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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