Devils v Panthers - League - 24th Mar 24 - FO 1600
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If you read my post again you will see that I haven’t said we are the 'MOST' inconsistent, I said we are 'SO' inconsistent.
I still maintain though that we have probably the biggest 'swing' in performance levels, ie. consistency.
The majority of the teams from 4th place down have been consistently crap for the majority of the season!
I still maintain though that we have probably the biggest 'swing' in performance levels, ie. consistency.
The majority of the teams from 4th place down have been consistently crap for the majority of the season!
I think you can blame Pietroniro for at least some of that. His actions were a huge turning point in the game. From cruising 3-0 up and looking good, the Devils found themselves a man down for a five minute major during which the Panthers scored two goals. That lifted the Panthers and unsettled the Devils. Totally unnecessary action which turned the game on its head. If you want consistency then a good place to start is not conceding pointless penalties like that.
I’ve just seen the video of Chad’s hit which he got called for boarding on - looks a decent hit to me, personally albeit I’m sure there’s others with a much better view on it. Just interesting a lot calling him out here when you could argue it’s a poor call from the refs! Just looks like a fair hit to me.
I think it was worth 2 mins. The way the player went down didn't help. He went down like he'd been hit by a truck. Far too much of this coming into our game. When there's a high stick, there's big head flick and a covering of the mouth with the glove and when people get a nudge from behind they do that daft slide down the boards. Friend did it in Belfast following the softest of taps from Barrow. The curtains came out like at the Grand National, like they were about to shoot him and amazingly he got up and skated off. Then there's Greenfield last Wednesday - made of glass.
On the night I thought it was a straight up boarding call but watched it from block 9.
After watching the highlights, I think it was more unlucky as the panthers player seemed to turn and stop to play the puck (couldn’t see that from my angle on Sunday).
Camera angle would have been the ref view.
Don’t really have a massive issue with it being a boarding call tbf, but not anywhere near as bad as I first thought.
But the fight that happened straight after was instigated by Kesell. He skated after Chad, tapping him with his stick who was skating away.
As much as I hate the instigator penalty, if it’s in the rule book, surely that was an easy call to make.
After watching the highlights, I think it was more unlucky as the panthers player seemed to turn and stop to play the puck (couldn’t see that from my angle on Sunday).
Camera angle would have been the ref view.
Don’t really have a massive issue with it being a boarding call tbf, but not anywhere near as bad as I first thought.
But the fight that happened straight after was instigated by Kesell. He skated after Chad, tapping him with his stick who was skating away.
As much as I hate the instigator penalty, if it’s in the rule book, surely that was an easy call to make.
For me I just think there needs to be certainty with these kind of calls - as we’ve seen this had quite the impact with the 5 min major. There’s video there, so can it be used for these kind of things? Don’t get me wrong don’t want to get into football/rugby terms where everything seems to be reviewed.
I thought he was in trouble as soon as the Panther crumpled. He did turn away late which presented the numbers - thought it was from behind rather than a typical boarding call myself as he (from memory) went into the plexi. For me it was more of a minor penalty but I say that with red tinted glasses.
There were a few instances before that where Panthers had ended up hitting the boards without control and I was waiting on a boarding call. Already short benched they looked like they lost a couple - one fella in particular had his teeth handed to the bench by a stripe.
Had those incidents not happened then I reckon Chad could have got 2 mins. Would hope that whilst it will be reviewed by DOPS that it wouldn't qualify for supplementary discipline - it certainly wasn't a 5+game as some have incorrectly suggested. The second major was his ejection - just so happened to occur 5 seconds after the first major!
That being said he has history and is on DOPs radar for this season so could see him sit for a couple just on repeat offending.
There were a few instances before that where Panthers had ended up hitting the boards without control and I was waiting on a boarding call. Already short benched they looked like they lost a couple - one fella in particular had his teeth handed to the bench by a stripe.
Had those incidents not happened then I reckon Chad could have got 2 mins. Would hope that whilst it will be reviewed by DOPS that it wouldn't qualify for supplementary discipline - it certainly wasn't a 5+game as some have incorrectly suggested. The second major was his ejection - just so happened to occur 5 seconds after the first major!
That being said he has history and is on DOPs radar for this season so could see him sit for a couple just on repeat offending.