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Originally Posted by GioforPM
They sure did it on the ice, which is how they were a sub-.500 team both in front of Ramo and Hiller. 7-13 in their 1st 20 games, 9 wins in their last 22 (2 in garbage time) 77 points - that’s a drop of 20 points and 14 below league average. Powerplay below league average, PK below league average, taking a ton of penalties, etc. Hiller was terrible but he only played 26 games. Ramo and Ortio were over .900 but they were shelled and had losing records.
He lost the team.
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I do remember a ton of penalties being
called towards the end of that season, but what I remember is that this was the Wideman year and the penalties saw a significant uptick after that infamous event, not in terms of what was taken but a lot of phantom calls and one-sided officiating. There were even articles written about it.
I didn't observe the players played any less disciplined. The calls that year were just bizarre to my eye. Maybe I'm a homer but I remember going full tin foil hat with the officiating following the wideman event.