Well hopefully we're done with those refs and a fresh set of eyes helps to stabilize things and bring some balance to the madness of the first couple games.
If anything, penalties probably should be 2-6 against you if you're chasing the play at even strength, and the Oilers were chasing the play at even strength.
Not every successful back check on McDavid is a penalty. This giving him special privileges needs to end.
Hopefully the next refs have the balls to call him on his stick holds and ignore the blatant flops to discourage it.
If it looks like it could have been sold, beyond the first round of playoffs none of those should be called.
Calls you think would need to be crystal clear. If a couple guys fall in a pile you don't pick one guilty party and ignore the rest.
Refs have been looking too hard for penalties to call on any given play or scrum when in playoffs the officials should wait for the ones that can't be ignored. Combing plays for anything that can be called is a regular season approach. In the 2nd round? Buzz off.
Pocket your whistles, and the things that are called need to be called both ways. The last thing you want to do is have a heavy effect on the result. If you want the best team to win the refs should have as little effect on the game as possible, unless absolutely necessary.
I miss grind em out 5 on 5 playoff games, dearly.
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