Patrick has a point here.  "Handicapping" is for evening things up, not putting the whistle away and ignoring the rules of the game.  This ain't golf, after all.


In a message dated Thu, 10 Jan 2002  3:11:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, "Lethert, Patrick" <[log in to unmask]> writes:

> Officiating and rules are not about evening up the game.  If we wanted to
> make things even, we could begin by assigning Ryan Miller, Dean Weasler and
> Denver's duo larger nets than their opposing goalies.  After all, if those
> goalies can't stop more shots than a weaker goalie, why shouldn't the
> opposition have a better chance to beat them?

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