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Originally Posted by Tron_fdc
It was a shame Mang got called on that chincy trip after watching one of the most dominant stretches of play I've seen in a playoff game in a loooooooong time. It was a thing of beauty watching a team in the NHL playoffs make the other team look like a bunch of beer leaguers.
I'd rather the refs put the whistles away on that kind of thing. Same as the penalty shot. Let them play. I mean, it was super exciting to see Gaudreau score, but I'd rather watch the Flames beat the living snot out of a Stars line for 8 minutes straight and THEN score.
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The Penalty Shot....okay, I dont think I've ever seen a PS in a Playoff game before but...I watched that live and I knew they were going to toss Klingberg.
That was a penalty every day and twice on Sundays...a blind man could have seen it.
I think I even saw the Ref shrug his shoulders before awarding it. Like:
"What do you want me to do? He slashed his hands, on a breakaway, twice."
And the thing is...thats a huge risk. This isnt soccer where a penalty is like 90% a goal, in hockey its pretty 50/50. Oettenger makes that save and momentum swings like a huge pendulum.
I will agree that I loved watching the Stars being penned in their own zone. Klingberg was on the ice for four and a half minutes? That kind of icetime wears on you over a series.
The penalty after that was pure game management.