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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I don't know how many times I said it this season but I always knew if the Flames faced the Oilers in the playoffs they were going to have to overcome a team and the officiating to win. Unfortunately a key Flames goal was close enough that the NHL could intervene and alter the outcome of an elimination game.
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Yep.
I said it before the series when it looked like it might happen, the only things that scared me about an oilers series were McDavid and the refs.
I shut game 1 off when it was 3-1 Flames, because despite the Flames jumping out to the early 3-0 lead you could see the tide start to turn right away. McDavid buzzing around literally every second shift, then he scores to make it 3-1. Then two shifts later he's buzzing around again and the Flames Dman gives him a bump, he falls to the ice and immediately the refs arm goes up.
That was it for me. I couldn't watch that garbage anymore. Lasted about 5 minutes.