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Originally Posted by Gh0stRider
@DarrenDreger Tortorella fined $30,000 for his WC postgame rant on officiating.
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Originally Posted by shawn79
its fucking true! thats why!
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that brings an interesting question...the integrity of the league. I didnt watch the final moments of the winter classic, but from the sounds of it there were a bunch of non calls and of course the penatly shot in favor of Philly.
Would it have made this television spectacle that much more entertaining? Of course it would
nothing is black and white really, and money obviously has a large say in any business. Referees work for the NHL. Lets say Gary Bettman (count chocula) holds your child hostage and threatens to kill him/her with an overdose of chocolate if you dont comply with his demands and call a phantom hook.
Or the whole fiasco with the puck missing during the SCF between Philly and Chicago
Vancouver getting way less penalties called during last years series vs Chicago
The Leagues way of silencing their critics is through fines. Torts got 30k.
Remember Burrows vs Auger? He got fined too when he openly brought this issue up
It's similar to a communist state not letting you voice your opinion.
Their reason is they dont want the integrity of the league to come in question with the general public.
Maybe they could have a formal way of making complaints? But of course the league will just brush them off.
Their basically damned if they do and damned if they dont