Whelp. That certainly was a fine example of why both of these teams are where they are in the standings.
Edmonton, frankly, only won because of the officials. That was the difference for them.
But the officials are not why Calgary lost. The Flames lost because they played down to Edmonton's level, and the Oilers are better in the gutter than we are. That was an object lesson in why you need to generate your own emotion rather than use the calibre of your opponent to create it for you.
Stempniak and Cammalleri especially were god awful. Cammy was working hard, but he was working stupid. Stemper had more turnovers tonight alone than Butler has in his entire NHL career. Gotta credit Ryan Smyth though. He drove the bus on those garbage goals. As far as Yakupov goes, even if he is only 80 games in, the guy is looking like he will battle Patrick Stefan for the title of worst #1 overall pick in the last 20 years.
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