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Re: 2008 Stanley Cup Play-offs

You know, this set of finals is almost making me not want to watch hockey anymore. I think that the refs are trying to single-handedly determine these games. These penalties are ridiculous. The Penguins and Wings do the exact same things, yet somehow it's only a penalty for the Wings... Guess we gotta fight everyone wearing black on the ice...

All I have to say is that it's a good thing that FIRST refs are better than these guys!

Re: 2008 Stanley Cup Play-offs

*sigh*
...Congratulations to the Red Wings.

Re: 2008 Stanley Cup Play-offs

IMHO...the Red Wings were like 1114 this year. They were the best and deserved to win it all, and did (with a little bit of a scare in the finals)...

Re: 2008 Stanley Cup Play-offs

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Originally Posted by Don Wright (Post 751578)

IMHO...the Red Wings were like 1114 this year. They were the best and deserved to win it all, and did (with a little bit of a scare in the finals)...

Scare is quite correct. Them last two seconds of game 6 were enough to make me sweat and go a bit pale.

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Originally Posted by Beth Sweet

Amen to that one. Also, my dad was making note as a conclusion between him and his coworkers that NBC was being biased to one team (the Penguins).
I found that, and the fact that Gary Bettman was literally shaking when he presented the cup to Lidstrom to be a bit... odd, and I will leave it a that.
That all said:
GO WINGS!!!

Re: 2008 Stanley Cup Play-offs

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Originally Posted by JoeXIII'007 (Post 751694)

I think that may just be you reacting out of your bias towards the Wings. I felt the coverage was very even, if not a slight bit biased towards Detroit*. There wasn't as much Malkin-bashing as on ESPN, but that isn't the job of the NBC crew.

*The on-ice commentary was balanced, but the reports from Pierre on the bench tended to favor the Wings. That may just be reality of the two benches though, so it's not a real issue.

As for Gary Bettman, keep in mind he had been sitting in a nice heated VIP suite the whole game, and then was on the ice. That temperature transition might give some the shivers. ;)

Re: 2008 Stanley Cup Play-offs

I'm glad that the games were good and I hope it was good for NBC... Being a long time hockey fan, I was very happy to see it on prime time and I hope it worked out well enough for it to continue...

Re: 2008 Stanley Cup Play-offs

I really do not like the announcers for the major networks like NBC when it comes to hockey. They don't seem to have very much enthusiasm(spelling).