Orchestra Conductor
I don’t know what Chris Lee was doing on the ice for most of Game 3 and 4. He seemed surprised to be out there himself at times. There was lots for him to do, but he just chose to ignore pretty much everything.
At the end of the second period there was a scrum going on well behind the play. Nick Suzuki was knocked to the ice by Brayden McNabb. The two continued to battle in front of Vegas goaltender Robin Lehner as the puck went all the way down the ice to the Canadiens zone.
Did Lee call a penalty? No. Did he blow his whistle? No. Did he literally, intentionally look away just after McNabb punched Suzuki in the face to make it look like he didn’t see it? Yeah, he really did.
Then, as another scrum broke out in the slot, did Lee do anything about that? No, not at all. What was he doing? Well, some awkward spinning motion with his two hands to try and get the timekeeper to run the clock down to 0:00.
Chris Lee shouldn't ref another game
— Omar (@TicTacTOmar) June 21, 2021
He's completely lost control. The players don't know what they can and can't do. pic.twitter.com/pGaJzJZWBL
Last I checked, it wasn’t the referees responsibility to worry about the time on the clock. He should be looking for penalties, and actually calling them from time to time. When several battles are going on far, far away from the puck, the referee should be focused on that and not motioning to the timekeeper who is over 100 feet away to run the clock.
Is this a game involving 5 year olds? What is he thinking?
Well, I think he was practicing for his new job as a conductor for an orchestra. There is no way he can be worse at that than he is at reffing hockey games.