Comments for April 04, 2012 at http://hockey.dobbersports.com , comment 1 to 17 out of 17 comments http://hockey.dobbersports.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:20:46 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4540-april-04-2012#comment-20288 -to the refs for noticing the puck was never covered -to Foligno for playing lights-out, and the way he manhandled Frattin in the first -and a very special, heartfelt thanks to Komisarek for allowing Foligno to get under your skin. Way to focus, my man!! - bomm Wed, 04 Apr 2012 08:00:45 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4540-april-04-2012#comment-20287 That seems silly that the whistle wasn't blown, but did anyone see the cheap shot that Komy lays on Folingo? Maybe he was embarrassed after falling down behind the net letting Folingo walk right out in front, but it seemed to start from even before they dropped the puck. Nice ramblings Dobber. - Bender Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:38:12 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4540-april-04-2012#comment-20286 He also missed 8 games and is a "young 26". Its his 2nd full season. - frozenpools Wed, 04 Apr 2012 06:57:10 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4540-april-04-2012#comment-20284 Three shutouts in a row is impressive, but even more impressive are the shot totals - 38, 44, 54. These aren't gift shutouts borne from stifling defense. He's earning them! You should post a clip of his crazy glove save from last night. He's proving to be an extremely streaky 'tender, but ride him for the season and you've got yourself some nice numbers overall. - Massimo Cinelli Wed, 04 Apr 2012 06:50:38 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4540-april-04-2012#comment-20283 I have no reason to be bias...I agree with you netwolf. Stick was close enough. Get your shit out of my face is the way I see it. And Dobber...easy with the hateon for Stamkos...Giroux catch him? he has 2 games left, stamkos has 3 and WILL hit 60 and probably more. - Dave Wed, 04 Apr 2012 06:44:02 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4540-april-04-2012#comment-20282 I readily admit I may have my black-and-gold glasses on, but it looked like Letang did get clipped in the chin by that stick. Getting hit in the face is no fun. And if it was embellishment, was it any worse than this? I may have missed it, but I don't recall Giroux taking much heat for it. http://youtu.be/cdb2AyPxuWQ - netwolf Wed, 04 Apr 2012 06:25:49 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4540-april-04-2012#comment-20281 Burrows is the highest scoring NHL player that played in the ECHL Hank has 7 points and is plus 8 in the last 3 games - mick Wed, 04 Apr 2012 06:15:45 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4540-april-04-2012#comment-20279 That was a conditioned reflex based upon previous experience, and losing your balance as a safety mechanism by the body is natural (think fainting to cause your body to be horizontal). Notice that he maintains control of the puck, his prefrontal cortex made the decision to maintain control of the puck rather than maintain balance during the somatic reflex response, as the order of importance in the decision making process was keep the puck rather than give up a break away. Thus, he loses his balance but maintains control of the puck. Your observation may lead you to believe he dove, but the sciences of motor learning and exercise physiology suggest otherwise, so long as his movements are near enough to 200 ms to the applied stimulus. - Ross The Boss Palmer Wed, 04 Apr 2012 05:59:36 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4540-april-04-2012#comment-20278 Besides what was said and his game rounding out you have to realize that the 25mins a night is combined with PK time and being double/triple shifted on random lines. The devils are also about slreeading the scoring out. They are the only NHL team to have 3- 30 goal scores and Elias close behind with 26. So while kovys out there dancing and moving sometimes it's just to distract the other teams so others can get open and score. - david Wed, 04 Apr 2012 05:55:03 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4540-april-04-2012#comment-20277 Lots of good notes to talk about to today now. 1. Letang. Ugh. I watched it, I don't like it. That's acting. Did he get the call? Yes. Did he get touched by the stick up around the sweater collar/shoulder? Yes. Should he have done it? No. REFs don't take kindly to this sort of thing. Trust me, I've played a hockey to know that refs start making mental notes of "who acts" and "who is honest". In the future, Letang is going to lose 50-50 calls because of this sort of instance. The act works once, maybe twice... but in the long-run, it's going to hurt his chance of getting calls and having calls against him. Bad move. 2. Kovalchuk is -9. He's a minus. Again. New Jersey is +16, as a team. Even-strength, Kovalchuk has been on for 53 GF, 63 GA. -10. He's dragged Parise's +/- to -5. Guys like Parise & Marian Hossa are complete hockey players. Complete hockey players take a LOT of pride in their +/-. A LOT. When Parise doesn't re-sign with New Jersey, there'll be one (unspoken) reason - compete two-way NHL hockey players do NOT like playing with Nancy-Minus players that get all kinds of accolades for their high point totals and fancy moves. A minus player is a minus player. Those guys don't win championships. 3. Nice rambling, overall. [b]You & Angus continue to do a great job here[/b]. I always notice. You don't get a compliment everyday... because, well... nobody compliments me at my job for making buildings not fall down. They only complain when I do it in a way that doesn't suit their style. Welcome to my world. - Pengwin7 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 05:50:32 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4540-april-04-2012#comment-20276 Dobber, i think people giving Kovy all this credit are not talking about his offensive game. I've got Parise, and as such have been watching a bunch of Devils games. Plus, i used to live in Atlanta and saw a lot of his play there--the transformation is incredible. On the thrash he used to basically just coast behind the enemy defense and just sit at their blueline in wait for the stretch pass before coasting back into his own end to "play defense." In New Jersey he ACTUALLY plays on the PK. that's unfathomable to me, but he seems to be doing a good job at the little things and defensive side of the game now. Becoming--if not [i]has become[/i]--a complete player. As far as letang, it's more than just jerking his head back, palmer. He DROPPED TO HIS KNEES. You don't do that when just "reacting" to a stick your brain may or may not have thought was going to catch you up high unless youre diving. - Tyler Haskell Wed, 04 Apr 2012 05:04:30 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4540-april-04-2012#comment-20275 And Phaneuf gets a nice mouthful of Crabb stick to boot! - Tom Mizwicki Wed, 04 Apr 2012 04:59:51 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4540-april-04-2012#comment-20274 I have no issue with that play. When something goes near your face, either you hit it away with hands with/out moving your head, or if your hands are occupied you either move head into it, or you move you head away from it. These are natural reflexes, and occur at their fastest at around 160 ms (milli seconds) after a stimulus for a highly trained reflex, and on average around 200 ms for a general reflexive time. Now if it was a reaction (a dive) and not a reflex, his head would have moved well after those times. I do not have the technology, nor the time, to break down this play, but it appears that Letang moved on an act of reflex and not of a reaction. - Ross The Boss Palmer Wed, 04 Apr 2012 04:53:17 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4540-april-04-2012#comment-20273 That was a ludicrous play. Even though I want the Leafs to lose, you can clearly see that the referee closest to the play kept bringing his left arm up and down. If he was truly prepared to blow the whistle as they should be (remember, all they need is the intent to shave like 0.5 seconds off the time), then he should have had the whistle inches from his mouth. Bullshit call. You can't make that in the playoffs. This has to be reviewed and objected to. Even though the Leafs have nothing in it, for integrity's sake it should. - Shao Wed, 04 Apr 2012 03:57:25 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4540-april-04-2012#comment-20270 And I took BOTH Crosby and Carter in a points-only league... Still in 4th though! - Austin Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:19:45 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4540-april-04-2012#comment-20269 that was a high-stick.... in Pansyville. absolute garbage play by Letang- he should get fined- the refs job is tough enuff without players diving like that. Gragnani was brutal defensively vs the Ducks. out of position- looked lost. great skating only makes up for so much. Come playoff time- if Ballard comes back, he falls below Ballard,Tanev,Rome,Alberts on the depth chart. Hopefully for them, they never have to go that far down the chart. - Larry Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:59:02 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4540-april-04-2012#comment-20268 Letang overreacted to get the call but it was a high-stick. - Steve Montpetit Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:55:37 +0100