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This has nothing to do with football, but it's off topic so either way.... I feel a need to vent somewhere.
Last night while my Kings were getting a chance to basically lock up their division and the 3rd seed in their conference, but they were cheated out of what probably would have been a game winning 2 man advantage on the Power Play.... Now, maybe they wouldn't have converted on that PP, who knows. But I do know that both teams PP's were rocking (4 of the Kings 5 goals came on the PP) and the Kings had scored on a 2 man advantage literally seconds before this happened... So they should have had another two man advantage right away that probably would have given them the game winning goal with only a few minutes left.
So while on the PP (after just scoring on the two man advantage) the Kings are on a counter attack against a very gassed San Jose defense. While moving up the ice a San Jose player reached from the bench with his stick and hit the puck to break up the attack. An obvious penalty, everyone saw it. The player who was rushing turned to the ref, the team captain pointed, the D-Man joining in on the rush yelled and then slammed his stick to the ice when they figured the refs didn't see it... The crowd saw it, the announcers saw it, hell even players on the other team looked shock it wasn't called. Everyone inside of Staples Center saw this penalty.
Except apparently the 4 guys who's job it is to see these things. Now I'm usually not one to talk about conspiracy theories, but I'm sick of the Kings coming out on the short end in these types of calls. Too many times they get cheated out of a goal, or another team cheats and gets one. I don't remember off the top of my head, but I remember seeing an article where someone and gone back through all the tape and pointed out that roughly 20 goals were scored against the Kings as a result of an offsides not being called. They've had missed penalties, missed called, missed everything all year long. Hell it happens last year so much that our GM was fined $50,000 for calling the NHL out on their crap.
And after last night, with one of the biggest games of the season on the line, the refs blow it again for the Kings, and that could very well cause them to miss out on their division title and 3rd seed in the playoffs.. The Kings ended up losing in the shootout, and they do have a chance to win again on Saturday (against San Jose, in San Jose) but it's one of those things that they shouldn't have to do. They should have the 3rd seed so they can rest their goalie and a few other guys.
I can't link the video directly (not sure how) but here's a link that does have it...
http://lakingsinsider.com/2012/04/05/ki ... -incident/
Yeah, I know most of this is just useless crap, but I needed to vent somewhere. Fuck the refs, in any sport.
Last night while my Kings were getting a chance to basically lock up their division and the 3rd seed in their conference, but they were cheated out of what probably would have been a game winning 2 man advantage on the Power Play.... Now, maybe they wouldn't have converted on that PP, who knows. But I do know that both teams PP's were rocking (4 of the Kings 5 goals came on the PP) and the Kings had scored on a 2 man advantage literally seconds before this happened... So they should have had another two man advantage right away that probably would have given them the game winning goal with only a few minutes left.
So while on the PP (after just scoring on the two man advantage) the Kings are on a counter attack against a very gassed San Jose defense. While moving up the ice a San Jose player reached from the bench with his stick and hit the puck to break up the attack. An obvious penalty, everyone saw it. The player who was rushing turned to the ref, the team captain pointed, the D-Man joining in on the rush yelled and then slammed his stick to the ice when they figured the refs didn't see it... The crowd saw it, the announcers saw it, hell even players on the other team looked shock it wasn't called. Everyone inside of Staples Center saw this penalty.
Except apparently the 4 guys who's job it is to see these things. Now I'm usually not one to talk about conspiracy theories, but I'm sick of the Kings coming out on the short end in these types of calls. Too many times they get cheated out of a goal, or another team cheats and gets one. I don't remember off the top of my head, but I remember seeing an article where someone and gone back through all the tape and pointed out that roughly 20 goals were scored against the Kings as a result of an offsides not being called. They've had missed penalties, missed called, missed everything all year long. Hell it happens last year so much that our GM was fined $50,000 for calling the NHL out on their crap.
And after last night, with one of the biggest games of the season on the line, the refs blow it again for the Kings, and that could very well cause them to miss out on their division title and 3rd seed in the playoffs.. The Kings ended up losing in the shootout, and they do have a chance to win again on Saturday (against San Jose, in San Jose) but it's one of those things that they shouldn't have to do. They should have the 3rd seed so they can rest their goalie and a few other guys.
I can't link the video directly (not sure how) but here's a link that does have it...
http://lakingsinsider.com/2012/04/05/ki ... -incident/
Yeah, I know most of this is just useless crap, but I needed to vent somewhere. Fuck the refs, in any sport.
