crosby clearly chopped him hard as methot immediately lost the puck and threw his hands up. the linesman would have been looking right down the line at the puck carrier as he called offside. the other linesman should have been watching the play. at least one of the referees should have been looking directly at methot as the puck carrier. it's not like it happened well behind the play or anything. it's pretty inexcusable for four highly-paid professional officials not to see such a blatant two-hand slash.
and then the guy's finger was obviously mangled and bloody. if you make a guy bleed, it's an automatic double minor. at the very least he should have automatically gotten four minutes for slashing. instead he got a good laugh out of nearly cleaving someone's finger off and putting them out for weeks.
okay, well in game officials miss calls all the time that the league player safety department then rectifies with fines or suspensions, for hits to the head that don't get called properly on the ice, or things that happen behind the play or whatever. but nope, he's untouchable.
he's one of the dirtiest players in the NHL and he gets away with all sorts of cheap shots because he knows he can. bettman will never do anything that might have the parents think anything less of little bobby's hero and purchasing licensed merchandise by the truckload. if anyone says anything about it he just whines about someone else doing it to him first like a 6 year old who got in a slap fight with his little brother. i'd love to see the replay of the last time someone skated up behind you and surprise-speared you in the ball sack for no reason, sid.