2016 Second round of playoffs thread

[WildCard]

Ovechkin, this is where heroes are made. Step the hell up

[bob_sauve28]

Cullen is a good player

[Taro T]

Phil may be on his way to a cup.Crazy save from Holtby

:huh:

 

Phil won 2. How do you figure he'll get another?

[Thorner]

This is stupid

:huh:

Phil won 2. How do you figure he'll get another?

Thought you meant Kessel haha

Edited May 11, 2016 by Thorny

[Eleven]

Wow, Pit cannot pull it together.

 

Watch this rule get changed in the offseason.  (It wasn't in 2006.)  Actually, I think it's a good rule.

[WildCard]

GOOOAAALLLLL

[darksabre]

Washington definitely gonna lose now.

[Thorner]

Hate the rule, too arbitrary. Could decide a series

[Eleven]

Hate the rule, too arbitrary. Could decide a series

 

It DID decide a series.  2006.  Buffalo at Carolina.

 

It's still a good rule.  Back when it was up to the ref to decide the defender's intent, it was miserable.

[Thorner]

It DID decide a series.  2006.  Buffalo at Carolina.

 

It's still a good rule.  Back when it was up to the ref to decide the defender's intent, it was miserable.

Just don't see the rule being a worthy tipping point for games and series

[K-9]

It DID decide a series.  2006.  Buffalo at Carolina.

 

It's still a good rule.  Back when it was up to the ref to decide the defender's intent, it was miserable.

Agree. They took all the guess work out of the call, regardless of intent. The puck either goes over the glass cleanly or it doesn't. I don't see how it's still arbitrary at all. 

 

GO SABRES!!!

Just don't see the rule being a worthy tipping point for games and series

That's a whole different discussion. All calls could be tipping points in series, depending. 

 

GO SABRES!!!

[Thorner]

Hagelin decked gotta call that ref

[Taro T]

Just don't see the rule being a worthy tipping point for games and series

Well, when it wasn't automatic it determined a series back in '01. That sucked more than '06's automatic call IMHO.

[Thorner]

That is NOT a penalty on Letang.

[Norcal]

Now Letang lost his damn mind lol

[Eleven]

That is NOT a penalty on Letang.

 

Have I got news for you...

[Thorner]

Well, when it wasn't automatic it determined a series back in '01. That sucked more than '06's automatic call IMHO.

It shouldn't be a penalty, period.

[Eleven]

Now Letang lost his damn mind lol

 

Sure did.  Stupid.

[Taro T]

It shouldn't be a penalty, period.

Intentionally putting the puck out of play shouldn't be a penalty? :unsure: You sure about that?

[Thorner]

Wasn't interference in real time

[Eleven]

It shouldn't be a penalty, period.

 

 

Not sure how old you are or how long you've been watching hockey, but there's a damned good reason why it's an automatic penalty.

 

Used to be that defenders just threw the puck over the glass.  So they made it a penalty if it was intentional.

 

That put discretion in the hands of the ref.  (Just one ref, at the time.)  As we all know, that's a disaster.

 

So they made it automatic.

 

Good move, even if it cost the Sabs a Cup 10 years ago.

Edited May 11, 2016 by Eleven

[K-9]

Intentionally putting the puck out of play shouldn't be a penalty? :unsure: You sure about that?

Could you imagine? Teams wouldn't have to bother icing the puck from their own zone. Just flip it over the glass, get a line change, good to go. 

 

GO SABRES!!!

[Norcal]

That play was close, coulda gone either way upon rewinding and looking at it again

[Thorner]

Intentionally putting the puck out of play shouldn't be a penalty? :unsure: You sure about that?

If it's between that, and it being automatic, yes I'd rather it not be a penalty.

[Norcal]

Now Cole slashes Oshie. I'm gonna lose my in mind watching teams take shots at our crew. LOSE MY IN MIND