Somebody mentioned this afternoon that Paul Maurice just got fined $25,000 for criticizing the refs.
I looked at the game highlights and it sure looks like your old coach got screwed over. Talk about calling penalties to ensure one team's victory! Unreal!
Then I went to the Panthers website and there's all sorts of stuff that's pretty damning. They lay out the history between Maurice and the ref (Francois St. Laurent) and you have to wonder how this guy is still an official. Or why the NHL would allow him within a kilometre of the Panthers. Statistically, he's horribly biased. And then there's the video of Maurice in 2016 being ejected by St. Laurent after objecting to malicious hits only minutes apart on Ehlers and Little. The way the ref smirks afterwards it seems astounding that he'd ever be entrusted with a whistle again.
So, given all this happening this week, how will it impact on tonight's game against the Leafs?