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Originally Posted by Infinit47
What's tough is it's very hard to not feel the ref's are screwing the Flames this year. The two incredibly soft penalties called in OT earlier in the year, this weak call with under three minutes left.
The Oilers game where the Flames were dominating the Oilers and somehiow the Oilers had a 3-1 pp advantage.
Flames are 5th place in 5v5 XGF% and the second most penalized team in the NHL. Currently have a -20 powerplay differential.
It's hard to ignore all of these things put together. Something is wrong.
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agreed
not going to cry about it incessantly, but also not going to look the other way and pretend to chalk it up to hrudey's lame excuse of "sometimes they see it, sometimes they dont"
a team that's 5th in 5v5 xgf% should not have a -20 penalty differential
it goes against the logic of what usually constitutes a penalized play - chasing the play
the Flames are chased much more than they chase
while the flames themselves can at times lack discipline, the easy conclusion to draw from this is infractions committed by other teams are not getting called nearly enough