Martin Gerber vs. Tuukka Rask: Better Meltdown?

After watching that Gerber clip, I cannot fathom how the ref behind the net could have seen the puck. Gerber was absolutely right to be incensed. That was a terrible, terrible goal. How on earth can you not blow that dead, then allow the guy to spear Gerber in the crotch over and over again until he pushed the puck and Gerber into the net.

The NHL needs to re-teach the refs how to blow the play dead when they lose sight of the puck, and stop people from taking liberties with opposing goalies. Too frequently this season we’ve seen goalies absolutely run over, hit, slashed, speared, with no calls.

Rask in a landslide… The falling down while slamming his stick in the boards and then hurling it across the rink? Amazing.. The milk crate outta no where.. icing.

Ditto neide on the ref situation with Gerber. Lousy. When players are resorting to shoving the goalie into the net with their sticks, rather than going for the puck itself, the effin’ puck is COVEREDBLOWTHEWHISTLEALREADY!

Even in novice league, I’d have flipped my shit over that if our ref let that happen to me. And then I would have flipped my shit at the players who were doing it. But then I’m a shit flipper, so maybe that’s just me. I thought Gerber’s reaction was pretty tame, frankly.

Tuukka’s fit was clearly way better. And it did seem like he got his stick on that puck. Forward momentum had unquestionably stopped.

The shootout is bad enough for goalies, but to add bad reffing to it? Ugh. Makes my tummy hurt to think about it.

Bottom line, however is that nothing is hotter than an angry goalie, so I love them both. :)

But Gerber got jobbed, and hard.

Is the NHL really so desperate for scoring that it wants this to be the goals that are scored? Not exactly highlight reel material unless Gerber blows his stack. It’s BS, the NHL knows it, and unless there was instruction from the NHL to do this, it wouldn’t happen.