However, why wasn’t any action taken against the crew that badly botched the call?

The exact same crew worked Game 5 of that series and half of them got to work Game 7.

What other league would tolerate that kind of incompetence from its best officials on its biggest stage and just sweep it under the rug?

Here are a few more links:

A table of regular season games reviewed for this season:
http://hfboards.com/showpost.php?p=21329715&postcount=4

The grades by category given to each ref for his reviews (through 1/7/10 at this point):
http://hfboards.com/showpost.php?p=21330729&postcount=7

The verbal interpretation of review results over 4 years:
http://hfboards.com/showpost.php?p=21330311&postcount=5

A brief statistical analysis of calls (there is much more in the data that is collected):
http://hfboards.com/showpost.php?p=21331183&postcount=8
ACPG is calls resulting in manpower advantages, CPG is all calls. Generally the differential between the two numbers is a pretty good definition of game control for each ref.

The core thread which has review criteria at the top:
http://hfboards.com/showthread.php?t=686321

I feel very sorry, for Pittsburgh fans. Yes, I want Washington to win Stanley cup, but I don’t want them to win in the same way like Pittsburgh did last year.

Of cause refs are humans and they can make a mistake or miss some things.
Asked yourself why during 15 consecutive games they missed a lot of Pens calls and punished Caps for anything what can possibly be punished.
77 Pens power plays against 44 Caps.
By the way Caps the best scoring team in the league.
People just try not too believe or afraid to say about the conspiracy.

If in the course of making a substitution, either the player entering the game or the player (or goalkeeper) retiring from the ice surface plays the puck with his stick, skates or hands or who checks or makes any physical contact with an opposing player while either the player entering the game or the retiring player is actually on the ice, then the infraction of “too many men on the ice” will be called.

Eaton never came near the play which was below the goal line for all 21 seconds. Maybe the ref had his attention focused on the play below the goal line instead of the blue line. refs like players also have to make split second decisions and many times they miss things. the game happens extremely fast and 21 seconds happens in the blink of an eye when youre on the ice and not at home with your DVR recording penalties to prove the conspiracy to help the penguins every year.

NHL doesn’t want Caps to win Stanley cup. So far they think, that Pittsburgh is the team who can stop Caps. This why if Caps and Pens will meet again, Pens will have huge power play advantage. This how they won in the last year play off. It is what it is, you can’t change it. Caps need to play much much better to win in the play off series against Pittsburg.

More statistics:
Pittsburgh power play opportunities about 3.89 per game for this season.
With Washington are 4.75 per game
Pittsburgh short handed about 3.89 per game.
With Washington are 2

Washington power play opportunities about 3.87 per game for this season.
With Pittsburgh are 2 per game
Washington short handed about 3.93 per game.
With Pittsburgh are 4.75 per game 2
I’m not trying to say that Caps are better (I hope they are). Only one thing I want is the same rules for all teams. Of cause if you have huge power play advantage it is much easier to win. If you put Caps short handed for half of the game, even minor league team can win.

If in the play off Pittsburg again will have power play advantage (against any team), this will defiantly damage their image. Pittsburg is a good hockey team, they don’t need this help. They can compete with any team in the league, and win without power play advantage. If they will do so, I will applaud them myself, otherwise they should be very ashamed.