GDT: 12/14/2015

[Shrimper]

What a joke.

Oshie boards Bennett who goes of.

Dumoulin tries to start something and gets a penalty. Caps PP.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Korpisalo is going to be good.

Callahan one-punched Hartnell at the end of the first.

 

[mad4comp]

**** off, Oshie. Bennett gets boarded and hurt and the Caps gets a power play.

Boarded? That was a clean hit.

 

[Blitzkrieg365]

What a joke.

Oshie boards Bennett who goes of.

Dumoulin tries to start something and gets a penalty. Caps PP.

If you think that's boarding you should probably stop watching hockey.

 

[BHD]

Guess boarding isn't called anymore. Knowing this team, though, they'll just tell Oshie that he's a big meany.

 

[mrv52]

I see the errey steigerwald parrots are singing

 

[Carlzner]

I mean... I know the Pens as a team are charmin soft, didn't realize that affected the fanbase too.

 

[mad4comp]

Guess boarding isn't called anymore.

They don't call boarding penalties on clean hits.

 

[Cody Webster]

Pittsburgh commentators *****ing about a clean hit lol

Biggest whiners ever. Kind of fitting actually

 

[Buzzo]

If that's boarding then there are probably 15 to 20 missed boarding calls a night.

 

[Cody Webster]

What a joke.

Oshie boards Bennett who goes of.

Dumoulin tries to start something and gets a penalty. Caps PP.

Boarding?

Welcome to the no hit league

 

[Shrimper]

Even if it isn't a board, how does Dumoulin get 2?

He didn't do anything.

 

[BHD]

I see the errey steigerwald parrots are singing

Is that you, Craig Laughlin?

 

[Cody Webster]

I mean... I know the Pens as a team are charmin soft, didn't realize that affected the fanbase too.

They feed off their horrible, whiny announcers

 

[Big McLargehuge]

Don't call boarding? Okay, fine.

Then don't call Dumoulin for challenging Oshie to a fight without any punches being thrown.

 

[hockeykicker]

boarding where?

 

[mad4comp]

Don't call boarding? Okay, fine.

Then don't call Dumoulin for challenging Oshie to a fight without any punches being thrown.

Shouldn't of called the phantom interference that gave the Pens a PP either.

 

[SladeWilson23]

Don't call boarding? Okay, fine.

Then don't call Dumoulin for challenging Oshie to a fight without any punches being thrown.

Well why is Dumoulin going after Oshie on a clean hit?

 

[Blitzkrieg365]

Pittsburgh fans living up to the biggest whiners in the league stereotype.

 

[Cody Webster]

Don't call boarding? Okay, fine.

Then don't call Dumoulin for challenging Oshie to a fight without any punches being thrown.

Why should Oshie have to fight?

 

[Koized]

Shouldn't of called the phantom interference that gave the Pens a PP either.

Game. Set. Match.

 

[Shrimper]

Knowing Bennett he'll probably have to have his arm amputated.

 

[Em etah Eh]

Who is The announcer complaining about the extending of the arms??? I mean, come on...

 

[Big McLargehuge]

Shouldn't of called the phantom interference that gave the Pens a PP either.

That was a lousy call and indicative of a bigger problem in this league - what is and isn't a penalty is ****ing random. High stick? Missed. Clear interference? Missed. Weakest possible definition of interference off a face-off? Called. Blatant trip? Missed.

Goes both ways every night...the reffing in this league is ****ing atrocious and, worst of all, is consistently inconsistent.

Well why is Dumoulin going after Oshie on a clean hit?

Why should Oshie have to fight?

Never said Oshie should have fought. If you think that Oshie didn't commit a foul (which is reasonable) then Dumoulin most certainly didn't. He challenged Oshie, Oshie didn't accept, and that was that. It's not like Dumoulin went in fists flying.

First penalty minutes of the season for Dumoulin, FWIW.


And I'm not sorry about feeling that those hits shouldn't be in the game. The Penguins have lost multiple players to "clean" hits a couple feet from the boards this year and we're not alone. Calling anything that happens along the board has the unfortunate side-effect of the hits moving further out, and those plays are arguably even more dangerous.

I'm certainly not calling for a major or a suspension, but in my book that'd be a minor...certainly more-so than that cheeky interference play earlier.

 

[Screaming Buffalo]

Thought it was a clean hit.

Thought the call on the Pens was weak, too.