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Originally Posted by DoubleK
This is bang on IMO. I've always been accused of defending the refs, so here's my take.
Didn't have an issue with the calls on the Flames.
Rooney's hold was a hold, but not a penalty vs what they let go to that point of the game. Ras made a dumb play and that's a penalty all day, every day and twice on Sunday.
Major issue with what wasn't called on the Isles. I can't personally tilt my head enough to figure out how not to call Kadri being dumped on the rush in the 2nd. They've called penalty shots for less than that.
How the hell do you not call Cizikas at the end of the game. That's basically a free penalty at that point. Seriously doubt the Isles say boo about that. I'd have to think that the ref down low was screened by the net, but can't really remember where he was. All of that notwithstanding, what the hell was the back ref looking at?!?!
Here's the kicker, the back ref for the Cizikas non call is the same ref who made the call on Ras.... Those two certainly weren't on the same page tonight. I didn't really think there were a bunch of penalties that needed calling tonight, but the calls vs the non-calls were as bad as I've seen this year. Just really sucks when all the tough calls seem to come your way.
TLDR; The Flames calls sucked in the context of what wasn't called on the Isles. Refs be better.
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This. You cant call a game one way for 62 minutes then call that on Raz, if they had called Czikas earlier, different story.
Sidenote, that Isles crowd absolutely put the Dome crowd to shame. If the Dome sounded like that maybe the players would respond with a little more energy at home games. It sure seemed to help that Islanders team push in the third. They were rocking in there.