03-21-2021, 05:31 PM
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#4881
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by stang
Yup I’ll give him some credit for fighting, but that list doesn’t scream tough guy by no means. 2 rookies, 3 skill players, 2 senior citizens. But yup credit where it’s due, more guys want to fight him then Kassian.
I’m not arguing about if he should be called a turtle, because I think he stood up the next game and took the fight. Give him props for that. I just find it funny when Kassian get called a spot picker. IMO neither team should be saying anything. Both have players who whine to the refs, both have guys throwing slewfoots (although it seems they only do it against each other to be fair) and both have players who cross the line sometimes. Classic case of pot calling the kettle black. For both teams.
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Lol - this is priceless. The argument is Tkachuck doesn't fight from Oiler fanboys. When that's proven wrong, you spot pick who he fought with arbitrary labels on his opponents. JT Miller, Lauzon, Wheeler, Kassian, Chiarot and Holl are all big boys. Neal and Perry might be old but they're both big boy and both guys who play the type of game that requires them to get in a tussle even at their age.. Bear is the only one on there that is smaller and not in the same class. The rest are all within his class of fighter. The roles Kassian and Tkachuck play on their teams are vastly different. Tkachuk isn't expected to drop the gloves as much as Kassian yet he's done so more often. Of course he doesn't fight the other team's 3rd and 4th line tough guys lol, why would he?
What does being a rookie, age or skill have to do with it anyways? Ask Ben Eager how old Gary Roberts was when he fought him? Kassian fought old man Brouwer? Iggy was fighting guys 10 years younger at his age. Same with Bill Guerin. Even Hornqvuist will drop the gloves. Regardless of your age, if you play that style of game, you get called into a few scrums.
The point is Kassian comes back from a hand injury, goes after the smallest player on the Jets and then refuses the challenge knowing that it was coming. If it was Lowry on Yamamoto (not even McDavid) Oilers fans would scream "the code". Kassian knows his role, he knows what he did on that play and he knew what was coming. But he backed down and turtled. Plain and simple. Indefensible. The guy is a fake tough guy.
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03-21-2021, 05:44 PM
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#4882
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by 1Nite
Anyone ever defending that Doofus just needs go look at the work he did on Sam Gagner, and taunting the oiler bench about it.
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Tell you what, if you have a 7 game kicking suspension to your name, you are uniquely a dirty scumbag in league history. "Ya, but guys, you have dirty players too!" Looks for number of suspended games due to kicking... 0. Ok, have a good one then!
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03-21-2021, 06:33 PM
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#4883
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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It's the immediate whataboutism that gets me - How about acknowledging that it was a dirty cheap hit from behind from a guy notorious for dirty hits throughout his career? Nope, straight to "Well, Flames players have made dirty hits as well".
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03-21-2021, 06:38 PM
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#4884
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: the middle
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All I know is that whatever happens, Edmonton is no good.
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03-21-2021, 07:19 PM
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#4885
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Lifetime Suspension
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nm
Last edited by djsFlames; 03-22-2021 at 03:05 AM.
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03-21-2021, 07:40 PM
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#4886
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Major Major
Tell you what, if you have a 7 game kicking suspension to your name, you are uniquely a dirty scumbag in league history. "Ya, but guys, you have dirty players too!" Looks for number of suspended games due to kicking... 0. Ok, have a good one then!
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Wait, who do you think I am talking about?
https://youtu.be/pC_IajW-KjQ
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03-21-2021, 07:46 PM
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#4887
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 1Nite
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Oops, should have quoted Stang. I know we are all talking about the same dirtball.
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03-21-2021, 08:31 PM
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#4888
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Central Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AC
Even how SNET chooses to editorialize things is very transparent.
As mentioned, the Neal/Tkachuk fight video uploaded by SNET is titled:
"James Neal Takes Matthew Tkachuk Down With One Punch To End Lengthy Tilt"
SNET titled the Khaira/Ritchie fight:
"Flames' Brett Ritchie and Oilers' Jujhar Khaira Get In Spirited Tilt"
No mention of the KO or retribution for a dirty headshot. Hmm...
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Probably 90 percent of Sportsnet employees are dirty greaser fans.
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03-23-2021, 02:32 PM
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#4889
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Toronto
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Slipping near page 2 is no good.
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03-23-2021, 02:42 PM
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#4890
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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I still laugh at the fact Oilers media lionized Kassian to the point they reupped him for $3.2MM a year for 4 years.
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03-23-2021, 03:15 PM
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#4891
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by burn_this_city
I still laugh at the fact Oilers media lionized Kassian to the point they reupped him for $3.2MM a year for 4 years.
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Will buy you a lot of trailers, hogs and cocaine!
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03-23-2021, 04:40 PM
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#4892
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: CGY
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Quote:
Originally Posted by djsFlames
Will buy you a lot of trailers, hogs and cocaine!
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Like he knows what to do with a trailer or a hog.
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03-25-2021, 12:47 PM
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#4893
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Two spot away from falling off the front page.
E=NG
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03-25-2021, 12:59 PM
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#4894
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Well the one and only good thing about the Oilers making the playoffs is that I will have a favorite team to cheer for and that will be their first round opposition.
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03-25-2021, 02:17 PM
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#4895
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God.. If it is Toronto-Edmonton For the division in the playoffs i am going to puke.
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03-25-2021, 02:39 PM
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#4896
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Kelowna, BC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Knut
God.. If it is Toronto-Edmonton For the division in the playoffs i am going to puke.
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i'd puke too.... and i'd be cheering hard for the leafs... and now i have to go rinse out my mouth!
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03-25-2021, 03:40 PM
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#4897
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Chilliwack, B.C
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bc-chris
i'd puke too.... and i'd be cheering hard for the leafs... and now i have to go rinse out my mouth!
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Still think its the Jets that will pull it out both Leafs and Oilers #### the bed in the playoffs
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03-25-2021, 04:00 PM
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#4898
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First Line Centre
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It does feel a bit like '06 where mudcrutch79 (Trevor Dellow) had his rudimentary spreadsheets barking on about why he was a huge fan of the Oilers and their 5 on 5 prowess...then Manny Legace and Toskala decided to end their respective careers during the first two rounds of the playoffs against the Oilers which gave him credibility.  I mean put a 1000 people in a room flipping coins against each other calling heads and tails, and you'll have one winner at the end. Are they an expert now? 
Everything is coming up garbage town right now, and we just have to ride it out until mean reversion kicks in.
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03-25-2021, 04:30 PM
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#4899
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: YYZ
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As long as we all agree that directly North of us is a proportionately larger portion of garbage.
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03-25-2021, 04:32 PM
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#4900
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Knut
God.. If it is Toronto-Edmonton For the division in the playoffs i am going to puke.
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Winner gets to be 4th seed and play Tampa with home ice in a full barn
good luck
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