Blind as a Ref

I watched the Senators game against the LA Kings late last night; the refs did not. This isn’t sour grapes or the result of staying up until 1am only to have to report a loss; there’s more than enough evidence in the game footage to show that blind, deaf and ref rhyme for a reason. A day after a non-call on Karlsson in the Anaheim game resulted in a claim from an official that Karlsson is known as a ‘diver’, with a justifiably irate Paul Maclean saying that his players should be shown some respect, the refs did just the opposite in LA. The Sens lost 4-1 to LA in a game that had auspicious beginnings with Jason Spezza taking a puck to the face in warmup. After some bizarre warm up related injuries this season including the latest from Taylor Hall in Edmonton, it’s easy to see why safety is at the forefront of all hockey issues this year or one would have to conclude that the hockey gods are mad at us. The Craig Anderson and Johnathon Quick goaltender mat...