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Post by kjc2 on May 13, 2024 12:16:00 GMT -5
I hear Sweeney is having a press conference today. Hopefully he sacks up and criticizes the league enough to welcome the fine. Maybe he's firing Monty haha. I would give Sweeney a free pass for 10 years.
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Post by kjc2 on May 13, 2024 12:19:09 GMT -5
I hear Sweeney is having a press conference today. Hopefully he sacks up and criticizes the league enough to welcome the fine. Sweeney opens up by saying: "We're not in a position to be criticizing the officials. That's standard protocol. We'll get fined, so there's no intention of doing that." That’s Sweeney in a nutshell but he did say, media has to stop asking coaches, the officials should be made available to defend their own calls. That’s a fair point, let the media put those fucks under the heat lamp. Also he said where was that reverse angle hit on Marchand on the day of and why was it released last night before the game?
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Post by madmarx on May 13, 2024 12:24:27 GMT -5
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Post by crafar01 on May 13, 2024 12:33:31 GMT -5
I can't say that I disagree with him. Officials are never held to the same standard as players, coaches, or management. I can't remember a time where they have ever had to answer for any kind of blown, or bad calls. I'm not sure why they're exempt from having to answer to any criticism, but they shouldn't be. Especially when, through the years, the God complex some of them have when they blatantly have tilted games in one team's favor just because they got shown up a bit by a player, or coach in a previous game. Many of them have proven they can't be impartial and have let their own egos get in the way.
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Post by madmarx on May 13, 2024 12:37:04 GMT -5
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Post by madmarx on May 13, 2024 12:42:02 GMT -5
I can't say that I disagree with him. Officials are never held to the same standard as players, coaches, or management. I can't remember a time where they have ever had to answer for any kind of blown, or bad calls. I'm not sure why they're exempt from having to answer to any criticism, but they shouldn't be. Especially when, through the years, the God complex some of them have when they blatantly have tilted games in one team's favor just because they got shown up a bit by a player, or coach in a previous game. Many of them have proven they can't be impartial and have let their own egos get in the way. This series was always gonna be tough to win , but the Officiating makes it worse.
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Post by crafar01 on May 13, 2024 12:45:55 GMT -5
I can't say that I disagree with him. Officials are never held to the same standard as players, coaches, or management. I can't remember a time where they have ever had to answer for any kind of blown, or bad calls. I'm not sure why they're exempt from having to answer to any criticism, but they shouldn't be. Especially when, through the years, the God complex some of them have when they blatantly have tilted games in one team's favor just because they got shown up a bit by a player, or coach in a previous game. Many of them have proven they can't be impartial and have let their own egos get in the way. This series was always gonna be tough to win , but the Officiating makes it worse. And to be clear, it's not just this series, the officiating is an issue every year, both in the regular season and playoffs.
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Post by madmarx on May 13, 2024 12:52:58 GMT -5
This series was always gonna be tough to win , but the Officiating makes it worse. And to be clear, it's not just this series, the officiating is an issue every year, both in the regular season and playoffs. Unfortunately the worse part of the game for many years even with review , Sweeney needed to take a fine today
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Post by KSJ08 on May 13, 2024 13:51:08 GMT -5
And to be clear, it's not just this series, the officiating is an issue every year, both in the regular season and playoffs. Unfortunately the worse part of the game for many years even with review , Sweeney needed to take a fine today Maybe, Just maybe he didn't want the officials to be even more Panther biased if he calls them out prior to gm5?? If hey pull that same 💩 and the Panthers do win then Fuck'em take the fine & deal W/it next season.🤷♂️🏒
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Post by madmarx on May 13, 2024 19:58:57 GMT -5
NEW YORK/TORONTO (May 13, 2024) – The National Hockey League and National Hockey League Players’ Association announced today that forward Valeri Nichushkin of the Colorado Avalanche has been placed in Stage 3 of the Player Assistance Program of the NHLPA and NHL. Under the terms of the joint program, Nichushkin will be suspended without pay for a minimum of six months and then will be eligible to apply for reinstatement. Tied with Hyman wth Nine goals huge loss
Failed a drug test
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Post by kjc2 on May 14, 2024 4:33:08 GMT -5
And to be clear, it's not just this series, the officiating is an issue every year, both in the regular season and playoffs. Unfortunately the worse part of the game for many years even with review , Sweeney needed to take a fine today I don’t know but I thought he applied some good pressure and maybe opened up a can of worms for those pricks. (Officials) I hope they mandate these guys to stand out front of the media, it won’t happen today or tomorrow but maybe it becomes a topic of conversation at the GM meetings.
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Post by crafar01 on May 14, 2024 6:45:54 GMT -5
Unfortunately the worse part of the game for many years even with review , Sweeney needed to take a fine today I don’t know but I thought he applied some good pressure and maybe opened up a can of worms for those pricks. (Officials) I hope they mandate these guys to stand out front of the media, it won’t happen today or tomorrow but maybe it becomes a topic of conversation at the GM meetings. I just don't like the fact that they've been deemed uncriticizable by the league. Everyone else has to answer for their mistakes, why not these clowns? It's easy to see where some of them get their God complex from, when you're unreproachable and are never held accountable.
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Post by orym on May 14, 2024 12:27:41 GMT -5
Calvin Pickard getting the start in net for the Oilers tonight in Game 4 against the Canucks. At this rate, we might see Jack Campbell again!
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Post by madmarx on May 14, 2024 15:14:16 GMT -5
Calvin Pickard getting the start in net for the Oilers tonight in Game 4 against the Canucks. At this rate, we might see Jack Campbell again! What the Oil give up to have Ullmark start tonight, same for the Av’s not totally on him but an upgrade is needed.
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Post by madmarx on May 15, 2024 16:59:09 GMT -5
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Post by madmarx on May 15, 2024 16:59:51 GMT -5
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Post by crafar01 on May 16, 2024 6:28:12 GMT -5
It's seeping into all aspects of life. It started with the participation trophy and has only gone downhill ever since. They've been trying to get fighting out of hockey for years and have done a pretty fair job of that. Now that language is on the table, what's next? Removing fucking hitting? I guess we put everyone in red shirts and padded fat suits and turn every game into a zero contact scrimmage. These people are out of their fucking minds with their policing of every aspect of other people's lives.
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Post by orym on May 16, 2024 9:24:42 GMT -5
Imagine being a Canucks fan and knowing you pay that guy 11.6 million a year for the next eight years. Ultimately, I think he does find his game at some point (maybe not this playoff though) but heads are definitely exploding in Vancouver haha. I'd expect at least some kind of cliche as a response. Tough to watch! He is really battling it here lately.
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Post by madmarx on May 16, 2024 9:54:32 GMT -5
Darren Dutchyen has passed away wow
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Post by orym on May 16, 2024 10:03:14 GMT -5
Darren Dutchyen has passed away wow Saskatchewan born! He was at a Kraft Celebration Tour event a few years back with Jennifer Hedger that I attended. He was very funny and really was in his element surrounded by a crowd from his home province. Sad news to hear today!
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Post by orym on May 16, 2024 10:03:34 GMT -5
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Post by kovs on May 16, 2024 13:05:06 GMT -5
It just gets deeper and deeper into the scourge with them. awful.
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Post by kjc2 on May 16, 2024 15:35:37 GMT -5
Darren Dutchyen has passed away wow Saskatchewan born! He was at a Kraft Celebration Tour event a few years back with Jennifer Hedger that I attended. He was very funny and really was in his element surrounded by a crowd from his home province. Sad news to hear today! Duchie was great, I was a huge fan as well, he was with TSN a long time. He was battling cancer and made it all the way back to work for a little while but it was a bad sign I hadn’t seen him around. RIP Duchene.
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Post by madmarx on May 16, 2024 16:58:12 GMT -5
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Post by nfld77 on May 16, 2024 17:09:12 GMT -5
Just heard about Dutchy, very sad..Fuck cancer is right, Took my father in 76, now one of my best buddies is dying of cancer, maybe 3 months if he's lucky..And I got the gaul to bitch about ongoing back problems when my friends are constantly dropping around me..6 close friends since October I lost..We all have our stories and casualties to this dreaded disease but life HAS to go on for the sake of everyone involved!! Hoping you all have a super holiday weekend!! GO BRUINS!!!
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Post by madmarx on May 16, 2024 21:05:54 GMT -5
Hearing rumblings of Craig Berube as the new Maple Leafs head coach with the possibility of Marc Savard joining him on the coaching staff 👀
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Post by madmarx on May 17, 2024 6:06:58 GMT -5
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Post by crafar01 on May 17, 2024 6:55:11 GMT -5
Too funny, I came here to specifically post in this thread that it wasn't just our series against FLA that the officiating has been more than suspect. I've been watching a bunch of games of late and it's abysmal all the way around. Some really head scratchers in the CAR-NYR game last night too.
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Post by madmarx on May 17, 2024 7:00:43 GMT -5
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Post by madmarx on May 17, 2024 7:02:37 GMT -5
Too funny, I came here to specifically post in this thread that it wasn't just our series against FLA that the officiating has been more than suspect. I've been watching a bunch of games of late and it's abysmal all the way around. Some really head scratchers in the CAR-NYR game last night too. Yeah it’s not one or two bad officials it might be one or two that are good
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