BigTed3 Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 And the mistake on the penalty costs us our best D man on the penalty kill too, in addition to the two man disadvantage. Cannot emphasize enough how important a mistake that was from the official. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nine1One Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 i don't get how the blunden hit is a penalty but the trip on gallagher wasn't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYHabsFan26 Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 This is complete crap.. with how much is at stake with a 5on3 you would think its worthy of a review, but nope... They have let the sabers get away with sooo much this game, but we have to tread on glass... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weepingminotaur Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 Like, sure, we can blame the refs for blowing the Subban call, but as I've said before, you're going to get jobbed by the refs frequently. That's just how it goes. You have to expect it to happen, and you have to be able to count on your PK unit to bail you out of a jam. We just never step up when shorthanded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstStar Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 And the mistake on the penalty costs us our best D man on the penalty kill too, in addition to the two man disadvantage. Cannot emphasize enough how important a mistake that was from the official. Started with that penalty by blunden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-1 Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 I would hope that MT doesn't blame PK for that. and bench him for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forever_Habs10 Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 We just never step up when shorthanded. big time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTed3 Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 Like, sure, we can blame the refs for blowing the Subban call, but as I've said before, you're going to get jobbed by the refs frequently. That's just how it goes. You have to expect it to happen, and you have to be able to count on your PK unit to bail you out of a jam. We just never step up when shorthanded. To a point, yes. But a minute and a half of 5-on-3 is hard for most teams to kill off. The call the ref made on Subban is one that if any of the 4 officials has their eyes on the play, it's overruled. That means all 4 guys missed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habs_93 Posted March 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 So, I'm never doing a Sabres GDT ever again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HabsRuleForever Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 Have to put that towards the net Eller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-1 Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Eller ,,,nice dangling, but don't lose the puck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTed3 Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 Replay showed the goal was tipped twice on the way into the net. Nothing Carey could do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weepingminotaur Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 To a point, yes. But a minute and a half of 5-on-3 is hard for most teams to kill off. The call the ref made on Subban is one that if any of the 4 officials has their eyes on the play, it's overruled. That means all 4 guys missed it. No excuses. We never kill important penalties off, and it's because our unit is awfully coached. We have no gameplan for winning the puck battle on a 5-on-3, and the players are being instructed to chip the puck five feet as if we're at ES and have the manpower to take possession and exit the zone. Gorges could have cleared that puck at least twice but didn't. Now, you can't tell me that Josh Gorges has suddenly forgotten how to kill a penalty. And it's not like Buffalo scored right at the end of the 5-on-3 they scored about 30 seconds in. That's pathetic, no ifs, ands, or buts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwdemonwolf Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 It sucks we're down 1-0 and all but we are completely dominating the Buffalo Sabres in every aspect of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTed3 Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 Games against Buffalo this year: 1. Winning goal scored after Ott pushes the goalie into the net 2. Winning goal scored after a phantom high-stick call on Subban 3. Go-ahead goal scored after a phantom delay of game call on Subban Pattern? Sabres are the new Bruins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weepingminotaur Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 Games against Buffalo this year: 1. Winning goal scored after Ott pushes the goalie into the net 2. Winning goal scored after a phantom high-stick call on Subban 3. Go-ahead goal scored after a phantom delay of game call on Subban Pattern? Sabres are the new Bruins. You don't seriously believe that, do you? Let's not be Leafs fans here. Let's actually hold our awful penalty kill unit accountable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostsInTheForum Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 We're the better team by far in this one. Bounces aren't going our way at all though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HabsRuleForever Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 We can blame the refs till we're blue in the face. We need to have better coverage in front of both nets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTed3 Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 No excuses. We never kill important penalties off, and it's because our unit is awfully coached. We have no gameplan for winning the puck battle on a 5-on-3, and the players are being instructed to chip the puck five feet as if we're at ES and have the manpower to take possession and exit the zone. Gorges could have cleared that puck at least twice but didn't. Now, you can't tell me that Josh Gorges has suddenly forgotten how to kill a penalty. And it's not like Buffalo scored right at the end of the 5-on-3 they scored about 30 seconds in. That's pathetic, no ifs, ands, or buts. As I posted before, the numbers show the PK is really not that far off from our 5-year average. W e were spoiled by a great PK last season. That said, I agree that it has failed in general this year to step up at key times and that the coaching of the PK has been sub-optimal. I won't fault the PK for a 5-on-3 goal against when it was tipped twice on the way in. It happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habs_93 Posted March 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 You don't seriously believe that, do you? Let's not be Leafs fans here. Let's actually hold our awful penalty kill unit accountable. The Ott "game winner" is absolutely 100% inexcusable, and will be for the rest of time. There is no legitimate excuse for that standing in a supposedly professional league. None. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstStar Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 Eller trying to do too much/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nine1One Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 nobody's getting open eller has the puck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYHabsFan26 Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 Like, sure, we can blame the refs for blowing the Subban call, but as I've said before, you're going to get jobbed by the refs frequently. That's just how it goes. You have to expect it to happen, and you have to be able to count on your PK unit to bail you out of a jam. We just never step up when shorthanded. I couldn't disagree with you more.. We expect nothing short of complete professionalism from the players, and the same goes to the refs.. If you don't expect the refs to be on their game than you can't expect the players to make up for the refs mistakes.. You expect everyone on that ice to be the best since they are all part of the NHL.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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