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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 3178004, member: 1414"] Thug was the wrong word from me. That was just emotion. My frustration, and I think Cassidy nailed it, is that they are allowed to play this way when in the regular season they could not. They are a big, physical team, with some solid skill players to go with that size. I'm not even saying I don't like that style of hockey, it's what we all grew up watching. But 2018-19 hockey doesn't really look like that anymore. Both the top point teams in the west lost in the first round, as did the overall point leader Tampa. Boston nearly did. The skill teams are going down because the refs are calling the games differently. Not just Boston games or this series, all of them. Boston probably should have had 3-4 more power plays yesterday, if you called the game as it was in the regular season (and the second Blues goal wouldn't count). [/QUOTE]