Check out the Penguins super star Malkin as he absolutely loses it at the end of game two. Like the announcers for CBC said why not? I don't think it should cost Malkin a game but he did get an instigator penalty inside of 5:00 left in the game. Eklund of hockeybuzz.com said over on his twitter that he heard the NHL will rescind the instigator penalty. I think it would be the right choice.
How did this all happen? Evgeni Malkin went after Henrik Zetterberg during a scrum in front of the Detroit net. The scrum started after Max Talbot game Osgood a little shot with his stick and Osgood acted as if the had been shot. This is what I told my buddy that I was watching the game with anyways. Some will call for Malkin to be suspended but if Campbell suspends Malkin Campbell owes a few teams an apology, plain and simple. The most egregious act of the playoffs was the Walker sucker punch on Ward that went un punished and this incident isn't even close.
Here is what a Detroit newspaper had to say about the incident.
Frustration boiled over for Pittsburgh with 18.2 seconds left, when Max Talbot stuck his stick in goalie Chris Osgood’s midsection after he made his 31st save. That led to a fight between Evgeni Malkin and Red Wings forward Henrik Zetterberg that left both players’ jerseys torn on the ice.
If the NHL rescinds the Instigator penalty, that will be the end of Detroit winning the Stanley Cup. The Red Wings obstruct and interfere, and nothing is called. They do plenty of dirty stick work also, the announcers for NBC even commented on it during both games.
ReplyDeleteIMO, someone from the Pens had to start a fight. They have to open up the ice a little bit, or it will be Detroit in 4.
I loved it, even though a few former Badgers play for the Wings, I can't cheer for them. Too bad Malkin didn't land some really solid punches on Zetterberg's face.
ReplyDeleteRJ is right, the Wings play cheap, boring hockey. There was one of the most obvious obstruction calls they missed later in the game w/ some d-bag Wing basically checked Staal right out of the play as he was going for the puck and the defender wasn't.
Sheppard and Hunt on the ice last night?
Malkin is not a fighter but proved he is one hell of a leader.
ReplyDeleteHank would have been dead if Malkin connected. The refs then held Malkins arms so Hank could throw, but to no avail. And stupid Grabcock was quoted prior saying "Crosy was head hunting from the start..." Ha! That means Detroit faithful, that your coach is afraid of Crosby. So it should be expected that you quit calling him a 'diver, whiner, puss, whatever' cuz he will kick your players asses at any moment. Classic, Detroit is full of "cheap shot see what ya can get away with" a-holes.