Fuck that Leafs/Bolts game was awesome. Watch the highlight package boys. Both Campbell and Vasilevsky were lights out. Nice to get the win, even though they were crap in the 1st..
Sergechev will get at least 1 game, but he ought to get 2-3. The puck was gone, it was clear head-first contact, it was not a fast moving play (ie COMPLETELY avoidable), and there was clear upward movement of his shoulder at impact. That was Dreger’s analysis, so it’s not just me being a homer.
And, as predicted, Sergechev gets 2 games. Seems about right.
It's funny reading the different beat writers and the bias (I don't say that disparagingly, just factually). I clicked on an NHL.com article about the Bolts/Leafs game last night from the Tampa perspective - and while they gave a good amount of credit to Campbell, the narrative was entirely that the Bolts beat themselves. True enough, maybe they could've and should've put the Leafs away and not 'let' them hang around to get the tie and then win ... but the Leafs were ultimately the better team (just slightly). They held on in the first while they were playing like crap, dominated in the 2nd, and then were just enough better in the 3rd to get the tie, and then the win.
Just thought it was funny how opposite the media narrative was from each cities perspective