Cats Robbed! No Reporter’s Talking About It!

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Where’s the passion? Where’s the anger? How come there’s virtually no mention of last night’s bad call against the Panthers in the papers?

Neither South Florida newspaper covering the Florida Panthers makes mention of the “bad” call in overtime on Panthers forward Nathan Horton. In any other hockey city and you can take your pick, Toronto, Montreal, New York, Chicago, and probably even San Jose, you bet that there would be some negative press by the so called beat writer’s covering their respective teams. But nooooooooo! Not here in sunny Florida, where once again the “Gag Order” prevails.

Tell the truth! We can handle it and for that matter want it.

I really want to know from someone, anyone, or actually either of the two reporters why this horrible call wasn’t mentioned. We have a team that possibly has turned a corner, was on a three game winning streak, going for four in a row against the Stanley Cup Champs. Until the ref decided to hand the Penguins an early Christmas present.

I’m not saying that there should not have been a penalty. But, if you’re going to give Horton four minutes, then you have to give Orpik 2 minutes for interference, or cross checking as he was the reason that Horton even fell down!

Another thing. You can bet your arse that if this play happened in Pittsburgh that there is NO F-IN way that the refs would let Cindy and the Penshits go almost the entire overtime a man short! It just wouldn’t happen. On top of it the reporter’s would be all over a call like this.

On the whole, I do like George Richards of the Miami Herald. For the most part I think he does a fine job. Steve Gorton of the Sun-Sentinel isn’t bad either. But c’mon guys. People are pissed off about this call.

Guys, please start telling it like it is. We need to make this town a real hockey town and stop pretending that a bunch of 10 year olds are reading the paper.

Speak the truth. We deserve it!

Once again Cindy, this is for you!

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Thanks for reading.

Cheers

Frank Rekas

I never want a call or a play to decide a game. My point is though that not one sentence by either reporter in the papers about the questionnable call.

The writers need to do a better job of being more critical. When we were losing earlier they're writing stories about Radek Dvorak getting short handed goals!

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hank

The refs didn't see it, the high stick/cut or the interference. The linesman made the call. Linesman cannot make a call for interference. Yea it's a shitty deal but good teams don't put themselves in that position up 2 goals at the beginning of the 3rd period. People need to stop whinning and move on. If players can, fans should as well. Make no mistake, that penelty didn't loose the game for them.