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So, there was once this guy named Kerry Fraser.....
You had to go there?

So, there was once this guy named Kerry Fraser.....
Players getting injured could use a thread like this to sue these guys for negligence. Lol f***** loser refsForget about missed calls.
These dipshits refuse to even protect our players.
Does he mention player safety anywhere in this because our players are getting put in a dangerous position as just seen on the ignored call on KerfootExactly. The author does a lot of research and backs up his views with statistics. No matter how wide the discrepancy in the matchup between teams in PIMS/60 --> it does not make any difference in terms of one team getting more powerplays. You would think that surely disciplined teams would fare better against teams that take a lot of penalties but it's simply not the case and it's league wide. The data doesn't lie.
This is now and we have refs now putting our players at risk of injury. So we have a thread documenting it. Thats good.These types of egregious non-calls go back to the early 90s.
The ones that anger me the most (besides the Gilmour highstick):
In the 2004 playoffs against Philly, Sundin was highsticked when Roenick ended it on OT.
In the 2013 playoffs against Boston, for the last 11 minutes of the game Boston was allowed to hook, hold, elbow, and interfere with impunity - JVR was elbowed right in the mouth at center ice with a clear view from the officials.
Does he mention player safety anywhere in this because our players are getting put in a dangerous position as just seen on the ignored call on Kerfoot
It’s just gross manHe touches briefly on the Matthews mugging by way of cross-checking by Chiarot in game 1. Hey he only missed one game right? Low harm no fowl (is a term I just made up).
keep trying, and trying, and trying to get into their heads as to why this wasn't penalty worthy and I'm having a heck of a time making sense of it.
keep trying, and trying, and trying to get into their heads as to why this wasn't penalty worthy and I'm having a heck of a time making sense of it.
Here's what pisses me off, though; if the situation were reversed? The refs would still make that call.Leafs were up 2 PP's to 0 are leading and have already scored 1 PP goal. It's literally that simple as crazy as that sounds.
This is now the 3rd year in a row, not a small sample size, it has not and doesn't look like it will even out.
Why Toronto's penalty complaints are legitimate, and symptoms of a league-wide problem • The Faceoff Circle
This is an excellent article I think it's changed my mind.
The Leafs aren't getting jobbed intentionally by the refs. Refs are trying to create a net-zero advantage to keep games close and so as not to appear biased against one team. Teams (like the Leafs) who've been a skilled clean, possession type team will be "punished" when playing undisciplined and less skilled teams ( who will benefit from being allowed to cheat more because refs won't have a lopsided number of calls against one team in a game - AKA Game Management).
The answer for a skilled team (aka the Leafs)? Take more liberties and don't worry about staying out of the box. Just enjoy the even up calls because oh they're coming. Most importantly - be special teams kings. The more north of 100 they can be (PP +PK %) --> the more penalties they SHOULD be taking.
When the system rewards cheaters. Be the best cheater you can be.
Oh and the PP is lethal eh? Just need to bump up the PK % a bit.
if you just take Kerfoot out of the penalty/powerplay equation for the Leafs this year, how much more even does it look?
I really wonder whose wife he met at a bar
It's just too difficult to sort out but to my eye the game seems to be called fairly well until we get the lead.
A win but still a boarding call igmored. Well it’s something every game that is blatantly bad. We will just keep adding to this thread every game likely.Yup. I find when we go up by 2 goals, then watch out cause here come the fake calls to let the other teams back in.
Leafs were up 2 PP's to 0 are leading and have already scored 1 PP goal. It's literally that simple as crazy as that sounds.