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NHL reffing is a farce, riddled with arbitrariness and double-standards - and it's especially egregious in the playoffs, where, suddenly, "letting them play the game" means massive and continuous violations of straightforward rules. Nothing new here.

Oh come on Sidney Crosby is one of the most abused players in the league while on the ice. Subban is not too worried about the confrontation and said so afterwards. He is a guy that likes to tow the line and takes it like a man.

Avs would be crazy NOT to take that deal. They move a 55-point player on a $6 million cap hit and get back a player who is younger, cheaper, and more offensively productive. Sounds just like the kind of deal Bergevin is apt to make, actually.

So you are saying it's okay to punch someone 6 or 7 times in the head if they are being held (even if the players head is banging on the ice ice because they are being punched)? You also agree that it is okay to punch someone repeatedley in the head it should called a holding penalty. Gotcha. Didn't know that was how the rule book interpreted a play like that. I guess it's geniuses like you who end up being refs. I wonder why laviolette disagrees with your brilliant analysis. I know he is biased, but despite the risk of a fine, he still challenged the brilliant job the officials you are in such agreement with. And yes, given the rhetoric around head shots and concussions, I'd bet a $1000 that if the situations were reversed and Subban repeatedly punched Crosby so his head was hitting the ice he'd be tossed.

They both got holding calls. I know it is hard for you to imagine Subban doing anything wrong, but he was bear hugging both of Crosby's legs so he couldn't get up. And yes, I would take that bet that if the roles were reversed Subban would have been thrown out, just name the dollar amount.

It's going to depend which Rinne shows up. They have to win one in Pittsburgh. They should have won at least one of the first two, now the preds really have their backs against the wall, because unlike the first two games that they lost because of Rinne, tonight the entire team laid an egg. the refereeing was a joke again. Can she me one tell me how Subban and Crosby both got two minutes for roughing when Crosby had at least 5 head shots at Subban when he was on top of him? If the situation was reversed you can bet Subban probably would have gotten the double minor, or even been thrown out. Crosby bunching away at Subban was as bad as Marchand on Sedin in 2011. late in the game before the pens scored, Crosby throws a water bottle at a preds player and again no call. Their should have been a penalty and no goal. The NHL is truly a garbage league like ironically enough to the pens Mario Lemieux once said.