Tonight's victory would have been more decisive were it not for some blatant home cooking from the officials. I mean jeezus, what standard do these zebras live up to? Diving on Pavelski? Gimme a freakin' break! That sequence of events pretty much gifted a goal to Edmonton. Had that never happened, I think we'd be looking at a 3 goal differential (at worst) favoring San Jose.Nevertheless, Detroit lost their third in a row at home to the Blues, putting them six points back of the Sharks with five games remaining. Unless Detroit wins out and San Jose puts Landon and Brody Marleau in the lineup down the stretch (think Sedins, just a wee bit smaller), the Sharks should have the West wrapped up. The Bruins are pushing hard after a collective brainfart had everyone thinking that the Devils or Capitals would steal the number one seed in the East. They sit 3 points back of the Sharks in the race for the Presidents' Trophy with five games remaining as well.
I think we can wipe the Oilers' blood off the standings board and get ready to smear some Duck juice in its stead this weekend. The home-and-home series will be the last serious challenge of the regular season, might be a first round preview and certainly will not be easy games...
BRING. IT. ON.
I was most confused at how someone could get called for tripping and the person who got tripped gets called for diving. Doesn't the fact that he was actually tripped make the 'diving' part not possible? Whatever....poor Pavs always gettin the shaft from the Zebra's.
ReplyDeleteGet it up Sharks!
Actually, you can have a simultaneous call like that. And I will admit that Lil' Joe did embellish it a bit, but the fact is that it wasn't even a trip, it was a high stick! You'd whip your head back if you got clipped in the chin at speed, too, I think.
ReplyDeleteWhat was even worse was that goalie interference call on JR. Rolo deserves an Oscar for that one!
Yeah... I'm not digging the selective, potential game changing calls that the refs have been handing the Sharks (and other teams) in the last 5 minutes of games lately. They let so much garbage go throughout the game, mostly interference that should put the Sharks on the PP, yet hand out BS penalties for shit the other team has rolled with the entire game. Granted, some of the calls against us are deserved, but it is completely unfair to change the way a game is going to be called in the last 5 minutes. The league needs to fix this crap before more zebras are injured intentionally, following such calls. Zebra hunting has happened a couple of times recently and I wouldn't be surprised if we see some coaches get a little more than heated behind the bench if they keep this crap up. We all know how extremely selective calls can be in the playoffs, maybe the league just handed out the blinders to the refs getting playoff time, and the leftovers are just calling however they feel that night.
ReplyDeleteIs it time for Robo-refs?