Official Discussion Thread - Round 1 - Colorado Avalanche vs. Minnesota Wild

[Hollywood42]

Anybody else watching tonight's game? I need to know if these refs actually suck this much, or if I'm just dreaming

[waf]

Couple quick ones by Minny to give them the lead

[waf]

Have the game on as backround noise. Been switching between the Sharks and Minny game. Watched the 2 earlier games and celebrated my grandsons birthday to boot.

[Hollywood42]

Refs sticking with the theme of the night and not calling a hold on what would have been an easy empty-net goal for the Wild, and the Avs score a few seconds later

[Hollywood42]

Breaking- Avs were offsides on their tying goal in the 3rd. Look it up

[centrehice]

off-side

[Hollywood42]

And the Avs win. Shoutout to the terribly impartial refs for helping out the Avs with 2 of their goals tonight, and taking at least 1 away from the Wild. Love to see officials decide the game in the playoffs.

[centrehice]

Heart breaking for the Wild. Could not hold the lead, and were robbed, as the tying goal was off-side by a foot, and the another call missed by the linesman.

[boba]

Heart breaking for the Wild. Could not hold the lead, and were robbed, as the tying goal was off-side by a foot, and the another call missed by the linesman.

Everyone seems to be forgetting the call on Gabriel Landeskog for kicking some ice in Kuemper's face with 4:00 minutes to go in the game, or how about the Wild throwing the delay of game puck over the glass in game 4, or the two minute minor for a deliberate knee to knee hit. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the offside rule that both feet have to be completely over the blue line?Stastny's right leg was over and his left was elevated on the blue line. I'm pretty new to hockey so I might be wrong. I'm not justifying the bad calls against the Wild, but there have been missed calls both ways the whole series. I have never seen a fan base moan about reffing more than Wild fans have this series. How about moan about the fact that your team hasn't been able to close out two games that they should have won.

[Hollywood42]

You are wrong on the offsides rule. You must have some body part on the ice on or behind the blue line until the puck enters the zone. His skate was off the ice, and he was clearly offsides. Don't tell me about moaning about the refs, the game yesterday was clearly decided by the refs. Try and defend the non-call of interference or holding late in the 3rd when Coyle had an easy empty net goal that would have put the Wild up 4-2. Blatantly obvious, worst non call I have ever seen in any sport. Instead, the refs decide to eat their whistles, and the Avs score like 20 seconds later. That's not the Wild not being able to close out the game, that's the refs not allowing them to. Before this game, there were clearly missed calls on both sides, but yesterday's game was the most one-sided affair I have ever seen. It's a disgrace to hockey that this is acceptable in the playoffs

Everyone seems to be forgetting the call on Gabriel Landeskog for kicking some ice in Kuemper's face with 4:00 minutes to go in the game, or how about the Wild throwing the delay of game puck over the glass in game 4, or the two minute minor for a deliberate knee to knee hit. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the offside rule that both feet have to be completely over the blue line?Stastny's right leg was over and his left was elevated on the blue line. I'm pretty new to hockey so I might be wrong. I'm not justifying the bad calls against the Wild, but there have been missed calls both ways the whole series. I have never seen a fan base moan about reffing more than Wild fans have this series. How about moan about the fact that your team hasn't been able to close out two games that they should have won.