This is from a couple days ago, but I think it’s still relevant for discussion… I asked Terry Murray about those late-game penalties against Montreal (Calder) and Ottawa (Johnson) that were big topics of discussion for a few days…
MURRAY: “That’s just the way it’s called in the game today. (Against Ottawa) the puck is dumped in on Jack. He makes a turn and seemed to get in the path of the forward. That’s such a subjective call, but that’s the letter of the law in the late part of the game. With Calder, I dont think he cross-checked the defenseman but he ran into him from behind. That’s the kind of thing you have to be careful of. Everything is being watched with greater scrutiny. Those are the things we have to take out of those games. It’s about the growth process. We’re learning about playing with structure, and we have to make sure we’re always learning something. I was really proud of our penalty killing in Ottawa. We gave them no time to get set up, with our pressure.”