You guys got to get a grip on how things work.
If you call that game management by the refs, well, expect it to happen again. In the next game, the game after that, the season after this one, and as long as the NHL has been in existence.
There is no point in complaining about it.
The point is the win the game. Figure out how to win the game, under those conditions.
That's not trolling. That's reality. If people think that is trolling, that definitely is not my problem.
The Leafs won tonight because they got the jump on Tampa, Andersen was solid enough to win.
Of course, on the ice, during the game, you have to deal with it. It doesn't mean people shouldn't point it out.
If these refs need to be replaced by A.I, they will eventually. Call it right. The NFL immediately placed in a challenge when the Saints was robbed of the pass interference two years ago that cost them a trip to the Super Bowl. NHL has been in the Dark Ages for a long time.
I think it was 2006 or 2007 and the league mandated calling everything, especially interference. Players were apparently going to adapt. Well they had. Now it's reverting back. Leafs do it too from time to time, but they have the type of team that relies on speed and skill, so they don't rely on that as much as their opposition.
If I'm the team, I complain and make the league aware. Clean it up, it's costing us games and revenue. The league is supposed to be about skill and compete, not allowing weaker players interference with quicker players. You can play hard, check the Leafs to the ground if you want, but stop interfering.