A dirty team can have 10 infractions a night and only get 3 penalties while playing a clean team that commits 2 infractions and gets 2 penalties. That's the problem. You are basing your opinion on how many penalties the refs are calling instead of how many should actually be called.
No I am not, they do not call most things that happen.
They will call a holding the stick or tripping if it creates or stops a goal. They will call a Kari cross check to the face. They will not call two guys having a little battle away from the play.
Everyone gets bent out of shape if the refs don’t call everything for them. Not a word when everything isn’t called against them.
I am going off the games I have watched,
I have never seen a fan of a team start a thread demanding to know why their team got away with some stupid little non call in a game have you? Do you think it’s only “them” that gets away with anything or perhaps a little bit of bias is in effect?
Please explain why all the teams in the NHL have basically identical shots for and against?
How about goals for and against?
How big is the gap in most starters save %?
Do you wonder why most teams PDO is expected to be close?
Could it be these are pro teams with microscopic differences?
Why would penalties not be the same? The “dirty” cheap players are repeat offenders.....If it happened once 50 games ago. That should be your first big hint..
If one team has 3 penalties called against them do you think the other team will get one because evil refs or because it’s rare to go all game without messing up?
The announcer can predict it will happen because”even up” and I can predict it will happen because Jesus told me....but neither is why