They should have hired John Davidson to be the commisioner, instead of GM of the Blues. I heard him on Sirius a few weeks ago, he succinctly explained the problem with the way referees were dealing with the new rules, for the most part slowing down the game. He used the analogy of cops pulling over speeders going 70 in a 50 zone, which was the way officials used to referee games, today it's like cops pulling over speeders (giving penalties to players) for going 51 in a 50 zone...aka no leniency (moreover, no common sense). The director of officiating, whose name escapes me, was a rotten referee when he was on the ice.
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