BRUINS GDT ECSF GAME 5 7:11 PM - AGAINST ALL ODDS - ESPN, ESPN+, CBC, SN, TVAS, 98.5 WBZ-FM - Sunrise leads series 3-1

[Dennis Bonvie]

I thought the NFL's officiating has been rigged for many years

...but the NHL says hold my beer

So you watch the games like it's the WWE?

 

[RustyBruins72]

 

[RI.B FAN]

We need to file some sort of class action lawsuit to have the NHL admit that the results are predetermined and make them change their name to the NHE, for National Hockey Entertainment. 2019 you might be able to chalk up to ineptitude but from 2020 on it's been so obvious.

Sorry Tony, this is not a thing. They may be bad and inconstient, but they are not favoring anyone intentionally

 

[HustleB]

Another example of why I’m not even bothering to watch.

Submitting yourself to the insanity of this board but not rolling the dice on a possible win tonight seem to be a direct contradiction.

 

[smithformeragent]

Sorry Tony, this is not a thing. They may be bad and inconstient, but they are not favoring anyone intentionally

The more I see of replay in all sports, the more I agree with Felger.

It doesn’t work, overall.

They have the technology, but they often get it wrong. The challenge rules are clunky across the board.

This isn’t sour grapes. A team should not be penalized for losing a challenge. It’s silly. You get one challenge per game. If you lose it, you lose it.

If a team is wasting time by challenging something silly at the end of a game, then fine them and issue a warning.

Put an eye in the sky at the arena or in the war room. Eye in the sky sees something that needs another look, they buzz down to the on ice officials and the public address announcer to pause the game.

Then you get the headsets out.

I hope the Bruins show up tonight.
You’re going to face adversity over the course of 4 playoff rounds.

Sometimes you catch the breaks. Sometimes you don’t.

It often evens out. And you often make your own luck.

Get tough for f***’s sake.

 

[wintersej]

I think there’s a shot the Bruins pull this one out.

With the NHL’s officiating as atrocious as it was in Games 3 and 4, I can see some ‘makeup calls’ going the Bruins’ way tonight. Not to mention, a sixth game in the Boston market would be good for ratings.

The fact that my first thought was “yup, that makes sense” is likely going to be what I look back on as the moment I started to become a tinfoil hat person. Give it six months and I’ll be talking about Venezuelan space lasers implanting worms into our brains.

 

[Sevendust]

We win tonight and start the payback for them doing this exact thing to us last year. team that is 3-1 will lose both years back to back. Book it.

I will bet everything I own against this. Sorry of being an realist.

 

[BB79]

This looks almost exactly like the Bennett goal

WTF NHL..........get your friggin act together

they got the regular season one right and the playoff one wrong

 

[NDiesel]

they got the regular season one right and the playoff one wrong

By the logic they used it was unlikely the Coyotes goalie makes the save therefore it shouldn't have mattered. Like there is no way they should not have to explain what the difference is between those two goals.

Do we know the lineup tonight? Sorry if it's been posted, I've been working outside all day

 

[Olden McGroin]

 

[bobbyorr04]

So you watch the games like it's the WWE?

That's what pro sports are turning into

 

[GordonHowe]

If Bruins want to stay alive, they need to rip up their offensive game plan

If the Bruins want to force a Game 6 against the Florida Panthers, their focus on quality over quantity with shot selection needs to change.

www.boston.com

 

[Five Hole]

Win or lose tonight I am not going to freak out. They have already exceeded my expectations for this season, and I am looking forward to a much-improved roster for next year.

For a team/organization that was in a bridge/retool season…making the playoffs and winning a round is significantly better than a bunch of teams that thought they were ready to compete. I mean look around the eastern conference and tell me the Islanders, Toronto, Washington, Pittsburg and even Detroit didn’t think they were better prepared than the Bruins…most of this fan base certainly believed that last September.

It's already been a successful bridge year…win another game tonight and it looks even better.

Let’s GO BRUINS!!!!

 

[mjhfb]

From NHL.com:
"The Bruins are 0-25 in their history when trailing 3-1 in a best-of-7 series."
Time to make some history.

 

[NDiesel]

Win or lose tonight I am not going to freak out. They have already exceeded my expectations for this season, and I am looking forward to a much-improved roster for next year.

For a team/organization that was in a bridge/retool season…making the playoffs and winning a round is significantly better than a bunch of teams that thought they were ready to compete. I mean look around the eastern conference and tell me the Islanders, Toronto, Washington, Pittsburg and even Detroit didn’t think they were better prepared than the Bruins…most of this fan base certainly believed that last September.

It's already been a successful bridge year…win another game tonight and it looks even better.

Let’s GO BRUINS!!!!

I think an exciting part of this season is if they have a successful offseason they SHOULD be a better team next year. But I agree with you here, they exceeded expectations and I only hope they keep doing so because I'm not ready for hockey to be done yet.

 

[HumBucker]

From NHL.com:
"The Bruins are 0-25 in their history when trailing 3-1 in a best-of-7 series."
Time to make some history.

They’re due.

 

[frankiess]

Sorry Tony, this is not a thing. They may be bad and inconstient, but they are not favoring anyone intentionally

They're not bad. They choose not make a call or make a call. Koharski was very clear when he was the network official ''that team has two penalties so the other team should be getting one''. He said that on national tv.
Then another network official said that the ref will pick one guy from the scrum and penalize that team. How does he determine which team? I don't think that's in the rule book.
These guys have been reffing their whole lives. They don't miss much. They just don't call it. Acciari. Why not?

 

[rfournier103]

The fact that my first thought was “yup, that makes sense” is likely going to be what I look back on as the moment I started to become a tinfoil hat person. Give it six months and I’ll be talking about Venezuelan space lasers implanting worms into our brains.

Im glad you found my post logical and plausible.

I try not to be so cynical, but we live in an age where it is hard not to be.

 

[shelbysdad]

Whats tomorrow?

One day closer to moving to Maine !

 

[TobanWest]

Win or lose tonight I am not going to freak out. They have already exceeded my expectations for this season, and I am looking forward to a much-improved roster for next year.

For a team/organization that was in a bridge/retool season…making the playoffs and winning a round is significantly better than a bunch of teams that thought they were ready to compete. I mean look around the eastern conference and tell me the Islanders, Toronto, Washington, Pittsburg and even Detroit didn’t think they were better prepared than the Bruins…most of this fan base certainly believed that last September.

It's already been a successful bridge year…win another game tonight and it looks even better.

Let’s GO BRUINS!!!!

Hey Don, can I ask why your not attending the game tonight? Asking for a friend

 

[GahdenRinkRat]

I'm guessing at least 1 controversial call or non-call by the refs..or maybe 3 of them

If I was a betting person, I would lay some $$$ on a Bruins goal being disallowed for goaltender interference

 

[DaStinger]

Not even Lord Tenkrat can save us now.

 

[Kate08]

Made some sweet caroline steak tips from biancos on the grill tonight. I’m in a terrible mood and that started to perk me up.

I’d like this game to perk me up further.

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

One day closer to moving to Maine !

I stopped at the diner in your town in NY and it was pretty good when I was working in Kingston for a few days.

 

[shelbysdad]

I stopped at the diner in your town in NY and it was pretty good when I was working in Kingston for a few days.

Red Hook Diner or the silver diner?