Originally posted by Travis
I see so many people say this. I think it's just an excuse that's tossed out from the losing team. If the Leafs won I highly doubt you or anyone else would being saying that. The Canucks tried using the same excuse saying the Sharks were cheating/embellishing penalties and the refs weren't calling it. Yeah, some stuff slips by the refs, but it goes for both sides, just like Gregory Campbell going to the box when he shouldn't have. I thought the Bruins were done when it was 4-1, but I wasn't even thinking about the refs not making calls, that doesn't decide a game.
Considering the leafs have a higher scoring percentage during power plays, it could have made a difference. I'm not calling out the ref just because we lost, I'm calling him out because he missed some blatantly obvious penalties (on both sides, not just the bruins). The Canadian sportscasters pointed it out a few times while it was live, as well as a fair few of my friends on FB.