Leonard did take some "unneeded" penalties but the refereeing was garbage. I get that that his antics propably played a part in it that he didn't draw calls despite being mugged in front of the net but he didn't draw any other calls, either. Trip, hook, slash and nothing gets called? Frustrating? Well i mean, d'oh.
NHL refereeing isn't perfect but they aren't as bad as IIHF refs. He's going to struggle to draw roughing calls after the refs grow tired of the antics in the NHL but the NHL refs still call slashing, hooking, tripping and those calls pretty fairly. Late in this tournament there were literally nothing that would have drawn a call for him and he STILL won the MVP and was great in the Playoff rounds. Talk about too good for Juniors.