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FALLEN STAR: DALLAS DEALS FOR A NEW GOALIE

By
theOCD
Published: 10 February 2010 8:14 AM ESTPosted in: NHL

The big time shake ups continued in the NHL on Tuesday. Days after dealing star winger Ilya Kovalchuk, the Thrashers dealt goalie Kari Lehtonen. Atlanta sent Lehtonen to Dallas for a prospect and a pick.

The move puts a big question mark on the Stars’ goalie situation. They already have long-time starter Marty Turco and Alex Auld who has been receiving the bulk of the starts lately. That suggests that the Stars may try to move Turco before the trade deadline. Though, Stars GM Joe Nieuwendyk has already said that Dallas plans to keep three goalies for now.

The Stars dealt prospect Ivan Vishnevskiy along with a fourth-round pick to Atlanta. Vishnevskiy was rated as Dallas’ top prospect by Hockey’s Future. That’s a lot to give up for Lehtonen, who will be a restricted free agent, unless they’re willing to stick with him.

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VIDEO: WORST CALL OF THE YEAR IN THE NHL

By
theOCD
Published: 19 November 2009 4:51 AM ESTPosted in: NHL

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The Red Wings fell 3-1 to the Stars last night. But it wasn’t without some help from the (horrendous) officiating. Detroit was denied a game-tying goal on a dubious botched call. With about 13 minutes left in the final period, Dallas backup goalie Alex Auld let a wrist shot get by. Everybody on the ice assumed he’d stopped it until Brad May noticed the puck was in the net.

The officials quickly called it “no goal” even though the whistle hadn’t stopped the play. Unsurprisingly, the referees went to the video review to confirm their call. If you didn’t know, the NHL has a hilarious replay policy where ALL plays are reviewed by the mysterious head office in Toronto. Here’s Able to Yzerman’s recap of head referee Dennis LaRue’s call:

“The whistle was blown to kill the play.” The whistle came at least a full second after the goal. What we have here is a LaRue or Auger screw-up, then a LaRue or Auger ego that won’t let them allow to admit, or even consider, their own mistake.

This is pure insanity. I don’t even understand how they got this one wrong. It’s not a judgment call or a 50/50 play or even some ridiculous NFL rule about what is a catch or fumble. It’s hard to even imagine the logic behind upholding the original ruling.

Oh, and here’s the awesome Brad May and Krys Barch fight from the game as well. Brad May looks like he could be an old timey sailor, but he’s actually an NHL enforcer. Here he takes on Krys Barch — the two men have now fought five times in the past three years. There are a ton of bombs in this one and ends up going pretty long. I give it an 8 out of 10.

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