Flames fans need to stop behaving like Canuck fans with this victim complex stuff.
Since Wideman's hit, we have been shorthanded 42 times in 11 games, and had 39 powerplays. That is right in line with October, when we were shorthanded 39 times and had 34 powerplays in 12 games. Common thread: the Flames have played like ass in both months. We had very positive PP:PK ratios in November, December and January because we were playing well. But the penalties were creeping in at the end of January - before Wideman's hit - because we started to play poorly.
As it is, most of the damage post-Wideman hit in terms of penalties was the two games officiated by Eric Furlatt's ego. 10 PPs and 16PKs. In the remaining nine games, we've had 29 power plays and 26 penalty kills. That is 2.88 PKs per game, which is right in line with our overall 2.66 for the season.
Simply put, we're not being victimized. We're just playing at a level barely above the Oilers.
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