# 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 11, 2017, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-stanley-cup-playoffs-thread/784278 "2017-04-11T23:57:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2017, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-stanley-cup-playoffs-thread/784278/402 "2017-06-12T23:39:24Z")
Not sure how to remedy the rule. The 1st issue with retraining the refs to delay the whistle would be players taking a whack at the goalie if they think the puck is loose between his legs somewhere or such. Strict enforcement of goaltender interference should help remedy that-maybe. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-stanley-cup-playoffs-thread/784278/403 "2017-06-13T00:08:37Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Not sure how to remedy the rule. The 1st issue with retraining the refs to delay the whistle would be players taking a whack at the goalie if they think the puck is loose between his legs somewhere or such. Strict enforcement of goaltender interference should help remedy that-maybe. I’ve been complaining about quick whistles for years (this became especially enraging in 2013, when my Senators went out of the playoffs due to a quick whistle wiping out a goal in a 1-0 game). The NHL could solve the problem if they cared, but they don’t. (I believe this is pretty much the motto of the NHL when it comes to officiating and discipline) ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-stanley-cup-playoffs-thread/784278/404 "2017-06-13T00:26:11Z")
How could the league solve the problem? Are you suggesting that the rule should not be that the official blow the whistle when he loses sight of the puck? Or that if he does and the puck then goes in that the whistle is ignored? I don’t see how this would work. When goals are denied because the goalie was (or wasn’t) interfered with, or because someone was (or wasn’t) offsides several passes earlier – those are problems that the league had better fix, and soon. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-stanley-cup-playoffs-thread/784278/405 "2017-06-13T01:04:21Z")
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: hockey is a very fast sport. Decisions have to be made within a second. It’s very easy to sit in front of a 50 inch HDTV and complain about a missed call after watching a replay from 6 different angles, but it doesn’t unwind like that on the ice. The referees are top-notch and, yes, they will miss an occasional call. Also, there really is a desire to just let the players play without calling every little minor infraction, especially in the playoffs, because otherwise there would be a penalty every 90 seconds over some inconsequential shove. It would kill the game, so they let the players play and police themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-stanley-cup-playoffs-thread/784278/406 "2017-06-13T02:39:22Z")
I hated that the Preds weren’t credited with that goal, but once I saw the replay and read the text of the rule, I had to admit the ref did the right thing. I also had to admit that the rule is a good one with a good purpose. And yeah, I agree with **Leaffan** : it’s not the same sitting at home as it is being on the ice with all that mayhem around you. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-stanley-cup-playoffs-thread/784278/407 "2017-06-13T03:34:45Z")
In signing off from this thread, I leave you with… [The Hot Dog King](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqAjJdK-Ogw) (quite humoured by Kunitz, who in turn was quite humoured by PK at 0:18). ETA: I could soooooo see Mr. Galifinakis doing a pretty good rendition of said hissy fits. Still rattled to the core by Listerinegate. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-stanley-cup-playoffs-thread/784278/408 "2017-06-22T02:35:24Z")
Well, Fleury is now a Golden Knight. And I’m crying. (As is most of Pens Nation) ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-stanley-cup-playoffs-thread/784278/409 "2017-06-22T02:46:56Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Well, Fleury is now a Golden Knight. And I’m crying. (As is most of Pens Nation) Inevitable though. Murray is the future. Sent from my XT1635-02 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-stanley-cup-playoffs-thread/784278/410 "2017-06-22T05:10:04Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Did I mention that I have tickets to the [NHL Awards show](https://www.nhl.com/fans/nhl-awards-event)? > > I haven’t decided if I’m gonna wear my Elmira Jackals jersey or my Miskatonic University jersey. I wore my Elmira Jackals jersey. RIP team. I thought the Las Vegas Knights did a very good job with the expansion draft. They got a couple of very good players, a lot of young but solid talent that I think will make an excellent nascent peer group for the team’s start. They got enough journeymen/veterans to help school the younger guys and they got a bunch of excellent picks in both the 2017 and future drafts. And Fleury will put butts in the seats. And yeah, a couple of times we heard someone on stage say “Las Vegas Knights”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-stanley-cup-playoffs-thread/784278/411 "2017-06-22T06:31:17Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Inevitable though. Murray is the future. > > Sent from my XT1635-02 using Tapatalk Oh absolutely, and if I were Rutherford, I’d have made the same decision. He’d be crazy to choose Fleury over Murray. I just hate seeing him go. He’s one of my favorite players and I’m really going to miss him. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-stanley-cup-playoffs-thread/784278/412 "2017-06-26T20:52:13Z")
Hall of Fame player inductees this year: Teemu Selanne, Dave Andreychuk, Mark Recchi and Paul Kariya. Great choices. Sent from my XT1635-02 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-stanley-cup-playoffs-thread/784278/413 "2017-06-29T16:29:58Z")
Ex-Oilers tough guy [Dave Semenko](http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/dave-semenko-death-oilers-1.4183578) dies of cancer at 59. Back when teams absolutely, and unfortunately needed an enforcer. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-stanley-cup-playoffs-thread/784278/414 "2017-06-29T16:41:18Z")
Shit, 59 is way too young. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-stanley-cup-playoffs-thread/784278/415 "2017-06-29T18:33:41Z")
Nooo! Not good ol’ Cement Head? 59 is far too young. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-stanley-cup-playoffs-thread/784278.md?page=20)