No question Lee blows but he has a long way to go before he touches the bias ref Art Skov had on behalf of the Broad Street Bullies back in the 70s.
Former Rangers coach Emile Francis talking about Gm. 7 of the '74 semis: "I'll tell that was the most...if I was to pick out a point in my career in hockey, the most disappointing time, we were back to Philadelphia and we had a tough series. ***** it was knock down, drag out like, you know? And we went out for our warm-up, and the series was tied 3-3, we were playing the seventh game in Philadelphia. And where we were, the runway down to the ice, all of a sudden I hear a helluva roar go up. I says, what the hell is this? So I ran down that runway and I look like, you know? And the referees came out, two linesmen and Art Skov. And on the scoreboard they put: The Philadelphia Flyers have won 25 straight games with Art Skov refereeing." And they give him a standing ovation. Well, I'll tell you, that is the worst, most embarrasing thing I've ever seen in hockey. I'd never seen a crowd give a referee a standing ovation."
That game 7 of course featured Dave Schultz's infamous beat down of Rangers defenseman (and non-fighter) Dale Rolfe. What many forget is that though Schultz instigated the fight, and repeatedly pulled Rolfe's hair throughout, Skov simply gave both men matching fighting majors. Any other ref tosses Schultz from the game, but not Skov. In that years Finals, in the 6th and deciding game against Boston, Skov was again given a standing O by the Flyers faithful and stayed true to his bias, calling Bobby Orr for a questionable interference penalty with under three minutes left in a one goal game.
Lee may suck, but he's a long, long, long way to go to reach Skov's level of blatant bias.