Comments on CuseAdelphia: Canadiens Comeback to Take Game One

It doesn't, unless it's a whiny Canadian.

2008-04-26T10:55:00.000-04:00

It doesn't, unless it's a whiny Canadian.

If there is an attempted knee on knee in the fores...

2008-04-26T10:39:00.000-04:00

If there is an attempted knee on knee in the forest...

and nobody's knee is their to collide...

does it warrant a penalty...?

Thanks for your input anon. I'm glad you contribut...

2008-04-25T20:27:00.000-04:00

Thanks for your input anon. I'm glad you contributed to this article by posting meaningful thoughts.

Taking video and breaking it down frame by frame like I did on those two plays has some value.

And BY THE WAY. Flyers scored ONE GOAL and got 2 l...

2008-04-25T19:30:00.000-04:00

And BY THE WAY.

Flyers scored ONE GOAL and got 2 lucky bounces in.

Brisebois scored on our own net and Lupul luckily had his leg where the puck landed from the air.

Pshhhhh, cry some more.

cry cry cry some more please.You watch highlights ...

2008-04-25T19:27:00.000-04:00

cry cry cry some more please.

You watch highlights and scoreboards and think what you have to say in that post holds any value??? PLEASE.

Stop whining about officials. What goes around comes around. I remember Koivu getting eye gouged with a stick, bleeding from his eye socket, and no call was made.

Stop whining.

Habs won that fair and square.

it was an attempted knee on knee. Check the rule ...

2008-04-25T15:57:00.000-04:00

it was an attempted knee on knee. Check the rule book ... legit penalty (the same way a can opener is this year)

what is Carter, a left hander, doing taking a crucial draw on the left side in his own end anyway. Thats a left handers weak side. Bad coaching. ... Like i said, lucky to be in the game at all.

amen! GO FLYERS!

2008-04-25T15:09:00.000-04:00

amen! GO FLYERS!

I watched the video again of both the goal and the...

2008-04-25T14:36:00.000-04:00

I watched the video again of both the goal and the hit. As I've been informed, it's where the puck hits the stick, not the entire stick is what matters when it comes to determining a high stick. The puck appears to be below the goal when hit by the stick.

That said on a side note, that rule should be changed. If the heel of the stick, the dangerous part of the stick is above the goal, the goal shouldn't count. But I digress.

On the hit, I have no problem with the refs making that call if it was a legitimate penalty. The problem was, there is nothing about that hit that is illegal. He hits shoulder first and the little contact with his knee comes after the hit with the shoulder. Most hits in the NHL involved shoulder first and the knee gets driven into the guy to finish the check.

since when is a "knee" a "shoulder"?

2008-04-25T14:30:00.000-04:00

since when is a "knee" a "shoulder"?

they called the goal a goal in Toronto (NHL HQ for...

2008-04-25T14:27:00.000-04:00

they called the goal a goal in Toronto (NHL HQ for goal review), as opposed to "inconclusive".

The penalty was an attempted knee on knee. Those are career ending hits and automatic penalties, whether he connects or not. The NHL has cracked down on them ... so it was legitimate.

Habs hit 2 posts and a missed a break away, while the flyers had 2 fluke goals. So stop whining the flyers got robbed ... they were lucky to be in the game at all.

I'm not really sure how you consider that a "clean...

2008-04-25T14:14:00.000-04:00

I'm not really sure how you consider that a "clean hit". When you take out one leg in the middle of open ice it's gonna be a penalty. I don't care if it's tripping, kneeing, roughing, or whatever. Those kinds of sloppy open ice hits have been penalties all season long, and they're not going to stop now.

I agree, its outrageous to call a phantom penalty ...

2008-04-25T13:38:00.000-04:00

I agree, its outrageous to call a phantom penalty with only 2 min to go!

I can live with the decision on the high stick cal...

2008-04-25T11:45:00.000-04:00

I can live with the decision on the high stick call, it was really close, but they only had called about 3 penalties the ENTIRE game and then to wait until there was under 2 minutes to go to get the whistle back out of their pockets... then there had better been an infraction! Washington was upset that a penalty was called on them in OT which led to the Flyers winning the series but it actually was a blatant trip! There was nothing to call here.

Ok, it's hard to over turn that call with the angl...

2008-04-25T11:16:00.000-04:00

Ok, it's hard to over turn that call with the angles, so I guess you can say it's a goal.

But, there's not justifying the penalty. The penalty put Montreal in position to score the final goal.

Exactly. The heel of the blade was even with or b...

2008-04-25T11:14:00.000-04:00

Exactly. The heel of the blade was even with or below the crossbar... the tip of the blade was above. The puck went into the net off the heel of the blade. It was a goal in my opinion.

The video I saw of Kovy's SHG showed him hitting t...

2008-04-25T04:47:00.000-04:00

The video I saw of Kovy's SHG showed him hitting the puck with the heel of his stick just as it was under the crossbar. Certainly really close, but since it was ruled a goal initially and there really wasn't indisputable evidence otherwise, it stands.