Management Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy fined $25K for criticizing officiating

[Fenway]

Boston Bruin head coach Bruce Cassidy has been fined $25,000 for publicly criticizing the officiating of his team’s second-round series against the New York Islanders, the league announced Tuesday.

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[Gee Wally]

Money well spent.

 

[rocketdan9]

Boston Bruin head coach Bruce Cassidy has been fined $25,000 for publicly criticizing the officiating of his team’s second-round series against the New York Islanders, the league announced Tuesday.

F^#^^# the nhl relations

I hope Jacobs pays this on behalf. Cassidy had to rip them

 

[missingchicklet]

Seem like a pretty hefty fine considering Bruce didn't exactly go Torts on them. Good on him for at least pointing out the obvious. Wish he would work them a lot more when it matters -- during the game. A few seconds of anger and shoulder shrugging here and there doesn't seem to work.

 

[rocketdan9]

Where is the fine on Trotz regarding whinning about Bergeron at the faceoff circle?

 

[member 96824]

Cost of doing business.

Bruins in 7.

 

[Emerz]

Nothing Cassidy said was wrong, he just had the balls to say it out loud. There is a clear difference in standard on what is a penalty for the Bruins vs what is a penalty on the Islanders. The real stink should be trying to get to the bottom of why that is.

Whether it's the refs respect for Trotz or what exactly is happening here - he was quoted yesterday fluffing up the linesmens "games" and how they're doing an excellent job and have to watch out for the cheaters - lo and behold, Bergeron is getting kicked out of the dot left right and center all night long.

 

[Gee Wally]

This league is so f***ed up.
Crack somebody’s head = $5000

SayRefs suck =$25000

clown show.

 

[13Hockey]

Lol nhl

 

[Alicat]

Pay it in pennies

 

[Dr Hook]

Pay it in pennies

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[Over the volcano]

If it weren't true they wouldn't be so defensive about it.

 

[13Hockey]

FU Francis

 

[The National]

Maybe JJ can give him a hand with paying it off...

 

[rocketdan9]

Ritchie fined 5k also

 

[Troublesome 85]

NHL is a joke of a league

 

[TD Charlie]

No other choice here now but to double down, punch them in the throat Wednesday, and win it in 7 on Friday.

 

[member 96824]

FU Francis

Also from that...the funniest response.

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

FU Francis

Francis is a big . Noted.

 

[Drift]

Sooo:

Cassidy - 25000
DeBrusk - 5000
Krejci - 5000
Ritchie - 5000

hahaha NHL's loving the bruins this postseason.

 

[The National]

Also from that...the funniest response.

JJ is gonna have to squeeze another section of seats in the garden before he does that.

 

[missingchicklet]

It's so weird that during the regular season we see that most games are well officiated by quite a few refs who are not big names. The memorably bad games tend to be done by the usual suspects. The NHL says it chooses the absolute best refs, based on performance, to do the playoffs, and then promotes them round by round based on performance as well. What the hell is the criteria they are using to judge ref performance?

 

[Sweetpotato]

Embarassing it's that high of a fine compared to the max fine for players, wish more coaches would start criticizing the refs like this maybe there'd be some accountability. Don't blame coaches for not doing it though.

 

[the negotiator]

I love hockey....I just wish the NHL management was of a caliber to run this game the way it deserves

Bettman has been a genius at increasing owner revenue and a clown managing the product

the Cassidy fine is one more example of his priorities.....don't tell me my garbage smells and don't you dare hold your nose while you say it

 

[Fenway]

When you look at the list of officials working in the second round you can see how weak the NHL is regarding officials.

Losing Chris Rooney to injury made things worse.


Referees – US [/SIZE]

Francis Charron, Gord Dwyer, Jean Hebert, Chris Lee, Wes McCauley, Dan O’Rourke, Brian Pochmara, Francois St. Laurent, Kelly Sutherland

Referees – Canada

Eric Furlatt, Brad Meier, Kevin Pollock


Out from Round 1: Marc Joannette, Steve Kozari, Frederick L’Ecuyer, TJ Luxmore, Jon McIsaac, Garrett Rank, Kyle Rehman, Graham Skilliter