Don't understand now why they personally apologized to Vegas ownership for calling a major instead of a minor on that game 7 play if this one doesn't bother them.
Ah right, cause Vegas is their new little sweetheart princess money maker.
Yea, I agree that whole “apology” to Vegas came off as very conspiratorial. It’s like you payed for it, we tried to fix it but the refs did not get the memo. With it being Vegas, did someone lose a pile of gambling money as well?
Edit - I suppose this counts as the new controversy I mentioned in my above post
Maybe if the Bruins were playing The Dispatch, but if third party comments were all it took the bulletin boards would be full. If the Bruins aren't ready for tonight, I don't think this would make the difference.
Yea, I agree that whole “apology” to Vegas came off as very conspiratorial. It’s like you payed for it, we tried to fix it but the refs did not get the memo. With it being Vegas, did someone lose a pile of gambling money as well?
Really makes the league come off as crooked. Vegas was always a stupid place to put a team because of the shady extracurricular things that would go on. But, money.
If the league wants to be seen as one of dignity and integrity across the board either acknowledge every egregious error or never at all. There's no standard or consistency in anything they've done this season. I also believe those refs were sent home after that which doesn't help the optics.
The NBA just has a way more fun vibe around it these days. The NHL needs to do some things to appease it's fans to get its product back to being fun, including being overall more transparent and bringing more common sense into its review processes.
Game 1 starts on a Monday instead of the weekend. Weekends are for hockey. Only 1 Sat game, no Friday games.
Most games with 3 days in between instead of typical 2 days. Good way for fans to lose interest.
Games 5 & 6 skip over Fri and Sat night. Again, weekends are for hockey.
A possible game 7 on June 12th is 3 weeks away from today which is way too long. Boston won Eastern finals on May 16.
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They can't just book games whenever they feel like it...schedule has to work for both arenas and their TV partners.
Sportsnet does like this schedule because they get games on their three marquee nights (Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday). Overall, Friday nights are not a strong night for ratings. Sportsnet is also showing NBA Finals games and the two sports do work together to have each others games on different nights.
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must show all Flames games nationally when they play on Saturdays, Mondays, and Wednesdays !!!
It will be interesting to see if the refs let the non call factor into their decision making.
Edit: It will be interesting to see HOW the refs let the non call factor into their decision making.
Obviously it's impossible to tell, but we can speculate.
I would speculate that the refs let the non-call factor into their officiating. The refs let things like the # of penalties, the time of the game, the time of the year(playoffs vs regular season), and a whole bunch of other things like individual players, teams, coaches, factor into their decision making. Why not a previous games missed call?
If so many things can factor into a ref calling a penalty, or not calling a penalty, then I see no reason why the missed call won't factor in as well.
So if I were to guess, I would say St Louis will lose the game. The refs may or may not play a large role in that. If the refs do play a large role in Boston winning we will never know if the non call was a factor.
Except we will know the non call was a factor. You know?
Game management ladies and gentlemen
Holy smokes this reffing has been the most exciting aspect of the playoffs so far. It's almost like a game within a, no, a soap opera within a game. It's pure entertainment value with absolutely no foreseen conclusion. We have no idea what we're gonna get and that's got me on the edge of my seat!
must show all Flames games nationally when they play on Saturdays, Mondays, and Wednesdays !!!
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