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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
Correct but you delicately try to side step the obvious question. Why did they do this?
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It's plausible to me that a bias towards the Oilers and their stars had an influence on the call. The idea of a conspiracy against the Flames is much less plausible. The reffing in the league generally is wildly inconsistent and unreliable. Maybe there's something more behind this being a terrible call, and I wouldn't be shocked by that being the case, but maybe not.
Either way, a conspiracy/bias isn't necessary to recognize that the officiating directly changed the outcome. People may debate the bias of the league and whether the call was a result of that, but nobody should debate whether or not that was a bad call that directly changed the outcome of a game and potentially the outcome of a series.