NBC Mike Milbury says something fishy going on with officiating

[Devise]

  It looks like everyone thinks Reaves should have gotten a crosschecking penalty on the play that he scored the goal. Except for the one person here that blamed Carlson for getting crosschecked.

I don't think anyone "blamed" Carlson for being cross checked. I believe DC mentioned that people should show a bit more grit and not whine about calls like that. Was it an obvious cross check that led to the goal? Yes. Did the Caps have the right to be mad? Yes. But as a player, Carlson should of got up and moved on with it (like it appears he has the rest of the series btw.) I think the point was that shit like that gets let go. I remember in was it 2011 when the Bruins beat the Canucks? There was a game after th whistle were Marchand punched one of the Sedins in the face like 8 times in a row. In front of the ref. Zero calls.


Welcome to the NHL playoffs. Reaves will have to kill a man before the refs do anything, and we can't let that bug us. We knew going into this thing that the officiating would suck/whistles would get put away randomly. It happens every year, not just to us but to everyone. Just have to deal with it, like anything else.

[BlackIce]

I don't think anyone "blamed" Carlson for being cross checked. I believe DC mentioned that people should show a bit more grit and not whine about calls like that. Was it an obvious cross check that led to the goal? Yes. Did the Caps have the right to be mad? Yes. But as a player, Carlson should of got up and moved on with it (like it appears he has the rest of the series btw.) I think the point was that shit like that gets let go. I remember in was it 2011 when the Bruins beat the Canucks? There was a game after th whistle were Marchand punched one of the Sedins in the face like 8 times in a row. In front of the ref. Zero calls.


Welcome to the NHL playoffs. Reaves will have to kill a man before the refs do anything, and we can't let that bug us. We knew going into this thing that the officiating would suck/whistles would get put away randomly. It happens every year, not just to us but to everyone. Just have to deal with it, like anything else.

Problem is, though, that penalties that directly give someone a crucial game advantage as a result of the illegal maneuver have to be called.  So is it now open season on defensemen in front of the net?  Can you imagine the damage Ovie could do if he camped in front of the net when the puck is in the offensive zone and simply checked any defenseman around him to the ice to clear a lane to get the puck?

[chas]

Pillsbury will have plenty to talk about.  We actually had a few calls go our way.  It looked like the refs mostly stayed out of the game.  But then again we didn't retaliate (much).

[alta]

that one retaliatory cross check Kuzy did was interesting, he skated away slowly expecting a whistle then went hard for the puck when there wasn't one

[DC_1908]

Problem is, though, that penalties that directly give someone a crucial game advantage as a result of the illegal maneuver have to be called.  So is it now open season on defensemen in front of the net?  Can you imagine the damage Ovie could do if he camped in front of the net when the puck is in the offensive zone and simply checked any defenseman around him to the ice to clear a lane to get the puck

Yes, particularly against weak 4th forwards and/or soft puckmovers that fly 5ftt anc beyond with a little cross check, then yes, and add Wilson and DSP there too.

If players don’t like being crosschecked, they should get up and a go after the one that did it, or do it back to them tenfold.   Not boo-hoo about the officiating that misses or ignores most the “infractions” anyway


We fans need to man up and quit acting like the Hens and their fans, crying about calls.

[BlackIce]

Yes, particularly against weak 4th forwards and/or soft puckmovers that fly 5ftt anc beyond with a little cross check, then yes, and add Wilson and DSP there too.

If players don’t like being crosschecked, they should get up and a go after the one that did it, or do it back to them tenfold.   Not boo-hoo about the officiating that misses or ignores most the “infractions” anyway


We fans need to man up and quit acting like the Hens and their fans, crying about calls.

I don't mind standing up for oneself, except it seems in the NHL that it's the retaliation that gets called.  I thought the comment about Kuzy looking around after he had given a retaliatory cross-check, expecting to get called, was telling.


These are high stakes here, the scores are relatively close, and players don't want to be the one that happens to be nailed for a penalty in a close game by retaliating.  Now the refs could let the players determine the outcome by simply calling ABSOLUTELY nothing and letting the games deteriorate into mayhem, but there IS a viable alternative, and that is for them to call the consequential initial penalties. 


You know that if the Caps were to give a Finals game away by getting irritated, retaliating, and getting called for penalties that would turn a game in Vegas' favor, that you would criticize them for taking stupid penalties.