Comments on: Old Farts McCreary and Devorski are taking the NHL and TV ratings down the Tube.

By: Boombastic

Boombastic — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:59:53 +0000

During the years that we were filing for our (third?) Bankruptcy and the team looked like a bucket of crapola the attendance here wasn’t good either and the NHL poured bucks into it. A little bit of difference being that this really is a hockey town, obviously. But… Balsillie has pretty much been stonewalled from getting a team. I think it’s because of two things: The first being Toronto and Buffalo who don’t want a team in Hamilton and now a lot because of Gretzky’s investment about to go down the toilet.
In my opinion (and the hockey purists hate this) if the NHL would expand all at once in Houston, Kansas City, Seattle, Winnipeg, Quebec City, Las Vegas, Hartford, and Cleveland (that’s right, Cleveland) it would shake up a few teams and also create more jobs and put a bit of a crimp in the KHL at the same time. If each team had to offer-up 6 to 7 players off their current roster for a draft and let the new ones go after free agents the league would not only be larger and attract more markets but also would finally put a rest to teams moving. This would be adding jobs the right way.
Boombastic for President – I’ll show ‘ja stimulus. Boom -Boom -Boom

By: PENZRGR8

PENZRGR8 — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:36:09 +0000

The Red Wings are clutching and grabbing our players. Basically, because they are to old to keep up. Nothing to do with the refs, just something everyone has noticed.

The refs are old as well, so they probably have trouble keeping up with the plays as well.

GO PENZ!

By: Jesselvis

Jesselvis — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:43:09 +0000

I read somewhere that rating for game 2 was up, but I can’t remember the exact number. They need a better rating system for the refs and if they refuse to make the calls – especially during the prime time games, toss them out on their keister.

The whole Phoenix thing, I’m torn about because they probably should have never put a team there, yet that Bastille SP?? idiot tried to take our team also, and look how well we are doing.

By: Phil Krundle

Phil Krundle — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:26:10 +0000

You are so wrong. This is not my last bastion. It is my first! (hopefully not the first of many)

This is a tree that I’ve been barking up for a long time. You can check out: http://www.penguinpoop.com/2009/the-nhl-let-them-play-mentality/

Detroit is working a style created by Babcock that they’ve been playing for as long as he’s been coaching, the players come down to fore check and the Detroit D for a split second interferes just anough to take away their momentum. The refs don’t call it because it is so slight.

It is like in the 70’s the Steelers line men used to up and pop the other guys at the line real fast just to get the edge, they didn’t make it illegal until the 80’s and they figured out what they were doing, by then we had 4 superbowls.

Anyhow, while most refs have been calling the stuff I mentioned up top, a certain older few don’t. Just so you know, 1 of Eddie O’s 3 rants were about a Penguin interfering with a Detroit player off of the faceoff.

By: letsgowings

letsgowings — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:46:02 +0000

Blame the officials! Always the last bastion of a loser.
I’m sorry but these games have been action packed and thrilling.