It's not a conspiracy, but there may be some subconscious biases on the part of individual officials that are affecting the outcome of borderline calls. The probability of the Flames being in the league's five most disciplined teams pre-Wideman and the least disciplined post-Wideman with the change of a single 2nd/3rd pairing D is next to zero, as is the huge difference between successful challenges for and successful challenges against the Flames (although you could argue that poor coaching decisions contributed to the latter). Two controversial goal reviews going against the Flames in the past two games can give the feeling of conspiracy, but the sample size is small. So I believe that something is there, but it is unintentional and unplanned.
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