WTF, playoff officiating

[trapezeus]

Chara was issued a double-minor penalty for boarding and roughing, but inexplicably left the penalty box after serving only 2 minutes. Officials didn’t notice until there was a minute left, when Chara was sent back to the box.


anyone got any comments for this nonsense

[G Wolly]

I saw it. I was confused. I moved on.

[Buffalogic]

Good thing he didn't score in that time or else **** would have hit the fan

[mikemac2001]

Good thing he didn't score in that time or else **** would have hit the fan


i bet the goal would have been overturned it would have had to....

[Buffalogic]

i bet the goal would have been overturned it would have had to....With Buffalo sports luck they'd find a way to count it. lol

[Ingtar33]

i bet the goal would have been overturned it would have had to....

the announcer i was watching quoted the NHL rules on that... and apparently... since the box official let him out prematurely, if he had scored, since it was an officials mistake, the goal would have counted.

had Chara left on his own, the goal would have been disallowed.

[Electrici]

No lie, and I am actually pretty positive the gentleman officiating the penalty box was my Varsity Soccer coach from High School. Letting Chara of all people out of the box early is not going to make many friends around the Buffalo area!

[mchurchfie]

Chara should have been booted out of the game for that crosscheck anyways. It was malicious with obvious intent to hurt. How many times does this ****ing oversized goon get to crosscheck people with no recourse before he ends up hurting somebody seriously??

[SabreEleven]

This is playoff hockey, you have to take a limb off now to get a penalty

[chernobylwraiths]

Chara should have been booted out of the game for that crosscheck anyways. It was malicious with obvious intent to hurt. How many times does this ****ing oversized goon get to crosscheck people with no recourse before he ends up hurting somebody seriously??

I actually thought it was kind of weak for him. The officials sucked last night, but they probably missed more calls against Buffalo late, especially a trip by Kaleta. I have no idea what game they were watching. I was very pissed when that one Boston guy speared Miller into the net and the worst he got was a stern talking to.

[chernobylwraiths]

This is playoff hockey, you have to take a limp off now to get a penalty

Hell, the boarding Kaleta took when his helmet was off where he got the big cut was worse than the Chara push, and that resulted in no penalty.

[SkateZilla]

i bet the goal would have been overturned it would have had to....

nah, rules are overwritten when playing buffalo, ask B. Hull.


as for Chara.. how can you miss him he's the tallest guy in the league

[SABURZFAN]

i was at the bar watching the game. i saw the Big Goof out there and was beside myself. i was yelling, "how the hell is he on the ice after the shot he gave Keleta?" people looked at me with the "Yeah?!?!" look. the bar went nuts when they put him back in the Sin Bin.

[SABURZFAN]

Chara should have been booted out of the game for that crosscheck anyways. It was malicious with obvious intent to hurt. How many times does this ****ing oversized goon get to crosscheck people with no recourse before he ends up hurting somebody seriously??


i wish somebody would take out that Big Goof's legs. i hate that jerkoff.

[RockStar36]

i was at the bar watching the game. i saw the Big Goof out there and was beside myself. i was yelling, "how the hell is he on the ice after the shot he gave Keleta?" people looked at me with the "Yeah?!?!" look. the bar went nuts when they put him back in the Sin Bin.

I actually got into an argument because I said he got 4 mins, so when he came out so early people were in my face saying that I was wrong.

Funny how that works.

[rbochan]

That's nothing.


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And, of course... no penalty called!

[G Wolly]

Hell, the boarding Kaleta took when his helmet was off where he got the big cut was worse than the Chara push, and that resulted in no penalty.

Because it wasn't boarding.

[Ingtar33]

well Henrik Sedin is a superstar, playing for a Canadian team in a Canadian city during the playoffs. of course no penalty was called.

[Crisis]

bruins fans are hilarious, all the whining about the refs is great.

feed me your tears.