I was thinking the same thing before the weekend started. I only got to listen to last half of Friday & Saturday, but Tim said Janueteanunene so often I thought he must be lighting it up...
i don't really see calling both as illogical, the penalty happened, call it. the dramatic side show happened, call it... to be clear in cases where there is no original penalty then embellishment would be stand alone. Has that ever happened? a stand alone embellishment call...
With Pogo & Gardner on "heavy line", will Olson be a good addition, or maybe Smith, assuming the energy line of Simo, Smith, Reiger (SSR?) loses it's mojo?
Cole Smith has become my favorite player. Last night I observed him basically run into an opponent, normally would have just been 2 players skating away from an incidental contact (puck was near, but neither seemed to be checking the other). But Cole just extended his arms and put the other guy on his butt. He is just that strong. Unfortunately he will likely be in the same boat as Joe Finley. Joe got a lot of elbowing penalties because anyone that bent a knee had their head at his elbow level. Cole will likely draw a few penalties for being a brick sheethouse that pushes back.
Is there any sort of formal review of on ice officials? .. cause it seems like a good ol' boys club to me. I assume the officials are paid, is it a lucrative job, is there a shortage of officials. How can the league up their game? Who puts heat on the head of officials? or does the league love all the controversy, referring to old adage that their is no such thing as bad publicity?