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Originally Posted by spoon.ek9
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he should be barred from doing anymore canucks games this season! if he continually screws with our team that could possibly mean screwing us out of a playoff spot.
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he shouldnt be allowed to officiate period. its not just a canuck issue and no one is going OT if there isnt a word of canucks here
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Originally Posted by orange7 I think everyone, including burrows, is over reacting to the ref's comment.
Let's just chill it. If the canucks won the game, no one would be complaining. We're all just jumping on the Burrows bandwagon and following his move.
There will and always will be bad calls (Yes I agree those were horrible calls), just like how Lu will play poorly once in a while. Should we replace Lu because he played poorly in a many games, just like how we should fire the ref who made horrible calls in many games?
I think most of us are just angry about the fact that the ref may have been unfair to the Canucks. I don't think the refs were against the Canucks, I just think he's a bad ref who makes horrible calls occasionally. For the last game, it was all a coincident that he wasn't on the game standard and gave bad calls to the Canucks.
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Originally Posted by pure.life $2500 is spare change for Burrows.
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Originally Posted by spoon.ek9 $2500? i'd gladly pay that amount to speak my mind about a topic like this. good on burrows for not taking this shit quietly.
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Originally Posted by orange7 $2500 is like ~0.125% of his annual income.
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first and foremost, im sure Alex himself can easily afford the fine, but its not about the monetary values of this fine. Its all within the principle of the situation.
The NHL's decision to fine Burrows is just league policy, same thing will happen to a coach who rips on the refs..ala Marc Crawford. The fact is, the NHL needs to step up to the plate and address the issue to save itself from embarrassment if the media decides to spin this issue. Pretty much the NHL needs to step up if they wanna be recognized as a major player in professional sports in North America. At the same time, the NHL does not generate enough respect in the US market and thus needs to fix this.
As a hockey fan, we can hope for this issue to be given the legs it needs to show Bettman the clown that its not just another player ripping on the officiating of a sporting event. It will require a lot of negative press and pressure to get this issue 100% settled.
Ok, lets get into the situation here that we all know. Stephane Auger gives Alex Burrows a pre game warning that he was going to get him. All based on the fact that Alex made Auger look like a food for calling a 5min penalty. Fast forward to game time, and a bunch of phantom calls were made that changed the outcome of the game.
Stephane Auger has had a history of bad calls and disrespect from players and have gotten himself involved in some serious scandals involving racism that eventually led to involvement from the Canadian government.
Throwing a game based on the fact that Burrows has made him a fool before is unfair. Dumber that he did it so openly to telling Alex what he thought of him. What I'm about to say is going very off the record and I'm jumping the gun on this issue based on a "what if" theory
What if, Auger was involved with a gambling ring. He can easily throw tips out there to give bookies an advantage if he knew beforehand in order to fix a game. Not as bad as the NBA scandal where the ref bet on the games himself, but its just as bad.
Again, the media will have to spin this angle in order for the story to gain momentum in the media, and I will add that I hope it gains enough attention that the US congress will want to give Gary Bettman and Stephane Auger a talk.
Players around the league such as the Flames can say all they want about the situation, but I'd like to see what they will do when Auger is on the Ice and officiating their game. Will he repeat? Think of the pressure that goes through the players around the league after this incident. If i knew of this official is going to make phantom calls on players who he thinks are pests around the league for their own personal vandetta, in which the outcome will be turned against my team, I will throw a fucking fit.
So I stand here and say that this is the PERFECT chance for the National Hockey League to save their image by using this situation and giving it a positive ending.
(im going to use this post to hopefully start a blog on the canucks and all of the national hockey league, I was asked before to start one up to voice my opinion on the topics of hockey. This incident has sparked a flame inside me and its a good venting tool if there is concern. I hope you all enjoy this little bit, even though i quoted a few people o this site, my posts in the future blog will not include members of Revscene. That would be plain wrong!)
Thanks Guys!
