BUFFALO, NY - FEBRUARY 11: NHL referee Wes McCauley #4 during the first period of a game between the Buffalo Sabres and the Detroit Red Wings at KeyBank Center on February 11, 2020 in Buffalo, New York. (Photo by Timothy T Ludwig/Getty Images)
The Toronto Maple Leafs desperately need the NHL to stop making even-up penalty calls.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have a great roster that is built on skill, and it makes sense that a skilled team should draw more penalties, and get more power-play opportunities, but in the NHL this never happens.
In the NHL there is a tendency towards even-up calls.