Hard to imagine being more pissed than after the phantom 4 minutes high stick and breakaway no-call, so...kudos refs! You did it!Very enjoyable season basically over because of shit officiating.
Hard to imagine being more pissed than after the phantom 4 minutes high stick and breakaway no-call, so...kudos refs! You did it!Very enjoyable season basically over because of shit officiating.
McAvoy seemed a little worse than meh to my uneducated eyesDonato was fine tonight. Gionta was garbage. Refs weren’t good. McAvoy meh.
The Bruins have their own man looking at replays so I am sure he signaled that it was onside.Why not challenge anyway? What’s the downside?
Good call.They may not miss Krug since they don’t need a power play QB apparently
The B's could be easily up 3-1So Boston crushed them in game 1, Tampa crushed Boston in game 3. But game 2 would have been tied but they let a clear slash go as Marchand was on a breakaway, and the Bruins lose a close one. Then tonight the refs gifted Tampa a late tying goal on a non call on a clear penalty on the McAvoy takedown.
This series is basically even but for the officiating. So frustrating.
But they’re aren’t. They didn’t lose because of shitty refs, though that has been brutal and really makes the league look like shit.The B's could be easily up 3-1
Krug to Holden is a severe downgrade.They may not miss Krug since they don’t need a power play QB apparently
How many teams are superior enough to the other good teams in the sport that officiating can be rendered 'irrelevant'?But they’re aren’t. They didn’t lose because of shitty refs, though that has been brutal and really makes the league look like shit.
Play better and make the useless shitbag refs irrelevant.
No. The calls have been ridiculously one sided and most of the goals have been because of power plays in this series. The officiating needs to be way, way better.But they’re aren’t. They didn’t lose because of shitty refs, though that has been brutal and really makes the league look like shit.
Play better and make the useless shitbag refs irrelevant.
Truth.Impossible to overcome terrible officiating and a very talented Tampa team.
oh fuckoff. They were up 3-2 until the refs gifted a play to Tampa.But they’re aren’t. They didn’t lose because of shitty refs, though that has been brutal and really makes the league look like shit.
Play better and make the useless shitbag refs irrelevant.
It was looking pretty good after game 1 in Tampa. Damn.Krug to Holden is a severe downgrade.
Pretty disheartening series after such an inspiring season.
A play they were calling a penalty against the Bruins earlier in the game.oh fuckoff. They were up 3-2 until the refs gifted a play to Tampa.
McAvoy was bad tonight.McAvoy seemed a little worse than meh to my uneducated eyes
C'mon man. I get trying to say the "B's need to play better" but the game tieing goal was literally gifted to TB when McAvoy got taken down. Series is 2-2.But they’re aren’t. They didn’t lose because of shitty refs, though that has been brutal and really makes the league look like shit.
Play better and make the useless shitbag refs irrelevant.
They're getting jobbed. On purpose or not, it's obviousBut they’re aren’t. They didn’t lose because of shitty refs, though that has been brutal and really makes the league look like shit.
Multiple times too.When National announcers are outright calling lopsided officiating and not even using euphemisms to cover it. You know the reffing is atrocious.
Why’d you delete the concussion stuff? Are they naming a different injury?7:00 left, all the momentum, up 3-2, and on a power play.
Fuck.
Think Cassidy heard the in-game whining from next door?Cassidy, asked how to keep the players from dwelling on the officiating: “I would tell them not to, but we’re human beings. It’s game after game after game. Look at the Acciari penalty. It’s unbelievable. The league gives you a directive at the start of the year that if you’re going to go at the stick you have to go under the stick and not on the hands. He goes under the stick a foot from his hands and you’ve got a six-foot-five guy that I think really sold it. The refs have to be on top of that. They gotta be on top of that call.”
“At the end of the day, we need to find a way to play through it. As for the calls, we’re all tired of talking about it. We’ve got to suck it up and play, and I thought we did a good job with that tonight.”
You realize there was still 7+ mins left in the game right? It was far from over.C'mon man. I get trying to say the "B's need to play better" but the game tieing goal was literally gifted to TB when McAvoy got taken down. Series is 2-2.
Ya, refs blow calls and whatnot but this has been so uneven it's atrocious
"His leg was literally cut off at the knee."You realize there was still 7+ mins left in the game right? It was far from over.
Where is the cutoff point that makes it a call that the Bruins can't come back from? 5 minutes left? 3 minutes left? I mean, I get it, they should be expected to just snap their fingers and score a goal against the #1 team in hockey in the playoffs in 7 minutes. It was far from over. So, when is it not far from over?You realize there was still 7+ mins left in the game right? It was far from over.
Also it's pretty telling how awesome McAvoy has been this year when people are upset at him for a bad game when he's essentially a rookie.
And sure maybe TB get's a real goal in those remaining 6 min. But also the Bs were flying and then get a demoralizing cheap goal against. Maybe the Bs keep flying and score another so its 4-2.You realize there was still 7+ mins left in the game right? It was far from over.
Also it's pretty telling how awesome McAvoy has been this year when people are upset at him for a bad game when he's essentially a rookie.
You can tip your hat to Tampa for their play, while also acknowledging that a catastrophic missed call was directly responsible for Tampa tying the game. But for that error, we’re likely tied 2-2.I know people are upset and it’s easier to blame obviously poor officiating. But Tampa was better when it mattered, and that’s why they’re up 3-1.
Not to say anything of the power play Boston would have gotten that would have most likely killed two minutes as well.And sure maybe TB get's a real goal in those remaining 6 min. But also the Bs were flying and then get a demoralizing cheap goal against. Maybe the Bs keep flying and score another so its 4-2.
A losing team can ALWAYS play better but free goals are still free goals.
We burn in RS threads about pitchers getting squeezed. Ya sure the pitcher could have done better but ya know sometimes an objectively wrong call is made an another team benefits. Hence we cry for robo umps. The 'better' team can't always overcome that.