100% this. Spending 5 minutes to make an easy decision reeked of trying to find fault. Defeats the whole purpose of it. Don't create controversy where there isn't any, it opens too many doors. Killed the momentum of the game for the Leafs. I thought it was a Mickey Mouse move by the league, typical.
They mentioned this on the broadcast. 2 factors, they were wrapping a review in St. Paul and they were waiting for a non broadcast tv angle replay to confirm the location and timing of Jumbo's stick.
I agree with you, they were looking effing hard.