BLeP wrote:
My point is that the Bruins get away with tons of shit. Geez, just watch Marchand play once in a while. There was plenty of extra curricular shit that he got away with in that Leafs series. Hell, Chara drilled JT with a punch to the back of the head in a scrum hard enough to knock him down. Nothing.
Kadri (purposely) bumped into a player going back to the bench... that's a penalty. Marchand does the same thing the next game. Nothing.
I have plenty of examples.
So to hear Bruins coaches and fans whinging about a missed call is laughable.
You had three power plays. The Blues had one. Do you really think that the Bruins only did one thing that game that was penalty worthy?
What did you think of Marchand's low bridge on Tarasenko? Especially brutal since he didn't have the puck.
The B's have (currently) two chippy/pest types: Chara and Marchand. They pull lots of the borderline/suspect stuff that other fans hate, that is bordering on a penalty all the time, they'll be called once in a while but more often than not the refs bury their whistles so what those types of players do usually goes uncalled, and it drives people nuts. I get it. The problem is the refs are incredibly inconsistent and it's because of 'playoff hockey' officiating: no one knows what the hell is and isn't a penalty, it depnds on the ref, the situation, how many other calls have been made that game, the score...sometimes totally arbitrary.
The big issue the NHL has is some of their calls/non-calls this playoffs that were egregious led to huge game-changing goals. Another one went against Boston in the Columbus series, the puck hitting the netting and leading to a goal. The hand pass for the Sharks. The awful major penalty off the faceoff that led to a huge comeback.
These are clearcut, universally-accepted calls that have been handled wrong on the ice and they've led directly to game-changing goals. All the other chippy shit is just playoff hockey and inconsistent application of the rules. The B's have some players who play in the grey area so they've benefited from non-calls. So do the Blues. Hell so do the Leafs, don't pretend they don't. This isn't about general playoff chippiness and inconsistent penalties. This is about a clear-cut non-call leading directly to a game-changing goal.
Re: the low bridge, I already said it should've been a penalty. They also let the headshots to Johanssen and Krug go, do those not wash? I'd add the holding on Krug that very easily could've led to a goal but that, to me, is just playoff shenanigans that goes uncalled all the time, it is what it is. You seem to think the B's are the only team pulling these stunts and complaining when it goes against them. I didn't even bring up those headshots and holding because it happens, it is what it is. What is unacceptable is a non-borderline, clear-cut penalty that everyone knows is a penalty, which leads to a game-changing goal.
