Streak Busted--Predators 3 Red Wings 1

Now I want some busted steak.

It just seems like there are games where it’s decided from the out-set that there will only be 3 penalties called all night regardless of what actually takes place on the ice. There were lots of calls that could have gone against the wings for sure – especially in the 3rd when things got really tight. But – what if Nashville had to kill off 2, 3 or 4 penalties in the 1st – would have been a completely different game. I just would like to be a fly on the wall when the refs are getting their marching orders from Toronto prior to a game like this. I just wonder…

1. Stephen Walkom
2. Francois StLaurent
3. Darren Gibbs
4. Pierre Racicot

Because Rinne sweeping us out would be pretty infuriating. Oh well, for now it’s more competition to keep Chicago out.

Because Rinne sweeping us out would be pretty infuriating. Oh well, for now it’s more competition to keep Chicago out.

I bet they get beaten today. Just saw the video of Kronwall shoveling Eaves off the ice lmao…epic

I didn’t expect that from Wing fans. I guess it’s a universal thing!

And how about when Eaves threw down Weber right before the beatdown? Didn’t anybody see that? It was probably definitely an interference call at the least. But you didn’t see that, right? In fact that BS call led to your only goal, so you actually got shut out last night if it wasn’t for that PP goal. So maybe the refs were on your side as usual this time.

And it looked like Kostitsyn hit your guy with a shoulder, not an elbow. But y’all didn’t see that either, did you?

And Holmstrom put his ass in Pekka’s face, inside the crease. But that was a chincey call too, right? A reputation call? Not really.

Pekka: dontcha wish you had one of them. I’d like to see you guys in the playoffs….we’re gonna lose of course, but we’ll go ahead and play it out anyway.

Homer had every bit the right to that ice as Rinne did

No, he does not.

And what about my latter comment? Did Eaves pick Weber and should that have been a penalty? And if there was a penalty would the Wings have one less goal?

I feel it’s building quite a case should the Wings’ front office choose to send a rather large package of tapes to the league. I think the league would have to re-work some rules if asked why these goals are called back during a time when the league is still trying to promote offense. It’s bullshit that Homer has a “reputation”. It’s not like he’s had a career of railroading goaltenders. He’s one of the best screeners/deflectors in the league and the league is punishing him/the Wings because goalies have learned to exploit bad rules. It’s really screwed up how something is bad enough to get a goal called back, but not bad enough for a two minute penalty.

If I had my way and I was the coach, once we got the to playoffs, I’d have one of our bigger guys run down any goalie who comes out of the crease to initiate a disallowed goal.

and the same thing I keep coming back to is this:

Rinne is not interfered with in any way. He is screened very closely, but it’s him that reaches out to Homer as they both move laterally. For his part, I don’t think Rinne was trying to interfere with or push Homer aside, I think he was just steadying himself to keep from overskating. No possible argument can be made that Rinne was in any way prevented from or even impaired against making that save. If anything, if he’d have pushed harder he might have had a better chance to maybe get to his left a little faster. That was a great screen and shot and should have stood.

But hey, maybe we can manage to set some kind of record for consecutive games with a waved-off goal. What are we at now, three?

Not that it’s important or anything. I think we can just put this game past us and move on. They played like thugs and Rinne was Vezina-good. We were missing 3 top (well, you decide on Hudler) forwards and the Preds have just had our number all year. It’s two points we didn’t earn, big whoop. Let’s see who gets further in the playoffs (if Nashville even gets there).

And how about when Eaves threw down Weber right before the beatdown? Didn’t anybody see that? It was probably definitely an interference call at the least. But you didn’t see that, right? In fact that BS call led to your only goal, so you actually got shut out last night if it wasn’t for that PP goal. So maybe the refs were on your side as usual this time.

And it looked like Kostitsyn hit your guy with a shoulder, not an elbow. But y’all didn’t see that either, did you?

And Holmstrom put his ass in Pekka’s face, inside the crease. But that was a chincey call too, right? A reputation call? Not really.

You mean when Eaves skated into the ice he had the right to before Shea Weber initiated contact and then dove? Well then, if we’re calling Eaves for Interference, then we’re calling Weber for diving and we’re right back where we started. Oh, except the goal was scored on the Kostitsyn elbow, which only “looks like” a shoulder to a homer fan who doesn’t want to believe that his team cheap-shots people, even though that was the second elbow by a Predator in the game.

Homer’s ass wasn’t in the crease. They got there at the same time and the rule is vaguely written. You’d be furious if they called that a no-goal against your guy. The ref had the right to make the call, but don’t try to make some glorified pedantic case based on a rule that has to be interpreted. It was a bad call. Holmstrom was not inside the crease and this was a case where neither player really “initiated the contact”.

Flamos/Goons tied at 3 going into 3rd…crazy West race continues….Ducks were up 3-0 so quickly in that game lol