I can't find the image, but they showed Gaustad before the game looking pretty nervous listening to something in his headphones.

Britney Spear's Speculum: Sharks have the best win percentage in the NHL so I'll be getting a kick out of these replies.

You'll be getting a kick out of replies that don't reference your team or anything your team has or hasn't done in its entire existence?

That's a weird anticipation fetish you have going on there.

Britney Spear's Speculum: Sharks have the best win percentage in the NHL so I'll be getting a kick out of these replies.

They also have the best winning percentage in May. On the golf course.

teto85: Britney Spear's Speculum: Sharks have the best win percentage in the NHL so I'll be getting a kick out of these replies.

They also have the best winning percentage in May. On the golf course.

Bazinga!

Goose is a gamer. Got tromped for his effort, but set the tone.

#GOSABRES

Life_is_a_carnivore: Goose is a gamer. Got tromped for his effort, but set the tone.

He set the tone? For what? For the Sabres to be chasing around the Bruins trying to make hits while the refs insured that the Bruins wouldn't even try hitting because Lucic got a roughing minor on a hip check?

While the Sabres were trying to take advantage of having the refs in their pocket, the Bruins were busy coming back and winning the game.

puckheaven: Miller came out of the crease and got hit, Lucic didn't do anything that any other NHL'er would have done, hence no suspension. The fact that the Sabres did nothing then basically showed you can go out and run them without consequence. Fighting a game late like that is weak and did nothing but inspire the Bruins.

Miller should ask for a trade, that would show them.


Go Sharks!

The rule book specifically states that the goaltender is not fair game because they are out of their crease. The amount of people saying "well he came out of his crease so far" is annoying. That part is irrelevant. It's still an illegal hit.

And in response to Luthiel no they don't. Kassian supposedly but he hasn't played an NHL game yet bringing him up to fight and sit in the box for 5 mins would have been a waste of a rosterspot that is already depleted due to injuries.

I was hoping someone would have gone "bertuzzi" on one of their players but that didn't happen.

Warlordtrooper: The amount of people saying "well he came out of his crease so far" is annoying.

I completely agree. Every time I hear that I wonder why they haven't heard the rule, seen it on TV, read it on the internet every five seconds since this hit. Anybody who says the goalie is fair game if he comes out of the crease is a f*cking idiot and should be ignored during any conversation about hockey.

Was that the Sabres fault for taking advantage or the League's fault for allowing that style of officiating? I'm NOT a fan of favoring one team by the officiating even if it IS my team gaining, but that's what was offered up in this game. Goose stepped up to avenge the hit, and got beat.
There's an unwritten rule you 'DON'T HIT A GOALIE'.



jaylectricity: Life_is_a_carnivore: Goose is a gamer. Got tromped for his effort, but set the tone.

He set the tone? For what? For the Sabres to be chasing around the Bruins trying to make hits while the refs insured that the Bruins wouldn't even try hitting because Lucic got a roughing minor on a hip check?

While the Sabres were trying to take advantage of having the refs in their pocket, the Bruins were busy coming back and winning the game.

Life_is_a_carnivore: I'm NOT a fan of favoring one team by the officiating even if it IS my team gaining, but that's what was offered up in this game.

Yeah, but taking up that offer proved costly for your team.

Either that, or having the refs on your side was the only reason your team was even in this game because it was pretty clear which team was better.

That being said, I think that the one-sidedness of the refs settled down after Buffalo was up 2-0.

True.


jaylectricity: Life_is_a_carnivore: I'm NOT a fan of favoring one team by the officiating even if it IS my team gaining, but that's what was offered up in this game.

Yeah, but taking up that offer proved costly for your team.

Either that, or having the refs on your side was the only reason your team was even in this game because it was pretty clear which team was better.

That being said, I think that the one-sidedness of the refs settled down after Buffalo was up 2-0.

Entertaining game... Bruins pulled out the win. That's really all that matters to me.

The fight was anti-climatic. Gaustad was out of his league, but props for making the effort.

Stafford tried to rattle Thomas and failed.

wattimus: Goalies handling the puck outside of the crease and getting special treatment makes me think of soccer sissies diving at every opportunity.

The one thing that bothers me is when the goalie goes behind the net, the forwards have to avoid the goalie. To me, this opens up the opportunity for the goalie take his time getting back to the crease.

In my opinion, that should be interference.

But hey, you gotta play by the rules. If the rules say that anybody with freckles is allowed to jab his skates into your shin, then you stay the f*ck away from gingers!

Vance Uppercut: Hey, bruins. if you run Detroit's goalie, don't complain about the way Bertuzzi almost kills you goon.

Do you think the Bruins have a habit of running goalies? The only time I remember them running goalies is by scoring 3-5 goals within 15-25 minutes against them.

fatalvenom: jekostas: Of course Buffalo's players are going to get creamed trying to fight with Boston.

The revenge Buffalo got was more along the lines of Stafford running Thomas for two straight periods until the refs told him to knock it off. Sure, Andrew Ference kinda stood around and hugged him a bit but I don't think many people are afraid of Ference since he got beaten by Crosby in a fight.


Dude, wut??

jekostas must be a troll because the only time I notice his posts are when he says the stupidest things I've ever heard about a hockey game.

It's prolly just me, though. Mostly.

Hooking.

Line change.

Sink.

/everything but