I hate to blame the refs for a loss, but here we are.
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?? #NHLBruins #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/Ulqawztok5
— The 300s (@The300sBoston) June 7, 2019
Even if you’re not a big time hockey fan you can watch that play and immediately realize something illegal probably just happened. To make matters worse, Acciari was hurt on the play and was slow to get up as play continued and the Blues were able to score the pivotal, game deciding goal.
Cam Neely is all of us right now. #NHLBruins #Blues #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/mYgyBQaAEE
— The 300s (@The300sBoston) June 7, 2019
Even the Bruins official Twitter account couldn’t believe the non-call.
Noel Acciari is tripped. St. Louis scores. Unbelievable.
— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) June 7, 2019
I’ve had Blues fans chirping me on Twitter all night long saying plenty of calls were missed the other way, Bruins fans need to stop complaining, all the way up to the insanity of saying Acciari embellished getting slewfooted and smacking his head on the ice. These people are outside of their minds like any serious sports fan is so I don’t fault them, but I for sure will dust them on Twitter all the same.
St. Louis:
Me:
Well now the disinformation campaign begins as the NHL released a statement last night saying: “We don’t make comments on judgment calls within games.” Then the league actually tweeted out a video of the neato goal, yet clipped the start of the sequence (the trip) which is kind of an important part of the play.
Holy shit this is misleading. You’re better than this @NHL https://t.co/c6ZlylBzMY
— The 300s (@The300sBoston) June 7, 2019
To make matters worse, the officiating seems to have a clear line of demarcation from when it started shifting in the Blues’ favor; Craig Berube’s bitching to the media. Well even Bruce Cassidy has had enough as he went scorched earth policy on the refs and the league last night.
“There was a complaint after Game 3 and it just seems to have changed everything…the NHL is getting a black eye for its officiating…I’m disappointed. It was egregious.” – #NHLBruins coach Bruce Cassidy is pissed. #StanleyCup
— The 300s (@The300sBoston) June 7, 2019
Berube was predictably a lot more calm and deferential considering the refs have embarrassingly played into his comments.
— Nooa Ruuth (@Damptundras) June 7, 2019
Alright well now that I got that off my chest I can move on, but it had to be said; the Bruins got screwed. Now we move onto a do or die Game 6 that I did not see coming after the way the B’s handled St. Louis in Games 1 and 3. The Blues have played hard (bordering on dirty at times), they’ve dominated 5-on-5, and have seemed like the team willing to fight and die for that inch, which is what you need to win the Stanley Cup.
Granted the Bruins have guys like Zdeno Chara playing with broken fucking jaws so they’re not exactly slacking either, but we need more. We need more from the top 2 lines. Brad Marchand scored 100 points this season and he’s been a ghost in this series. Marchand has just 3 points and 1 goal, which came on an empty netter in Game 1. What makes that even more infuriating is how good he had been before the Finals; he is the leading scored in these playoffs with 21 points. Some people have speculated he injured his hand during that goddamn scrimmage the B’s had during their 11 day layoff. God help me if thats true. The guy we absolutely hands down need more from though is David Pastrnak, who has been a complete no show in the Finals. He has 2 points in this series and 0 goals. That is unacceptable for a guy who had 38 goals in the regular season.
So luckily for the Bruins they’ve been losing these games without the “best line in hockey” doing a damn thing. If those guys can wake up and pop a couple goals then the B’s are right back in this thing, but with Game 6 on Sunday night we’re running out of time for that to happen.
The 300s 