god i love the nhl. where else could andrew shaw get a 3 game suspension for incidental contact once and james neal get a 1 game suspension for targetting 2 players' heads. awesome

Nope, you're wrong. In game 1, Cooke blatantly got tripped through the neutral zone and Simmonds ran over Fleury, both resulted in no calls.

In game 3, I think it was Coburn was crosschecking and hacking Kunitz in front of the net multiple times, and when Kunitz gave him a pretty light retaliation, it was called. Staal got called for a very weak ... hook I think they called it? I forget if that was the penalty that made it a 5v3 PP for you guys, but if it wasn't, then whichever call that was was incredibly weak as well.



The calls go both ways.
- nhindian

you're a homer if you think the pens and flyers have both gotten a fair shake. it's fine, i'm one too. atleast i admit it

Which 2 games were those? Dates and times, opponent and venue. Who were the refs and linesmen? I'm sure you have detailed notes on all of these variables.
- nhindian

against the avs and stars. i can't answer your other questions as i forget or didn't care at the time

god i love the nhl. where else could andrew shaw get a 3 game suspension for incidental contact once and james neal get a 1 game suspension for targetting 2 players' heads. awesome
- flyerscup2011

Mr. Socko shows up in game 4. Calling it right now.

Mr. Socko shows up in game 4. Calling it right now.
- hereticpride

who is mr socko?

Yeah, that was bad coverage. And Staal also had that one go off his stick right to Talbot for a goal. He's way off his game.
- wolfhounds

Also stood around while Jake poked home the GWG in OT in game 1.

- stveshdy

Too many penguins on the ice. Even an NHL offical can see that (unless it is a game against the Flyers).

who is mr socko?
- flyerscup2011

It's essentially what they're letting the league become.

pens still continue to deflect, whine, take shots, and pretty much flat out lie in the media. amazing. i can't wait for this series to end with them going home.

you're a homer if you think the pens and flyers have both gotten a fair shake. it's fine, i'm one too. atleast i admit it
- flyerscup2011

I never said they both got a fair shake, but I'm also not complaining that the refs are out to screw my team because they don't make every call for my team.

Hell, the absolute BIGGEST call this series was the blown offsides on Briere. That should shoot your theory right in the heart.

pens still continue to deflect, whine, take shots, and pretty much flat out lie in the media. amazing. i can't wait for this series to end with them going home.
- hammarby31

Go home for game 5? Or game 7?

paul maurice now saying the pens "adversity" allows them to "be a little bit of the underdog" and have an "us vs. them" mentality which they never get to do.

Go home for game 5? Or game 7?
- nhindian

tomorrow night would be preferable.

I never said they both got a fair shake, but I'm also not complaining that the refs are out to screw my team because they don't make every call for my team.

Hell, the absolute BIGGEST call this series was the blown offsides on Briere. That should shoot your theory right in the heart.
- nhindian

you could argue that the blown icing call at the end of the first was just as big. less then a minute to go, and flukey as hell. briere's goal turned out to be so big because the 3rd goal should never have happened to begin with.

paul maurice now saying the pens "adversity" allows them to "be a little bit of the underdog" and have an "us vs. them" mentality which they never get to do.
- hammarby31

pens in 7

pens in 7
- nhindian

totally.

you could argue that the blown icing call at the end of the first was just as big. less then a minute to go, and flukey as hell. briere's goal turned out to be so big because the 3rd goal should never have happened to begin with.
- hammarby31

except the icing wasn't 'blown', it was just waved off late and they couldn't hear because of the crowd.

Offsides is not a judgment call ruling, it's black and white, and it was blown.

I never said they both got a fair shake, but I'm also not complaining that the refs are out to screw my team because they don't make every call for my team.

Hell, the absolute BIGGEST call this series was the blown offsides on Briere. That should shoot your theory right in the heart.
- nhindian

i can't talk to you if you think the biggest missed call was briere being offsides by 10 inches with 2 linesmen looking at the play. smh

was the call wrong? techincally yes, but it's not like it was by a mile. 2 linesmen looked at the play and ruled it onsides at full speed. only when you slow it way down can you see danny is offsides. it wasn't a conspiracy type thing, it was a human error. and an honest one

except the icing wasn't 'blown', it was just waved off late and they couldn't hear because of the crowd.

Offsides is not a judgment call ruling, it's black and white, and it was blown.
- nhindian

and i would argue it was poor judgement, made even worse by his positioning and the noise level. everybody in the building thought it was going to be an icing call. the calls evened out. let's not forget just because the offside was missed, in part also because of the linesman's positioning, doesn't automatically translate to a goal. fleury had a chance to stop briere and failed.

the officiating has been poor overall in the series, for both sides.

and i would argue it was poor judgement, made even worse by his positioning and the noise level. everybody in the building thought it was going to be an icing call. the calls evened out. let's not forget just because the offside was missed, in part also because of the linesman's positioning, doesn't automatically translate to a goal. fleury had a chance to stop briere and failed.

the officiating has been poor overall in the series, for both sides.
- hammarby31

They even out except for the fact that one leads to a breakaway from the blue line and the other leads to a scramble behind the net that somehow leads to a goal

except the icing wasn't 'blown', it was just waved off late and they couldn't hear because of the crowd.

Offsides is not a judgment call ruling, it's black and white, and it was blown.
- nhindian

it was way the frig late and in a loud ass building. and for no reason. absolute horsepoop. there was no reason to waive off the icing in that case

i can't talk to you if you think the biggest missed call was briere being offsides by 10 inches with 2 linesmen looking at the play. smh


- flyerscup2011

Why not? If Briere is correctly called offsides there that could change the entire complexion of the game / series

it was way the frig late and in a loud ass building. and for no reason. absolute horsepoop. there was no reason to waive off the icing in that case
- flyerscup2011

Sure there was a 'reason'. The linesman determined that Dupuis couldn't play the puck because Grossmann rubbed him out. It happens all the time.

The reasoning was sound, hence why it wasn't a blown icing.

The timing could've been a bit quicker though, but usually the goalie let's the d-man know that there won't be icing if it's waved off.

Why not? If Briere is correctly called offsides there that could change the entire complexion of the game / series
- nhindian

that's what you want to believe. the flyers were coming and the pens had no answers to stop us. don't give me that you and i both know it 's bullpoop

Why not? If Briere is correctly called offsides there that could change the entire complexion of the game / series
- nhindian

That's pretty sad. If you think one goal in game 1 of 7 affects the whole series, then your team has bigger problems. The Flyers have shown resiliency in every game against the Pens this year, playoff and regular season. You're reaching at straws if you think this would be a closer series over one goal in the first period of game 1...