Abdelkader got a nice elbow to the head the other night and I'm not sure there was even a penalty. And it was a clear elbow to the head. Couple of games before that Wings got a power play on an elbow to the head that replay clearly shows was not.
And how about this one that went unpenalized? 8 seconds in and the Caps fans booed, classless dirtbags, because they figured Simmonds was faking injury. I was there and the comments by Caps fans lead me to believe Obama is the only guy they like. I realize he got a 3 game suspension, but that doesn't give the Flyers their shot on the power play to impact that game. Same with these blown calls that have changed the outcomes of games by awarding power plays that shouldn't have been awarded. What's amazing is the officials got together, as stated in the video, and did nothing as far as a call. A guys face doesn't start bleeding on his own, let alone the concussion diagnosis, and they still don't make any call whatsoever.
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I know, and it's not like we don't have the technology to get some of these calls right. I'm not saying stop the game and check replay for every gray area minor penalty but if the refs are going to asses a match penalty based on what the linesman thought he saw, maybe they should double check what the camera saw
A quick check or confirmation from the war room on some of these stupid penalties would be great. They have the diving and unsportsmanlike conduct calls, so enforce them, and do it more often for the guys who act like they took a stick high and it never touched them, or for the guy who grabs an opponent's stick and tucks it into his body or under his arm. All of this acting crap needs to be erradicated from the game and it will only happen when officials stop taking the bait on 90%+ of the infractions.
Simmonds got booed by Caps fans because of the assumption that he was faking injury, even though there was clearly an elbow to the face. This is what happens when every time a stick, glove, etc gets anywhere near the face or head, you see people drop like they've been shot trying to draw a penalty. If the acting was out and peope were only on the ice when they were truly hurt, you wouldn't see the booing any time there is an injury.