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Originally Posted by nieuwy-89
This game was decided on a Smith dive that was so blatantly obvious even the oilers fans I was watching with called it blatant embellishment. Hockey gods will not like that. Kings in 5.
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I could not believe that... you want to stop diving referees, it's very simple, the obvious diver/embellisher (has to be obvious - like Smith's last night, delayed falling star fish) gets a penalty and no one else - this taking both players doesn't deter diving at all - at best the diver's team gets a powerplay and at worst it's 4 on 4.
And what is Kelly Hrudey doing calling this a "good play" by Smith diving. Kelly, it's called cheating, and just because he got away with it, that doesn't make it a "good play" or right - kids are watching these games, we want them to play honest hockey, and I know the NHL is "big business" and "we'll do everything to win" - but where do you draw the line, where are your morals, cheating is cheating and it shouldn't be praised as a "good play" regardless of the outcome.