Hockey Randomness

Postby **Jim** » Thu Oct 04, 2018 9:34 am

What do people expect Caps players to say? "Yeah, they should have given him more! He is trash!" ??? Naturally they are going to defend him and condemn the suspension.

Postby **Troy Loney** » Thu Oct 04, 2018 9:50 am

Didn't Matt Cooke get a repeat offender suspension like that a number of years ago, and Pen's players were more like "cooke needs to stop doing that" as opposed to "the league is out to get us"?

Postby **nocera** » Thu Oct 04, 2018 9:55 am

This just in: Brad Marchand is a piece of ****.

Postby **Lemon Berry Lobster** » Thu Oct 04, 2018 9:57 am

*still a piece of ****

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Thu Oct 04, 2018 9:59 am

Didn't Matt Cooke get a repeat offender suspension like that a number of years ago, and Pen's players were more like "cooke needs to stop doing that" as opposed to "the league is out to get us"?

Yup.

Postby **Jim** » Thu Oct 04, 2018 10:28 am

Eller is a bit of a puss though too. If you are going to talk **** then you better not get rag-dolled by a 5'2 rat.

Postby **MalkinIsMyHomeboy** » Thu Oct 04, 2018 12:29 pm

What do people expect Caps players to say? "Yeah, they should have given him more! He is trash!" ??? Naturally they are going to defend him and condemn the suspension.

At a certain point his teammates have to condemn what he's doing. Other teams are going to start employing Wilson's taxtocs against the Caps and when Kuznetsov or Holtby gets conconussed they'll have no one to blame but Wilson

Postby **meow** » Thu Oct 04, 2018 2:32 pm

At a certain point his teammates have to condemn what he's doing.

Not true. If he is liked in the room, which he is, no one would throw him under the bus.

Postby **Troy Loney** » Thu Oct 04, 2018 2:47 pm

I think this is the needed suspension, and hopefully it effectively neuters Wilson. He either stops blindsiding guys in the head, or he gets suspended for 40 games.

Postby **Jim** » Thu Oct 04, 2018 2:54 pm

At a certain point his teammates have to condemn what he's doing.
Not true. If he is liked in the room, which he is, no one would throw him under the bus.

This. How often do you hear any hockey players take shots at teammates?

Postby **Lemon Berry Lobster** » Thu Oct 04, 2018 2:58 pm

Anders Lee named the captain of the Islanders.

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Fri Oct 05, 2018 7:19 am

https://twitter.com/BringBackLee/status ... 6096363520

Oh Ottawa, can't you five seconds without embarrassing yourselves...

Postby **nocera** » Fri Oct 05, 2018 9:31 am

How do you **** up a beach ball?

Postby **meow** » Fri Oct 05, 2018 9:40 am

Are those things filled with oil?

What’s their next genius marketing scheme? Ketchup and mustard in the same bottle?

Postby **nocera** » Fri Oct 05, 2018 9:44 am

I know this is a Kramerica reference, but that shockingly exists.

spoilered for size.

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Fri Oct 05, 2018 10:02 am

Tomato sauce...? Like Ragu...?

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Fri Oct 05, 2018 10:07 am

**** Australia. Bunch of criminals.

Postby **nocera** » Fri Oct 05, 2018 10:15 am

To be fair, it's also gluten free.

And this is from Aldi so I'm sure it's delicious.

Postby **nocera** » Fri Oct 05, 2018 10:21 am

Rangers had a tough time last night.

Postby **dodint** » Fri Oct 05, 2018 10:32 am

mikey, or whoever, have a pretty pedantic question. In the situation above the back ref has his arm raised, the forward ref does not. Generally, do the refs not bother raising their arm if another ref already has? Having this discussion in a group chat at the moment but we're all plebes.

Postby **Silentom** » Fri Oct 05, 2018 10:36 am

I would guess that it's first come, first serve. In case another infraction is committed, it gives the other ref a chance to call it, too.

Postby **dodint** » Fri Oct 05, 2018 10:37 am

I thought that too but I'm not qualified to answer.

Postby **meow** » Fri Oct 05, 2018 10:48 am

That should be a double minor for too many

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Fri Oct 05, 2018 10:52 am

Carter Rowney played over 15 **** minutes for the Ducks on Tuesday. Did he even play that many total minutes last season?

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Fri Oct 05, 2018 11:05 am

Well I can't tell a lot from the picture. The back ref has his arms down. The low ref has this, which isn't always conventional...back ref usually gets this call because he has the larger view and he is near a linesman who can also assist with this call.

Moreover, it's rare that TMM is a delayed call. Typically a puck touch begets the call.

Usually, you see a penalty and you put your arm up...once your arm is up, it stays up...even if you know your partner has that call or think he does, don't put it down...you can discuss what you had in the officials circle and move on, but don't start moving arms up and down for any reason. You see a penalty, put your arm up. If you don't , then don't.

In my opinion, based just on the picture, the back ref doesn't see this.

And anecdotally, in this particular scenario (well, not with ****** 7 guys), it's a harder call than you think...you're not just sitting there counting players all day...