it's almost impossible to play a team in a playoff series and not develop a hatred for them. most of that comes from just a few fans. which is a shame, because all teams have plenty of good fans that just get overcome by the bad, more vocal abrassive loud mouths.
the absolute worst thing i hate about hockey messgae boards is the constant crying about refs and calls on ice. i try to rarely criticize refs because honestly being a hockey ref is the most difficult job in any sport. you are trying to call a game that is so fast paced and violent by guys armed with sticks where honestly you could call a penalty by the rule book on virtually every single rush if you wanted to. (which is why in most games penalties usually 'even out' between the two teams, that's about all refs can do in these brawls we call hockey).
it gets so tiring reading fans bitching about every single play in threads. according to most fans, bad reffing is virtually the only reason their team ever loses a game. i don't think i've ever read a thread where the team's fans weren't 'getting screwed' by the refs honestly.
as a case in point, subban, josi, ekholm could be called realistically for crosschecking every single shift if we went strickly by the rule book of 'extending your arms". it's an impossible job.