It has been pretty rough this playoffs
The Rangers beat the Pens with the key goal being where a guy ripped off the Pen’s helmet which takes him out of the play and gives them a 5 on 4 advantage for ~10 seconds, they take advantage of it and score. Given that if you bump in to a guy who doesn’t have the puck, and basically impede him for a second, that’s an interference, so no idea how the deliberate helmet removal is not any kind of penalty, much less interference)
I know that Holl kind of ran a pick on the guy when Tavares scored what looked like a tying goal on Tampa. But based on the standard of what’s been called and what’s been let go, that seems like an inconsistent call with definitive impact on a significant goal (and believe me I wasn’t looking forward to any Leaf success and the resulting fans and media being unbearable)
The Flames series was a joke with the
- highly unusual number of 4 on 4s
- the Lucic 5 minute penalty for pretty much nothing, at a time where the Flames needed to mount a comeback, and defending a 5 minute call killed a heck of a lot of time
- the Coleman non call was just brutal for so many reasons
I am glad I dumped my season tix a few years back because the game management, and impact of inconsistent calls on significant impact events isn’t something that anyone is imagining
I’d feel pretty pissed if I spent a few grand to see the team get jobbed
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