I was hoping this is the year a Canadian based team finally win the Cup. Now it is a best 2 out of 3 and Vancouver barely won the first two games (could have gone either way).
Boston vs Vancouver for the Cup
- Thread starter Ironhead
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You read it here first folks.
The Canucks are looking very shaky and they don't have a Mark Messier who can rise to the occasion. Unlike the Leafs, Aaron Rome will be released after the series is done.
It sounds like you're saying that Vancouver will not release the Leafs after the series.
Canucks need to do what was done in Longest Yard. Nail the refs in the balls with a few slapshots until they start calling the game fair. I know the league would love a big market US team to win. That game was out of control and that is the Bruins game. They instigate and the Canucks get called if they retaliate. If the Canucks could get away with what Chara gets away with maybe the Canucks goalie could see the puck better and would not take as many slashes and hacks. Perhaps the Canucks could just do a "Slapshot" thing and bring in every nasty player and turn the game into a brawl. Bruins hockey is a sideshow.
Jim Hughson is the most biased homer in hockey. Its clear your buying his pure crap. Try to think for yourself.
I agree to a point the game was a bit out of control, but I don't entirely blame the refs for that.
I also don't entirely Blame the Bruins, or even the Canucks for it, both teams has been playing dirty , and taking dives and I can't blame the refs for getting fed up with it and not calling anything anymore.
Don't read Jim Hughson. I read little in sports, and say little. I like watching but this series is not good hockey. It is how the Bruins play. It is a shame. They have a lot of great talent. Many of the players impress me. Yes there is dirty stuff by both teams. There always will be. The Bruins however are over the top. That last little bit by Marchand, or Thomas flipping out because someone touched his stick. Imagine how many times Luongo would flip out, or Price would have in the Montreal series. Even the Boston news is saying what a great job they Bruins are doing getting to Luongo and not letting the Canucks do the same to Thomas. It is okay for Toronto to have a few bias hockey guys because every other city in the world has much more bias reporters who support their team then we have in Canada. I saw some stuff on Youtube from other cities over the last while. Talk about bias. I have yet to see that sort of bias in any media in Canada. We tend to eat our own in this Country. The lack of outcry over the officiating of this series is proof enough of that.
But the refs did call things. What was good for calling against the Canucks was not worth calling against the Bruins. Remember this is a business more than a sport. The moment Gary Bettman took over this became a reality. A big marked US team is the ones they want. It makes the news and sells tickets. The officiating in the Chicago series was not great, but Chicago did not take as much advantage. The two teams play each other more, have more history. Yet the series did not get out of control. Why is that?
Clubber, you really can't hear the biased homering of hughson and company during the game? It is nothing short of embarrassing! My buddy who is a diehard hab fan and hates the bruins has even mentioned how bad it is!
As for the refs letting the bruins away with crap and only calling Vancouver penalties.... You must be looking at the world through Canuck colored glasses. Correct me if I'm wrong ( but I know im not!), van was 0 for 8 on the pp last game, thes bruins were o for 4. In the series Boston has had 17 pps , Vancouver has had 22 and only scored once. Looks to me like Boston has had more penalties called against them! You Vancouver fans should stop your whining. It's funny how the Vancouver fans weren't bitching and moaning after the first two games when they won, and the Canucks were doing all the hacking , slashing and biting!
As for the refs letting the bruins away with crap and only calling Vancouver penalties.... You must be looking at the world through Canuck colored glasses. Correct me if I'm wrong ( but I know im not!), van was 0 for 8 on the pp last game, thes bruins were o for 4. In the series Boston has had 17 pps , Vancouver has had 22 and only scored once. Looks to me like Boston has had more penalties called against them! You Vancouver fans should stop your whining. It's funny how the Vancouver fans weren't bitching and moaning after the first two games when they won, and the Canucks were doing all the hacking , slashing and biting!
I usually watch with other people and hear their comments more than then what is said on TV. Often we just turn the sound down as it can be annoying. Power Plays are more than just scoring. It can get a team going. Too many penalties keep certain players off the ice, and others on. Turns a team into defensive mode. Perhaps the refs realize some people count who gets the most penalties, and judge by that instead of what goes on on the ice. I know after the second game myself and a few friends posted on our facebook how the Canucks managed to beat the Bruins and the refs. Got a lot of likes and comments in agreement about it. As to the biting why was the guys finger in his mouth? Just because the one team has more penalties called against it does not mean they did not get away with more. Perhaps that is why they missed more. Truth is I am a Leaf fan. I have no complaints about the officiating the Leafs got. I think more calls went in their favour this year and for a few years. Canucks are about my 4th or 5th team. They seem to get screwed over by the officials more than most. Flyers are one of the teams I least like, and they too get screwed over by the officials. Boston all year seems to be one of the darling teams. Perhaps their is some guilt in the NHL about the Marc Savard. The NHL and NBA seem to have darling teams and teams they crap on.
I really am amazed at how some people turn a blind eye to what actually is occurring during a game. Vancouver got beat by Boston and the refs??? Seriously, they were outscored 12-1 over 2 games! I think the Canucks bad defensive coverage,shaky goaltending and the bruins making adjustments to handle vancouvers attack had more to do with the losses than anything the refs did or didn't do. I know that scoring on the power play isn't the be all and end all ( just look at bostons pp stats!), it is sometimes about creating momentum. That being said, Vancouver had 8 pp's, scored no goals, and were completely stymied, leaving Boston with the momentum swing after killing them off.
My point is that the Canucks are doing just as much bs after the whistle as the bruins are. The little shoves, grabs and hacks have been performed by both teams. That kind of post whistle action/gamesmanship has been going on forever and probably always will.As far as the biting incident, if you recall burrows and Bergeron were each giving the other face
washings for about 30 seconds... The only difference was that burrows bit and Bergeron didn't.
I'm just sick of hearing Canucks fans complain that the refs aren't calling anything to help them... 8 pp's!!! If the Canucks want to win the series,stop complaining,fight through it, show some heart and do something themselves to get into it, rather than lamely blaming the refereeing.
My point is that the Canucks are doing just as much bs after the whistle as the bruins are. The little shoves, grabs and hacks have been performed by both teams. That kind of post whistle action/gamesmanship has been going on forever and probably always will.As far as the biting incident, if you recall burrows and Bergeron were each giving the other face
washings for about 30 seconds... The only difference was that burrows bit and Bergeron didn't.
I'm just sick of hearing Canucks fans complain that the refs aren't calling anything to help them... 8 pp's!!! If the Canucks want to win the series,stop complaining,fight through it, show some heart and do something themselves to get into it, rather than lamely blaming the refereeing.
Try not to get too carried away trying to make logical points. You must remember that clubber admitted that he doesn't read Jim Hughson. LOL.
Boston has a great team, Tim Thomas is playing amazing and is the one who is the difference in the game. Vancouver would be better off not getting power plays. The problem is the game is not pretty or that entertaining unless you like scrums slashes and so forth. Almost everyone even Boston announcers call it Boston hockey!!! Just hearing Marchand agreeing this is Bruin style. Vancouver needs to make things tougher on Thomas the same way Boston does on Luongo. That means hitting him if the refs aren't calling it. The Bruins have some great defense men that are able to keep people from Thomas often times with stuff that is not suppose to be legal but is in this series. Slow down the skilled players throw them off the game with hooking slashes interference. Get Vancouver to retaliate. I hate that miss the original penalty and call the retaliation. It is too bad we have so many Bruin fans in Canada, or are they Leaf fans who want Leafs to be the Canadian team to bring the cup to Canada?
No its hockey fans who are tired of Vancouver's bitching fans and media who are totally out of control. Playing the victim to this extent is tiring, especially after what Burrows, Lapier and Rohm did in the first three games. Add in the Sedins diving which is ridiculous, and Luongo who gets unjustly glorified, and its a hard team to like despite all their skill.
This did not happen when Calgary, Edmonton or Ottawa was in the final (Ottawa was hated by Toronto fans before it even started). Fans didn't turn against them mid-way like they are now.
