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Originally Posted by Iggy599
I’ve been thinking how the officiating changed as the Oilers built the lead in the series and wondered if it would have been called differently had the Flames been the team ahead. The last 2 games they didn’t call as much. If the Oilers were down, I’m pretty confident there would have been way more calls. This is based on how I saw officiating favour the Oilers late in games or when they were behind in the regular season.
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The refs clamped down early, it made the Flames alter their style of play, the one that made them cruise to a division title, and once they were off their game the refs lightened up.
You can bet your ass had the Flames won game 5 and got a lead in game 6, the penalty parade would have been back on.
Gotta get that McD vs Mack match up for prime time.