Originally Posted by Lcsulla (Post 17465518)

Say what you want but the Blues certainly earned that one. O'Reilly was amazing as usual, Binnington played damned well, dressing 11 forewords did not help boston and honestly if it was not for that save by MacAvoy in the dying seconds of the second that game would been over. Blues got really outplayed for the first say 15 minutes then started playing their game where they gum up the blue line though once t hey got the lead they seemed to play some sort of shutdown game and not keep their foot on the gas offensively, that will not fly for game 6 IMO - they will need a killer instinct to win it at home Sunday.

Originally Posted by MOWJO8185 (Post 17465628)

I feel like Boston should worry more about their top line having zero even strength points all series than all the bad things the Blues/refs are doing

Originally Posted by drop2d (Post 17465630)

When they score a goal directly after what was a blatant penalty (even Bozak thought it was going to be call)… it's kinda hard to just let it go.

Originally Posted by MOWJO8185 (Post 17465635)

I get that, but the complaining started well before that. All I’ve seen is Blues are dirty and refs suck and nothing about the Bruins inability to get their game going in even strength.

Originally Posted by DMBstandUP1984 (Post 17465640)

Yeah. I mean on Boston radio there has been a lot of talk about how bad the bruins have been 5 on 5 but the Refs have been that bad it just seems to overshadow it nationally and locally to a point. Even the St Louis dispatch headline this morning is about the missed tripping call.

Originally Posted by MOWJO8185 (Post 17465635)

I get that, but the complaining started well before that. All I’ve seen is Blues are dirty and refs suck and nothing about the Bruins inability to get their game going in even strength.

Originally Posted by Chumlee67 (Post 17465697)

Barbashev to have a hearing for the hit on Johansson

Originally Posted by DMBstandUP1984 (Post 17465740)

I do love how fired up Neely gets

Originally Posted by DMBstandUP1984 (Post 17465640)

Yeah. I mean on Boston radio there has been a lot of talk about how bad the bruins have been 5 on 5 but the Refs have been that bad it just seems to overshadow it nationally and locally to a point. Even the St Louis dispatch headline this morning is about the missed tripping call.

Originally Posted by DMBstandUP1984 (Post 17465740)

I do love how fired up Neely gets

Originally Posted by drop2d (Post 17465778)

Not just a headline... full page with photo!

https://twitter.com/stlhensley/statu...76557401096194

:lol

Originally Posted by ToySoldier#34 (Post 17465782)

Don't piss off Seabass

Originally Posted by barbogast (Post 17465664)

Yeah it’s silly to think that this shouldn’t be the talk of the hockey world this morning. While I can understand that “it’s not one play that wins or loses a game”, I would counter with the fact that the NHL got 33% of its scoring plays last night wrong. In a game where there are three scoring plays in sixty minutes, and one of them shouldn’t have been a scoring play, it’s hard to ignore or discredit it. Ultimately, goals are indeed what decides who wins and loses. And the nhl is dead set on bringing in legalized gambling as a revenue stream?? They gotta figure this glaringly egregious officiating mistake stuff out first. That’s how you end up with dead officials, literally. And this has been happening. All. Playoffs. Long.

Originally Posted by Chumlee67 (Post 17465697)

Barbashev to have a hearing for the hit on Johansson

Originally Posted by fonzz41 (Post 17465801)

I get that and think officiating is definitely a problem that has been glaringly apparent throughout these playoffs (my team had one against them that was particularly ridiculous). The NHL needs to address it.

But while I get that officiating is an issue, it is not the only reason the Blues are up in this series. First, Binnington. He's shown a lot of resilience coming back from that game 3 drubbing. I mean, yeah that second Blues goal shouldn't have counted, but it's not like the Bruins didn't have chances throughout the game to put points on the board. 39 shots on goal. Thirty-nine. On a rookie. The shots were like 12-4 at one point and they didn't capitalize.

And sometimes when there is a shot count like that you start to blame defense, but to the contrary I'd give them a lot of credit for the low point totals from that Bruins top line. The #1 unit of Parayko and Bouwmeester has been an absolute FORCE out there. They're keeping up speed-wise, they're physical, they limit the quality scoring chances, they're breaking out [reasonably] well. And then to have an all-star like Pietrangelo playing on the second unit? So key, especially with the way Krejci is playing (best forward on the Bruins right now IMO).

All that said, the Bruins are one good shot away from turning this thing around. Binnington has shown he's not perfect, and if that top line can get any sort of room, this series can shift Boston's way pretty quickly.

In the end, I'm content with either team winning.

As he should.

Originally Posted by DMBstandUP1984 (Post 17465803)

I said to a buddy this morning I think the Bruins blowing them out on their home ice hurt the Bs more than it did the Blues

Originally Posted by fonzz41 (Post 17465807)

How so? (I'm not challenging - genuinely interested in your thoughts)

Originally Posted by fonzz41 (Post 17465801)

I get that and think officiating is definitely a problem that has been glaringly apparent throughout these playoffs (my team had one against them that was particularly ridiculous). The NHL needs to address it.

But while I get that officiating is an issue, it is not the only reason the Blues are up in this series. First, Binnington. He's shown a lot of resilience coming back from that game 3 drubbing. I mean, yeah that second Blues goal shouldn't have counted, but it's not like the Bruins didn't have chances throughout the game to put points on the board. 39 shots on goal. Thirty-nine. On a rookie. The shots were like 12-4 at one point and they didn't capitalize.

And sometimes when there is a shot count like that you start to blame defense, but to the contrary I'd give them a lot of credit for the low point totals from that Bruins top line. The #1 unit of Parayko and Bouwmeester has been an absolute FORCE out there. They're keeping up speed-wise, they're physical, they limit the quality scoring chances, they're breaking out [reasonably] well. And then to have an all-star like Pietrangelo playing on the second unit? So key, especially with the way Krejci is playing (best forward on the Bruins right now IMO).

All that said, the Bruins are one good shot away from turning this thing around. Binnington has shown he's not perfect, and if that top line can get any sort of room, this series can shift Boston's way pretty quickly.

In the end, I'm content with either team winning.

Originally Posted by barbogast (Post 17465809)

I fully agree with everything you’ve said. I think it’s beautifully put and I absolutely would not say the Blues are ahead because they got the break that they did last night.

Alls I’m saying is that in a playoff stained by poor officiating, we’ve now had the newest version of the biggest incident yet. In a 1-0 game midway through the third period of game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final, that call being missed can’t happen. It changes everything about the complexion of the game. And that’s not fair to the sport. I don’t mean to be all soap boxy, and I have never been one to be harsh on referees at all, but I mean the trip is right there. Slewfoot, textbook, clear as day. And then a goal immediately results in the aftermath of a confused group of hockey players, as many on both sides, including the man who committed the foul, expected it was about to penalized. I mean that just can’t happen. It changes everything. It changes the series. And there’s been far too many examples of that. They gotta figure that out. Maybe it’s just bad luck this year. I don’t know, but that was ugly.