[PGT] Flames fall 4-1. Series tied 1-1.

[Stay Golden]

Originally Posted by Fire of the Phoenix

Refs need to be held accountable for their inabilty to control the situation at the end there, heck they inflamed it through their stupidity/inability to manage the players .

Especially if the NHL changes their "rulings" it will show the refs had no ####ing clue what they are doing out there. They simply lost control of the game at the end there, and you just cant have that as a ref, they need to be unequivocally in charge and respected and I'm not sure how they get back to that after this.

They were so concerned with tying up flames players they pretty much helped the canucks fight dirty by making the # of combatants uneven during most of the melee. I'm sure they didn't do it on purpose, probably just incompetence but it still needs to be dealt with just the same. They caused/let the 2 on 1 n Engelland and the Stajan attack happen because they were more concerned with restraining flames players and letting the cowards do whatever they wanted... they allowed the game to devolve into a bush league WWE sideshow and then they completely botched the penalties to boot.

Might as well call up ECHL refs instead if this is the standard they're going to hold themselves to. I very seldom complain about officiating but these guys have lost the legitimacy to ref the rest of this series. Just an embarrassing display, really hope the NHL doesn't sweep this garbage under the rug.

Those linesman did it on purpose and Dan O' Halleron absolutely did nothing to intervene with a 2 vs 1 fight.
He might as well have started eating popcorn.

[pylon]

Originally Posted by calf

Trevor Gilles then?

Just bring him up for his last gong show, train wreck incident. "Trevor, your done in this league, you know that. Here's one last chance for you to embarrass yourself in the name of the leagues embarrassing officiating."

[Wedge]

Originally Posted by MoBiBu

I hope Flames fans don't return the favor and behave like Vancouver fans.

So true. As much as I love the idea of some Kesler clad Canucks jersey wearing scumbag having his lunch fed to him, Calgary is remembered for the Red Mile, Edmonton as Stabmonton, and Vancouver for their riots. We truly are better than such filth. And I apologize for including Edmonton in the same grouping as Vancouver.

[Texas Blueliner]

Originally Posted by AC

So Engelland gets the instigator here?

Engelland is obviously worn out after having two guys wrestle him to the ground. Dorsett couldn't resist the cheap shot, and he never really wanted that fight as you saw him going for the takedown at the very beginning.

[Hockeyguy15]

Originally Posted by AC

Ugh, really nasty.

Thanks AC. This is such a gutless play, typical canuck garbage. In other news, no supplemental discipline from the NHL.

[flames_fan13]

We need our top line to get some points now. Tonight was decided by the Canucks top 2 lines getting points early while our top line has been pretty quiet besides a few flashes that go without shots. I do think if our top line gets going our team will rally around them. I don't think the Sedins or any of the Canuck forward lines have really done much but had results early today.

One thing that worries me is that as the series goes along Wideman and Russel are going to be dead tired. Even if it doesn't result in mistakes it's going to stop them from joining the rush which is a huge aspect of our game. If Engelland is suspended we are in even more trouble as I'm not sure how much we can expect Russell and Wideman to continue to be effective in both zones.

Ferland has been amazing this series though and if it goes seven games he's going to keep getting the Canuck players to focus on him instead of the game. You can already tell that he's under Bieksa and Hamhuis skin. Hopefully Hartley continues to tell Ferland to put the body on the Vancouver defense cause it's taking a toll on Vancouver defense. A Vancouver news station already retweeted a reporter quoting Bieksa "Hopefully we see Raymond next game." Which is a huge sign that Ferland has been a huge impact on the Canucks defense and that they really don't want to see Ferland anymore.

[terminator]

Captain crunch u r cracking me up bri

[JBR]

Originally Posted by drewtastic

Just saw a brutal Canucks fan tweet about Stajan that Darren Haynes retweeted. Won't post it, but truly reflective of Canucks' fan depths. If you have twitter, search Haynes' posts, but be pre-warned that it is beyond reprehensible. There's hockey rivalries and then there's Canuck fan level BS.


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Read it. Absolutely sick.

[IntenseFan]

Originally Posted by Texas Blueliner

Stupid is as stupid does, Bieksa. And your buddy jumping in a fight as the third man is very, very stupid. We'll see how the league handles that dumb dumb.

League will ignore it and suspend egelland. The Canucks play the NHL like a chello at a wedding.

[ScorchyScorch]

Don't even understand how its possible engelland could get more than one game.

[killer_carlson]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

Get that elbow and gif on twitter, needs to puck up steam.

Not sure how Engelland walk away with all those penalties.

Hamhuis gets third man in and Dorsett comes back for second fight yet Engelland gets all the misconducts.

absolutely.

[nixon45]

Originally Posted by drewtastic

Just saw a brutal Canucks fan tweet about Stajan that Darren Haynes retweeted. Won't post it, but truly reflective of Canucks' fan depths. If you have twitter, search Haynes' posts, but be pre-warned that it is beyond reprehensible. There's hockey rivalries and then there's Canuck fan level BS.


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That is way way way worse than I was expecting. Holy ####

[pylon]

Originally Posted by JBR

I have to quit and go to bed. Just getting more and more angry. Ready to drive to Vancounver tonight and burn it down..

Don't worry, you don't need to. If history is correct, they are due for a self inflicted city ruining in about another 12 years.

[Cali Panthers Fan]

Originally Posted by drewtastic

Just saw a brutal Canucks fan tweet about Stajan that Darren Haynes retweeted. Won't post it, but truly reflective of Canucks' fan depths. If you have twitter, search Haynes' posts, but be pre-warned that it is beyond reprehensible. There's hockey rivalries and then there's Canuck fan level BS.


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I just looked it up. I feel sick to my stomach and simultaneously enraged. Some things should be off the table. PERIOD.

[acerbic_1]

Originally Posted by AC

Ugh, really nasty.

Seriously bush-league.

[Buff]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Darren Dreger @DarrenDreger
Rob Schick is the series supervisor in Vancouver. He's still meeting with on-ice officials...sorting through the aftermath.

Great. Schick is/was from Lethbridge. In the 90s he lived next door to a buddy of mine in high school. My buddy talked to him all the time and one this was for certain, Schick hated the Flames.

[Heavy Jack]

Originally Posted by drewtastic

Just saw a brutal Canucks fan tweet about Stajan that Darren Haynes retweeted. Won't post it, but truly reflective of Canucks' fan depths. If you have twitter, search Haynes' posts, but be pre-warned that it is beyond reprehensible. There's hockey rivalries and then there's Canuck fan level BS.


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No words. Outrageously bad taste there, unreal.

[shogged]

Originally Posted by nixon45

That is way way way worse than I was expecting. Holy ####

people suck

[PrettyBoyFlizzy]

There is no way those officials should be allowed to work another playoff game again. That was a complete disgrace as they stood by and watched our players get attacked and mugged and then they gave the wrong calls.

There is going to be hell for Vancouver Sunday and Tuesday.

[dutch14]

Originally Posted by JBR

I have to quit and go to bed. Just getting more and more angry. Ready to drive to Vancounver tonight and burn it down..

Don't worry, I am sure the Canuck fans will take care of that after game 5.