Comments on: Avs need to overcome more than just bad officiating

By: Sharks>Avs

Sharks>Avs — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:48:55 +0000

Lauren, you are out of your mind.
Nobody in this series has been as cheap or as dirty as Adam Foote and Cody McLeod. Feel free to add Darcy Tucker as one of the dirtiest players ever to play in the NHL as well. Every chance McLeod gets, he’s out there running players and starting stuff after the play. Face it: hockey would be a better game without players like him in the lineup.
1. Nobody kicked Duchene on purpose. You’re high if you think that was on purpose. Also, post a link with your ridiculous claims from now on that proves it.
2. When a player dumps a guy on top of his goalie, with the obvious intent to injure, something is going to happen. Get over it.
3. Your beat writers in Denver are morons. “Travis McGinn” — isn’t it this guy’s job to know what he is talking about? It is Jamie McGinn, and Hannon was FAR from “trying to keep the peace” — Give me a break, the only piece he was trying to keep was that of the Sharks player’s helmet he was ripping off after giving him a healthy dose of facewash.
With that being said, the reffing has been atrocious the entire series, both ways. Completely inconsistent and absolutely nowhere near the standards set by playoff refereeing in the past. The blatant disregard for obvious obstruction is horrifying. Every game I sit here and shake my head at how bad the officiating is, going both ways. I count many times when the Sharks do something wrong, no penalty, same with the Avs. It’s almost as if the refs aren’t even watching the game as it is taking place right in front of their eyes.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:17:03 +0000

By the way dude, it’s “helicopter”.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:15:38 +0000

Take off your Teal Shades.
The Sharks take just as many cheap shots. Duchene got nailed by the Avs bench (he was trying to get off the ice on a line change) and as the Sharks players came off their bench (also on a line change) they purposefully kicked Duchene in the head while he’s down. Watch the replay.

By: SanJoseCupCrazy

SanJoseCupCrazy — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:18:25 +0000

Have to say that I was at the game and didn’t understand Hannan’s 4-minute minor. Trust me though, Avs fan, your team is taking cheap shots behind the play every chance they get. In the third, after Jamie McGinn took a huge hit along the boards and play was stopped, he was trying to collect himself while knelt over when Darcy Tucker skated by and elbowed him in the head, obviously intentional. Happened right in front of our seats. No penalty was called, but it set off a scrum. I don’t feel bad for you guys. As for your writer hacks in Denver, run along now — all of your projections about us being a bunch of choke artists and how the major upset was coming were a load. You can all go back to covering summer helicoptor skiing in the Rockies now. Your team is about to become irrelevant. You have zero chance of winning two in a row.