Worse officiated Stanley Cup, in Stanley Cup history?

pimike · 06-05-09, 11:13 AM

element1286 · 06-05-09, 11:19 AM

Lol, you can't be serious.

DwightShrute · 06-05-09, 11:29 AM

VegasDave · 06-05-09, 11:32 AM

This would have been a lot more convincing if, oh I don't know, if ALL of your examples weren't Pittsburgh?

pocketlint · 06-06-09, 04:54 AM

Well the Wings had six men on the ice for about 25+ seconds (as per my count) in the 4th game.

Cant find a single post or piece anywhere on the net pointing to this incident!!!

Tell me someone saw this.

Even the commentator (on Versus) noticed this and called it !!

Cant sue those Refs (or the boobs in toronto) who should be monitoring these things? Now can we? Only if they knew how much money was riding on this.

Someone saw this right ?? (I think it was right before or after the Pens equalized the second goal )

DwightShrute · 06-06-09, 02:27 PM

OK . one play or missed call makes it the Worse officiated Stanley Cup, in Stanley Cup history?

VegasDave · 06-06-09, 03:00 PM

Blatent skate in the crease for the cup winner I'd argue deserves a look.

DwightShrute · 06-06-09, 03:06 PM

Originally posted by VegasDave

Blatent skate in the crease for the cup winner I'd argue deserves a look.

Ya, glad they changed that rule. What a joke that was

DwightShrute · 06-07-09, 11:18 AM

Game 5 might have been the worst officiated game I have seen i recent memory.

1st period
pitt 19:39 Kunitz, 2 min, Goaltender Interference
2nd period
pitt 05:53 Gonchar, 2 min, Slashing pitt
pitt 06:48 Malkin, 2 min, Elbowing pitt
pitt 13:50 Kunitz, 2 min, Roughing pitt
pitt 17:37 Crosby, 2 min, Slashing pitt
pitt 17:57 Talbot, 2 min, Slashing

6 in a row - game over

No one complaining about all the diving by the Wings I see. But if Crosby dove and suckered the refs into 6 straight penalties, I would hear a lot of bitching.

The silence is deafening!

VegasDave · 06-07-09, 11:45 AM

That goaltender interference just had me going WOW.

Why would Kunitz bum-rush the goalie on a legitimate scoring chance?

I'm not going to bitch at all, the Red Wings were the superior team by far last night, and Fleury once again proved he's not "the next Patrick Roy" that he was drafted to be. But honestly, after last night, I hope we can put the "the refs are rooting for the Pens" garbage behind us.

DwightShrute · 06-07-09, 11:51 AM

IMO the refs decided the outcome more that the Wings did. If you are short handed almost the entire 2nd period, you're gonna lose. Everytime!

I wanna see the best team win each game and I can't say that Detroit were the best team yesterday. Perhaps they were but we will never know.

I would say the exact same thing if Pens got 6 powerplays in a row in a game 5 of the Stanley Cup final and no doubt would win by the same margin. What a shame that any team that plays all season long, get to the cup final, series tied 2-2 and the outcome is decided by the refs!

Sad.

element1286 · 06-07-09, 11:57 AM

The Kunitz penalty was bad. But the rest were penalties. Although I thought the Wings embellished some of those plays, ie Datsyuk, Zetterberg, and Franzen.

Didn't matter Pens played awful, and didn't deserve to win the game.

DwightShrute · 06-07-09, 12:02 PM

Originally posted by element1286

The Kunitz penalty was bad. But the rest were penalties. Although I thought the Wings embellished some of those plays, ie Datsyuk, Zetterberg, and Franzen.

Didn't matter Pens played awful, and didn't deserve to win the game.

1st 7 minutes of the first was awesome hockey. After that, it was the power play show!

Pens looked awful because they were short handed the whole second period. Hard to recover and look anything but awful after that. especially on the scoreboard

element1286 · 06-07-09, 12:07 PM

Originally posted by DwightShrute

1st 7 minutes of the first was awesome hockey. After that, it was the power play show!

Pens looked awful because they were short handed the whole second period. Hard to recover and look anything but awful after that. especially on the scoreboard

It was their own un-doing. They made their bed by taking stupid penalties, and they had to lie in it during the second period.

DwightShrute · 06-07-09, 12:12 PM

Originally posted by element1286

It was their own un-doing. They made their bed by taking stupid penalties, and they had to lie in it during the second period.

I see it as the refs made the Pens bed by calling 6 in a row and thus deciding the outcome. I say, put the whistles away and let them play hockey.

I have seen a lot worse 'so-called penalties' not called and the players decided the game.

I don't really care who wins the cup this year, I just wanna see some great hockey. Yesterday, we were all cheated out of of that.

Wings fans are happy of course.

I just wanna see the best team win it.

yisman · 06-07-09, 01:01 PM

Originally posted by DwightShrute

IMO the refs decided the outcome more that the Wings did. If you are short handed almost the entire 2nd period, you're gonna lose. Everytime!

I wanna see the best team win each game and I can't say that Detroit were the best team yesterday. Perhaps they were but we will never know.

I would say the exact same thing if Pens got 6 powerplays in a row in a game 5 of the Stanley Cup final and no doubt would win by the same margin. What a shame that any team that plays all season long, get to the cup final, series tied 2-2 and the outcome is decided by the refs!

Sad.

I agree.

Also, Detroit could've been penalized for diving a few times.

The refs took Pittsburgh out of the game. Detroit's last three goals were on the power play and the Penguins were constantly forced to kill off more and more penalties.

12 penalties on Pittsburgh and 3 on Detroit.

DwightShrute · 06-07-09, 01:14 PM

Up to last night's game, maybe a call here a call there but nothing out of the ordinary that I could see.

The NHL has to be embarrassed.

element1286 · 06-07-09, 02:07 PM

Originally posted by yisman

I agree.

Also, Detroit could've been penalized for diving a few times.

The refs took Pittsburgh out of the game. Detroit's last three goals were on the power play and the Penguins were constantly forced to kill off more and more penalties.

12 penalties on Pittsburgh and 3 on Detroit.

Probably, but that would never happen. Although I am tired of seeing Franzen grab his ear every time he get's hit.

Flyers09 · 06-07-09, 04:22 PM

whats it matter, wings showed the pens true colors last night fellas.....

Flyers09 · 06-07-09, 04:23 PM

Originally posted by element1286

Probably, but that would never happen. Although I am tired of seeing Franzen grab his ear every time he get's hit.

crosby does it and gets away with it...so franzen does it to get back

element1286 · 06-07-09, 06:02 PM

Originally posted by Flyers09

crosby does it and gets away with it...so franzen does it to get back

Fair enough, but no one calls Franzen a whiner, cindy, or any other non-creative nicknames haters come up with.

yisman · 06-07-09, 06:23 PM

that's because there's a double standard. Crosby gets bashed non-stop for things other players do far more often.