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Swish
12-11-2008, 07:36 PM
I was ready to smash my TV with the pathetic job the refs were doing in this game. Hartnell makes a clean hit on Rod Brind 'Amour, who had his head down (didn't you learn anything from your years with Eric Lindros), then gets attacked by Borer, a clear case of instigating that is not called. Hartnell, who goes on to score a hat trick, pummels the idiot who leaves the ice with blood streaming down his face, but draws an equal 5 for fighting.Then one of the Flyers gets hit from behind into the boards, a clear boarding penalty, and nothing is called, so the Flyers retaliate and get called for instigating and Carolina gets a 2 man advantage, score a goal to go up 4-1, then another to go up 5-1 because of the major.. I was ready to drive to Philly to kick some a<a>ss over the poor calls, and the fans were going crazy.

But with a 5-1 deficit at the end of 2 periods, they come back to tie it 5-5 and win the mother in a shoot-out. I would surmise that there are probably fewer than 1 or 2 comebacks from 4 goal deficits in a 10 year period, especially when starting the 3rd period, but I'd have to check that statistic. They really did get the shaft from the zebras, but were able to overcome it and are inching toward the league-leading Rangers who have played an extra 3 or 4 games I believe. It's only a matter of time until they're in first place. Watch and learn.

Swish - feelin' good after a couple Racer 5 IPAs.

Luvin Da Blues
12-11-2008, 08:06 PM
........the league-leading Rangers who have played an extra 3 or 4 games I believe.

Uhmmmm.... You do know there's a western conference, right? I would look at San Jose and Detroits record.

bobsticks
12-11-2008, 08:34 PM
Hhmmm. Looks pretty impressive on paper (box score). I'm not sure about "watch and learn" but that may be the brewskies talkin". In any case, this version of the Flyers has become significantly more interesting to watch since having settled down from their opening day chaos. Good stuff.

I was watching the Colombus/Nashville game. I'm going to be in St.Louis and Columbus in January and I'm considering seeing one or both teams play. I like Rick Nash but whoever the competition is may be the clincher. Columbus is kind of boring team.

St. Louis, of course, is little better than an AHL team but they are entertaining.

Nice Lindros reference, btw. You must mean a lil' somethin' like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVeqzYgTELk

Right now I'm waiting for Shelley/Parros round 2.

Swish
12-12-2008, 04:18 AM
Uhmmmm.... You do know there's a western conference, right? I would look at San Jose and Detroits record.

...which you should understand since I only mentioned the Rangers. My bad. (I hate that term)

Swish
12-12-2008, 04:19 AM
I'm not sure about "watch and learn" but that may be the brewskies talkin".

...and they're something like 6.5 ABV, so I was feeling no pain.

Swishdaddy

Luvin Da Blues
12-12-2008, 04:38 AM
...which you should understand since I only mentioned the Rangers. My bad. (I hate that term)

Just bustin' ya. As much as I dislike the Rangers, they did my 'Nucks a big favor by picking up Naslund and makin' room for a few blue collar players to teach them how to play a full 60 minutes.

Cheers,

LDB

kexodusc
12-12-2008, 05:02 AM
I was ready to smash my TV with the pathetic job the refs were doing in this game. Hartnell makes a clean hit on Rod Brind 'Amour, who had his head down (didn't you learn anything from your years with Eric Lindros), then gets attacked by Borer, a clear case of instigating that is not called. Hartnell, who goes on to score a hat trick, pummels the idiot who leaves the ice with blood streaming down his face, but draws an equal 5 for fighting.Then one of the Flyers gets hit from behind into the boards, a clear boarding penalty, and nothing is called, so the Flyers retaliate and get called for instigating and Carolina gets a 2 man advantage, score a goal to go up 4-1, then another to go up 5-1 because of the major.. I was ready to drive to Philly to kick some a<a>ss over the poor calls, and the fans were going crazy.

But with a 5-1 deficit at the end of 2 periods, they come back to tie it 5-5 and win the mother in a shoot-out. I would surmise that there are probably fewer than 1 or 2 comebacks from 4 goal deficits in a 10 year period, especially when starting the 3rd period, but I'd have to check that statistic. They really did get the shaft from the zebras, but were able to overcome it and are inching toward the league-leading Rangers who have played an extra 3 or 4 games I believe. It's only a matter of time until they're in first place. Watch and learn.

Swish - feelin' good after a couple Racer 5 IPAs.

I watched this game...
The Canes showed why they're one of the 3 most pathetic teams in hockey right now, more than the Flyers showed me they're more than just another playoff team, but yeah, a 4 goal comeback makes for exciting hockey and isn't easy to pull off against any team these days.

It happens more than you think - I can think of three seperate 5 goal comebacks last year alone. There may have been more? 2 years ago the Leafs blew a 5 goal lead to the Sabres in a game I was at...that was a rush. Only cause I hate the Leafs more than I hate the Sabres :)

As for the instigators...I'm not sure what the deal is but I'm with ya on the inconsistency. I know one of the linesmen in the NHL pretty well and he's told me that they're not calling it after big clean hits anymore or if players are rushing to the defence after a dirty hit, but he couldn't explain to me when they do call it now. Last 5 minutes of the game is a no-no, and if it's a blowout, the whole 3rd period is a no-no, but sounds like the want players to police themselves again, the way it should be. They just can't formally remove the rule because of the optics...:out:
Anyway, new directive from the league on instigating is to call it a lot less, and this is something that just came about in the last few months...looks like some refs didn't get the memo?