I think no reporter should be a douche like that. He's trying to piss of Ruff, which is either for personal gain or he just wants to see him get in trouble.

That clip was actually really good to see, it's nice to know that we're not insane, the reffing was a complete fucking joke, and that Ruff had the balls to basically say as much while toeing the line of being fined. Fuckit, he gets paid millions and this is probably his PASSION in life, if that was me i'd be calling out the refs big time, to anyone who would listen, and pay the fine with a truckload of pennies. Fuck the league and it's zero ref transparency, entire seasons blown by absurd differences in the rules between regular and post season, or by straight up incompetence. Infuriating.

No need for violence, just tell her she's got a game misconduct and show her the door.

As I said in the GDT, the call on Rivet was horseshit. The Bruins player was holding onto Rivet's stick like it was the last fucking raft on the Titanic.

refs are held responsible. refs are graded, and such, they are giving more assignments and more glamourous, high paying jobs. refs dont make salary, really. they are paid by appearance, and appearance frequency, ESPECIALLY in the post season, is done by the highest rated and graded refs.

No need for violence, just tell her she's got a game misconduct and show her the door.

As I said in the GDT, the call on Rivet was horseshit. The Bruins player was holding onto Rivet's stick like it was the last fucking raft on the Titanic.

Ridiculous.

While this may make post-game press conferences a lot more colorful and entertaining, it will HURT the league.

Think about it: After EVERY GAME, you will have coaches and players trash-talking the reffing. Way-to-go if you intend on completely undermining the veracity of ALL game outcomes.

I know you're angry, but think it through.

And I think the comment about Paul Hamilton is unfair. I actually appreciate Hamilton's brutal honesty. I hear him rave about team positives and royally rip them for the nonsense. I don't like hearing excuses and smoke blowing. And speaking of blowing, I don't on the other hand, think using the phrase "blow the lead" to Lindy's face just after the game was the best choice of words. Yikes!

refs are held responsible. refs are graded, and such, they are giving more assignments and more glamourous, high paying jobs. refs dont make salary, really. they are paid by appearance, and appearance frequency, ESPECIALLY in the post season, is done by the highest rated and graded refs.

You haven't been around that long, so you probably don't know about my loathing of Paul Hamilton. The guy is no more qualified to provide his hockey opinion than you, me, or anyone else here.

His playing experience consists of high school and pickup games at the Pepsi Center. That's it. Ever notice how major sports networks have anchors to tell you what happened, then former players to tell you what it means? That's the way to do it. Hamilton's job is to follow the team around, and report on the games and the players. He's not any more of an expert than anyone who watches their practices or every game.

I used to think the same way as you, Powerplayer.

But lately, he's done nothing but piss me off.
He should tell the story, and not be part of the story. He's become the story too many times by asking a dumb ass question and getting someone riled up. When he asked Ruff this question, he KNEW it would get a rise out of him, and he fucked over every other reporter in the room that may have had a legitimate question about the game.

He's made comments in intermissions about how a particular player 'sucks tonight', and then Lindy comes out in the postgame and says that the same player played well, giving some specifics. Who am I supposed to believe, the longest tenured head coach in the league, or the guy that couldn't coach a midget team getting ice cream at Andersons?

I'm not saying the guy shouldn't give some opinions, or be critical, but he acts like he knows more than the coaching staff and professionals who have been doing it longer than he has been in broadcasting.

You haven't been around that long, so you probably don't know about my loathing of Paul Hamilton. The guy is no more qualified to provide his hockey opinion than you, me, or anyone else here.

His playing experience consists of high school and pickup games at the Pepsi Center. That's it. Ever notice how major sports networks have anchors to tell you what happened, then former players to tell you what it means? That's the way to do it. Hamilton's job is to follow the team around, and report on the games and the players. He's not any more of an expert than anyone who watches their practices or every game.

He should tell the story, and not be part of the story. He's become the story too many times by asking a dumb ass question and getting someone riled up. When he asked Ruff this question, he KNEW it would get a rise out of him, and he fucked over every other reporter in the room that may have had a legitimate question about the game.

He's made comments in intermissions about how a particular player 'sucks tonight', and then Lindy comes out in the postgame and says that the same player played well, giving some specifics. Who am I supposed to believe, the longest tenured head coach in the league, or the guy that couldn't coach a midget team getting ice cream at Andersons?

I'm not saying the guy shouldn't give some opinions, or be critical, but he acts like he knows more than the coaching staff and professionals who have been doing it longer than he has been in broadcasting.

Grade them all you want, they still have jobs when they're terrible.

Just as some players are happy to collect a paycheck, there are some refs that probably fall into that category.