Horrible Officiating

[trevluk]

Anybody else notice that the officiating has been horrendous so far these playoffs. I have seen a bunch of terrible calls and non calls in many games so far in the playoffs (and not all in favor of the Pens! ). Tonight might have been the worst though - Sharks vs Nucks - overtime - D Sedin lays a fantastic shoulder on shoulder check to Wingels who goes crashing into the boards - he didnt take a run at him, WIngels initated contact just as much as Sedin - perfectly clean, great hit - and he gets called for boarding. It was a horrible, horrible call and it cost the Nucks the game (not the series, that was pretty much already decided). Terrible way to decide a game. That ref should not be invited into the 2nd round - and I am a quasi Sharks fan! (Have lived here for almost 10 years but still bleed Orange and Black.)

[TedZep]

I've been following the Rangers-Capitals series closer than the others, and the refs have been pretty horrible. Cap shoots the puck over the glass in the D-zone, no call, no explanation, icing calls routinely blown early and often, almost like it's a coin flip as to what the call might be, not who got the puck first, routine checks called as roughing, Rangers throwing elbows to the face not called at all... it's gotta be real confusing to the players.

Guess who got the too many men penalty on this one:

Edited May 8, 2013 by TedZep