As Mike Milbury mentioned, the Kadri line is not the Kadri line without Kadri. What do you actually call that line now anyway?
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Leafs down two goals after one . There up against it early on.
They better find a way to turn this game around otherwise there won’t be any Canadian team left .
They better find a way to turn this game around otherwise there won’t be any Canadian team left .
I like Vegas’s coach Gallant trash-talking or not . But I’ll be rooting for the clowns team tonight.
I was disappointed by Freddie Andersen on that first goal. Did it go under his armpit? That second goal Johansson skated all the way around the net with complete and total impunity. I didn’t understand what the Leafs defensive assignments were on that play but there was a large swath of open ice that Johansson skated through unchecked.
Very disappointing how Toronto’s offense was totally bottled up by Boston. Boston’s 4th line dominated! Meanwhile Toronto looked incredibly impotent on offense and Babcock was not the Viagra needed to get them going. Not sure what Toronto needs to take the next step but they need something. Another 1st round exit from the playoffs. Canada out and the Stanley Cup will remain on US soil.
eep:That’s a funny way to say it lol , but I kind of agree with you EB . Babcock is a likeable, decent coach but he is not Special. I much rather prefer someone like Trotz or Gallant. I was watching many of he’s post game interviews and he was talking about the team growing and taking the next step etc. Was he trying to take the pressure off he’s players or himself ? I know that the Leafs have a bright future ahead of them but sometimes the coach needs to be bold and tell the young players that the time is now and make them believe that there ready and there is no tomorrow. But that’s not Babcock unfortunately. As for Andersen he gave them a chance and certainly proved himself in the series. I think the organization needs to put some old veteran grey wolfs on the ice to help lead the pack . I’m saying that because I got the impression that at times the team was lacking leadership .
In the end with so many top seeds crashing out and all the upsets in the league Toronto not being able to progress beyond the first round was a missed opportunity. Nevertheless that’s sports but I hope they do improve so they can finally make a deep run next year.
...but the evening was not over yet.....the best was still to come......San Jose 5 Vegas 4....a game to remember.....Vegas was leading 3-0 in the third and BOUM....Eakin took a major 5 min, penalty----wich by the way should have been 2 min-----and Sharks scored 4 goals....yes 4 goals....to take the lead 4-3....Vegas tied the game with less than 1 min to play.....and Sharks won in OT.....wow wow wow....yes a night to remember.....Vegas deserved to win cette série...they played better hockey BUT that's the way it is in those playoffs......and indeed am very happy for my Sharks...sorry guys i lost faith in you.....my bad.
Oh and i am 0-7 in my predictions,,,,so Caps plz tonight....i don't like bagel....lolllll
Oh and i am 0-7 in my predictions,,,,so Caps plz tonight....i don't like bagel....lolllll
Vegas got screwed big time last night. Big time. The Pavelski incident wasn't even a penality. It happened on a push during the faceoff and Pavelski lost his balance and his head hit the ice as he was falling. That type of play always happens during a faceoff and like i said it just happened that Pavelski lost his balance this time around and initially it appeared to have injured himself badly. It wouldn't surprise me if he plays in the next game.
VEGAS GOT SCREWED. There is no simple way to say it. VEGAS GOT SCREWED. I don't particularly care for either team but i feel bad for the Vegas team since there's no way San Jose scores 4 goals on a five-minute powerplay if not for that bad call by the officials. On top of that there wasn't even a penalty called on that play and only after the officials huddled around while Pavelski was being attended to did they decide to call a 5-minute major on Aikins. In other words, none of the four officials saw anything but they decided to punish San Jose for the injury one of their players MAY have caused.
It's mind-boggling that the referees cannot go & view a replay of the play in question prior to rendering a decision. They can review nearly everything else including offsides by half-an-inch but cannot review that type of play & instead make a guess?? Ridiculous!!!
VEGAS GOT SCREWED. There is no simple way to say it. VEGAS GOT SCREWED. I don't particularly care for either team but i feel bad for the Vegas team since there's no way San Jose scores 4 goals on a five-minute powerplay if not for that bad call by the officials. On top of that there wasn't even a penalty called on that play and only after the officials huddled around while Pavelski was being attended to did they decide to call a 5-minute major on Aikins. In other words, none of the four officials saw anything but they decided to punish San Jose for the injury one of their players MAY have caused.
It's mind-boggling that the referees cannot go & view a replay of the play in question prior to rendering a decision. They can review nearly everything else including offsides by half-an-inch but cannot review that type of play & instead make a guess?? Ridiculous!!!
The Vegas Knights and Gallant took an ass-fucking from the refs. The NHL is in a very precarious spot with that call right now. The Sharks were not winning that game but for the referee intervention and now you have a team that should be playing golf instead advancing. The referee involved should be disciplined.
Je suis d'accord avec ceux qui disent que les Knights se sont fait royalement fourrer sur le 5 min, sur le jeu il y a certe, un leger double-echec a la poitrine, rien de plus. Pavelsky perd l' equilibre ,tombe et se blesse a la tete. Malchance. Aucuns arbitres n'avaient le bras leve a ce moment la. Ce genre de cross check est rarement puni en general, surtout sur une mise en jeu ou, ca se produit presque une fois sur deux. Donc, oui c'est un tres mauvais call. Mais soyons serieux ici, se faire scorer 4 buts sur un 5 minutes?!?!?! Ca s'appelle echouer lamentablement, tant au niveau des joueurs que du cote des entraineurs, y a pas d'autres qualificatifs. Donc les Knights ne meritaient pas de gagner cette serie.
Pas mal d'accord avec toi....je suis un big fan fini des Sharks MAIS je reconnais que Eakin méritait tout au plus un 2 min......MAIS se faire compter 4 buts sur un 5 min. de punition ce n'est pas normal.....oui c'est vraiment echoué lamentablement,,,,,et Vegas aurait pu gagner en OT ,,,ce qu"ils n'ont pas fait....bien malheureux pour eux MAIS c'est la game.
Just like 3ish years ago when the refs screwed the playoff for the Oilers against the Ducks, Oilers should have had it in 5 that year.
Just my opinion.
Jupiter9,
Yeah they gave up 4 goals in in 5 minutes, but it was because the referee call provided the shock of their lives. It took them a while to get over the shock of it and resume playing but they did and tied the game and sent it to OT. This is not like the Falcons blowing a 28-3 lead in the Super Bowl and losing 34-28, due to mental mistakes, penalties and running out of gas on defense. The Knights' lead was lost due to the calling of a phantom penalty and the resulting shock. These guys were so shocked by the call they did not know whether to play, or walk off the ice. You cannot really blame them for having a meltdown.It was a penalty they did not expect to be called.
Well cross checking is normalement 2 minutes ..so it should not been a big surprise..plus if you watch the replay you will see it's not Eakin BUT Stastny who gave the fatal hit in the face of Pavelsky...intentionnellement ou pas.....so IMHO it's not one but 2 penalties should have been the right call.......my two cents.....
Gaby,
I think you are mistaken. Watch the replay: https://twitter.com/SiriusXMNHL/status/1120906609574780935
Eakin cross checked Pavelski, who then lost his balance and hit his head on the ice. The contact between Stastny and Pavelski was incidental contact that occurred because Pavelski got in the way of where Stastny wanted to go, and Stastny pushed him aside. What Stastny did not know is that Pavelski had lost his balance and was already falling back into his path due to the Eakin Cross Check. There was no "fatal hit", rather, a player who lost his balance after being cross checked fell into Stastny's forward path and Stastny simply pushed him aside. Pavelski was in the act of falling and was also in Stastny's path and Stastny had no where to go but straight into him or else push him aside as he did.
It's either no penalty or, at most, 2 minutes on Eakin for cross checking, although I did not see anything illegal about Eakin's contact because he used his hands more than his stick. Either way, there is no 5 minute penalty and an absurd 4 goals in 5 minutes.
I think because you bet on the Sharks you are not bringing any kind of neutrality to the viewing of this play. This was a tremendous travesty of officiating and should not have happened. There needs to be consequences from this. The wrong team was allowed to advance. The Knights should still be playing.
It’s unfortunate the way the Vegas/SJ game ended. Don’t need to be an authority in hockey to realize that the Zebras shouldn’t have accessed a 5 minute major to Vegas. By doing so they changed the outcome of the game and of the series. Luck and bad breaks are always going to be a part of sports. But having said that as far as bad calls are concerned it’s becoming harder and harder for fans to accept and the league to justify. Especially since modern sports leagues have adopted instant replay reviews that could easily overturn bad refereeing decisions like the bogus 5 min. Penalty. IMHO the league needs once more to expand what’s reviewable.
I was rooting for San Jose but they had that game gifted to them when it was clearly out of their reach . I feel bad for the Vegas players getting robbed but they shouldn’t have gotten rattled like that however unjustified they thought the penalty was. They are professional athletes, many are veterans and as such they should have done a better job maintaining their composure. Giving up 4 goals in 5 minutes is downright embarrassing and the definition of a meltdown.
I was rooting for San Jose but they had that game gifted to them when it was clearly out of their reach . I feel bad for the Vegas players getting robbed but they shouldn’t have gotten rattled like that however unjustified they thought the penalty was. They are professional athletes, many are veterans and as such they should have done a better job maintaining their composure. Giving up 4 goals in 5 minutes is downright embarrassing and the definition of a meltdown.
EagerBeaver,
Well, yeah, the call sure came as a shock but from there its the responsibility of the team's leader and the the guys behind the bench to regroup and refocus on the task. If you can't manage to do that, it is a failure. I understand killing a 5 minutes penalty is not easy and when things goes really bad you can expect to get 2 goals scored, but 4?
Well, yeah, the call sure came as a shock but from there its the responsibility of the team's leader and the the guys behind the bench to regroup and refocus on the task. If you can't manage to do that, it is a failure. I understand killing a 5 minutes penalty is not easy and when things goes really bad you can expect to get 2 goals scored, but 4?
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