So much for the series

Let's run through the last two shifts of yesterday's Pens-Caps game.

In the second-to-last shift, first Alex Semin is hooked from behind and pulled down in the offensive zone when he has the puck. No call. Then Malkin is tripped in the offensive zone when he has a puck. A penalty is called to Washington.

On the power play, the Pens get an odd man rush because the Washington forechecker is knocked down to the ice by a Pittsburgh hit. That's interference, for those of you not familiar with the rules. No call. Pittsburgh scores on the odd man rush.

This has nothing to do with sports any more. OK, one of the big reasons the Caps are losing this playoff series is that they're playing poorly. But so are the Pens. I don't see any way the refereeing could be more blatantly biased in favor of the Penguins without just giving them goals for no reason.

It looks like the league has decided Crosby is going to the finals again. Sucks to be you, Boston or Carolina; expect the same treatment in the conference final.

Sometimes the NHL makes me want to vomit. This is one of those times. They're flusing the credibility of the league and the sport down the toilet to sell a whiny Canadian kid as the future of hockey. Hey, NHL: fuck you.