I'll tell you, we won the game so we move on from the refs, but that was pretty comical stuff. They really tried last night, and I am a guy that does not get on the refs.
8 PP's for Montreal to 3 for us...unheard of in the playoffs. And we had ONE yes ONE full PP all night. ONE.
And how many of our penalties were in the O zone...maybe 4?
And the type of calls you just don't make in the playoffs. Little ticky tac stuff that has no real affect on the play, so you don't call that stuff in the playoffs. Oh but they did. The crowd was going crazy on the refs. After a while it was almost a joke.
What really bothered me is it was one-sided. Call everything on us, ticky tac stuff included, but not on them. Girardi clearly hooked NOTHING. Miller tossed into the net NOTHING. Kreider clearly interfered with in the 3rd NOTHING. That is what got me going. If the refs said we will be tight on both teams just in case, okay be tight on both teams. But it was lopsided. When you see a playoff game at 8-3 PP's for one team. And one team gets ONE full 2 minute PP the whole game, while the other team has PP after PP, it is a joke.
With that said the Rangers clearly need to show more discipline. Pouliot has become the king of the stupid, meaningless, O zone penalty these playoffs. Wake up man.
I am happy we won. The PK was AWESOME...really AWESOME. We played a great game. I just hope we are smarter in game 5, and the refs call it a little more evenly as well. If we get that I think we can win game 5. I will be interested to see the Canadiens mindset. Sure they will say all the right stuff, but will their play show they believe. We'll see.