Conspiracy theorists can just ice those fears

[mmonk]

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Still, after Monday's 3-2 loss, the Hurricanes remain convinced that the league is favoring Crosby, not that they'll acknowledge it publicly. That perception will be as much of a rallying cry in this series as it was against the Boston Bruins.

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They would further argue that the NHL is desperate to see Crosby and the Penguins advance over the small-market Hurricanes as they point out that the Canes, the NHL's least penalized team in the regular season, have faced more power plays than any team left in the playoffs.

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Now, make no mistake, there are certainly people who work for the league who would love to see the Penguins back in the Stanley Cup finals. If you worked in the marketing department and didn't have a horse in this race, you might feel that way too.

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But there's a long and winding road between crossing your fingers in hopes Boston or Pittsburgh advances and actually being able to work the levers of the great and mighty Oz to try to make it happen.

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http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/decock/story/1534746.html

[Captain Hilts]

1. Crosby had a pretty face and good grammar. Kind of the Jeff Gordon of ice hockey. nt

[mmonk]

2. LOL

[SteelPenguin]

3. This

"Officiating is like the weather -- sometimes it's good and sometimes it's bad, but it rains on everyone. At the pace games are played, the last thing officials are thinking about is which team they're supposed to be favoring."

People complained about the Ovechkin hit on Gonchar also. I'd like to hear someone complain about this type of call if they've played the game at full speed before. It's a contact sport. When you're skating at 20+ MPH and another guy is skating at 20+ MPH towards you, and you're SUPPOSED to run the guy over, try and do it perfectly so the guy has his head up and you hit each other perfectly. 40 MPH collisions where inches matter.

And it's the ref's who are the ones who are skewing the games...Please...

Sometimes calls are good, sometimes they're bad, sometimes they seem to favor one team, sometimes they seem to favor another. That's just how it is. Claiming conspiracy just makes people look foolish.

I don't think Ovechkin deserved a major or game misconduct for his hit on Gonchar and i feel the same way about these hits. It's a contact sport folks. Sometimes the shit hits one blade of the fan more than another, and in a game of inches at 40 miles per hour, its bound to happen more often than not.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

4. Score more goals.

:think: