The refs simply put the whistles away, just like the old days. I don’t blame them, when refs tried to make calls in the first round/second round, they booted them from the playoffs. Really, that was the mistake by the NHL, from then on you could see they were gun shy about calling penalties.
I don’t blame the refs at all, this is all on Gary Bettman. Those team apologies and all that were a complete circus show.
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