Originally posted by: Squisher
Originally posted by: mallik
Originally posted by: murphy55d
or when Matt Cooke throws elbows after the play? Or when Malkin gets out of a suspension for an instigator?
That video is pretty damning evidence...one less things for the Pens fans to cry about.
"the announcers said...the announcers said" blah blah blah. They were wrong. Every team in the NHL interferes. Even the Pens. Get over it. You really think the Penguins only committed ONE penalty in game 1? Really?
Pens fans are starting to sound like their captain now....do i really need to get an ascii wahmublance?
Malkin didn't get out of any suspension; the suspension is at the leagues discretion. And before it gets said that Malkin got preferential treatment because he's on Bettman's team, that instigator rule is put in place so that teams don't go out and intentionally starting gooning it up when the game is out of reach.
According to the video that is such damning evidence, Zetterberg gave Talbot a shot with his glove on and that's when Malkin got upset and went after Zetterberg.
Of course every team interferes, every team does things that could be considered "illegal." The point is that the Wings get away with it a lot and have probably been getting away with more than the Pens this series so far.
Anyways, the irony of Wings fans calling Crosby and/or the Pens a bunch of whiners/crybabies is too rich.
1) The game wasn't out of reach? The gutless punk slashed him with a stick to the neck, dropped his gloves, and tried to sucker punch the opposing team's best player. Oh, I forgot, he scores goals so he's allowed to do that. You see a support player do that during the regular season and there would be multiple game suspensions and $$$ fines.
2) After Talbot mistook Ozzy for one of the vampires from Twilight and decided to to impale him with his stick. I don't know if that works with composite.
3) It is impossible to assess how much is going on through a TV screen. All your best interference is going on away from the play and away from the cameras. All I can say is that the most blatant, hard to not call interference is being done by the Pens. Maybe, the Wings are just better at it.
4) I'll consider the source.