I have been watching some of the NHL playoffs, and I must say the hockey is subpare. The fights are inconsequential to the game(not quite true, it gives the other team the advantage when the result of the fight is that someone is in the penalty box), plus when your team is down a few games you would think that the penalties would be kept to a minimum, but noooooooooo. I was watching the playoff games between Calgary and Detroit, and all I can say is that Calgary desired to lose by the way they played the game.

All through Hockey School it was drilled into us take the person out of the play, and DO NOT PASS IN FRONT OF THE NET. What did Calgary do, let themselfs be out skated( not taking the person of the play), and passing infront of the net. Added to that, Calgary was taking more penalties then Detroit, which resulted in goals for Detroit, I really do not understand what the players on the Calgary team were thinking.

Then the last game between Calgary and Detroit, Calgary lost and what happen the last 30 seconds of the game; the Calgary goalie took his hockey stick and chopped a Detroit player in the stomach, why???? The goalie was ejected from the game, and then the players still in the player's bench patted him on his back, like he was unjustly ejected from the game. It was stated later as an excuse "the frustation level was so high, everybody wants to win." There no reason to purposely take a goalie stick, and chop someone in the stomach because you are losing. These are grown men being paid millions of dollars to play a game, only a game, and they do stupid stuff like this. There is no excuse, and the fights take away from the game.