[GT] Stars @ Flames

[HPLovecraft]

What'd Warrener say?

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

Warrener getting exposure on national television for his comments. Exactly what he was hoping for.

What a turd.

LOL you really think Rhett's the kind of guy that wants to get exposure?

[Dogbert]

Originally Posted by Yamer

Agree.

Anyone know the justification for instituting it?

Same as the "using your hand on the faceoff" rule or the "clearing the puck over the glass" penalty.

The referees are too incompetent and/or stupid to call penalties correctly, so you either wind up with nothing called and excruciatingly boring games or everything called and games being reduced to diving contests. Realizing this, the league puts in a bunch of automatic-penalty rules for innocuous things that barely affect the game, so the games have more power plays and more goals without the referees having to do their jobs properly.

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

Warrener getting exposure on national television for his comments. Exactly what he was hoping for.

What a turd.

He sounds post concussed on the air. That or he's drunk at730 in the morning.

[nfotiu]

This is the rule

The NHL added a component to Rule 67, which prohibits players from closing their hand on the puck. This season, if a player covers the puck on the ice “in order to conceal it from or prevent an opponent from playing the puck,” he will receive a minor penalty. The existing rule that covering the puck in the goal crease results in a penalty shot for the opponent still stands.

I don't see how what Wideman did is that.

[Tinordi]

Originally Posted by Dime_On_Flames

Dallas pbp guys are good and non homer!

Dallas broadcast is amazing love those guys

[Anduril]

I'm having to double take every time I see the scoreboard for the Flames, whether it's 4, 5 or 6 goals.

Just unreal.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by HPLovecraft

What'd Warrener say?

Nothing really newsworthy although it was a rare time when an ex-teammate of Iginla kind of spoke up about him. Nothing about his character just an observation by Warrener that it looks like Iggy lost that competitive fire he used to have.

[thymebalm]

Originally Posted by FFR

Your sample size is 11 games and 2 periods. How can you judge a career on 11 games?

Because that's his body of work?

What do you judge it on?

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by FFR

Your sample size is 11 games and 2 periods. How can you judge a career on 11 games?

He looks good for 3 and looks terrible in 8.

And it's not just me. Bob Mackenzie just said the same thing.

[Yamer]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Yeah. I thought they were trying to get rid of players closing their hands and then throwing the puck. All he did was have his hand over the puck as he brushed it along the ice. Last three calls on the Flames were really of the borderline variety. This officiating crew IMO is calling a really ticky tack game despite there really being no contact or rough play.

So I infer from this that the league was trying to take the judgement out of the call and just issue a blanket rule.

While I can understand the reasoning behind that rationale, it was a really dumb decision to make. Plays like what Wideman did shouldn't be penalized in any hockey universe. Just a silly penalty all the way around, really.

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

LOL you really think Rhett's the kind of guy that wants to get exposure?

Yeah, I do. He's been angling for this type of thing since he's been on theFan. Since day one I've had the feelings he wants a big time job on TSN or something. I'm finding him to be real scummy. NHL players go on to become good analysts not just sharing inside info (his Heatly comments).

Look at Jamie McLennen... Noodles probably has tonnes of back room stories but instead does a good job of breaking down games and plays and not go on the air sharing BS stories.

I've felt this about Warrener for sometime since he's been on the air. Don't know how often I've expressed it but this has given me an opportunity to say it more.

[Tinordi]

Jagr's the greatest European ever to play right?

[djsFlames]

Wow is McKenzie the only one who's not a complete D-bag on that panel?

[1_Flames_Fan]

Irving's been a bit shaky but the team has definitely given him some help tonight. Should be a great third period :-)

[Hockey_Ninja]

[DazzlinDino]

Bob mckenzie on tsn saying Ivring needs to be better and feels Flames got Joey Macdonald because they are not 100 percent convinced on Ivring.

[Stay Golden]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

LOL you really think Rhett's the kind of guy that wants to get exposure?

i'm pretty sure he is joking

[thymebalm]

I'm loving Cervenka. He's not the best player out there, but I think it's an awesome signing for our team, and the kind of secondary scoring that we needed. Every line looked the same last season, now they seem to have uniqueness line to line, make the offense more exciting.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

Yeah, I do. He's been angling for this type of thing since he's been on theFan. Since day one I've had the feelings he wants a big time job on TSN or something. I'm finding him to be real scummy. NHL players go on to become good analysts not just sharing inside info (his Heatly comments).

Look at Jamie McLennen... Noodles probably has tonnes of back room stories but instead does a good job of breaking down games and plays and not go on the air sharing BS stories.

I've felt this about Warrener for sometime since he's been on the air. Don't know how often I've expressed it but this has given me an opportunity to say it more.

Yeah I don't see that at all and I listen every single day.