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Originally Posted by BLOCKEDCAT
This one was the absolute worst:
https://edmontonjournal.com/sports/h...flames-pundits
Cliff Notes:
1. Podcasters/Analysts/Pundits for other Pacific Division teams who believe Draisaitl's elbow should have been a suspension are biased against the Oilers.
2. Foegele was just going for the puck and didn't appear to be targeting the knee. Should have only been a 2 minute minor.
3. Ekblad's "chokehold" on Bouchard shouldn't have gone unpunished and was the reason Bouchard had a bad game after that.
Unreal. If you looked up hypocrite in the dictionary, Staples' picture would be there with it. |
My favourite part was the use of ex-players like PK Subban and others, that have literally no reason to be a pacific division suspension supporter, being somehow balanced/offset by various anonymous mouth breathers from twitter. They aren’t the same thing.
Second favourite was the headlock with tap out. It was literally caused as a consequence of Draisatl’s elbow. Headlocks happen in every scrum…was it the tap out that makes it equal to a debilitating elbow to the head? Why would it be suspension worthy?
I actually got the sense that immediately post Draisatl hit that some mass oilers marketing email or text went out to tell all oilers media to downplay and counter any suspension related talk.
With widespread myopia when it comes to the Oilers, it’s no surprise that the most simple premise by staples gets blanket approval by the unwashed. He knows his audience!