Coach John Tortorella said after Monday's practice at the St. Pete Times Forum that he wants all the talk about referees to stop. That includes himself.

It's been a tough few days between the team and the on-ice officials. Torts was fined $10,000 last week for disparaging remarks about the refs after a 4-3 overtime loss to the Thrashers. Players have asked for the standard on penalties to be more consistently applied, and players questioned calls during an 0-3-1 streak.

Torts said he doesn't want to hear it anymore.

"I do not want to hear any more from organizational, players, coaches, trainers, anybody about officials,'' he said. "That isn't what this is about. That's not how you win hockey games. We need to stop that.''

The message seemed to sink in as a couple players begged off when asked about officiating.

More in tomorrow's paper.

Just to clear up one thing about video reviews: The only thing the people in Toronto are reviewing is whether the puck went across the line and time on the clock. Other than that, it's the ref's call. So, as I was told, they never ruled on whether the Rangers' Brendan Shanahan covered the puck in the crease. That is not in the mandate. Nor do they rule on whether someone dislodges a net on purpose. It's all called on the ice.