# The Stanley Cup Playoffs Thread
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stanley-cup-playoffs-thread/577925
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [April 11, 2011, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stanley-cup-playoffs-thread/577925 "2011-04-11T02:46:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 29
### Author:  [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2011, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stanley-cup-playoffs-thread/577925/561 "2011-06-15T19:46:36Z")
Oh, thank you. I totally didn’t catch the difference when looking at this, although of course I was aware that they are two different things! It just seemed even more absurd than usual that such a thing could be routinely overlooked!
Can I blame it on sleep deprivation? I’m running on only about 3 hours here! 😉
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### Author:  [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2011, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stanley-cup-playoffs-thread/577925/562 "2011-06-15T20:02:56Z")
> [@mnemosyne](#):
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> Can I blame it on sleep deprivation? I’m running on only about 3 hours here! 😉
Sure! Although now that you mention it, I like the idea of extending this rule to 10 minute misconduct penalties as well as game misconduct.
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### Author:  [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stanley-cup-playoffs-thread/577925/563 "2011-06-15T20:43:21Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#):
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> Once again **mnemosyne** , you put things better than I have. Yes, Horton has a concussion. No, he should not play. You have summed up why I"m pissed.
That makes much more sense. Next time I have a question regarding your posts, I’ll take it up with mnemosyne.😉
> [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](#):
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> While I’m late to this party, I just want to add the NBC announcers for the game stated emphatically that this was completely clean and that the Bruin player “did what he was supposed to do…finishing his check”. There wasn’t any dispute at all on that comment.
NBC announcers are dumber than a sack of pucks and far less useful to hockey. Boychuk could have and should have pulled up on that check instead of pushing harder. A suspension would’ve helped drive the point home.
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#):
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> That’s why I’m in fear when I hear that the refs for tonight’s game will probably not call anything. (Dan O’Halloran and Stephen Walkom) Indeed, when these two refs worked Game 7 of the Boston/TB series, there was not a single penalty called.
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> By appointing these two, the league has given the green light to tripping, hacking, slashing, punching and running players into the boards to injure them.
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> Advantage? Boston. I’m sorry, but this has been how they have won the games in this series.
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> I expect a nasty, brutish game, and will probably turn it off after the 1st period. I hope that I’m pleasantly surprised but not counting on it.
I’d be just as worried they call every single minor infraction. Not saying that it’s better to ignore the big stuff. It’s not. I just worry we’re going to get caught on every possible interference, slash, trip, and the like and spend most of the game on various power plays in an effort to keep the game sanitized for the audience’s protection.
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### Author:  [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2011, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stanley-cup-playoffs-thread/577925/564 "2011-06-15T21:21:27Z")
> [@Harborwolf](#):
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> I’d be just as worried they call every single minor infraction. Not saying that it’s better to ignore the big stuff. It’s not. I just worry we’re going to get caught on every possible interference, slash, trip, and the like and spend most of the game on various power plays in an effort to keep the game sanitized for the audience’s protection.
I think you have little to worry about. I’m pretty confident the refs have already received the phone call that told them:
“Don’t interrupt the flow of the game, just ignore any little hacks, jabs, trips or holding, and if a player really obviously flaunts it in front of you, don’t forget to call the other player for diving. Especially those little wussy girly Vancouver players.”
ETA: Still waiting for a 2 minute call against a Canuck for “unsportsmanlike bleeding”
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### Author:  [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2011, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stanley-cup-playoffs-thread/577925/565 "2011-06-15T21:51:25Z")
It’s really quite unlikely the refs can do a good job at this point. The behaviour in the series is hopelessly out of control. What will probably happen is we’ll get goonery. The refs will then either not call it, which will be a disgrace, or will call everything, which will be a disgrace.
Their ability to successfully call tonight’s game has bene compromised by the shitty rules enforcement we’ve been seeing in this series (which actually is a problem going back a long time, but it’s been terrible in this series.)
I mean, I have now seen a guy get a 10-minute penalty _for being punched_. It can’t get any worse. But I fear it will not get better.
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### Author:  [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2011, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stanley-cup-playoffs-thread/577925/566 "2011-06-15T22:09:01Z")
I agree **RickJay**. I was also going to say that it’s pretty much past the point of no return here.
I just hope nobody else gets hurt.
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### Author:  [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2011, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stanley-cup-playoffs-thread/577925/567 "2011-06-16T00:15:27Z")
The way this series has been, I expect tonight to be decided by the last man standing.
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### Author:  [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2011, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stanley-cup-playoffs-thread/577925/568 "2011-06-16T00:43:14Z")
And Boston scores first. Let’s see if Luongo falls apart.
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### Author:  [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2011, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stanley-cup-playoffs-thread/577925/569 "2011-06-16T00:57:45Z")
Apparently anything short of impaling an opponent on your stick isn’t going to draw a penalty in this game.
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### Author:  [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2011, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stanley-cup-playoffs-thread/577925/570 "2011-06-16T01:29:26Z")
> [@RickJay](#):
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> And Boston scores first. Let’s see if Luongo falls apart.
He may not get the chance. Boston isn’t pressing at all. They look like they’re playing back and intent on winning 1-0.
They need to press. If Luongo has pressure problems, they need to lean on them hard.
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### Author:  [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2011, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stanley-cup-playoffs-thread/577925/571 "2011-06-16T01:38:57Z")
Does anyone mind if I curl up into a little ball and weep?
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### Author:  [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stanley-cup-playoffs-thread/577925/572 "2011-06-16T01:46:27Z")
You might want to stay there and not look.
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### Author:  [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stanley-cup-playoffs-thread/577925/573 "2011-06-16T02:00:52Z")
Switched to the CFL preseason. Luongo should have been pulled after 2.
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### Author:  [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2011, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stanley-cup-playoffs-thread/577925/574 "2011-06-16T02:03:37Z")
> [@mnemosyne](#):
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> Switched to the CFL preseason. Luongo should have been pulled after 2.
I agree.
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### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2011, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stanley-cup-playoffs-thread/577925/575 "2011-06-16T02:18:02Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#):
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> Does anyone mind if I curl up into a little ball and weep?
I feel your pain.
In 1993 I was at Maple Leaf Gardens for game 7 of the semifinals between the Leafs and [del]Gretzky[/del] the Kings. When Los Angeles won the game it was like a funeral procession. People exited MLG and quietly boarded subways and left. There were police on horseback awaiting the potential melee. It was so depressing that you could have talked to someone across the street without yelling.
I hope Vancouver fans behave tonight.
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### Author:  [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2011, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stanley-cup-playoffs-thread/577925/576 "2011-06-16T02:19:33Z")
> [@RickJay](#):
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> And Boston scores first. Let’s see if Luongo falls apart.
Was there every any doubt?
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### Author:  [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stanley-cup-playoffs-thread/577925/577 "2011-06-16T02:21:23Z")
I never imagined a series that went 7 games could be this bad. We could have at least had a thrilling Game 7 to close it off well, but apparently Vancouver dressed their AHL affiliate.
Thomas is in their heads. They looked scared with the puck on their stick.
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### Author:  [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2011, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stanley-cup-playoffs-thread/577925/578 "2011-06-16T02:26:00Z")
And Luongo lives up to his reputation as a big game choker. He didn’t win the Olympic medal - Crosby bailed him out after a softie.
I love Chris Cuthbert. “And HE is going to get DRopped.” What is this “hockey” you are talking about?
Tomorrow night: Go Als Go! 😃
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### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stanley-cup-playoffs-thread/577925/579 "2011-06-16T02:41:37Z")
I thought Luongo did pretty well in the Olympic final? Maybe it was the beer…
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### Author:  [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2011, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stanley-cup-playoffs-thread/577925/580 "2011-06-16T02:42:36Z")
That’s that. Congratulations to Boston.
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