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Originally Posted by badger89
Different style in the playoffs as the slashing, hooking and obstruction are out of control.
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There have been some games in the 3rd period where I cringe at the amount of obstruction that doesn't get called. Players basically pulling other players down to the ice and no penalty. I get the officials want to let them play but they are accomplishing the exact opposite as that level of obstruction isn't letting them play. I'm not sure what it's going to take to get officials to get out of this mentality in the playoffs at it's the only sport I know of that has different rules in the postseason and it sucks for fans and the teams that had success in the regular season that aren't allowed to play the same in the playoffs.