“Goalgate” is the term being thrown around for the major screwup/conspiracy by FSN Pittsburgh. A producer has been suspended over this, but I’ve heard a couple people say that Gagne should get his goal. Not going to happen. From Rule 78.1 – Goals and Assists:
In case of an obvious error in awarding a goal or an assist that has been announced, it should be corrected promptly, but changes should not be made in the official scoring summary after the Referee has signed the game report (except by the League’s Chief Statistician).
While there is no way to affect the outcome of the game, does the league have the power to affect the Penguins for this?
Marek Svatos is being shopped by the Avs, according to Adrian Dater at the Post. Some other names I’d like to see go (but probably won’t): John-Michael Liles and David Koci.
Surprise! Peter Forsberg is hurt again. He may miss the Olympics, but how many of you were expecting him to play anyway? I will take this opportunity to once again call for Forsberg’s retirement.
I’m not going to try and refute any accusation that Alex Burrows is making, but what I will say is that he chose the absolute wrong forum to voice these concerns. By publicly accusing referee Stephane Auger, Burrows not only lost any support the NHL might have given him, but he also pissed them off. Sorry Canucks fans, but his fine is well deserved.
If there is one argument I can make against the shootout, and I like the shootout, it would be Tuesday’s Rangers/Devils game. Martin Brodeur had 51 saves and Henrik Lundqvist stopped 45 shots. Both goalies earned a shutout, but Patrick Elias of the Devils scored during the fourth round of the shootout, giving New Jersey a “1″ on the scoreboard and cheapening Lundqvist’s performance a little bit. But it wasn’t a Real Goal®! This was the first game in many years that I wish had ended in a tie.
