Eastern Conference Final

Who do you want to win?


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Fred in Lynn

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MentalDisabldLst said:
Have any of the longer-tenured hockey fans here ever seen a call actually made for Embellishment?  Or is it like the rule in baseball where the pitcher has to deliver the pitch in 12 seconds?
Sure, it's called, and the refs often get it wrong, calling a player for embellishment when there was none. I think that the antics of the Habs have been reprehensible, but I remain wholly convinced that "cracking down" on embellishment by having the on-ice referees call unsportsmanlike minors is the wrong way to curb behavior. The only way to handle it is with a detailed review possible through the supplemental discipline program. Start out offenders with fines followed up by suspensions.
 

johnmd20

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ypioca said:
 
Damned if he jumps, damned if he doesn't. I guess if he was white, this wouldn't be an issue.
 
/s
 
And fuck.
 
He went down and didn't even put out his arms. He smashed to the ice like he was concussed and without his physical faculities. It was a legit penalty and Kreider is an idiot, but this Canadien team always likes to give a little extra when contact is made, even illegal contact.
 

ypioca

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johnmd20 said:
 
He went down and didn't even put out his arms. He smashed to the ice like he was concussed and without his physical faculities. It was a legit penalty and Kreider is an idiot, but this Canadien team always likes to give a little extra when contact is made, even illegal contact.
 
Looks like he had both hands on his stick and just couldn't adjust in time. Also, he was legitimately surprised to be tripped, i.e. he wasn't able to stage a performance.
 

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Fred in Lynn said:
I'd be talking to myself, too, if I were Hagelin. He had about 10 square feet and hit the fraction of a square foot Tokarski had covered by the shaft.
 
I'd go as far as to say he hit the fraction of the square inch that was covered by the shaft.
 

cshea

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Hockey is a funny sport sometimes. Have open net, hit the shaft of the stick. Weak wrister from just inside the blue line? Goal. 
 

cshea

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Apropos of nothing, but I always seem to watch Rangers games and come away impressed by Anton Stralman. Very solid two-way defender. 
 

johnmd20

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FelixMantilla said:
NBC talking about what a great goal that was. 
 
Are they watching the same game?
 
That was odd. Look at that misdirection. Maybe they didn't want to mock Hank? I'm not sure what was going on there.
 

The Napkin

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what do you mean a penalty against me? I'm a Canadien? Are you confused? We're wearing red tonight, you know?
 

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The Napkin said:
I just assumed it was legal to punch people after seeing PK doing it. He's my hero, that one.
 
That was funny. They have been getting away with almost whatever they want, they are legitimately shocked when the call is made for a blatant punch to the face.
 

The Napkin

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that was too many men on the habs. guy came off the bench and played the puck carrier and guy leaving the ice was about 10 feet away from the bench