It's not about throwing some plug out there to take a suspension, that's neanderthal hockey.
It's about applying the same standard to your game as the opposition is to theirs.
If the Wild are going to slash the teams best players and get away with it, the Flames, AS A GROUP, need to recognize they are at a disadvantage if they aren't pushing the envelope in the same way.
It's not about McGrattan or Oliwa, it's about Kulak and Hamilton and Backlund and Brouwer and Monahan and Giordano.
If stick work isn't going to be called and you aren't taking advantage of that, that's on you, not the refs.
Staal and Suter aren't goons. If they are going to slash their way through a game then you'd better be ready to slash your way through with them.
Force the league to do something or not, but at least play up the competitive level of the team you're playing.
Woeful on-ice leadership in this department.
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