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Originally Posted by Ashasx
The problem with the NHL is the officials try to balance penalties out through the game. The make up calls, etc. The fact that NHL teams are so close in total penalties at the end of the season is completely preposterous.
One Wild fan on HF is justifying this by saying they had 19 minutes in penalties last night, what more could Flames want?
I want the refs to call penalties regardless of the players involved, the score of the game, and the number of penalties the other team has. Is that too much to ask?
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Makeup calls are the worst. Like that Monahan cross check negating the 2-man advantage. Two cross checks in succession right in front of the official (one by a Wild player and one by a Flame player) yet they call the one on the Flames because in the official's mind they have it coming because they just called two penalties on the Wild. I dream of a day when officials get it through their thick skulls that they should call infractions only and ignore the jersey and influencing the game by trying to balance penalties to each team.