Tunnleram

Granted I'm a Ranger's fan, but I feel I'm very fair. Each game except for one was a 1 goal game.3 games went into OT and could have been either team's winIt was a heck of a lot closer than people make it out to be. I personally believe people should give the Ranger's more credit. Either way, I can accept a loss - a loss is a loss, but I'm just plain sick of the officiating. I wouldn't be so sick to my stomach had there not been that call. The Kings couldn't score in 2 1/2 periods after that so it wasn't a drop in the bucket for them. In fact only one game was where they clearly outplayed the Rangers.. I think many of the rules suck due to objectivity of the refs and I think the amount of blown calls suck. This is not a new view for me so it's not based on this series.

I agree completely. Remember the days when they'd just let them play and just call fights? I guess that was pre-NBC before they neutered the NHL a bit. I'd be interested to hear about any bad call that resulted in a Rangers goal. I'm typically pretty fair and I didn't see anything egregious.

I'm really curious if anyone has any opinions on the two 'really' blown calls that IMO had a major effect on the series. In game 2, that non-interference call was pretty poor resulting in a goal that really shifted momentum. In game 5, that reverse tripping penalty also was poor resulting in a power play goal for the Kings. All throughout the Montreal/New York series there was also a lot of horrible officiating. IMO, those two calls made a major impact on the series outcome. Imagine if going into game 5 it was 2-2 with the Rangers clinging to that lead in game 5 in the 3rd. Never know...could have been 3-2 Rangers and might have easily gone to game 7. I don't want instant replay, but I would rather have that then momentum changing situations. I hate to see the refs lose the game for any team.