WDSF Game 2: Minnesota Wild @ Vegas Golden Knights | 10:00PM | NBCSN, SN360, TVAS , ATTSN-RM, BSN,

[Vegas07]

Wait, people say the refs favor Vegas after game 7 against the Sharks in 2019? Did they start watching hockey this year?

 

[Vegas07]

No, there should have been. Unfortunately, Vegas is immune while my team is not. Do you understand yet?

Funny how I always see fans in LITERALLY EVERY SPORT say the refs are biased against their team. Even when there is no evidence of a fix.

Nobody ever says the refs blatantly favor their own team on purpose.

 

[Digitalbooya]

You're gonna sit there and complain about elbows to the head and cite what Pietrangelo did in the same block of text and not mention Dumba's elbow on the same sequence?

Again. Both sides got away with a lot. Both teams have now gotten a timely powerplay after the multitude of those infractions went uncalled. Both teams secured a w with the help of those powerplays. Go count how many Vegas fans threw a tantrum about it and declared Minnesota "immune" from discipline in the game 1 thread and get back to me. Or I can save you the trouble and tell you you won't find any.

Your team had a powerplay opportunity (and a 4 on 4 that your team almost entirely controlled) and 30+ shots to tie the game and our goalie slammed the door shut when it mattered just like yours did in game 1. That's playoff hockey.

My favorite part was this initially said "power play opportunities" and then you had to correct it presumably cause you saw we only had one power play. Would have been super cool to be afforded the privilege of a second power play. But alas, playoff refs.

 

[Digitalbooya]

Funny how I always see fans in LITERALLY EVERY SPORT say the refs are biased against their team. Even when there is no evidence of a fix.

Nobody ever says the refs blatantly favor their own team on purpose.

The fix is literally just being consistent. I'm not saying the game outcome would have changed, but it's extremely frustrating when the whistles have been swallowed for almost the entire game when blatant infractions are occurring and then the only one they call is in the final 2 minutes of a one goal game.

 

[Jugitsu]

Hahaha okay. Vegas took 2 penalties to Minny's 3 but we're "immune." okay bud.

So last game, when Minnesota got away with a hold and a hook about every 15 seconds the five minutes before OT and Vegas got a penalty in OT that swung momentum in the Wild's favor before the game winner, you know what I said? I complained a bit about how the refs swallowed the whistles in the third and the penalty they called in OT was a lot milder than the shit they were letting go but I concluded that the loss wasn't on the refs, it was Vegas' fault for not scoring one goal on 40 shots.

Grow up and take the L like a grown ass adult. Vegas had one more powerplay than Minnesota. It's not like they were fed opportunity after opportunity the whole game and as I said, both sides got away with a lot, just like they did in Game 1. Throwing a tantrum about it won't change the series tie.

I would say the teams were about dead even on the bolded part. I remember several cases where a Vegas player was able to use their free hand to impede a Wild player in Vegas' defensive zone. And vice versa. That's the stupid nature of playoff hockey.

The refs have just been bad, there's no way around it. And this is not me trying to say one team has benefited more than the other but scrutiny is understandable when a blatant no-call is followed by a blatant call. I like the idea of having to battle and compete more in the playoffs but I don't like it when players have to battle through hooks and interference.

 

[Meuracas]

Wait, people say the refs favor Vegas after game 7 against the Sharks in 2019? Did they start watching hockey this year?

You mean as opposed to 2017? Seriously though, I think the refs just suck in general with all the blatant game management and all...

 

[HanSolo]

I would say the teams were about dead even on the bolded part. I remember several cases where a Vegas player was able to use their free hand to impede a Wild player in Vegas' defensive zone. And vice versa. That's the stupid nature of playoff hockey.

The refs have just been bad, there's no way around it. And this is not me trying to say one team has benefited more than the other but scrutiny is understandable when a blatant no-call is followed by a blatant call. I like the idea of having to battle and compete more in the playoffs but I don't like it when players have to battle through hooks and interference.

I agree.

 

[Super Cake]

Refs suck. They have been trash all season. Why in gods name did you ever think that would change in the playoffs? In fact, the refs usually put away their whistles in the playoffs.

Is it just me or does the majority of these gdts just turn into a complain fest about reffing?

 

[Vegas07]

You mean as opposed to 2017? Seriously though, I think the refs just suck in general with all the blatant game management and all...

I think Vegas has a lot more people that watched sports way before 2017 than people realize. A lot of people that live in Vegas weren’t even born in Nevada. And the sports books weren’t empty before 2017.

 

[Vegas07]

The fix is literally just being consistent. I'm not saying the game outcome would have changed, but it's extremely frustrating when the whistles have been swallowed for almost the entire game when blatant infractions are occurring and then the only one they call is in the final 2 minutes of a one goal game.

But for decades I’ve seen fan after fan say the refs ignore stuff the other team does and calls stuff against their team.

I just think there are a lot of passionate fans, many of us will be biased in favor of our teams, refs often suck, and sports can definitely have a lot of frustrating moments.

 

[Nharris31]

But for decades I’ve seen fan after fan say the refs ignore stuff the other team does and calls stuff against their team.

I just think there are a lot of passionate fans, many of us will be biased in favor of our teams, refs often suck, and sports can definitely have a lot of frustrating moments.

The refs haven’t been good all year. But seems when the Wild play Vegas specifically especially during the third period they either call tick tackey penalty on the Wild when Vegas has interfered and tripped Wild players way before than they finally decide to call a penalty idk maybe the Wild need sell it more apparently. Also that definitely was trip by Kaprizov at the end of the game.