Episode Walt Poddubny (422):First Round Update: Bruins and Canes in Control. Are Refs Bad or are Our Expectations Too High?

First round in full swing and the Bruins and Canes are living up to expectations. The rest of the series are 2-1 and there is a bit of everything going on. Every fanbase seems mad at the refs, are they that bad or are expectations ridiculous?    Listen Here:  iTunes  Google Play  Stitcher  Direct MP3   iHeart Radio Episode 422 Banter Title Player Walt Poddubny - conncect to Jon Tavares Walt Poddubny - 89-90 Devils Brendan Shanahan -> President of Leafs Tavares News Lots of injuries, targeting of key players - Pavelski, Ekblad, Cernak, Hedman, Krejci, Bergeron, Teravainen -  Wes McAuley - is conflict of interest with Keefe an issue?  Don Cherry was right - no one is watching to see linesmen - drop the puck! Officials are like traffic cops Guess the 5th Playoffs Series East Leafs 2 / Lightning 1 Huge OT win - O’Reilly goal late Game got nasty Vasilevskiy Given up 14 on 31+37+27 = 95 shots 85.2% Bunting suspended 3 games Tavares with hat trick in game 2 Hedman / Cernak out Marner getting all the love Matthews - not a huge factor so far How did they call that Corey Perry goal in? In review referee says review showed it completely crossed the line - what? https://youtu.be/wcBghqg4s5s Bruins 3 / Panthers 1 Bergeron / Krejci out but Bruins prevail Hurricanes 3 / Islanders 1 High stick non-call in Carolina game - Mike Rupp breakdown on Twitter Islanders 4 goals in 2:18 in game 2 Devils 1 / Rangers 2  2 5-1 games Devils dress rookie goalie Schmid and win game 3 West Oilers 1  Kings 2  Some very dodgy penalties OT winner - review inconclusive - tough one Kings playing rope a dope  Yamo passenger Diving by Kings Woodcroft - rattled in post game Wild 2 / Stars 1  Wild alternating goalies - will they go with Gustavsson for game 4? “Wild” swings - 3-2 Wild, 7-3 Stars, 5-1 Wild.   Dumba hit on Pavelski - dirty? legal?  Avalanche 2 / Kraken 1 Kraken keep pushing back when I expect them to fold Kraken win game 1, then up 2-0 in game 2 but Avs come back  Jets 1 / Golden Knights 2 Comeback to tie 4-4 in game 3 but lose in OT Whiteout Jets big win in game 1  Is Broissoit good enough? Crazy Stat DOPeS Bunting  3 games https://www.nhl.com/news/maple-leafs-michael-bunting-suspended-3-games/c-343697644?tid=277549076