I find the whole saga pretty fascinating. Kassian had the puck and isn't very bright so it was easy pickings. Matt knew he could lay him out and eventually Kassian would snap. Which he did. And led to the Flames GWG. Kassian got played, badly.
Of course Oiler fans are going to be upset. We would be too if MT was an Oiler doing the same thing. Legal, but big hits by a guy who gets under your skin easily. I would not be a fan if he played on another team.
If he was an Oiler, Oil Stain would be fine with the hits and we Flames fans would be upset.
If he was a Canuck, Barca would be fine with the hits and we Flames fans would be upset.
It's just the way it is. He's on our team. He's our guy. We're going to stick up for him, especially if the hits were legal (which they were). For other fans Chucky is the agitating SOB who runs around creating havoc and won't drop the gloves every time they want him to (which he shouldn't). And I really don't think it helps at all that our rivals are probably still a bit sour that their teams passed on an All Star like Tkachuk to draft two duds. It's salt in the wound.
I can see the Oiler fans getting fired up about the game, but what's really sad is seeing so many Edmonton 'journalists' really putting the fanboy pants on and trying to find anything on social media to help prove their angle that MT was some sort of evil villain for dishing out big, clean hits. It was/is really pathetic to see. I'm actually embarrassed for some of those guys.
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