These playoffs have been action packed and up tempo. But there still seems to be one thing that has been tainting these games.
The amount of diving in the first round has been truly pathetic. Players have been trying to take advantage of the referees by trying to embellish a play. The thing is though, it has been working.
Here's a play where Vancouver forward Ryan Kesler completely flops yet still gets the boarding call from the referees. This sends the signal to the other teams that you can get away with flopping and you can even possibly get a call out of it.
Today the Boston Bruins are fighting for their playoff lives against Washington. They are down in the series 3 games to 1.
With Boston up 2-1 in the 2nd period, forward Brad Marchand tries to get a call on a play where he doesn't even come close to getting hit. Honestly, this was the most pathetic embellishment I have seen all year.
Thankfully, the hockey gods were paying attention and they made Marchand pay immediately for it:
Yes indeed. After Marchand lay on the ice in the Washington zone, he gave the Washington defense all the room in the world to skate the puck up the ice. A nice pass and a complete overplaying of the puck by goalie Tim Thomas (something I alluded to last year after this and this against the Canucks) and Washington ties up the game.
Here, Marchand was not fooling anyone. The referees didn't bite and he just lay on the ice looking like an idiot. Oh how I love it.
So hopefully this awful play will limit the diving for the rest of the playoffs. It looks stupid and it ruins the flow of the game.
I just like the irony in Boston players diving :P
The amount of diving in the first round has been truly pathetic. Players have been trying to take advantage of the referees by trying to embellish a play. The thing is though, it has been working.
Here's a play where Vancouver forward Ryan Kesler completely flops yet still gets the boarding call from the referees. This sends the signal to the other teams that you can get away with flopping and you can even possibly get a call out of it.
Today the Boston Bruins are fighting for their playoff lives against Washington. They are down in the series 3 games to 1.
With Boston up 2-1 in the 2nd period, forward Brad Marchand tries to get a call on a play where he doesn't even come close to getting hit. Honestly, this was the most pathetic embellishment I have seen all year.
Thankfully, the hockey gods were paying attention and they made Marchand pay immediately for it:
Here, Marchand was not fooling anyone. The referees didn't bite and he just lay on the ice looking like an idiot. Oh how I love it.
So hopefully this awful play will limit the diving for the rest of the playoffs. It looks stupid and it ruins the flow of the game.
I just like the irony in Boston players diving :P
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