Clearly the refs, who watched him lick opponent, could have called a penalty out of these rules. But it’s the NHL. The only thing that gets reliably called in the playoffs are accidental high sticks and accidentally clearing the puck into the stands. Everything else is random.

Maybe the odd and somewhat recent fixation over identifying a player as a Junior, a III, etc., will die too. When I was a lad, if the guy’s father wasn’t well known as an athlete, nobody bothered to note the Jr. part. Today, we have the absurdity of Smith and a few others identifying themselves as Senior—presumably so…

There are tons of flashy looking glove saves where the puck is truly shot into the glove, a very large target, and the goalie then snaps the glove shut and sweeps it upward.

I think we will see Paul Martin’s status change from Barely Played to Not Playing. He skated away from the puck carrier.

It helps that the catching glove opens up to the diameter of a manhole.

I know it’s not reviewable. I’m criticizing the failure to call it. Slighter incidences of goalie interference when they happen closer to the timing of the goal lead to reversals because they can be reviewed, but something more consequential like this that the ref should have seen and called get routinely let go and…

but the slash/interference should have been called before the goal.

It’s not several inches below, and that demonstration is an artificial rendition.of the “parallax view,” about which everyone is suddenly an optics expert.

Deadspin reflexively takes the oh-so-enlightened position without confronting the logical question it triggers of why have separate women’s sports at all?

I feel like a pathetic fossil in turning to DVDs a lot—through Netflix rental and purchase, but all the people who have told me I’m a dipshit for doing so haven’t told me where I go to legitimately stream obscure and old movies. Netflix’s streaming collection is laughable.

Caps are not too deep on D, but neither are the Pens, for whom Letang is capable of great plays and horrible blunders, in contrast to the steadier Carlson. I think the Caps have a more modern assemblage of forwards this year than they used to, which may make them poised to finally prevail this time. Holtby may have…

“Good day” is pilot’s way of signing off from a radio communication. For example you’ll often hear it from a pilot on departure to the local controller. But yes she was calm—and thoughtful in thanking the guys.

And the minority player is not a good Canadian boy.

Each night they have some local guy on call.

Yeah, when I heard it, it was almost always specifically directed at Edina.

Actually, when she flat-out lies and refuses to answer questions, that’s a very good day in her world. She’s still winning.

The necktie screams it.

But maybe the only way to topple the guy causing those problems is for this to get the headlines. The other way wasn’t working, and he got elected.

My anecdotal evidence to counter yours: Recent visit to New Orleans both bars where I gave cards for tabs kept cards till tabs signed out.

TV personalities’ pay isn’t determined by whether they do “comparable work”; they are paid for what the network thinks they bring in.