Stella Was a Diver and She Was Always Down

I would argue that the penalties drawn per 60 minutes is the wrong direction to go in this case; especially when you compare Perry and Ryan to the likes of Smithson and Tootoo. No, I am not going to fall into the trap of saying Perry and Ryan don’t dive or embellish to get a call once in awhile, but I will say that the majority of the calls they draw are either because they are wearing down the D or to prevent a scoring chance. Bottomline, Perry and Ryan are more often in a position to force penalties than Tootoo or Smithson. Their job is to score, Tootoo’s job is to agitate.
That said, we have our instigators that serve the same purpose, despite what Murray says to the contrary. We have all seen Rutuu stick his chin out, feign tripping, and other antics that grab the zebras attention. I guess the argument is the degree to which the Ducks employ these tactics then.
For me, I think the argument that should be made to the team by our GM is that refs tend to favor the initatior. Be aggressive. Keep your feet moving, initiate the contact, bring the pressure; all of these things tend to draw far more penalties than a well placed prat fall.

I thought Murray’s comments were funny. I like the part when he said, "They’re over in Europe right now. They’re over there in a tournament. And I’m going to say bring me back some divers. Because we’re obviously not with the program." haha, that one winchester high stick did seem like the guy faked it, and there were a lot of soft calls in this series. I think he is mainly saying this, hoping that the next game, the refs let them play more.

There were a few minutes there right before Sbisa got called for touching whoever dived lol where Selanne, Koivu and Blake were getting cross checks to the back like there was no tomorrow…in Nashville’s zone. At least one of those cross checks could have been called a roughing or boarding call as each of those guys at one point was on his back thanks to a sweet cross check from a Pred.

Then the puck goes the other way and Sbisa touches some dude while he’s skating to his position and they get a whistle AND Erat puts one in the back of the net.

That my friends is telling me the officiating is off. Does anyone else remember this sequence? Or was it just me?

Just read the OC article…classic!

To answer your question Daniel, yes, the terrorists win. They also win every time dancing with the stars is on television.

If the rest of the team decides to work HALF as hard as selanne and emery have then we will have a very legitimate chance of winning this series

and im glad it was murray sayin all that and not carlyle because coaches shouldnt be portraying that (see bruce boudreau)

the ducks just need to tell him hes done for the season…everybody knows he carried us for over half the season and he shouldn’t be disappointed no matter what happens without us…but I dont think he is going to adequately be able to heal and figure out whats wrong with himself while trying to repeatedly get back in the game right now..its terrible to see but i’d rather stick it out with emery and ellis this postseason good or bad and have a healthy hiller come september/october

I have to agree with earlier posts. I don’t care if they call every damn thing or if they let ’em play, just call it the same to both sides.