Comments on: So About Those Penalties…

By: k1ill

k1ill — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:07:00 +0000

Over 50% of the Caps’ roster is from Canada.

By: Bryant Thomas

Bryant Thomas — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:57:00 +0000

Sucks because if he didn’t get up right away they would have called him for embellishing.

By: Ian Oland

Ian Oland — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:23:00 +0000

That’s my best guess. I wish somebody had video!

By: Ian Oland

Ian Oland — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:22:00 +0000

I think a major penalty and a misconduct was probably warranted there. The smear replay on CSN was pretty damning. However, Hendy got up pretty quick and looked to be okay, so that may have been taken into account when they were figuring out what to call.

By: Ian Oland

Ian Oland — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:15:00 +0000

I just kinda figured “well, that’s just the one bad call of the night.” And then there were eight more!!

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[...] I usually don't biatch about officiating, but there were some BS calls in last nights Caps game! So About Those Penalties… [...]

By: Gordon Arsenoff

Gordon Arsenoff — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:37:00 +0000

Auger is a dirty mark on the league. The Caps are hardly the only team with a beef with him. He should have been quietly dismissed years ago. At worst, he should be confined to games between teams he dislikes both of (e.g., I’d rather face him against Vancouver, as noted below, than against the Oil).

By: Gordon Arsenoff

Gordon Arsenoff — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:32:00 +0000

I dunno. The knock on Auger as a ref is that he treats specific teams and players worse than others. One of his least favorite is supposed to be Alex Burrows of Vancouver. Perhaps the secret to getting better treatment there than in Edmonton will be… getting the same awful refs we just faced?

By: Mark B

Mark B — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:51:00 +0000

Up until last night, I’d thought that maybe, *maybe* for once the officiating staff, as a whole, had finally gotten the message that they’re supposed to be neutral. May as well have just handed the refs sticks and asked them to join in on the next rush if I were Edmonton. I’m disgusted that the NHL Officiating staff allows this BS to happen.

By: Robert Thompson

Robert Thompson — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:48:00 +0000

I wish refs were held to the same conduct standard as players and coaches.