Just wanted to weigh in on the reffing... I do think the ref that called the penalty on Kadri messed up, and here's why:
-sometimes a penalty always has to be called. If it takes away a scoring chance, or creates a scoring chance, or it causes injury, or had the potential to cause injury... that has to be called every time.
-if it's anything else, then ref does have a decision to make. And then, context matters. When the context is that the Jets just had 2:30 of poweplay time, including 1:30 of 5 on 3, and couldn't score... why the hell are you giving them another chance, late in the game, on a ticky-tack call?
The call isn't wrong. It's just not good refereeing, in my opinion.
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