[tigerthelion]

I can't tell if you are being serious. I'll assume you are kidding. Alfredsson, in the third period, took the dive of the playoffs so far. It was worthy of a gold medal for sure. Fisher slew footed Marty Brodeur, with the most obvious goalie interference yet in the playoffs, which was mysteriously missed by the referees. Yeah, the Sens have it bad. cratch:

I'm not sure which 'dive' you are referring to. Is the dive Alfredsson took after Langenbruner stuck out his right leg (in the process, tripping him) to prevent an Ottawa short-handed 2 on 1 with a little less then 10 minutes left? Thats the only time I saw Alfredsson parallel to the ice in the third period.

Regarding the Fisher/Brodeur contact, it appeared incidental to me, and if it was, it isn't a penalty. Even it it wasn't incidental, both goalies were beneficiaries of more impeding contact then that a dozen times in the game; the only difference being, of course, that a goal was scored shortly after this contact, but that is irrelevant. Contact is contact (assuming it was intentional), and the referees set standards for the game.

And I'm not sure why you think Murray is any more aggressive then any of the other 29 coaches in the NHL. Based on what I have witnessed, nearly every coach in the NHL displays sporadic bouts of insanity, with both Ruff and Tortorello living in that state for nearly all sixty minutes of the game. I've never seen Murray anything but calm in post-game conferences or interviews.

Alfie clearly embellished that trip. He does it often. I watch hockey games and will call a spade a spade. I'm not biased (try not to be anyway)when it comes to hockey plays. I'll criticize a player for diving whether he is on Buffalo, Ottawa, Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Anaheim, Detroit, etc. I've criticized Vancouver players for diving without hesitation. Hey, last night Sedin took a blatant dive which resulted in a penalty against Neidermeyer. Alfie took a dive. Most NHL players have been constantly diving in the playoffs. Alfie's dive on that play was pretty special.

You're an Ottawa fan so I can at least understand your bias and the reason for your opinions on the incident. It was clearly goalie interference any way you slice it. You can't interfere with the goalie's attempt to save a shot. Fisher did it. He knows he got away with it. Bryan Murray's blatant lie about Fisher being pushed only further shows how unreasonable and ridiculous Ottawa's players and coaches are. As an Ottawa fan, deep down I am 100% sure that you know it should have been called. If it happened to Emery, you would be on here complaining about the non-call. That non call on Fisher is as relevant as it gets. It directly caused a goal. It doesn't get any more relevant than that. Any attempt to hide that fact is futile and ignorant.

Murray told a lie so out of this world that he takes the cake for coaches as far as being utterly stupendous. Fisher wasn't pushed into Brodeur. Why would Murray even think of that, let alone come out and say it? All people have to do is watch the play and see with their own eyes that Murray lied about the incident. Why lie? Why couldn't Murray just say "no comment" or "sometimes those plays get called, sometimes they don't"? Why did he just make up something fictional?