NHL 2018-19 Part 1 - No power outage in Toronto this year!!

[state of hockey]

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We've got a full Fluery postseason meltdown.

[MinnesotaNorthStar]

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San Jose doing everything they can to let Vegas tie this up...

[aparch]

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Game. Congrats Sharks.

[state of hockey]

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Rats. I was enjoying the Vegas fan reactions.

[Twitch Boy]

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My head hurts.

[state of hockey]

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Surprised to see E. Karlsson out there. Figured the game plan would be to keep him off the ice.

[Jimjamesak]

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My head hurts.

Concussion protocol for you!

[Twitch Boy]

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Concussion protocol for you!

"I'm Batman."

"He's good!"

[state of hockey]

We've got a full Fluery postseason meltdown.

I stand corrected. He's made some good saves since the powerplay.

[state of hockey]

Surprised to see E. Karlsson out there. Figured the game plan would be to keep him off the ice.

Man, I'm wrong a lot.

Good idea dishing it to a guy that's played about 7 minutes. Blew past everyone.

[MinnesotaNorthStar]

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Marchessault didn't mince words when asked about the Eakin penalty...NSFW

Vegas forward Jonathan Marchessault said the NHL should be "embarrassed" by the major penalty called on Cody Eakin in Game 7 that resulted in four San Jose goals. STRONG LANGUAGE WARNING https://t.co/RkHweLRt7U pic.twitter.com/JyTtTZ6qLk

— Greg Wyshynski (@wyshynski) April 24, 2019

[alfablue]

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Watching the highlights, yes, it was a terrible call.

But LV let the terrible call get in their minds instead of focusing on the game. If they had just let it happen, and move on, given history of most major penalties- the worst that would have happened was 2 goals, and Vegas would have had the 1 goal lead. Instead, they all got offended by the ref, and didn't focus on the game. Much like how the Cubs lost the infamous Bartman game, when Alou lost his mind over the bad call, and the rest of the team melted down with his fit of rage.

Vegas let the ref's bad call dictate the game, as I saw it.

[aparch]

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And that's why I was glad to see Vegas tie it up in the waning seconds. Some have repeatedly said "puck don't lie," so to have it go to OT wiped the board clean. (-ish)

[SonofSouthie]

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Watching the highlights, yes, it was a terrible call.

But LV let the terrible call get in their minds instead of focusing on the game. If they had just let it happen, and move on, given history of most major penalties- the worst that would have happened was 2 goals, and Vegas would have had the 1 goal lead. Instead, they all got offended by the ref, and didn't focus on the game. Much like how the Cubs lost the infamous Bartman game, when Alou lost his mind over the bad call, and the rest of the team melted down with his fit of rage.

Vegas let the ref's bad call dictate the game, as I saw it.

Instead, they all got offended by the ref, and didn't focus on the game.

Just like the Raiders in the "Tuck Rule" game.

[SJHovey]

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Watching the highlights, yes, it was a terrible call.

But LV let the terrible call get in their minds instead of focusing on the game. If they had just let it happen, and move on, given history of most major penalties- the worst that would have happened was 2 goals, and Vegas would have had the 1 goal lead. Instead, they all got offended by the ref, and didn't focus on the game. Much like how the Cubs lost the infamous Bartman game, when Alou lost his mind over the bad call, and the rest of the team melted down with his fit of rage.

Vegas let the ref's bad call dictate the game, as I saw it.

I disagree. I actually thought Vegas handled the call a lot better than most teams would have. San Jose just played with energy and passion that they usually don't show (hence their pathetic playoff history). Can't really fault Fleury on most of the goals during the power play since SJ did a great job of getting bodies in front of him.

Once the power play was over, Vegas came back and dominated play during regulation, which showed me that they really didn't let the bad call affect them.

It's unfortunate that a game seven has to be affected in that way. It's kind of why I like the college rule of reviewing major penalties, although honestly that rule needs to be tweaked a bit as well. In real time it looked like the Pavelski play was bad, but on replay you saw what it was, no more than a two minute cross check and a guy who landed awkwardly.

But give SJ credit. They took advantage of the chance they were given.