There were many surprising numbers from Winnipeg’s shocking sweep over Edmonton, but none more utterly outrageous than this one: Connor McDavid drew zero (0) penalties during the four-game series. Zero. Nada. None. Zilch. ZERO.Anyone who watched even just one period of the series knows how ridiculous that is. You don’t keep McDavid to just four points in four games without committing some crimes along the way, especially with arguably the shallowest defence group in the playoffs. But it didn’t matter if McDavid was held, hooked, tripped, kneed, mauled – which he repeatedly was throughout the series – because the referees looked the other way. Rachel Doerrie, formerly of the New Jersey Devils, rewatched every McDavid shift for the series and counted “ over 30 ” infractions that were missed, which sounds about right based on my own live viewing.
Kronusx12 on May 26th, 2021 at 01:58 UTC »
Love that this was posted by a Canes fan mere hours before their team got *bent over * by a phantom disallowed goal due to “goalie interference” Awful call
Brown_Sandals on May 26th, 2021 at 01:42 UTC »
Just as I pull this up, the refs completely fucked the canes a second ago.
twilz on May 25th, 2021 at 20:58 UTC »
Call the rules as they are. The players will adapt.
If there is a problem with a particular rule, call it as it is and fix it during the offseason.
If there is a problem that needs a new rule, call it as it is and fix it during the offseason.
This will never happen, but it's my ideal solution. The players adapted to the rules post-lockout, and again to stick infractions a few years ago.