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Originally Posted by GioforPM
I don’t think it was fixed in some sort of grand conspiracy way. I do think this: The game was tied and without that goal both teams had a chance to win. With it, Calgary was assured win and Edmonton a loss barring a last minute goal. The officials IMO decided that it was safer to deprive Calgary of a sure win and throw it up in the air again. Betcha they were hoping for a cleaner Calgary goal. That’s some game management.
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Personally I believe if it was the other way around and the game was in Edmonton and the Oilers scored the goal they would have called it a goal. Not because the NHL is anti-Flames and more that the McDavid vs MacKinnon matchup is the playoff matchup the league and it's TV partners have wanted for a while now. You can see all the promotion about this series already and there's no way it would be promoted the same if the Flames were the opponent as there wouldn't be Gaudreau vs MacKinnon promotions. This matchup is better for the NHL unfortunately for Flames fans.
I'm kind of over this really as I didn't see anything in game 5 that indicated the Flames were reverting to their successful style of play they would have needed to do to win three consecutive games. I'm more upset how bad the team was than the call as this was a horribly played series by the Flames. Worst I can remember.