JGaudreau
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- Oct 9, 2015
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I blame the refs for losing us this series. The tired argument of it's not the refs fault and they should win anyways is against logic.
If one team has to play with extreme caution because legal stickchecks are being called penalties and the other teams gets to play with reckless abandon because hooks on breakaways, high sticks and slashes don't get called even when the ref is looking directly at it makes it impossible to win. Of course they will get out shot when they have no clue what's going to be a penalty. Of course they will back away from the blueline, of course they will make hesitant passes.
There's no team that can overcome being penalized on legal plays while not getting calls for egregious offenses. It's impossible. The Flames are clearly playing extremely cautiously because they have no idea what will be a penalty or not. The balance is tipped way too far to the point the Flames are playing way worse than they are capable of.
How are you supposed to play your best defensively when you get penalized on legal plays and how are you supposed to play offense when you get hooked on every single breakaway and get zero calls? The ref was looking directly at Valimaki getting high sticked, there's no excuses for it. It's ruining the on ice product and it's getting worse. In the 90's atleast a blatant high stick the ref is directly staring at would get called. We aren't even watching pro hockey, this is bush league garbage and I think I've had just about enough.
Imagine I go to your work, smash your computer and tell you to quit whining and finish your job. And when you whine you get told that's how it is for everyone, except it's not.
If one team has to play with extreme caution because legal stickchecks are being called penalties and the other teams gets to play with reckless abandon because hooks on breakaways, high sticks and slashes don't get called even when the ref is looking directly at it makes it impossible to win. Of course they will get out shot when they have no clue what's going to be a penalty. Of course they will back away from the blueline, of course they will make hesitant passes.
There's no team that can overcome being penalized on legal plays while not getting calls for egregious offenses. It's impossible. The Flames are clearly playing extremely cautiously because they have no idea what will be a penalty or not. The balance is tipped way too far to the point the Flames are playing way worse than they are capable of.
How are you supposed to play your best defensively when you get penalized on legal plays and how are you supposed to play offense when you get hooked on every single breakaway and get zero calls? The ref was looking directly at Valimaki getting high sticked, there's no excuses for it. It's ruining the on ice product and it's getting worse. In the 90's atleast a blatant high stick the ref is directly staring at would get called. We aren't even watching pro hockey, this is bush league garbage and I think I've had just about enough.
Imagine I go to your work, smash your computer and tell you to quit whining and finish your job. And when you whine you get told that's how it is for everyone, except it's not.
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