Or "18 Year Old Sam Bennett"?
Here's how it works. The guy is calling a series with two Canadian teams, so he has to hype up players on both rosters and seem excited for both.
When one team is playing better, the commentary favours that team. That stands to reason. However, when that team is not YOUR team, and you're already annoyed because your team is trailing, you feel especially hard done by on the commentary front.
The Canucks outplayed the Flames in game 1 except for a portion of the second period and the last part of the third, and were leading until late in the third. They were the better team during 90% of game 2. Hence, those games were Canuck friendly in terms of the play calling, and the home crowd factor probably played into it as well.
The Flames dominated 90% of game 3, and consequently the call was similarly favourable to the home side again (with, again, home crowd probably playing a role), leading to Canucks fans complaining about the commentators.
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