Really good article, I wished it was longer, which is usually a good sign.
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That defined our relationship for a long time. Theo probably thought I hated him, and I certainly thought he hated me. There’s a photo that I love of Theo getting pinned to the boards in Detroit, and instead of chirping the big guy who’s tying him up, his face is turned to me, telling me to go to hell for not calling a penalty.
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On TSN radio here in Montreal, they have Fraser on every Monday with Chris Nilan.
Always very entertaining.
Fraser talked about this article yesterday - calling the Gretzky high stick the worst call he never made in his career.
I always sympathize with the refs when they miss big calls (albeit, after a few minutes of yelling and bitching first!). They're humans. They can't catch everything, especially at the pace the game is played at. Part of the reason why I don't like the review system is because it takes out that human element. It's part of the charm. The drama.
What I have no sympathy for is the toronto review room. They have no excuse to get call wrong. It was in. You suck. Die in a fire Toronto review room.
I could be the wrong button but I'm almost certain Kerry Fraser didn't call the penalty that put us down 2 men.
A 5-on-3 two minutes into a game should not excuse a complete absence of offensive pressure for the next 58 minutes.
That's what I thought I remembered as well, I don't blame Fraser even if it is him who called the penalty that put us down 2 men. I blamed the command center who insisted that the puck wasn't in.
That's what I thought I remembered as well, I don't blame Fraser even if it is him who called the penalty that put us down 2 men. I blamed the command center who insisted that the puck wasn't in.
There's Zapruder-film quality video indicating it MIGHT have been in. Based on Sam Bennett highlights alone, there's no way they would have called that a goal even if they'd been able to review it in time.
Furthermore, the 'It was in' moment occurred with six minutes and 53 seconds left in regulation. Far from a sure thing that Tampa wouldn't have forced overtime anyway.
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There's Zapruder-film quality video indicating it MIGHT have been in. Based on Sam Bennett highlights alone, there's no way they would have called that a goal even if they'd been able to review it in time.
Furthermore, the 'It was in' moment occurred with six minutes and 53 seconds left in regulation. Far from a sure thing that Tampa wouldn't have forced overtime anyway.
I agree with first half of your post about in or not. But, the Flames was able to shut team down that season, they have done it many many times. With a one goal lead, they have shown that you can pretty much put it in the win column. I guess we'll never know.
I agree with first half of your post about in or not. But, the Flames was able to shut team down that season, they have done it many many times. With a one goal lead, they have shown that you can pretty much put it in the win column. I guess we'll never know.
With 7 minutes to go and the Stanley Cup in the balance, all bets are off. The Flames may well have locked them down. But the fact that it takes place in regulation with a LOT of time left negates the scandal, in my view. This didn't happen with 90 seconds to go. There was still a commercial break to be taken.
Nikolai Khabibulin is to blame for the lack of a 2nd banner in our building. He made an astonishing save off a Nilson redirect in OT of Game 6, and he made a better one against Leopold in the dying moments of game 7 that would have tied things. They were a John Grahame appearance away from history.
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With 7 minutes to go and the Stanley Cup in the balance, all bets are off. The Flames may well have locked them down. But the fact that it takes place in regulation with a LOT of time left negates the scandal, in my view. This didn't happen with 90 seconds to go. There was still a commercial break to be taken.
Nikolai Khabibulin is to blame for the lack of a 2nd banner in our building. He made an astonishing save off a Nilson redirect in OT of Game 6, and he made a better one against Leopold in the dying moments of game 7 that would have tied things. They were a John Grahame appearance away from history.
I agree with you on the part Khabibulin was phenomenal in that Cup final, for argument sake, I'd like say that one could say Khabibulin made a exceptional save of Leopold shot. I remembered that play vividly, appeared many times in my nightmare. All season long, I'd been screaming to the TV that Leopold just won't do a one timer. He'd always stop the puck then wrist it in and gave the goalie, any goalie a second or 2 to react to his shot. And on that play, he did a one timer like I wanted him to all season long. And Khabibulin timed / guessed it correctly. If he did what he usually did that season, he may have been able to shoot the puck to the other side of the net which was pretty open.
But then, we are talking about all the what if scenarios now. Sigh, I guess it's fate that we couldn't have that Stanley Cup Banner hanging from our rafter.
Hockey is a funny game. In any other sport, if you so much as raise your voice at the referee, you're in big trouble.
The sight of a player beaking wildly at the ref as you read his lips is something I think is unique to hockey as far as I know, and I'm not sure when it became accepted.
Hockey is a funny game. In any other sport, if you so much as raise your voice at the referee, you're in big trouble.
The sight of a player beaking wildly at the ref as you read his lips is something I think is unique to hockey as far as I know, and I'm not sure when it became accepted.
The abuse players heap on officials in hockey is my least favorite element of the sport. The NHL needs to look at how rugby develops officials and implement that at the grassroots level.
Andrew Shaw was suspended in the first round because he called the ref a f****t - what an arbitrary distinction. 95% of players seem to be Eric Cartman, and 100% of officials are Cartman's mom.
This is some gentlemanly officiating.
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What amazes me about that rugby referee video is that after a player is shown the red card, they quietly jog off the field without a word.
When I have to give a guy a game misconduct in hockey it's usually followed by the player giving me an "evaluation" as i like to put it. Usually using language that would make George Carlin blush
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