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Quote Originally Posted by Polar_Bear: In closing only twice ever in the entire history of the nhl has a non Canadian captain ever led his team to a Stanley Cup Championship. Every single leader of a championship team in the history of the nhl other than those two has been Canadian. The only Americans ever to do it were Derian Hatcher of the Dallas Stars and that took a goal scored that violated NHL rules. The other was Dustin Brown and don't get me started on that team's location and the NHL's affinity with it. Analyze that! Interesting stat.. but also completely wrong: Chara and Lidstrom were also the captain of their team when they won the cup.
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JohnAnalyzer | 55 |
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Quote Originally Posted by EastOakland: You are fuckin trippin, these Kings fans have sold out their arena since they were located in the mothafuckin hood. Go do your research you idiot and the seats are expensive. Yeah, agree 100%. I've gone to a bunch of Kings games this year and they were all sold out. Fuck, I went to see them play the Dallas Stars on a Tuesday and they were sold out. Not sure where all of this ignorant bullshit is coming from about people not caring about hockey in LA. It's not their primary sport that's for sure.. I noticed that when I was watching TV and couldn't see one god damn highlight for a hockey game. However, LA is a big market and that team has some very loyal followers.. LA not being a traditional hockey market does not mean they don't see success.
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pipedoctor | 52 |
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Leafs pick 5th this year. Hey, if that offer is really on the table, I'd take it.
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IBLEEDBLUE9 | 23 |
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Quote Originally Posted by MTFN50: Congrats to those few who are Kings fans,but Kings winning this as 8th seed shows why hockey is still the inferior sport.This playoff system full of 7game series ,again comes down to the team who had the most rest during the playoffs .If a team is lucky enough not to go the full 7 games to advance to the next rounds means as much as having a good goalie, Plus the fact that so many teams make the playoffs that no one even cares about the regular season. Then the stupid rules like 5min major where the whole penalty has to be served no matter how many goals are scored mite be the single worst ruling in sports. That rule alone ruined what should of been a a great game6. and stopped any momentum the NHL mite of gainned this year .If any sport needed a game 7 for popularity it was the NHL. Most people turned off the game after 1st period.Kings winning this means as much to sports fans as a preseason NFL game. Even espn this morning ran the highlites first 3minutes of programing and never mentioned it again. 2nd biggest media market is LA and still people couldnt name5 players on the Kings,probably coulnt name the west confrence teams period. You can't win with some of these clowns. First of all How is winning a 7 game series in any way shape or a form a detriment to the game? The Stanley Cup is arguably the toughest trophy to win in sports because of how hard it is to beat another team 4 times in 4 separate series'. One could have the same argument about sports that have a one game playoff like football. Anything can happen in one game and it doesn't exactly accurately represent "excellence".. or baseball that has 162 games in a season only to make the first round of the playoffs decided by a best of 5? These formats seem much more flawed in my mind.. sounds to me like you're nitpicking just for the sake of nitpicking about the 7 game series' format. You can find flaws in any sport, like the absurd ones you mentioned. Secondly, the fact that an 8th seed won isn't a testament to how inferior the sport is, it's a testament to how much parity is in the league now. Anyone can win and it creates one of the more competitive leagues in professional sports. I can't speak for anyone else.. but knowing that any given year, your team has a shot at winning is kinda nice. If you aren't into that idea.. maybe the NBA is a good sport for you to follow. Where teams with a .500 record can crack the playoffs and get killed in 4 games every year. Then you can sit back and watch SAME TEAMS and their monster payrolls battle it out to be the champions.. once again. Exciting stuff. The Quality and integrity of a lot of major sports needs to be called into question if your nitpicking is to be taken seriously in any way. |
pipedoctor | 52 |
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Quote Originally Posted by IBLEEDBLUE9: Season finally over now we can move onto leafs trading Schenn to move up and get the savior It's going to take a lot more than Schenn to get a first overall pick.
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IBLEEDBLUE9 | 23 |
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Quote Originally Posted by Dangerbay: Did you ever figure out what happened to the "faulty" clock at the Staples Ctr or was it "human error?" Lets see, there are 3,600 seconds in a regular game and that clock just happened to "malfunction" for that split second(19:59) allowing the Kings to tie and win the game, giving them 2 pts and help get them into the playoffs. So, do you believe in 3600-1 or do you believe in the much more logical and credible explaination that gary stopped the clock? Lets see how smart you are troll? Btw, ALL 4 Devils losses were a direct result from "bad officiating" I know you dont watch hockey, but boarding should apply to both teams, not just NJ. When a goalie smothers the puck for 15 seconds, the zebra should blow the whistle, don't you think? When there's a high stick and a player is on the ice bleeding profusively and is missing teeth, should a penalty not be called or does this not apply to LA based teams ala 1993 and 2012. I'll wait for your troll-like response This is probably the most ignorant thing I've heard in a while. I agree that the clock stopping is bullshit and should never be possible in a professional sports league. They should have fail-safe's in place so that the integrity of the game is always at it's highest. That being said, mistakes happen and the LA Kings made the playoffs by 5 points... not 1. You make it sound like there's this big conspiracy and in the last second of the last game of the season they stopped the clock and let the Kings get into the playoffs so they could go 16-4 and win the cup. Absolutely absurd. Also, there were bad calls that went both ways. Did you catch Dustin Penners "roughing" call last night? How about his goalie interference call a few games ago? The Devils had AMPLE opportunity on the powerplay in this series and couldn't crack the Kings. The bottom line is they couldn't.. and the kings capitalized on their chances. This is a tough point of view for someone who is clearly backing the Devils to understand but it's a reality. I wasn't a fan of the officiating either.. but to say it was one sided in this series is crazy. The problem is that the Kings capitalized on some of these "bad calls" so it's way more noticeable. Watch the games again and you'll see how many times the Devils couldn't cash in on their chances and if you're staying objective, they missed calls going both ways. It becomes tough to see that when you want one team to win and they don't. Game 1: 1 penalty for the Devils 2 for the Kings Game 2: 2 penalties for the Devils 4 for the Kings Game 3: 3 penalties for the Devils 5 for the Kings Game 4: 4 penalties for the Devils 3 for the Kings Game 5: 3 penalties for the Devils and 3 for the Kings Up until game 6 there was only ONE game where the Kings had the same amount of penalties as the Devils. Every single other game except for game 6 the Devils had more powerplays. Meanwhile you have the person who started this thread who thinks they shouldn't be calling penalties at all and "let the players decide the game" and not call standard textbook calls like the Boarding call against Bernier. I can't figure out what you Devil backers want... every little missed call to be called against the Kings so that the Devils can win.. or no calls at all in hopes that in Game 6 the Kings don't score 3 goals on a powerplay to put you away. You can't have it both ways.
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MTFN50 | 42 |
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Why anyone would even humor the notion that the Phoenix Coyotes have a bigger fan base than LA is beyond me. Ridiculous.
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pipedoctor | 52 |
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Quote Originally Posted by Messier-11: disagree with the move the coyotes sentiment. have any of you guys saying this ever been to a game in phoenix? They probably have more fans than the kings do https://espn.go.com/nhl/attendance
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pipedoctor | 52 |
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You play the sport to win championships. You build a team to win championships. At the end of the season.. NO ONE is talking about presidents trophies. What a joke of a statement. Tell the Canucks to stay home and not play the playoffs next season and keep their presidents trophies while the real teams battle with heart to win a championship.
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Snakeyez | 58 |
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Quote Originally Posted by PistolVania: not gonna happen man just chalk this one up as a loss and move on smh LOL.. how are ya feeling now?
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spoonpower | 339 |
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Quote Originally Posted by Dangerbay: Who cares but the guys like me that lost cash b/c the Leafs decide to show up. The play would`ve been whistled dead if Buff was playing Pitt persay, but Leafs got no chance. The zebra claims he saw it and that`s that. The refs name in question is Danny Davis Danny Davis is a penis.
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Skubishack | 61 |
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Quote Originally Posted by littlesprings: Are you joking....he clearly could not see the puck.....what does Komasarik have to do with a ref that can;t see the puck...thats what the other ref is for to call infractions while the ref deep in the zone watches the play.....brutal officiating This guy clearly has something invested in the sabres... he's either a homer or had money on them. If you stay objective, that call is a pure disgrace. There's not much you can do now... but this game is losing integrity with calls like that. That call was purposely made (or not made) because of the context of the game and that's never a ref's job. Like I said.. when the games really count in the playoffs, I hope these refs are nowhere near them.
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Skubishack | 61 |
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Quote Originally Posted by DA_BOYS: He may have lost it for a split second but he knew the goalie did not have it. Plus did you see Komasarik sitting on Foligno punching him in the head? Uhh what? That's not the rule bud. The rule isn't "if the goalie doesn't have the puck, dont blow the whistle no matter what".. the rule is if the ref can't see the puck, the play is to be blown dead. Disgusting call in a game that could push the sabres into the playoffs. No integrity on that play and it's unfortunate. Leafs do a good enough job losing games on their own.. the fact that the sabres needed that help is gross.
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Skubishack | 61 |
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Quote Originally Posted by DA_BOYS: Nope. Just the Over. The ref was completely on top of the play. You could see him in the replay watching the puck and pointing it out being loose. Haha whatever man.. watch it again. Even once the puck goes in you can still see the ref looking for it. Bad call.
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Skubishack | 61 |
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Quote Originally Posted by DA_BOYS: They made a great call on that last goal. The puck was loose the entire time in front of the Tor net. The question isn't whether the puck is loose or not.. if the ref can't see it, he's supposed to blow the play dead. There was about 7 players on top of the puck. Terrible call. |
Skubishack | 61 |
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Quote Originally Posted by DA_BOYS: They made a great call on that last goal. The puck was loose the entire time in front of the Tor net. Haha you must have money on Buffalo.
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Skubishack | 61 |
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Haha the refs in this game should be fired. I don't have cash on this game either. No integrity. Hopefully those goofs don't work any playoff games.
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Skubishack | 61 |
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Quote Originally Posted by beantown6171: player was in the crease From the official NHL rule book: Situation: An attacking player is standing in the goal crease when the puck enters the crease then crosses the goal line. In no way does he affect the goalkeeper’s ability to defend his goal. Result: Goal is allowed. This is a good goal.
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crownholder | 6 |
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Quote Originally Posted by beantown6171: player was in the crease Haha.
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crownholder | 6 |
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Quote Originally Posted by beantown6171: u can't sit in the crease ,if he was push then ok but u can't skate and stand there Apparently beantown hasn't watched any games since the Dallas stars won the Stanley cup.
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Polar_Bear | 46 |
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