Gerry <gerry14 DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in news:1194741112.327958.241340@
50g2000hsm.googlegroups.com:
> On Nov 10, 4:45 pm, j.ba... DeleteThis @comcast.net wrote:
>
>> Sorry Steve, I think the drinks are affecting your judgment as well as
>> your typing. (But way to take one^^^ several for the team.) Plekanec
>> deserved that minor, and I don't think Alfredsson took a dive.
>
> I'll side with Steve. Plekanec hit him fair and square. Alfredsson
> took a dive. Ryder's hook happened 14 other times in the game without
> a call. Etc. I don't think the game was particularly badly
> officiated, mind you, nor do I think it affected the outcome of the
> game. It was basically just a par-for-the-course display of
> inconsistent application of a murky set of rules. That's the new
> NHL. Huzzah.
>
> l8r,
> Gerry
>
>
Waiting for someone to point this out. The "new" rules have seemed to
have evolved again. Now, they call less, but can still make the
chintziest of calls whenever they want. 10 "hooks" that don't slow down a
player go uncalled, then "poof", they pull one out!
Really, bake a cake for the ref before a game and deliver it to his room.
There's about 40 plays a game a ref COULD call, and he pulls out anywhere
from 4 to 15 of them depending on his mode, the alignment of the sun and
moon, and the price of the tea in China I guess. This is another reason
for Carbonneau to keep the whining in check (which he has been doing
better lately IMO). Don't piss off a ref, because he can call a penalty
at any moment of his choosing under the arguemnt that it is a "new NHL"
call.
However, what gauls me the most is when commentators say "they'll call
that every time" after a minor hook like Ryder's. It's like they are
propoganda shills for the league because NO, they DON'T call that every
time anymore...just whenever they feel like it.
Marty
>> Stay informed about: Is Dean Brown reffing this one as well as calling the play.. 
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