Every team whines. Some more than others. Gaudreau is probably near the top of whiners. But if that biases a ref against a player, they need to grow some thicker skin and do their job. They need to call the game as is. If you don't like whining players, start giving them penalties. But to let their whining influence the calls they get to me undermines the game.
Embellishing is different. I get why refs hate it. Refs don't like to be made to look like fools. Perhaps that is the biggest issue with Johnny. Not the whining, the embellishing. The shaking of the hands, hand to the face etc. Perhaps, that is what he needs to stop. but then again, when you get slashed as much as he does, I'd probably shake my hands too. That #### hurts.
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