Game Thread: NHL Games - 12-29-14

[tabascojet]

refs missed a late icing by the stars too...

 

[dash]

Martin Brodeur with shutout #125 tonight.

 

[elocomotive]

Oh this is great... hahaha.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Good to see the Leafs collapse is coming early enough to get into that sweet lottery this season. Here's hoping they win 5 games the rest of the year.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

I think we need a "does your pacific division team have 43 points" thread

 

[elocomotive]

I think we need a "does your pacific division team have 43 points" thread

Can Metro teams with 43 points be included?

Or are our points too "ambiguous?"

 

[Oldtom]

Tootoo being in the NHL is a joke. He didn't do anything brutal, but he fought Bortuzzo (as he said he would), fine...then he ran Bortuzzo and forced him to fight a second time after punching him repeatedly until he dropped the gloves. That's the point of the instigator penalty refs, just so you're aware. Then MAF gets run and slashed...with no call. Jagr scored moments later on a lovely shot. I thought the league was a fan of protecting goalies, and tends to blow the whistle when one is looked at funny...

Yup, the reffing idiocy/game fixing has begun in earnest (seats need fillin') - just when you thought the influx of some new doof-eyes might be improving the tone and tenor - they decide to start the new year lunacy early. Blatant Kharlamov two-handers, guys sucker-punching or jumping other guys out of the blue - hmmmn, how do we call this shyte agin? Uh, better give someone an extra two? Uh, eeny, meeny... uh, oh... maybe not.