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Anaheim sucksss

that was sssoooofffftttt

come on Osgood

I like the line changes the Wings have made tonight. Getting more size against Getzlaf and even though Dats/Zetterburg havent scored, they create a lot of pressure together.

Anaheim are sucky punks!!!

Hard to feel bad for him, if he wasnt cross checking Holmstrom on the back of the head he wouldnt have his ribs exposed for the puck to hit him there.

Absolutely absurd that wasn't called. And I'm not just channeling Cyno here. Absolutely and totally [expletive]. Bull. [expletive]. Inexcusable. There was an awful high stick behind the play that was missed. On the break itself, it looked bad at full speed but on replay, I can see a no-call. Yeah it was a brutal high stick, but when i rewatched it the canuck was flailing to the ground. Now that I have seen the highlight it was also probably a dive. There is no excuse on high stick, you are responsible for your stick.

Did they ever show the highlight behind the play...I dont think it was a penalty on Bolland

yes...real quick...Wings start in 7 minutes

Dang it....Hurry up and score another one

NHL knows its a problem. For some reason they have not done a very good job of consistently calling interference. To make it worse, they almost never call interference when a team is on the PK. And they almost never call it in the playoffs, for better or worse. This also. The announcers dont help either. Pronger got called for an interference the other night and the announcers called it a weak penalty. Well it was weak considering what doesnt get called, it was however a blatant interference. The reason is because the current definition of interference is much much different from what it was a decade ago. The current interference is relatively new to anyone over 35. And the Canucks aren't playing the interference game. They are dropping back, taking away neutral zone space and clogging up all the lanes, which is making it very difficult for the Hawks to cross the blue line with the puck. The hawks should be playing a dump and chase game and try to take the space the Canucks are giving them, but for some reason they keep on trying to take the zone and they keep getting stonewalled. YOU CALLING ME OLD SONNY? yes I am over 35 Has the rule changed....used to be impeding someone without the puck(clogging up the neutral zone) I agree with you though, I think the Hawks need to get a good forecheck going to combat this. So far they have not seemed to interested.

As long as we win, I don't give a [expletive]. Absolutely. I'll stay up all night with them if it means a win. NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Wings on after this game

NHL knows its a problem. For some reason they have not done a very good job of consistently calling interference. To make it worse, they almost never call interference when a team is on the PK. And they almost never call it in the playoffs, for better or worse. This also. The announcers dont help either. Pronger got called for an interference the other night and the announcers called it a weak penalty. Well it was weak considering what doesnt get called, it was however a blatant interference.

NHL knows its a problem. For some reason they have not done a very good job of consistently calling interference. To make it worse, they almost never call interference when a team is on the PK.

You can grab your own shot if it just hits the backboard. Hell guys throw oops to themselves like that. I know, I was saying I don't understand why NewUserName would think that'd be illegal. OK...logically, if someone is on the wing and picked up their dribble and is well guarded, can they just toss the ball 4 feet away, run and pick it up and shoot? I am pretty sure that this is traveling. That is basically what Kobe did last night, except he used the backboard(yes it was obvious that was not shot). Again I understand that traveling calls have gotten much more liberal through the years. doing a little more research on self pass instead of traveling, there is an NBA rule that says that a player cannot be the first player to touch a shot if it is an air ball, however hitting the backboard and touching first is ok. I am still pretty sure that this rule(and enforcement) has been more liberalized through the years. It's strange because the backboard negates an airball in this case, yet does not with a freethrow or a 24 second violation. I think that is where the confusion stems from. Yeah, I called a Illinois High School ref who is a friend of mine and he said what Kobe did last night would be called traveling in Illinois and thinks its pretty much a national HS standard. I knew I wasnt completely crazy. Edit: friend actually said it would be double dribble...sorry.

You can grab your own shot if it just hits the backboard. Hell guys throw oops to themselves like that. I know, I was saying I don't understand why NewUserName would think that'd be illegal. OK...logically, if someone is on the wing and picked up their dribble and is well guarded, can they just toss the ball 4 feet away, run and pick it up and shoot? I am pretty sure that this is traveling. That is basically what Kobe did last night, except he used the backboard(yes it was obvious that was not shot). Again I understand that traveling calls have gotten much more liberal through the years. doing a little more research on self pass instead of traveling, there is an NBA rule that says that a player cannot be the first player to touch a shot if it is an air ball, however hitting the backboard and touching first is ok. I am still pretty sure that this rule(and enforcement) has been more liberalized through the years.

I hate anaheim....just want to make sure I am clear about this

If you have picked up your dribble, you cannot throw the ball and then run and get it. That is traveling. When I played you couldnt rebound your own air ball or throw the ball off the backboard and grab it. Basically it is the same principle. How traveling is called has change quite a bit over the last 20 yrs. Basically what Kobe did last night was gain an offensive edge by moving the ball while not dribbling, passing or shooting.

Yeah, I have been doing some research and basically have come to the same conclusion. I think what Kobe did last night is almost always going to get called traveling at lower levels. I also think it was traveling if the refs were going to call the rule as it is intended. This is not the first time I have seen it done in the NBA, so this isnt me complaining about Kobe getting away with something. Just wondering about the rule.

Once the ball touches the rim or backboard it's considered a shot attempt. In what you described, Kobe grabbed his own rebound. Is that an NBA rule? I know that is not the case in HS and college. EDIT: at least Backboard...I knew if it touched the rim you can get it.

I dont follow a lot of NBA and I understand that traveling is not called the way it used to be. However, is it still in the rules that it is traveling if you pass the ball to yourself? Like what Kobe did last night off the backboard.

He was going through some stressful contract negotiations in January which may have effected his performance. Between this and Brett Farve, my guess is ESPN will be unwatchable for at least a week.

How do you come to that conclusion? If Cutler is a better QB than Favre, that means the Bears improved more than the Vikings in the offseason. There was only one game of difference between the two teams last year. Little separation between the teams plus the Bears being more improved than the Vikings leads to Minnesota being more likely to win this year? I don't understand. As hard as this is to believe though, the Bears probably had a better QB situation last year than the Vikings. So did they really improve more?

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Could-Red-Sox-Nation-really-vote-Lastings-into-A;_ylt=Akei0vvSMgMGAaZl17H.1205nYcB?urn=mlb,161585 I am 50/50 on this. One side of me says have some class and vote the most deserving player. The other side of me says, MLB have some sense and take a person who may attract some classless votes off the ballot.

There was a lot of dead air when she was in the booth with Len and Bob. They then started talking about the BatBoy who seemed to be looking at Denise's empty seat. That was mildly entertaining. This is not the first time they have not given Len enough questions to keep a good conversation flowing.