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I'll go with either Quick or Kopitar (and in that order). But I hope your guy wins, Scott.
Another good candidate that I neglected to put on my initial list.davidmatychuk said:Drew "Mirror Image Bobby Orr" Doughty.
Especially after that Game 2 against the Sharks, when Quick was at his worst, and the Kings looked like they were heading for a quick 1st round exit.davidmatychuk said:After their near-death experience in the first round, and 21 brutal games against tough opposition, L.A. sure came out of the West honed like a knife.
Sorry, Jack, but complaining about the officiating in a series that only went five games is just whining. Yes, I know that three of the games went to OT, but the Kings deserved to win this series - they were easily the better team. Blaming the officiating sounds like the California Chrome owner whining after his horse failed to win the Triple Crown.Jack P said:Rangers screwed twice in this series by the refs costing them both times. NHL officiating is a joke.
If that sounds bitter, so be it. I would rather have lost 10 to nothing then gone through one game like that, let alone three.
The Game 2 non-call of a goal that should have been disallowed which pulled the Kings to within one was a series momentum changer. Add to that the questionable trip call in last night's game that gave them their tying goal power play AND the garbage non-call in the Canadiens series on Brandon Proust and I think Ranger fans have every reason to give a vote of no-confidence to the state of NHL officiating. Yes, you have to overcome adversity from bad calls in any sport, and the Rangers blew their own chances to win those games as well, but it isn't going to change what I think was a case of bad officiating in numerous instances. Using the "five games only" argument to dismiss it from consideration totally ignores the context of why that particular Game 2 call was a momentum changer.Scott Merryfield said:Sorry, Jack, but complaining about the officiating in a series that only went five games is just whining.
This was not a case of refusing to 'accept' It. I didn't denigrate the Kings superior play performance when it counted, I merely noted the moments of momentum change that were caused by other things to which the Rangers didn't respond well to. I can applaud what the Kings did while still believing as I do that the state of NHL officiating in general is not good.Scott Merryfield said:Jack, I'm sure that Kings fans could list just as many missed calls against the Rangers, as these things tend to balance out. And if you want to complain about Prust in the previous series, I could also complain about Kreider crashing into the net and injuring Price in Game 1 of that series, which was probably what got the Rangers to the Cup Finals in the first place. The Rangers lost to the better team - just accept it and move on.
I thought I read quite awhile ago that the Bruins were not bringing Thornton back, so this doesn't surprise me at all.Ockeghem said:Maybe I should have seen this coming, but I didn't.
http://bruins.nhl.com/club/blogpost.htm?id=30028