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CaptainCrunch · 05-30-2022, 05:09 PM

I'm not one to subscribe to conspiracies and league fixes. But I keep coming back to a few things.

The Flames came out very physically in game one. In game two the refs gave the Oilers 6 power plays to the Flames 2. After that the Flames physical play went away because they didn't know what a penalty was. Meanwhile right in front of an official JP takes a Flame in the slot, in the last game there was a clear high stick and a butt end, as well Edmonton was picking and interfering all over the ice.

then the topper was the non goal, which clearly based on past goals should have been ok. But not only that but the on ice officials called it a good goal, Edmonton didn't challenge it. Then the league spends about 8 minutes directly looking for a reason to disallow or come up with a cover story for why they would disallow it.

I don't know if the Flames would have won this series, it seems unlikely, Edmonton or more so their top players carried the corpse. But the fact is it felt like the league wants the McDavid storyline going forward and helped the Oilers a lot.

05-30-2022, 05:09 PM	#352
CaptainCrunch Norm! Join Date: Jun 2002 Exp:	I'm not one to subscribe to conspiracies and league fixes. But I keep coming back to a few things. The Flames came out very physically in game one. In game two the refs gave the Oilers 6 power plays to the Flames 2. After that the Flames physical play went away because they didn't know what a penalty was. Meanwhile right in front of an official JP takes a Flame in the slot, in the last game there was a clear high stick and a butt end, as well Edmonton was picking and interfering all over the ice. then the topper was the non goal, which clearly based on past goals should have been ok. But not only that but the on ice officials called it a good goal, Edmonton didn't challenge it. Then the league spends about 8 minutes directly looking for a reason to disallow or come up with a cover story for why they would disallow it. I don't know if the Flames would have won this series, it seems unlikely, Edmonton or more so their top players carried the corpse. But the fact is it felt like the league wants the McDavid storyline going forward and helped the Oilers a lot. __________________ My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!