That was a deserving penalty. The exact type of hit they have been calling all year and he got gashed so has to be called. There probly should have been a penalty on the other end on Penner I believe for a forearm shiver as well I will give you that.
The problem is you just cannot go down 3-0 in a series and realistically have a chance to come back. Everything would have to break absolutely perfect for the Devils to even have a shot at winning the series. As it was...a couple more errant sticks resulted in Kings PP chances anyway. The Kings were the better team last night with or without that penalty IMHO. And even game 5...the Devils were kinda lucky to get that one with the Kings hitting the post 4 or 5 times and Jersey getting two flukey type goals.
Great run however by the Devils.
That was a deserving penalty. The exact type of hit they have been calling all year and he got gashed so has to be called. There probly should have been a penalty on the other end on Penner I believe for a forearm shiver as well I will give you that.
The problem is you just cannot go down 3-0 in a series and realistically have a chance to come back. Everything would have to break absolutely perfect for the Devils to even have a shot at winning the series. As it was...a couple more errant sticks resulted in Kings PP chances anyway. The Kings were the better team last night with or without that penalty IMHO. And even game 5...the Devils were kinda lucky to get that one with the Kings hitting the post 4 or 5 times and Jersey getting two flukey type goals.
Great run however by the Devils.
Well said.
Well said.
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the shocking thing to me is how scuderi, an experienced blueliner, put himself in such a bad position on that play...
you know you're gonna get crushed so you can't start lookin back then turnin the other way...
im sure however that play unfolded much quicker than it appeared on tv (amazing how the game speeds up at ice level but it really does) so scuderi didn't have much time BUT in that spot he still has to know what's coming and take steps to minimize the damage
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the shocking thing to me is how scuderi, an experienced blueliner, put himself in such a bad position on that play...
you know you're gonna get crushed so you can't start lookin back then turnin the other way...
im sure however that play unfolded much quicker than it appeared on tv (amazing how the game speeds up at ice level but it really does) so scuderi didn't have much time BUT in that spot he still has to know what's coming and take steps to minimize the damage
a league that still inferior in the minds of most americans?
dont talk for me, yankees suck! and so does the sport! how is it a postponment due to weather can end a game in the middle of the 5th inning? now that is stupid!
a league that still inferior in the minds of most americans?
dont talk for me, yankees suck! and so does the sport! how is it a postponment due to weather can end a game in the middle of the 5th inning? now that is stupid!
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i stand to be corrected but in the last 40 years no major pro sports league has sunk more pie-in-the-sky hopes, walter mitty pipedreams, and flammable cash into more absolute freakin bottomless flaming sump holes than the NHL...
let's be serious...
expansion first and foremost has been a tool to line existing owners' pockets, and if they happened to catch lightning in a bottle and the game established a foothold in some backwater outpost then hallelujah they got lucky...
the problem is sustainability...tampa wins a cup, then the team stumbles and the bandwagon empties and they have to start a major rebuild...ditto anaheim...largely because these are not bedrock areas..sweet hayzoos even in new jersey they've won multiple cups and they don't fill their building...
id start by phasering a minimum of 10 franchises, get the league down to a manageable number of teams, sell the steak not the sizzle...
then id look to a fundamental change in how the game is played, the players have outgrown the barns, id go to a 4-on-4 opening up more ice, spurring creativity, you'd still have enough of a physical element in play BUT i suspect serious injuries such as concussions would decline...
along the same lines, get rid of a zebra, you wouldn't need that fourth blind pair of eyes...
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i stand to be corrected but in the last 40 years no major pro sports league has sunk more pie-in-the-sky hopes, walter mitty pipedreams, and flammable cash into more absolute freakin bottomless flaming sump holes than the NHL...
let's be serious...
expansion first and foremost has been a tool to line existing owners' pockets, and if they happened to catch lightning in a bottle and the game established a foothold in some backwater outpost then hallelujah they got lucky...
the problem is sustainability...tampa wins a cup, then the team stumbles and the bandwagon empties and they have to start a major rebuild...ditto anaheim...largely because these are not bedrock areas..sweet hayzoos even in new jersey they've won multiple cups and they don't fill their building...
id start by phasering a minimum of 10 franchises, get the league down to a manageable number of teams, sell the steak not the sizzle...
then id look to a fundamental change in how the game is played, the players have outgrown the barns, id go to a 4-on-4 opening up more ice, spurring creativity, you'd still have enough of a physical element in play BUT i suspect serious injuries such as concussions would decline...
along the same lines, get rid of a zebra, you wouldn't need that fourth blind pair of eyes...
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the NHL needs to focus on its strengths which go to the root of its popularity...hockey is an exciting physical and passionate sport with gifted athletes...
a few less bureaucrats and profiteers wouldn't hurt
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the NHL needs to focus on its strengths which go to the root of its popularity...hockey is an exciting physical and passionate sport with gifted athletes...
a few less bureaucrats and profiteers wouldn't hurt
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