Evidence shows how Leafs’ Michael Bunting is being unfairly officiated!

After Toronto Maple Leafs forward Michael Bunting was called for embellishment and got a 10-minute misconduct in Sunday’s game against the Detroit Red Wings, head coach Sheldon Keefe revealed how general manager Kyle Dubas was going to call the league and deal with it.

Darren Dreger reported on last night’s Insider Trading on TSN that there will indeed be a discussion about it at the league’s meeting with head coaches and general managers prior to the start of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

In the meantime, Jonas Siegel of the Athletic has put together a full article on evidence that shows how Bunting is being treated unfairly by officials.

Siegel targeted different incidents in which Bunting was being mistreated. The reporter started off with the same example Dreger offered when commenting on the situation:

“An example of that is a game against Evander Kane and the Edmonton Oilers. Kane is all over Bunting, Bunting gets mauled by Kane, and both of these players end up in the penalty box. I’m sure Bunting is thinking “look I don’t know what I did there.”

In a second example, Siegel recalls how Bunting received two minutes for unsportsmanlike conduct while Columbus Blue Jackets’ Mathieu Olivier got nothing and then later in the same game with Boone Jenner on this sequence:

Siegel only used different incidents from past weeks, but Bunting knows it’s been happening for a while. But that won’t stop him from keeping his playing style.

“Obviously I play on that edge and in that role that draws a little bit more attention to myself,” he said to Siegel. “And I know that and I’m OK with that. I’ve played that (way) my whole life. I played that (way) in every level, even in the American League. I don’t plan on changing because it got me here (to the NHL ). I just gotta keep playing, keep being focused on playing my game and not worrying about anything else.”

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