Michael Bunting is being treated unfairly by officials, former NHL ref confirms

Michael Bunting has built a reputation around the NHL for being one to draw calls, sometimes by embellishing a tad (okay, more than a tad), but over the past season, specifically the last few months, the NHL officials have certainly made it a point not to call obvious penalties against him.

This was all but confirmed by a former NHL referee, but he says Bunting is the person that needs to repair the relationship, take a look:

There are a couple of things here: 1) another former NHL ref has admitted to having a vendetta against a player of a team, only this one didn't get fired for it and 2) players embellish all the time. If it's a penalty, call it. If it's not, don't.

Don't not call the game properly because a player hurt your feelings, that sounds like a scorned ex. Do you job, call the game. Are you always going to be right? No, but if you at least try, the on ice product would be better

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