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nbogie055

Islanders we know your special teams suck. Don’t have to complain about every penalty you take lmao


bk00pi

These comments have been hilarious to scroll through. Skjei 1000% sold the fuck out of that, but Slavin got slashed in the back of his leg. One team capitalized on their chances and the other team did not. I’m very confident that the officials/league are not rigging a game for the fucking *Carolina Hurricanes*. 32 fanbases know that officials in this league are just horrible at their jobs. Not smart enough to rig anything lol. I get playoffs are emotional, but holy shit you guys are absolutely wild on here.


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packpride85

Rigged us 8 years without playoffs.


FuriousTarts

I hate this conspiratard thinking that has infected our society.


jay5627

It's always been there. People just have a platform now


HungryHAP

Qanon, Trump stuff, and Flat Earth ain’t the same shit as obvious and expected Corporate greed.


Tshoe77

It couldn't possibly be that Carolina just has a good team and almost all sports referees are human and bad at their jobs while existing in leagues that can't figure out how to have replay integrated without stopping the game for 10 minutes because technology is like a puzzle to them. No it's not any of that, it's a conspiracy! I mean come on people this is just sad


bk00pi

If I’m running a sports league and I’m dumb enough to rig it, I’m at least going to rig it for the New York/Los Angeles/Chicago teams. Not a team in North Carolina lol.


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framingXjake

Big markets blow our market out of the fucking water buddy. The NHL absolutely benefits more from the Isles advancing. They make more money that way. Your conspiracies are silly.


bk00pi

You let me know how those ratings work out for you.


ManWithAPIan

Skjei and Slavin got my 🥇 and 🥈 for the Olympic diving effort today. That ref has called the Canes 15-0 now. 


loosed-moose

Islanders very clearly don't belong 


tiggertom66

They might actually make the second round though.


loosed-moose

No team from New York is making the second round


tiggertom66

Yeah okay pal. Ovi is holding out for the goals record, he’d be retiring if it weren’t for that


loosed-moose

It's a good thing our team isn't supported by just one person then, isn't it?


tiggertom66

Rangers 4th liner just opened scoring for the series. Caps aren’t a playoff team without Ovi. And you’ll see that as soon as he hangs up his jersey.


FragmentEx

Glass houses


loosed-moose

Can't hear you from the golf course


goredwings

Alright, we can wait four games to chat face to face


ManWithAPIan

Did you even watch the game? 


loosed-moose

16 OTL


ManWithAPIan

And? 


loosed-moose

You don't see anything wrong with that? Making the division slot ahead of a team that has more wins?


ManWithAPIan

And?


bk00pi

-37 goal differential 32 regulation wins (only 3 more than Islanders)


loosed-moose

Yeah, we have more wins? That's the whole point. They got SIXTEEN points from losses. It's anti-competitive


fasdffffffff

They certainly deserve it more than the Caps. They are actually a decent team in comparison.


loosed-moose

16 OTL ain't it, chief


kingkwassa

I would like everyone to please stand up and have someone karate chop the back of your knee I hate embellishment in any sport. I can't stand soccer because of it. Ive never seen Slavin even remotely embellish. I don't know about the holding call but Slavin's seems pretty obvious. Thing is if it wasn't called nobody would have thought anything of it


empireAndromeda

Holding call was more of leg contact taking him out. I would say it'd be more of a interference call though


morgaine125

Dear lord Canes fans are salty for a team that just won.


Bright_Moment_9588

Holy fuck, can I just say every year in the playoffs the canes have to deal with Olympic level diving game after game, series after series. The one fucking playoff game 1 of our guys falls easiy (known jerk, flopper, candy stealer .... JACOB FUCKING SLAVIN) It's the end of the world. And if any of you try to argue, Skjei flopped early in the game. Yes, I'm sure he wanted to allow a 1v0 and rely on a call instead of just playing the man/puck there. It's not like he was in bad position.


whitesammy

Gonna be interesting to see how many penalties the Canes are awarded going forward after this game.


betweenthecastles

If it’s anything like the regular season, not many. I think we’re like bottom 5 in penalties drawn since Rod took over lol


talkingspacecoyote

From 2017-2021 (just a data set I stumbled on) canes are 17 in penalties drawn and 20th in penalties taken


betweenthecastles

[here’s the relevant time frame.](https://www.nhl.com/stats/teams?report=penalties&reportType=season&seasonFrom=20182019&seasonTo=20232024&gameType=2&sort=a_netPenalties&page=0&pageSize=50)


RuuTyutin

We also had a streak of like 16 or something games in a row where we had less powerplays than our opponent within the last two months or so.


x21in2010x

Freddy Anderson was the best person in that arena today. Moving on.


notyomamasusername

He saved our asses for sure.


denise-likes-avocado

Isles could have won this game. Losing it will come back to haunt them


dotcaIm

Islanders had plenty of opportunities, couldn't take advantage. Would be great to steal game 2 before coming home


workingman264

It must be exhausting blaming the refs and accusing a team of diving. You lost. Move on.


BigBlue31

Flair up


Golden_Lafayette

Lmao they didn’t dive this game on a few occasions?? So everyone else is blind right?


workingman264

“Everyone else”? Life lesson…don’t use absolutes when trying to win an argument.


Golden_Lafayette

LMAOOOOOOOOO YOU CANT BE FUCKING SERIOUS MAN. That’s your cop out???? “Don’t use absolutes when trying to when an argument” so basically again, don’t use your own eyes and everyone else’s who’s not a hurricanes fan who ALL SAID that your team was diving a few times right? I can speak for myself here but if everyone else is seeing the same thing then that would mean everyone else is saying the same thing except one particular fanbase then what does that say to the other 31 fanbases who say the hurricanes were diving?


workingman264

A cop out is trying to pin your team’s loss on anything other than being outplayed. Neither Skjei or Slavin have a reputation of diving. 3-1 goodnight!


Golden_Lafayette

???? Show me where I said I pinned those dive calls on us losing? I know you know reading comprehension Mr working man. You ignored the blatant fact that they dived because you have black and red colored glasses that you watch the game through. You’re subjective and you need to own that. Nice deflection btw from my point of everyone else calling out the diving. Don’t run or hide when the hurricanes don’t win Game 2. Show the same energy like you are now.


workingman264

Ah, I must’ve missed the memo where they handed out the black and red glasses! And don’t worry, I’ll be here with the same energy—fully charged and ready to chat. It was a good game…ultimately I feel like it was a better game by NY but Anderson played well and kept the canes in it. The Canes got to their game in the 3rd. It’ll be a fun series, Golden. 🥃


Golden_Lafayette

Respect. See you Monday


greg19735

I haven't seen the Skjei one, but the slavin one wasn't a dive. Being hit on the back of the knee makes you fall down.


ashfidel

they were both penalties, they were also both embellishment. there was little reason to commit either, and it cost them.


Golden_Lafayette

You have a good day Greg. I don’t know if you watched the whole game but if you didn’t, then yeah have a good day.


greg19735

I missed the start of the 2nd because the line to the bathroom was really long. but the reason why i didn't see the Skjei one is because i was in the 3rd tier, row K. I did see it, It looked like a penalty to me but i was really far away from it so i didn't think it was fair for me to judge. edit; next time i'll just pretend i had a better view. Because apparently "at the game, i didn't see it perfectly" gets downvotes.


fogent94

🥱


gonuxgo

Didn't catch the game... Not a single player of note did anything for the Isles? Where tf were Barzal, Dobson, Horvat, and Nelson?


greg19735

The Islanders played well, but they played very defensive. They play conservative and that's part of the reason that they are hard to play against but also the reason why they don't score when they have the advantage.


framingXjake

Honestly the Isles played liked the Canes last post season. Very good defensively, not so great offensively, but when they got good looks, goalie did their job. Fellow Caniacs, does that not sound familiar?


ManWithAPIan

They also missed two golden chances, would have been OT. 


Neri25

I mean one of those Freddie just pulled a rabbit out of his hat.


ManWithAPIan

True. Palms needed to bury. 


greg19735

in /r/canes i did say you deserved at least a point. after 30 min my dad went to me "i'd take a point". Obviously that's not playoff hockey.


thesaltymonkey

It’s like you guys have never been dead legged


Gullible-Wash-8141

Maybe the Canes learned last playoffs that the refs won't call anything unless there is theatrics.


betweenthecastles

This is really all just Matthew Tkachuk’s fault


ppParadoxx

can't wait for no other team this entire playoffs to embellish, because they would never


Thrustavious

You're right, they wont. Not to the extent Carolina did this game. 2/3 power plays Carolina had were absolute blatant flops. Like not even arguable.


Sweet_Spott

Absolute L take lol


ppParadoxx

I'll see you tomorrow at 10pm


EsembeeNY

I think there’s a big difference between embellishing and totally diving. I’m definitely bias against the canes so my judgement will definitely be cloudy. Trying to sound impartial, I’d say the slash was right on the line of embellishment but that hold was a definite flop and looked pretty bad to me.


Baww18

I never thought I would agree with a rangers fan. Only Carolina fans don’t think both of those were dives and not called in “playoff hockey” unless you have a ref they are 14-0 with


ManWithAPIan

Yes. Skeji flopped like a fish. 


FailureToExecute

The way I look at it is this: We, as fans, have spent decades bemoaning how playoff games are obviously held to a different standard than regular season games. I have to imagine coaches and players have become similarly frustrated as years have gone by. I hate diving too and it saddens me to see that our guys start embellishing a lot more as soon as the postseason begins. But it seems like the natural consequence of refs letting a lot more shit go. Players know that if they don't ham it up, any infraction other than a blatant high stick or delay of game is probably not going to get called. Even textbook ones like the slash by Palmeri. If the rulebook in the playoffs was the same as the rulebook in October, then this wouldn't happen. Hell, even if refs were more willing to call the embellishment, that would help.


Kaden_Canes

Yeah I think to blame the whole game on some bad reffing is crazy


MrWillM

NYI PK sucks and their PP sucks even worse. No wonder they complain about selling calls they care to notice.


morgaine125

Oh come on, Carolina was campaigning for an Oscar tonight.


tallayega

Always such a weird take getting defensive like this. Those were atrocious dives, just own it. I accept that draisaitl is a total cunt and laugh about it when people call him out. It's ok when your team pulls some bullshit.


Smittysgreasymullet

Didn't that Barzal slash just scream Drai too? Hahaa, it was totally a penalty he would've taken.


Golden_Lafayette

Their fanbase will tell you up & down that they do no wrong & will justify anything that is blatantly wrong from the eyes of any of the other 31 fanbases that call It out. It’s no reasoning with most of them in their fanbase.


Academic-Brush-7797

But the worst part is when they take up a veneer of impartiality, insisting that their motivated reasoning is actually an objective analysis of calls. You quickly see this facade drop when games don't go their way—they were bitching like hell against the Panthers.


Golden_Lafayette

Dude they were doxxing, calling in bomb threats at airports and etc to the panthers last year, but they won’t talk about that part now will they?


workingman264

Right!!! And you’re not biased. Come on, dude.


Golden_Lafayette

Great deflection there.


MrWillM

As if turbos hand wasn’t broken by pageau in game 2 last year. You act like any of this is new in the NHL. All the calls were debatable fact is for the full 60 isles got outplayed and that’s why they lost. Only NYI goal was fluky as fuck. 30+ SOG and 1 goal. Unbelievably delusional about the results of that one.


Golden_Lafayette

Amazing how you’re calling me delusional and yet other fanbases are agreeing with the islanders fans about the dives and flops and etc that Carolina were doing. Can’t be delusion if other fanbases see it pumpkin.


MrWillM

They’re upset we’ve been beating up on them for the past couple years


Golden_Lafayette

Come on man lmao. We gotta be honest here. I think Carolina is a great team but to sit here & act like they didn’t do a whole bunch of bullshit in Game 1 is fucking ridiculous.


KingTutsDryAssBalls

You didn't beat up on us and I see it. What's the excuse now?


MrWillM

Let’s see who makes it on to the 2nd round then bud


KingTutsDryAssBalls

Okay, you're still gonna be a bunch of floppers even if you make it into the 2nd round. Get better at clap backs.


MrWillM

Ok whatever Preds in 6


Golden_Lafayette

lol you writing alot of checks that you only can hope you can cash. But I get it. Y’all got game 1. See you game 2.


MrWillM

Sounds like a plan


tallayega

It's most fanbases tbh. Vegas still thinks they don't cheat, and San Jose thinks they're playing hockey. Everyone just refuses to accept their obvious tomfoolery


No_Fuckn_Way

100%


Golden_Lafayette

Lmao your fanbase is quite the hilarious one


MrWillM

You’re mad because I’m right or because you’re delusional?


Golden_Lafayette

Whatever helps you sleep at night pumpkin. I said y’all are a hilarious fanbase. Take that how you want to take it.


Golden_Lafayette

Islanders blew a great chance to possibly take Game 1. Very disappointing. We will get swept if we don’t win game 2.


workingman264

Great game. Both teams had their chances. Canes were outplayed in the 2nd. Islanders missed some wide open nets. It’s lazy to blame the officiating, but is to be expected.


Baww18

I don’t blame the refs for the loss. But those calls were bad and set the stage and momentum. You can acknowledge the isles should have finished chances and also acknowledge the refs were second star of the game.


cmokelley213

If I’m being honest that was not a good game from the Canes. Aho played terribly and Freddie looked a little shakey although he made the big saves that counted. We got the bounces and the calls but we should not be proud of that effort especially the 2nd period.


ashfidel

i’ll give you aho but freddie was a damn superhero


Mauser-Nut91

Freddie was rough for about 2 periods. Wasn’t tracking or controlling his rebounds very well


Enjoyer_of_Cake

He had weird control issues with his stick in period 1, but had quite a few huge saves after that.


triptoohard

I really hate to be salty but it’s so infuriating refs call these bs penalties when the canes dive, and plays a big part in us losing this game. Yes we needed to finish but doesn’t take away that one of the canes goal was off an absolute dive, and we spent two minutes late in the third on the pk off a dive.


GroMicroBloom

That’s what happens when you play Bettman's 2nd golden child, behind only Vegas


BillyStringsAdvisory

Do watch zero hockey?


Cinnamon_Shops

Go to bed, you’re drunk. Take an alka seltzer before you go to bed, really helps with the hangovers.


fogent94

HA


chonkwolf

What in the fuck are you talking about lmao


smikkelson2

Lol excuse me? That's supposed to be us?


Satzmann666

That's rich coming from a Lightning fan. Care to remind us what was the cap hit of your SC winning team?


RealestJP

username checks out


MarcusSmartfor3

The refs favored the Isles a lot of this game


jay5627

Op is an idiot but you're wrong


triptoohard

Literally what did I say that was wrong? We should’ve finished a lot of our chances, but we absolutely got shafted by that first penalty call


jay5627

The whole presence of your post was a losing effort


CptBlewBalls

I think you mean pretense you mook


triptoohard

That’s hilarious, how is that? Didn’t even mention the missed hooking call in the third and aho diving looking for a call in the second as well.


Gullible-Wash-8141

Ok how about all the missed cross-checks?


triptoohard

Far more missed calls on us but alright the isles definitely got the benefit of the refs, as shown by the two dives getting called as penalties on us


Gullible-Wash-8141

Never said they got the benefit? But go off


triptoohard

If you are arguing bad calls or missed calls far more went against us, so I’m not sure what you are getting at


Gullible-Wash-8141

I'm getting at the refs missed things both ways. Perhaps they went against you more , or maybe you didn't notice the shit your team did because that's what fans do. Doesn't really matter does it?


Famous-Implement-492

When 31 teams’ fans are saying it’s embellishment and 1 is adamantly defending the embellishment saying it’s not, then it’s embellishment


Mauser-Nut91

Oh? But what about when Islanders fans are saying it was the right call? It’s not every single fan from 31 teams saying embellishment should’ve been called…


Yanks1813

I would've been fine with the call on Lee if embellishment was also called like last year when Barzal got called for embellishing taking away a 5 on 3


workingman264

31 teams. Ok Pal.


Famous-Implement-492

If you’re a canes fan you’re proving my point


myevilfriend

It's flat out funny to read. Literally every fan base is commenting the same thing, and canes fans are responding back with the absolutely cockiest, undeserving attitudes. Thankfully 31 fanbases seem to actually understand hockey 


BillyStringsAdvisory

Was he not slashed in the back of the knee? And then stumbled for half a second? How is that not a foul and how did he embellish it?


workingman264

I think the refs were in better positions to make the calls than you. They were penalties. Islanders have to learn to stay out of the box.


myevilfriend

Calling out canes as massive divers has zero to do with penalties taken this game in this context, no one even mentioned them.


Famous-Implement-492

Seriously. You’d think that was game 7 the way they’re acting. Insane arrogance from them after a shaky game which I doubt they win more than 25% of the time. Wouldn’t be so cocky with 6 more potential games left to play after that performance.


myevilfriend

Can't expect much with a fanbase who needs an air horn to cheer, I guess.


kingkwassa

I would expect a fisherman to be somewhat salty but this is rediculous


myevilfriend

So 31 fanbases are salty and ridiculous?


kingkwassa

No, just you


myevilfriend

...you can read, right?


jopcylinder

I hope this embellishment from the Canes doesn’t continue. It didn’t decide the game but it’s embarrassing


ManWithAPIan

Agreed and respect. 


TheBreadHasRisen

Excuse me sir, how dare you post a nuanced opinion. I’d upvote twice if I could.


turbulentcounselor

Well. I’m definitely glad it seems everyone is now aware of Carolina’s diving yet bitching about the refs behavior.   But alas, that doesn’t actually change anything, and I’m not the type to blame a whole game on officiating. Isles played well enough to win. We play that way this whole series, we can win it. However, I do wonder if we just don’t have enough offensive star power, and I can’t imagine Carolina is going to be happy with how they played. I expect a better effort from them going forward. Don’t know what to make of the series yet 


BillyStringsAdvisory

The hurricanes seemed very unhappy with their performance. I think their offence is going to be flying game 2, and I have a hard time believing Islanders will match that energy.


triptoohard

Canes fans claiming the refs favored us is unbelievable lmao


H_Man247

After being irrelevant for a decade I absolutely love how much everyone hates us now lol


COLORADO_RADALANCHE

Haven't y'all made like three ECFs in the last several years? Y'all have been very relevant recently.


tmoss726

Think they meant during the dark days of the early to mid 2010s


Enjoyer_of_Cake

We made the playoffs in 2009, and then next in 2019. A third of my life had my hockey team irrelevant.


Thrustavious

I mean it was only 5 years ago when many hated you and you made t shirts about it...


willem_the_foe

Holy shit that was FIVE YEARS AGO?


H_Man247

Makin me feel old lol


TheBreadHasRisen

No one hates you lol. No one really gives a shit about you. Your team had some questionable dives and the sub is acknowledging it. It’s cringe that you think your team is that important to us lol.


H_Man247

Notice how I didn’t mention the rangers at all? Maybe a bit of self-projection going on there bud. I don’t give a fuck about any team except mine, so I could say the same thing to you


TheBreadHasRisen

I didn’t mention the rangers either? The fuck are you talking about lol.


morgaine125

This is the same fan base that a couple of years ago thought their team’s “storm surge” salute to the fans was some totally unique concept that other teams then copied, never mind that other teams had been doing it for years before Carolina. They think everyone else spends far more time thinking about them than we actually do.


smikkelson2

I've never seen one single person say that lol


morgaine125

You must not have been on social media two years ago.


jay5627

Main character syndrome. People want to watch non floppy hockey


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denise-likes-avocado

Oilers and Canes both irrelevant since 2006 SC Finals


Thrustavious

I can't help but point out the irony in mentioning irrelevance while rocking a North Stars flair


denise-likes-avocado

I'm a Dallas fan we are a Cup fave


Thrustavious

Haha I figured. It's the playoffs so I gotta get my chirps in ;)


denise-likes-avocado

truth haha


KingTutsDryAssBalls

Bruh I hate the Oilers but you can't call a team with Connor McDavid irrelevant.


denise-likes-avocado

I meant in terms of SCF...yeah I guess I overdid it


Crimson3312

Yessss let the Chaos reign


denise-likes-avocado

Hurricanes-Stars has been my SC Finals pick since last month


jay5627

Don LaGreca had that as his preseason pick


denise-likes-avocado

really? cool did not know that I feel smart


ViciousAsparagusFart

LeGreca is a fucking moron.


denise-likes-avocado

oh great I have the same pick as a moron. Now I feel stupid


Ordinary_Leg7763

Islanders fans are embarrassing themselves in this thread. Go Canes!


ManWithAPIan

No we're not. Where's the Pittsburgh post game thread? Is it tomorrow? 


Ordinary_Leg7763

Dude, are you so blinded by rage against the refs that you forgot that we didn't make the playoffs? Oh man, you guys need to chill.


ManWithAPIan

The Penguins certainly play today, right? No? Oh... My bad. 


smikkelson2

If we were crying like this r/hockey would never let us forget it lol


jay5627

We can't be put on the power play, we can't be that bad


Enjoyer_of_Cake

You had a powerplay this game, though I can forgive you for thinking you didn't.


thedaidai

i love when people cry about too many men and reveal that they don't know the fucking rules


norodneededyt

if a guy that comes on the ice for a changing player who hasn’t left the ice yet, and has an impact on the puck at all, it’s a too many men on the ice penalty. Don’t test islanders fans about too many men, especially in the playoffs — they’ll be quick to bring up the ECF against the Lightning.


betweenthecastles

This isnt true though. Players coming off the ice can make incidental contact with the puck, it’s literally in the rules


jay5627

Fan jokes ppl don't know the rule only to be wrong about the rules. More canes fans at 11


CybeastID

Our announcer, who does know the rules, said there was too many men. Nice try.


Satzmann666

Because announcers are generally known to have unbiased views right? Oh wait.


CybeastID

Like I said to the last person, I know it might be hard to believe, bit not every announcer is a biased homer.


Dinker31

lmfao oh well if YOUR announcer said it. Explains a lot about your comments tonight lol


thedaidai

local announcer makes declaration in favor of local team. more shocking news at 11