.....FIRSTLY, Burke is FULL of it - Mat absolutely LOSES his balance resulting from that hit, and NEVER should've been penalized; just ASININE & capricious, VINDICTIVE - while not ONE commentator BESIDES me has noted yet what happened BEFORE Martin went after a Carolina player when the period-ending horn sounded: Casey took a VICIOUS Hurricanes stick to the face / mouth which could've EASILY broken or dislocated his jaw (again?) Thus, grounds for MATCHING penalties.....
Concerning Zack's infraction: similarly LUDICROUS to Barzal's, and it's happened TOO many times to Islander players these past few seasons - while there was NO way Pulie warranted a 10-minute or game misconduct - even a major; NOTHING else he could've done given Drury's angle to the end boards - and as for Nelson's MINIMAL contact with Necas, DOESN'T the latter have SOME responsibility to lean just a BIT to HIS right? A really WEAK interference call.....
.....finally, I feel it's least LARGELY on LAMBERT for failing to PULL Ilya after the THIRD goal - or go for a TIME-OUT, when 100% clear Sorokin was RATTLED; unsteady (ALSO again) and put IN Varly - who's consistently demonstrated himself as FAR more emotionally resilient; would've given them a MUCH-better chance to win and, after ALL, it's a LOT easier to score four consecutive goals when you're TIED 1-1 - than DOWN by the SAME amount.....
.....far as MANY of us are concerned I've seen, NO question McCauley's squad was a BIG part of this loss - and it's utterly INEXCUSABLE; an even WORSE travesty than those deciding Game 2.
.....FIRSTLY, Burke is FULL of it - Mat absolutely LOSES his balance resulting from that hit, and NEVER should've been penalized; just ASININE & capricious, VINDICTIVE - while not ONE commentator BESIDES me has noted yet what happened BEFORE Martin went after a Carolina player when the period-ending horn sounded: Casey took a VICIOUS Hurricanes stick to the face / mouth which could've EASILY broken or dislocated his jaw (again?) Thus, grounds for MATCHING penalties.....
Concerning Zack's infraction: similarly LUDICROUS to Barzal's, and it's happened TOO many times to Islander players these past few seasons - while there was NO way Pulie warranted a 10-minute or game misconduct - even a major; NOTHING else he could've done given Drury's angle to the end boards - and as for Nelson's MINIMAL contact with Necas, DOESN'T the latter have SOME responsibility to lean just a BIT to HIS right? A really WEAK interference call.....
.....finally, I feel it's least LARGELY on LAMBERT for failing to PULL Ilya after the THIRD goal - or go for a TIME-OUT, when 100% clear Sorokin was RATTLED; unsteady (ALSO again) and put IN Varly - who's consistently demonstrated himself as FAR more emotionally resilient; would've given them a MUCH-better chance to win and, after ALL, it's a LOT easier to score four consecutive goals when you're TIED 1-1 - than DOWN by the SAME amount.....
.....far as MANY of us are concerned I've seen, NO question McCauley's squad was a BIG part of this loss - and it's utterly INEXCUSABLE; an even WORSE travesty than those deciding Game 2.
The Martin penalty was the worst of the game for me but something that needed to be called.