xWCMx Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Here's a question for you all: if the officiating once again goes south tonight, and AV, at some point throughout the game, grabs a player's stick, grabs a white towel, puts the two together and raises it to the rafters.... Would you still want him fired? *insert troll emoticon* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimberWolf Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 The refs are not the single reason we are losing but it hasn't helped and just because we'd probably be losing with fair reffing, doesn't let those zebras off the hook. It's embarrassing to see our game plummet like this. Watch NFL reffing. Anything that is a penalty in the regular season is in the playoffs. No team gets favourable calls because another team might benifit too much. There is accountability and a feeling that it's up to your team. So when a call does get blown, you know it was indeed an honest mistake and not the numurous ridiculous reasons a ref in the NHL blows the whistle or chooses (CHOOSES!!!) not to. The last infuriates me the most. The ref is not there to interpret the rules with impunity. He is there to enforce them to ensure a clean level playing field. This hasn't happened for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funat5pm Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 I'm sure the refs are out to get us, so obvious that we're the only ones that get screwed. Time to riot and torch some cars.....that'll show em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanKeslord17 Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 HEY GUYS! THIS MIGHT BE THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY THAT THE REFS HAVE SWEPT A SERIEES!!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gumballthechewy Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Yup, they had a few choice words after I posted that. I had a hard time reading through that... How epic would it have been if AV raised the white flag? My respect for him would increase substantially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danjr Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 One additional factor, almost all of the PP's for Van have been in the second period, with the long change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danjr Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 phhht how much more PP times does SJ need to win the series? Well the refs have a good discount for american teams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airjasper Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 So what's that, 23-9 in 4 games. SJ first in pp time, Vancouver last. And that whole 4 minutes for blood is absolute garbage. That high stick was tame compared to most of the ones we see, yet since his lip starting bleeding a tiny bit it's 4 minutes...Meanwhile Gomez is swinging his stick full speed at guys on the Canucks bench and that's good for only 2. Interesting.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gumballthechewy Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 The best part is nobody seems to give two s**** because it's the Canucks.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hudson bay rules Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 The penalty on Juice should be added Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimberWolf Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 I am horrified by tonights game. Both the game tying and winner were on Wingles diving all over. Especially the overtime call. It was a shoulder hit by Daniel. No illegal contact and Wingles propels himself into the boards like it was attemtped murder. The refs sweep the series, congrats refs. Have some champagne. No the nucks didn't play well all series to blame the refs completely, but this game was ours even with the crap reffing and the refs stole it away. i am horrified by what the league has become, I can't watch anymore of the playoffs this year. Who cares, the league is a farce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a Fool Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Dank is just a dirty goon with no respect for the integrity of the game: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danjr Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 I am horrified by tonights game. Both the game tying and winner were on Wingles diving all over. Especially the overtime call. It was a shoulder hit by Daniel. No illegal contact and Wingles propels himself into the boards like it was attemtped murder. The refs sweep the series, congrats refs. Have some champagne. No the nucks didn't play well all series to blame the refs completely, but this game was ours even with the crap reffing and the refs stole it away. i am horrified by what the league has become, I can't watch anymore of the playoffs this year. Who cares, the league is a farce. Could not have expressed myself better, mine would have been a rant with two out of two and a half words being curses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 lots of material for an addendum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Final penalty minute count: Vancouver 66 San Jose 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apples Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 I cant wait for see the new video. At least like 5 more terrible calls tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaBestPlaceOnEarth Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Final penalty minute count: Vancouver 66 San Jose 26 Well that's not really the most revealing number, here's some more. PP Opportunities were 24-10 for the Sharks, and one of the 10 was puck-over-glass so really only 9 that were ref's discretion. Total PP Time was 36:16 for SJ, 15:36 for the Canucks. In the 3rd Periods and Overtimes, San Jose had 8 powerplay opportunities, the Canucks had two. Was it really that big of a difference, out on the ice? Not in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass98 Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 this video is perfect ... and you put some coaches who are angry and really defend their team .. and then you see vignault, who said and done nothing all series long, laughing at the end .. simply perfect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowtownCanuck Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 How epic would it have been if AV raised the white flag? I was really hoping to see that during OT, but he would have taken another 2 minutes and we would have lost on a 5 on 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crossball Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 It's a combination of factors. The Auger-effect is a lasting and unprofessional axe-to-grind against particular Canucks players. Forget Marchand, Doughty, or the likes of Thornton and Couture - Burrows, Kesler and Lapierre are the scapegoats of the NHL. Canucks management has called these bureaucrats (officials) out before, and they hold a fraternal grudge that they are free to exercise - one that is in concert with the corporate objectives of game management. Insider infuence peddling seems to be more than merely the imagination of people wearing tinfoil hats. The NHL is in re-sell mode, pandering to the large US markets (still/again). Some call it "business" - but that soils the concept of business. It's more of a corporate devolution that perverts the principles of sport. The NHL takes their existing fanbase for granted in favour of wooing the fanbase they don't have (and further distanced with their moronic lockout) - actually a terrible 'business' approach. Vancouver is periperal even within Canada. CBC and TSN are too busy pandering to Onterrible and competing for the HNIC contract to be accountable to the West or hold the NHL accountable to anywhere that sits outside of it's core. The NHL is soiled by politics. It started with that crap out of that actor/president in the states and his house on a shiny hill? bullcrap in the 80's. corporate greed ticket to annihilation of the middle class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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