The relative paucity of ticky-tack calling in recent games did not prepare me for the “slash”-fest on Saturday evening; any time a Flyer got anywhere near a Sabre (e.g., Derek Roy) and said Sabre dropped his stick, it was called a slash. Later, when Pronger tried the same thing, turning to the ref with his hands up, he got the call, too, so at least when the Flyers made a point of behaving the same ridiculous way, the referees made the same ridiculous call.

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