When a playoff game ERUPTS INTO CHAOS 

What is the worst call you have ever seen?

They handed out the new rule books written in braille so the refs can finally read it

The goalie interference calls have been mind boggling this playoff season. I don't think any one has a real clue as to how the refs are going to call them one way or the other. It seems like they just flip a coin and it is either confirmed or not.

Man. It really pains me to say this... but as a canucks fan since the early 90s that experienced the 2011 playoff miracle run, and as a result had a long burning hatred for the bruins and marchand... That was some bullshit and the bruins got fucked hard here. These officials at EVERY level (refs, video judges, Bettman, DoPS) need to be held accountable. This is a SPORT. That has RULES that people are paid to ENFORCE. At least TRY to make your fans think things aren't biased and rigged. Starting to look like the damn WWE with refs missing super obvious infractions and guys diving from the softest shit and drawing a penalty for it. It's becoming way too much

Trouba just won a leadership award... lol

That Sam Bennett goal is nuts like how is that not interference

I can never get over the dancing scrum between Boston and Florida lmao

I'm a Ranger's fan. If Truba had connected on that hit it would have been the trifecta of suspendable offenses. Elbow to the head. Leaving his feet. Intent to injure. I seriously doubt he would have played another playoff game this season, no matter how far they go.

"Worst case Ontario" - Thank you for slapping us with my favorite Rickyism

The worst call I have ever seen was the 2017 Stanley Cup Finals Game 6 between the Penguins and Predators. After a shot on net by the preds, the ref blew the whistle because he thought Matt Murray had the puck but the puck was sitting in the crease. A Preds player banged the puck in and the refs waved off the goal because he had blown his whistle. As the pens fan I could not believe that they disallowed that goal

Would it not make sense to keep the officiating the same through the regular season and playoffs? Then you should know what will and won't be called.

The last 3 games at Boston have been decided by refs. First was the goalie interference on Boston when he literally was held over the shoulder by the D. next was the bennet cross check without goalie interference . Last night was the not goalie interference cause it was Florida’s player who actually lifted bobs stick. It’s a disaster

The worst call I’ve ever seen is one I remember vividly from the 1st playoff series between Tampa and Florida. The refs had been atrocious all series, but one call took the cake. Bolts player gets clipped and goes down, everyone knows a Bolts PP is coming, even the Panthers player goes and sits down in the box. Then out of nowhere, and without explanation, the ref makes the Panther leave the box and puts the guy he ran over in instead. Most bewildering thing I’ve ever seen

Sorry Rob, this dude spamming is the reason oilers fans get the bad rep, we’re not all that bad.

this may be the only unbiased canucks fan on youtube. would say you just gained a sub but i’ve been subbed for a while already

Love you! Hate the Betting Ad!

Not only was the elbow super dangerous, but that skate was dangerously close to Necas' jugular

And Trouba wins the Mark Messier Award haha

The non-call on McDavid for high-sticking/sword-fighting Hughes was pretty amusing.

If they called crosschecking by the book, Most of the game would be played 3 on 3.

Thank you for putting clips of 2013-2014 habs the memories are amazing

I love how many times you put this Brazeau Kulikov thing. It's the one positive from this series so far.

I was fully expecting to see a full-on Vancouver homer video. I was pleasantly surprised to see an unbiased take on the subject. Good job, Rob. Love your videos.

I haven't seen anything like the Jacob Trouba's go flying since Bobby Orr.😊

Those Habs Sens series were so good, you never could really predict how the series would go from year to year

Loving the inflection on. W W E. sounds like a true fan

Quinn Hughes trying to bite Mcdavids stick was pretty bad

This FLA team reminds me so much of the early 2010’s MTL teams. There’s like a weird balance between diving and toughness that is so frustrating to play against

The bennett miss cal on goalie interference could be my pick for worst missed call this year, but going back a couple years when Montreal faced Las Vegas in the semifinals, Corey Perry took a stick to the face and was bleeding all over, no call, Nick Suzuki straight up getting punched in the face right in front of the refs and there was no call, that was most frustrating game I ever watched

Worst non call was game 6 bruins/blues finals where the blues player blatantly slew foots the bruins player in front of the ref. The bruins player is air born and lands on his back. Mostly both teams stopped playing bc they thought it was for sure a penalty. It wasn’t and because they stopped playing the blues player scores and made it 2-0. They tie the series at 3-3 and win the cup.

The other guy in the Tod Bertuzzi incident has his career completely ended as well.

First period, about 9 : 20 minutes in, Panthers and Bruins game 5. Bruins have the puck in the Panthers zone, and are sustaining pressure. McAvoy takes a shot from the Blue Line, Bobrovsky overplayed the puck and was WAY out of his crease, thinking he had it in his shirt/shoulder padding. But the puck was loose, and ended back to the Bruins. The Ref blew the play dead. Why? The puck wasn't frozen, and it had been clearly out by the dot where Lindholm was chasing it down. Bobrovsky didn't fall over in pain. Bobrovsky didn't lose his mask, or glove/blocker, etc. So why was the play blown dead? Why did the ref just skate over and check with Bobrovsky like he was hurt or something? Is this something that normally happens? A ref thinks a defending player in hurt, and blows the play dead while the other team has pressure in the offensive zone? Make it make sense.

0:14 what the hell was that? 😂

It’s always been like this and that’s why the league is a joke. Mario Lemieux called it a bush league and he was right.

I was there for that 236 PIM game in Ottawa.. that game was probably the loudest that arena has ever been

The embellishment calls have been the worst calls this postseason.

Whenever i think of bad calls the first thing that comes to mind is the Noel Acciari trip in 2019 finals

I was at that Ottawa-Montreal game in 2013. It was BEDLUM, best game i've seen

Don't think I didn't recognize that slight trailer park boy reference Mr Lahey

10:19 Price putting his glove up like yo chill PK it’s good

also wasnt it during this 2013 playoff then Gryba gave a nasty head hit to Ellers ? and a 5 vs 5 line brawl

The play by play guy on that trouba missed hit... "going right through him," "oh hes going too..." just stops mid sentence when he notices the elbow like hes at a loss for words.

Bro, imma remember that goalie interference no call forever. But has anyone else noticed that the Panthers play a soccer team, embellishing everything x10, especially Bob!

Thank you Sam Bennett. You the man!

I remember Perron trying to decapitate Kadri with a flying elbow, after Kadri scored on the St. Louis Blose in the 2022 play offs. Since the "attempt to injure" thing wasn't invoked then, it will never be.

Worst non call I have seen easily that Bennett goalie interference and a cross check at the same time not being called.

The RU-vidr ToughCall did a few videos on the Bennett goal no goal. It seems the NHL may have accidentally gotten the call correct by saying it’s a good goal. They pointed out that the rule book has a rule about goalie interference when it is a “rebound oprritunity”. I forget the exact wording but basically it says if the goal is scored off a rebound then there basically can’t be goalie interference. I can’t stand the nhl rule book and the leagues refusal to edit it.

Mate, we have VAR in football and the calls are still s*it. Video refs don't solve anything, there's still plenty of grey area and interpretation. I'd suggest taking it for what it is, moaning about bad ref calls is part of the game. I don't mind bad calls, but I want safe calls. A player throwing elbows out like that is totally not acceptable. Neither is a high stick drawing blood. The soft cross check penalty on the oilers is harsh.

The irony is how Rangers fans have been chanting Potvin's name for 5 years over a clean hit yet Trouba literally knocked Sid out of the postseason and cost the Pens a series they lead 3-1 and up 2-0 in that game 5. Trouba is a dirtbag.

as an oilers fan im well aware you're allowed to interfere with a goalie in the playoffs, even if you're actively holding the goalies pad.

Notice how all the highlights of Kane getting benched by Zadarov were cut short right before he tries to slice Nikita’s throat with his skate?

I've seen harder cross checks than that go uncalled, like that one time a forward cross checked a defender six times. SIX. TIMES. And was credited with a goal but the refs call Nurse for cross checking on a play like that? Like I hear people say "yes, it's a penalty. But how can you justify calling that when you let this similar play that should have also been called a penalty go?"

While that elbow didn't connect, his foot did connect with his head when he fell back to earth. So he got away with attempting a dirty hit and it being an accident instead

Cross checks in the back are different that cross checks to the butt.

Nice vid

The worst call I've ever seen was probably the Makar's "on-side" goal vs the Oilers 2 yrs ago. Hot take, I know. Let me explain: The offside rule has always been consistently interpreted such that control of the puck mattered, not contact with it. This is because it's not feasible for a linesman to base their decision on contact at live game speed. Thus, the offside rule is now applied differently at game speed than in video reviews, which makes consistency categorically impossible. Additionally, the sudden mid-game decision to change the applied interpretation of the rule such that having control no longer falls within the scope/definition of "attempting to gain control" set the precedent that refs can randomly change the interpretation any rule whenever they please, despite the existance an established and accepted interpretation. Basically, they can now make up rules in the middle of a game and that's fine as long as someone texts Elliott Friedman explaining exactly how to twist the words to fit the new narrative. Lastly, it wasn't another missed call or inevitable mistake that happens at game speed. Those are easier to forgive. This was a calculated decision made upon video review. They took the time to watch the slow mo and talk it over before throwing away decades of established precedent.

This right here…. This right here… is the 50k views opening line! This right here!

When does coaching factor in? Especially for a player with a history. Does someone have to be karate kicked with a skate blade and bleed out before a change is made?

Pettersson charging while stationary. Seen oilers fans say the rules say if you jump into the player. But key word is "Into" can't jump into a wall while stationary jumping

2:23 Trouba is such a clown and the fact he's still allowed to play in the league and is even a captain speaks volumes to how the nhl treats its big market teams. Absolutely ridiculous.

Hockey refs in general have lost control AHL playoffs going crazy too

SUGGESTION: enable coach’s challenges at all points of the game. At any stoppage, the coach can challenge any play he feels should/should not have been called

Tom Wilson period

If Trouba had landed that Misawa Elbow on Necas, Necas would have died.

I haven’t met an oilers fan that was both happy that Soucy got suspended, but also pissed that he got suspended for something so weak.

the petterson hit

6:32 bros says here’s the absurd part and ad started playing

this absolutely nails it

to me the worst call so far was the sam bennett goal. bring a red is hard, playoff hockey is fast and sometimes you miss things, but when it gets sent to toronto and they still get it wrong!? and boston gets a penalty for the missed challenge!? that's a joke

How about when they just blew the play dead because Bobby left the crease in game 5?

IMO, the Jamie Benn Goalie interference call was total dogwater. Both TNT and the Refs have made it abundantly clear that they want the Avs to win the series

Top rope Trouba 😂😂😂

Lol'd at the ballroom dancing. That's the only type of dancing I like

I thought the Marchand hit was a reverse check, Marchand was going directly toward the puck carrier, Bennet saw him coming and braced for the hit, just so happens it led to a reverse hit. Also, the rules talk about protecting players, not rats

Playoffs - too many penalties are called as it is.

You didn't even include some notable misses, there were quite a few in the Colorado/Stars series, the highstick on Hyman that was missed or the Vancouver player throwing the puck out of the zone.

0:40 was an injury causing hit 💀

They need to have video refs to call penalties on the ice at each zone of the ice. They have the tech for it. The reffing needs to be consistent.

IMO, the goaltender interreference rule needs to be re written to make it clear what is and isnt goalie interference because under they way its currently written noone actually knows what goaltender interference is

i feel like a way to fix the officiating is by having everything be able to be challenged. the onpy reason why the bennet goal stood was because the refs couldnt call a penalty off the review. if teams are able to challenge offside, why not habe them challenge soft penalties that may alter a game or missed calls that have a direct afect to the game

The one where the player was cross checked into the goalie and was reviewed and not deemed goalie interference. That play in the bruins panthers game makes my brain hurt it’s so bad. If that’s not goalie interference then wtf is!?!?!

Officials are above the law.

You whiffed on the fact that Trouba's skate connected horribly with the back of NECA'S head. Trouba is a goon

The crosscheck suspensions were too short and not enough players got suspended.

Non call…Adam Foote getting his face smacked into the boards from behind by Redwings. Face was cut and no call. 95-96 timeframe I believe

why the intro longer than the actual video 😭

Ok now the NHL is not even trying to hide on how scripted this has become. Boston panthers last night had the score board 1 to 0 for Boston before puck drops. Boston made first goal. Ok one time is luck but the calls like this right in front of the ref's face and they say that they did not see anything? Come on.

I don't know if you're just Stirring the Pot, BUT....... this years Playoffs are Not Even Close to having the MOST FIGHTS of ANY Playoff Series.

The officiating is just so bad. I wanna watch hockey god fucking damnit.

The worst call I've ever seen so far in my life was when Chara punched Gardiner in the face and somehow Gardiner got a penalty for that

Game changing calls should be reviewed. That doesn't mean everything will be perfect but it would help. The Oilers would have felt the difference if McDAvid had received a game misconduct and deserved at least a game suspension.

great look brother

It's been bad the past 2 seasons. It's just highlighted because it's the playoffs. The wings have gotten a huge portion of it this season.

If the NFL can do it and help "push" certain teams deeper into the playoffs, why can't the NHL?

All JT Miller does is cross check people and never gets called

Poor Hoggy is going to wear a cup from now on 😬

In my opinion an elbow to the body ain’t shit when they allow players to crouch down and block shots💀

I agree, the refing has been atrocious during the playoff.

The rules have to be changed so there is no more confusion

Nurse crosscheck must be called a penalty even in game 7 OT