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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
How can you say those weren't penalties? Marner punched a guy? Could they let it go? Maybe but don't give them that choice
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Marner's should have been let go - they weren't calling those both ways. Virtanen's slashing call? A five year hold has a firmer grip on his stick. "Don't give them a chance" is problematic, because for my money that attitude caused Canada to play more tenatively than they need to to have a chance here. This wasn't a particularly strong roster in comparison to other years; they needed a high energy game, and when they played it in the first ten minutes it was obvious who the better team was. Unfortunately, a completely legitimate style of play exposes you to poor officiating - it's never good in this tourney and it certainly wasn't today. It's basically begging for embellishment.