Officials are not perfect people.
We know this, but as fans we seldom expect perfection. At the bare minimum, the expectation is that they are decent at their jobs. When they fail to do so, people get upset.
None more so than players and coaches on the receiving end of poor officiating. Enter Toronto Maple Leafs forward Michael Bunting on Wednesday night.
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Officials Kevin Pollock and Francis Charron missed this call, and Bunting was absolutely livid. He made sure that both referees saw the end result when Bunting was leaking from his face afterwards.
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Maple Leafs' Bunting Freaks Out on the Bench after Missed Call
The NHL officiating this season has been:
Fine
70
18.6 %
Poor
129
34.2 %
Abysmal
78
20.7 %
Worse than ever
100
26.5 %
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