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Originally Posted by Eubee
The officials didn't make a 'bad call'. They called something they didn't see and didn't happen. That isn't a 'bad call'.
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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
That is pretty much the definition of a bad call.
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I agree... it was clear that the ref's didn't see it.... if you DON'T SEE IT, you can't call it. They listened to the fans and Sharks and made that call based on pure emotion and what they did see after the fact... an injured player and blood on the ice. It was the WRONG CALL and these ref's should NOT get another game in the playoffs as punishment, I'd even go further and suggest that they should be suspended as punishment - not because of the WRONG judgement and call, but because they are refs and they DIDN'T SEE IT but they made a judgement call like they did and that's not what they're paid to do.
Forget the rule book... the number one rule for a referee is that you need to actually see the infracting (whether live or via video replay) to make any sort of judgement on it... and they never did that. Just imagine... you're a police officer, you walk into a situation where someone is lying on the ground bloody (dead) and someone else is covered in blood be their side... that person covered in blood must have killed that person - RIGHT- or maybe they just tried to help an injured person trying to save their life - but simply looking at the outcome doesn't tell you any of the story. Why not give Stastny a penalty - he was the last person to touch (push/shove) Pavelski... but no... because the Sharks told the ref what happened, what a great way to make a call. This play happens all the time... it was a stick battle after a face-off, they both had their sticks in a small cross checking position (Pavelski too - although he loses his balance and grip on his stick before it's really there to shove Eakins - but he was going to)... by small, I mean their hands were relatively close to each other, so more of a shove then a true cross check - and this happens on almost every face-off where the puck lies there for a moment. It wasn't even a penalty, but if it was, it was very minor. Stastny was more responsible for the injury than Eakin's.... Pavelski lost his balance after the shove from Eakins and fighting to get it back when he ran into to Stastny and couldn't recover from the double hit.
Bottomline: This was an atrocious call made by someone who simply didn't see it, and that's why it was WRONG.