Not a whole lot to say about that. Even now, almost 12 hours later, I'm still pissed about that. What an awful display of officiating. That was as embarrassing as all of the diving the Sharks were doing out there. Apparently McClelland picked up a few new tricks when he went out to San Jose.
There's really no need to recap the game. The Red Wings were looking good until someone realized that the Sharks had not had enough power plays, so the parade began. And if you think I'm just upset as a Red Wing fan, think again: two of the calls against the Sharks were just as bad (the Marleau "boarding" and the Heatley goalie interference). If I were a Shark fan, I would feel good about being up 2-0, but if you don't recognize that the refs have had a huge impact in these 2 games (the missed high stick on Franzen and the debacle last night), you are deluding yourself.
The two refs who worked the game last night should be ashamed. There is no reason why any official should have that great an impact on a playoff game. Especially in a series that would be awesome if the refs weren't fucking the whole thing up. How about just letting them play and only calling actual penalties? When you've got neutral announcers questioning the validity of the calls, and the 2 guys in the studio also wondering why there are so many penalties, then it's pretty clear you're doing a shitty job.
Having said all that, the Wings need to get better. Uh, guys, how about winning a faceoff once in a while? Pavel Datsyuk can not carry this team on his own, especially if the Sharks' top line gets going. Zetterberg, Filppula and Bertuzzi have to do a better job at creating offense.
Overall, the Wings didn't play a great game, but didn't play that poorly, either. Aside from Datsyuk, who almost single-handedly won the game, I can't think of a Red Wing player that had a great game or a bad game. The GWG was off a fluke play, and it's shit like that that makes me feel like this is just not their year.
Game 3 is huge. Must-win. I expect to see Game 7 Detroit show up. Otherwise this series is over.
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