If the Leafs want to beat Tampa Bay to win the series, they will do it by scoring more goals
One of the officials, Kyle Rehman, was staring at the play from a dozen feet away. Giordano was facing the boards. Maroon was looking at thenumbers and went straight through his target. Giordano collapsed in a heap. Rehman didn’t lift his arm. It was the trailing official who called a minor penalty.
The officiating is what it’s always been at this time of year – as good as you’d expect when you’re looking at the game happening in real time at ice level, with everyone going 1.5-times postseason speed. Which is to say, hit and miss. Literally. The key thing is that some official caught it. Was it roughing – the penalty that was called? No. But the joy is in the arguing.Everyone’s so terrified of changing the narrative that nobody wants to discuss what’s going right or wrong. They’d prefer to speak in ‘gave it all we got’ clichés that reduce conversation to the buzz of overhead lighting.
If the Leafs really think that, maybe they should get some motivational mileage out of it. You don’t like the officiating? Say it out loud. You’re worried about fines? Go tell it to the mountain, pal. These guys make an average yearly wage every night. They can afford one less Honda.Instead, here’s Keefe on Friday: “I don’t know. I mean, any time there’s hits in the numbers, you’re concerned with it. There’s been a few of those, especially from that player in particular in this series.
“Let’s be honest – this game’s so damn fun. You got two teams going at it. There’s so many storylines. There’s stars here,” Cooper said after Thursday’s win. “Seriously. Wouldn’t you guys have been pissed off if this ended tonight?”While Cooper’s having fun, Keefe was telling reporters, “It’s a mindset day. Making sure we’re in the right frame of mind.”
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