Gabriel Landeskog goes off on NHL officiating
The Colorado Avalanche lost last night to the Carolina Hurricanes 2-0 and despite their best attempts the Avalanche felt as if as much as the Hurricanes beat them they were also defeated by the referees as well.
During post game interviews, Avalanche Captain, Gabriel Landeskog gave the following comments:
I guess I hurt his feelings. In 11 years I've never sat and talked about referees in a press conference ever. I think Wes (McCauley) and TJ Luxmore (did) a great job tonight for 50-some minutes of the game. They called a high stick on (Kadri) on Niederreiter, which might have been a high stick but Niederreiter falls (easily). We're arguing it's a flop. They say it's still a high stick. Fair enough.
With 5:50 left on the clock, Niederreiter is hooking Naz up the boards. The puck turns over, we go the other way, they score. We're arguing that it's a hook. They're saying Naz is flopping, we're arguing it's still a hook, just like they're arguing before. It's unfortunate because that's a playoff game tonight. It's very unfortunate that it comes down to that Whether a guy has been suspended numerous times or not, is he going to be carrying around that heavy baggage forever?
I'm not saying TJ and Wes didn't call it for that reason, but Naz is a guy that's competitive. Whether he sold that call or not, you can look at the video and the stick is in his waist and that's why he loses the puck. I think it's unfortunate. Sometimes it's time for players to step up and speak their truth. I'm the one looking like an idiot for getting thrown out of the game even though I'm just being honest. I guess TJ didn't like that I said he had a tough night.
With 5:50 left on the clock, Niederreiter is hooking Naz up the boards. The puck turns over, we go the other way, they score. We're arguing that it's a hook. They're saying Naz is flopping, we're arguing it's still a hook, just like they're arguing before. It's unfortunate because that's a playoff game tonight. It's very unfortunate that it comes down to that Whether a guy has been suspended numerous times or not, is he going to be carrying around that heavy baggage forever?
I'm not saying TJ and Wes didn't call it for that reason, but Naz is a guy that's competitive. Whether he sold that call or not, you can look at the video and the stick is in his waist and that's why he loses the puck. I think it's unfortunate. Sometimes it's time for players to step up and speak their truth. I'm the one looking like an idiot for getting thrown out of the game even though I'm just being honest. I guess TJ didn't like that I said he had a tough night.
Over the last 2 nights we've seen some atrocious officiating in the Oilers/Caps, Leafs/Coyotes and now Avs/Canes, the NHL clearly has an officiating problem and they need to find a solution.
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