said, the Wild have to play smarter if they want to win the series.
He's shown otherwise lately. Let's see how he holds up when it counts!!!
I would find it even a little refreshing if you would just admit that you jumped the gun and you made a mistake instead of saying "well, we will see how he does now".
In Eddie's mind this game is absolutely the Hawks vs the Hawks, All of hockey is filtered through the conception of the Blackhawks. It's teetering on disability.
The one thing I can say is that Doc Emmerick may do all the Devils games, but he doesn't blow them while he is announcing other teams.
Wonderful, we get the morons for announcers today with the idiot between the benches.
GO WINGS!!
If you mean the non-biased announcers, you would be correct. Don't get me wrong, I love Ken and Mick, but there is zero tolerance for any kind of announcing that doesn't constantly kiss the ass of the Red Wings around here.