when cambot is on his game he's really good we're going to need more of those games so he can make for good trade bait later this year
The referees on the ice for this call should be fined and suspended. As long as there are no consequences for officials ruining this sport, this will continue. Inept officials do just as much damage to the integrity of the game as PED's. http://bluelinestation.com/2014/11/18/nhl-admits-costly-mistake-rangers-game-two-cup-final/ NHL Admits Costly Mistake Against Rangers In Game Two Of Cup Final Chris Johnston of Sportsnet reports that the NHL took a look at the 93 playoff games played in 2014, and after reviewing decided that a couple of goals should have not been allowed to stand. If you’ve already forgotten the Stanley Cup Final, maybe you’ve forced it out of your head because you don’t want to suffer, you probably don’t remember the situation. Game two of the Final, the New York Rangers are leading the Los Angeles Kings 4-2 with 18 minutes left in the period and Dwight King scores this goal on Henrik Lundqvist that was at the time questionable but should have been overturned. Here’s the clip. You can clearly see defenseman Ryan Mcdonagh is trying to cover his man and King (who is in the crease) falls on top of Lundqvist which prevents him from making the save. Look, I’m not saying that if this goal was overturned the Rangers would have gone on to win the game. The Kings in the playoffs were a very high scoring team, and withMarian Gaborik playing the way he was you had to at least assume the comeback was a possibility. However, this goal set the wheels in motion for the momentum change that the Kings took full advantage of, which led to the Gaborik tying goal, which led to the game-winner in overtime. If the Rangers win this game, the series is tied at one, they lose game three, win game four, and game five suddenly has a different meaning. If Gary Bettman really wants the National Hockey League to be a league that stands apart from all the others then simple mistakes like this CANNOT happen, especially in the Final rounds of the playoffs. To come out five months after the fact and say “um, so yea, we messed up” is inexcusable and unacceptable and although it’s too late to do anything about it now, it’s just frustrating to know that the series could have ended so much differently, or at the very least gone on a little bit longer.
It really amazes me just how much Carl Hagelin has improved on defense. I am not suggesting he is a Selke nominee, but he went from being a huge liability to a definite asset.
When they interviewed Barry Melrose after the Sabres - San Jose Sharks game (that somehow 6,500 people showed up from of the 17,000+ tix sold), Melrose said that the Shark's heads were not in the game and that they were "wondering if they'd ever see California again...or ever see a palm tree..." Temps in San Jose that day: 72F. Jets - Bills on Sunday's one thing but with another 2-3 feet of additional snow projected for today and tomorrow, I can't see how or why they'd try to squeeze this game in. It's not like having to make up a cross country trip.
He may be the worst professional athlete I have ever seen play on a "Major League" level. Only one that comes close in my mind is Billy Ripken.
I really wonder why the Rangers have never tried Kreider on the PK. His speed, strength and athleticism could be lethal on the PK.
