If the league needs an example of incredibly inconsistent officiating, watch the Williams penalty. The ref watches Backlund get hit and isn’t calling it. The moment backlund retaliates the hand goes up indicating a backlund penalty. Williams has his gloves off which was a penalty to Tkachuk last year...
So Backlund on retaliation and Williams on unsportsmanlike is what is being called. Refs get together and just decide whatever they feel works at the point. It is a clip like that the refs should have to explain how they are calling one thing and completely change their minds.
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