My turn.

If you trip someone, accidentally or intentionally, you and your team are penalized. Shouldn't you be penalized for kicking the puck into the net, even if it was on purpose? In soccer, that would be fine. In hockey, that would be a problem.

The Senators are leading the Ducks 4-3 after two periods, due to a goal where the puck was kicked in by Daniel Alfredson. Add that with a horrible call against ex- Devil Scott Neidermayer, and you've got yourself a poor excuse for ref-ing.

It's not only this game where the refs and their calls have been questionable. In every series in every round there have been many, many calls that were just plain stupid.

Back to the kick. Very similar plays occurred in both the Senators/Panguins and Rangers/Sabres series, and in both cases the goal did not count. Why would they call no goal against the clear favorite of all NHL officials, Sidney Crosby, but not a player on the team who elminated The Kid and his team? It makes no sense.

Going to the bad calls, here's something you wouldn't call a bad call, but it could be questionable. Sen Dean McAmmon (not sure if that's spelled correctly) just smashed into Duck Chris Pronger's elbow, and, of couse, the Senators' coach is crying about there not being a penalty. Many would agree that Pronger should have been called for elbowing, but McAmmon should have kept his head up, and not been admiring his pretty pass, much like Kebarle when Janssen was suspended for his hit on him.

Here's another example. Ryan Getzlaf was attacked by a Senator, who continuted to hit him, even when he was down on the ice with no helmet, and Getzlaf was the one who got penalized. Not one Senator ended up in the box, but they were the ones going after the Ducks.

Maybe it's the anger at the Senators for eliminating the Devils in the last round that's causing me to feel they're being favored, or maybe they really are. Either way, these refs are horrible, and need practice when it comes to calling penalties.