2011-2012 NHL playoff thread.

[Danzig]

i am well aware of the caps and their postseason records. been a fan since they started in the league when i was a kid.



asham, neal hearings tomorrow. wonder which of the two hits by neal will get the bigger penalty? couterier wasn't on the puck, he left his feet when he hit the rookie.
than there was his blatant hit on giroux, clearly aiming for the guys' head.

as for asham, i think he should be sent to the khl.

[Danzig]

http://nhl-red-light.si.com/2012/04/...=si_topstories

mayhem reigns...

and they're right, they should have set the tone early on. now it's become a free for all.

i love big hits...but not blatant elbows and cross-checks to the throat, not taking cheap shots or slamming someone who's not even on the puck.

[3kings]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i am well aware of the caps and their postseason records. been a fan since they started in the league when i was a kid.



asham, neal hearings tomorrow. wonder which of the two hits by neal will get the bigger penalty? couterier wasn't on the puck, he left his feet when he hit the rookie.
than there was his blatant hit on giroux, clearly aiming for the guys' head.

as for asham, i think he should be sent to the khl.

The Neal hearings should be interesting. If he doesn't get a game it will continue the NHL's double standard. Suspend the marginal players and let the stars get away with anything they want. IMO Asham gets at least the rest of the series, Adams gets the mandatory game, and Neal gets the Shea Weber $2500. fine.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by 3kings

The Neal hearings should be interesting. If he doesn't get a game it will continue the NHL's double standard. Suspend the marginal players and let the stars get away with anything they want. IMO Asham gets at least the rest of the series, Adams gets the mandatory game, and Neal gets the Shea Weber $2500. fine.

i'm figuring they'll give him games, but that it'll follow over into next season. i don't expect the series to go on much longer! i'm pretty sure asham is a repeat offender...

as for neal? who knows, after seeing some of the other 'punishments' handed out.

[MaTH716]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i'm figuring they'll give him games, but that it'll follow over into next season. i don't expect the series to go on much longer! i'm pretty sure asham is a repeat offender...

as for neal? who knows, after seeing some of the other 'punishments' handed out.

It could be a $20 fine or expulsion from the sport, at this point nothing would suprise me.

[golfer]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

It could be a $20 fine or expulsion from the sport, at this point nothing would suprise me.

It's so bizarre that they spent this entire season "cleaning" up the game, trying to take head shots out of the game due to the epidemic of concussions, and now this happens in the playoffs. They actually started "changing" the rules after the All Star break, being far more lenient in the clutching and grabbing department.

Adjudicating based on result as opposed to action is troubling to begin with. But now in the Playoffs, it's even more absurd and prone to being taken advantage of. IF Alfredson had a concussion, he shouldn't play tonight, for sure. If he plays tonight, and the rest of the series, I question the definition of concussion.

I still blame the NHL and the officiating crews for not taking control of these games. But the NHL wanted robot referees who don't think for themselves, just do what they are told, and this is what we have because of it.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by golfer

It's so bizarre that they spent this entire season "cleaning" up the game, trying to take head shots out of the game due to the epidemic of concussions, and now this happens in the playoffs. They actually started "changing" the rules after the All Star break, being far more lenient in the clutching and grabbing department.

Adjudicating based on result as opposed to action is troubling to begin with. But now in the Playoffs, it's even more absurd and prone to being taken advantage of. IF Alfredson had a concussion, he shouldn't play tonight, for sure. If he plays tonight, and the rest of the series, I question the definition of concussion.

I still blame the NHL and the officiating crews for not taking control of these games. But the NHL wanted robot referees who don't think for themselves, just do what they are told, and this is what we have because of it.

crosby's healthy again; they don't care about concussions right now.


some of these guys will be like bart at the beginning of the simpsons, writing
'i will not elbow opposing players' 100 times on the chalkboard.

[slotdirt]

Ovechkin is 7,000 times the captain that Crosby is. He might step over the line occasionally, but you will never, ever see him pull some of the nonsense that Crosby has pulled already in his short career.

Looking at the tape from yesterday, the Penguins who legitimately deserve suspensions are Neal, Asham, Letang, and Craig Adams. I'd guess only two of those guys will end up serving time, but Letang going after a guy like Timonen and Adams pummeling Hartnell from behind whilst he was locked up with Crosby would also be worthy of supplemental discipline in the regular season.

[-BT-]

Originally Posted by 3kings

The Neal hearings should be interesting. If he doesn't get a game it will continue the NHL's double standard. Suspend the marginal players and let the stars get away with anything they want. IMO Asham gets at least the rest of the series, Adams gets the mandatory game, and Neal gets the Shea Weber $2500. fine.

if asham neal or adams see the ice in game 4 we'll all know how much this league bows down to pitt

-bt-