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Originally Posted by Machiavelli
Full marks to the Flames for an excellent effort overall. Even Wideman skated well. Elliott was outstanding; those two huge saves in overtime...wow.
I really really hate to mention the officiating, but it was pretty brutal, especially in the third period. Many blatant holds and a clear interference play uncalled.
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You're about the only one that hates the "blame the ref" crap more than me, but come on refs. Jeff Marek on Sirius XM the other day said he was talking to some stats people about it and he gave the "I'm not one for conspiracy theories, BUT...". Calgary was the least penalized team for the year and a half before the Wideman incident and have become one of the highest (actually highest this year). He said the stats guys broke it down and the penalties that are responsible for the increase were calls like crosschecking that happen all game and only some are called