I wonder too if there was an adjustment to playoff refereeing for the Flames. Sifting through some of the noise, it seems like the refs message is "just shut up and let us do our jobs". Hence Mike Smith having a chat with Hanifin.
That first call against Johnson when he was scrumming with Tkachuk, floored me. Usually you take both guys in that case.
The weird holding call on Hanifin, when other guys were mauled and interfered with.
There was even a fairly obvious icing on the Flames, that was waived off. Right when Colorado was trying to mount a comeback.
I was even surprised by the Landeskog slash on Lindholm getting called. It was garbage, but im honestly surprised that it was called.
Just seemed like a weirdly reffed game. Though having said that, it kind of feels like the reffs are settling in too and I think this series will be well officiated.
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