This quote is great:
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"Last night it was unanimous amongst the four of us, the puck was pushed over the line in intentional fashion," explained Mike Murphy, the NHL’s senior vice-president of hockey operations.
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All four men in the war room immediately started looking at replays, conscious not to share their initial thoughts aloud.
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I love how their quotes basically reveal the system to be 4 dudes in a room yelling at monitors.
'Oh, we were careful not to bias each other by not telling each other what we thought'... uh huh.
Also, I have a strong pet peeve about people using controversial calls to stroke their chins and come out with their garbage reasoning about why that's not the reason team x lost.
Case in point:
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While everyone, including Treliving, agrees the call isn’t what cost the Flames the series
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Well, you don't know that. In the case of the Flames, what you
do know is that replay wasn't why they lost 3 out of the first 4 games. But it's sure a big factor why they lost the 5th game. And it's sure a big factor why they weren't even allowed to compete in game 6 and possibly game 7 to win the series.
The Oilers were allowed to turn their play around between games 1 and 2 so that they could win 3 in a row. But the Flames were snuffed of their chance to turn their play around between games 4 and 5 and compete for the series win.