12-17-2018, 01:48 PM
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#4521
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2016
Location: ATCO Field, Section 201
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The funny thing to me is every fan base chronically complains about reffing. How could any team think that they are special in being targeted when everyone thinks they are special for receiving bad officiating.
The bottom line is that the NHL has the best hockey officials in the world, if you don't like officiated sports than watch movies.
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12-17-2018, 01:51 PM
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#4522
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Franchise Player
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Nick Nurse went after the officials last night about Kawhi and people are praising. I get that it's a different sport, but the contrast between the tone here and the tone in the other thread is kind of funny.
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12-17-2018, 01:52 PM
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#4523
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Resolute 14
More importantly, think of the message he's sending his own team: It's alright that they shat the bed against a terrible team because it's the referee's fault.
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Again, gamesmanship. The message is probably closer to:
"No worries boys, we didnt lose that game, the refs won it! Everything is A-Okay! Stick to the plan! Stick to the system! Clog up the Neutral Zone (ironically exactly what the Canucks did against McDavid) and everything is going to be Aces! We'll win the Cup for suresies!!"
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12-17-2018, 02:20 PM
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#4524
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Franchise Player
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What is the closest Flames equivalent to Staples, Spector, (Tychkowski to a point) and Terry Jones?
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12-17-2018, 02:23 PM
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#4525
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CroFlames
What is the closest Flames equivalent to Staples, Spector, (Tychkowski to a point) and Terry Jones?
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There is NO close comparable from ANY market. The Edmonton media are in a class all their own.
No.
Not even lipstick on a pig applied by Edmonton media propagandists can save the Oilers.
No one can.
No one.
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12-17-2018, 02:28 PM
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#4526
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: The Bay Area
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Textcritic
Oh my god, YES!
This weekend as the Flames solidified their grasp on the Pacific Division and served notice to the NHL that they were a force to be reckoned with, all I could think of was this historically embarrassing article penned by smug Mark Spector in 2017 when the Oilers looked poised to make the playoffs for the first time in a decade:
An article like this would only ever appear in an Edmonton media outlet. |
Such a classic. I re-read it each time it's posted.
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12-17-2018, 02:30 PM
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#4527
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CroFlames
What is the closest Flames equivalent to Staples, Spector, (Tychkowski to a point) and Terry Jones?
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There isn't one. And there will never be one. If someone acted like those guys in this town, they wouldn't last a week, they would be dragged out of town behind a horse, and left to collect flies on the side of the road (preferably one heading to Edmonton).
Hell, you don't even see posters on here - just posters - that are as balls-to-the-wall homerish as those guys.
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12-17-2018, 02:30 PM
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#4528
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#1 Goaltender
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CroFlames
What is the closest Flames equivalent to Staples, Spector, (Tychkowski to a point) and Terry Jones?
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I don't know if we have one at that level. Rod Pederson voice of the Rough Riders comes close.
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12-17-2018, 02:33 PM
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#4529
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Franchise Player
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Flames got a penalty for skate tying...
then killed it off and won the game
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12-17-2018, 02:33 PM
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#4530
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: North Vancouver
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
A very smart man once told me that there are three rules in life
Never ever play poker with a person named after a city
Never play pool for money with someone named after a state
Never show up the refs.
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Also, never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line.
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12-17-2018, 02:35 PM
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#4531
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: The Bay Area
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What makes that article even sweeter is it starts off with some quotes from GG. Whom they since hired. Can't make this stuff up.
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12-17-2018, 02:39 PM
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#4532
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: The Bay Area
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dino7c
Flames got a penalty for skate tying...
then killed it off and won the game
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The direction of the conversation at HFOil has been priceless.
There's a meta-conspiracy brewing, heads up everyone! When, according to them, Calgary complained about all the slashing to Gaudreau, the refs started going easier on us. They've been treating us with unfair kindness and extra PPs ever since. However, after Hitchcock's complaints, you can bet the refs will be even *less* kind to the Oilers. They'll be punished.
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12-17-2018, 02:40 PM
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#4533
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#1 Goaltender
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Just heard Edmonton is running out of tin foil.
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12-17-2018, 02:42 PM
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#4534
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2016
Location: ATCO Field, Section 201
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Quote:
Originally Posted by the2bears
The direction of the conversation at HFOil has been priceless.
There's a meta-conspiracy brewing, heads up everyone! When, according to them, Calgary complained about all the slashing to Gaudreau, the refs started going easier on us. They've been treating us with unfair kindness and extra PPs ever since. However, after Hitchcock's complaints, you can bet the refs will be even *less* kind to the Oilers. They'll be punished.
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Didn't Gaudreau get kicked out of a game last year because he flinched after a stick almost smacked his face, and he yelled at the refs for getting a penalty?
This is what I don't get, now and then every team gets shafted. No team is special in that.
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12-17-2018, 02:44 PM
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#4535
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: The Bay Area
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden
Didn't Gaudreau get kicked out of a game last year because he flinched after a stick almost smacked his face, and he yelled at the refs for getting a penalty?
This is what I don't get, now and then every team gets shafted. No team is special in that.
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Sounds about right... but is it anything compared to how McDavid had to fight off Edler with his glove?
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12-17-2018, 02:45 PM
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#4536
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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12-17-2018, 02:45 PM
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#4537
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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Originally Posted by corporatejay
Nick Nurse went after the officials last night about Kawhi and people are praising. I get that it's a different sport, but the contrast between the tone here and the tone in the other thread is kind of funny.
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The difference being that NBA officiating is legitimately corrupted. It's a league that openly admits to officiating stars different than other players which is fine I guess as they feel it leads to a more popular sport and they're open about it.
But they also clearly officiate teams differently based on how big the cities are and where they're located and how much revenue they bring into the league.
Not to mention they got caught fixing an NBA finals. NBA is not sport it's pure entertainment, the NHL just has a lot of poor officiating like most professional sports.
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12-17-2018, 02:47 PM
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#4538
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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point being - the NBA should be openly criticized by coaches as the officiating is not legitimate. It's like a cross between WWE and a real sport in terms of reffing.
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12-17-2018, 02:53 PM
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#4539
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2016
Location: ATCO Field, Section 201
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The statistical difference in drawing penalties per team is not even that significant. If you eliminate the two out liars, Nashville who draws on average 11 PIM a game, and Pittsburgh who draw on average 6.8 PIM a game, the difference between the top penalty drawers and bottom penalty drawers is about 1 minor penalty a game.
Most teams don't even convert at a 25% rate on their PP, so we'll take the Oilers as the average at 20% conversion.
If the Oilers do indeed have a conspiracy against them, by not getting an average 1 more PP a night are getting screwed out of a goal once every 5 games. For a total of 16 goals a season!
https://www.foxsports.com/nhl/team-s...group=1&time=0
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12-17-2018, 02:53 PM
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#4540
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
Again, gamesmanship. The message is probably closer to:
"No worries boys, we didnt lose that game, the refs won it! Everything is A-Okay! Stick to the plan! Stick to the system! Clog up the Neutral Zone (ironically exactly what the Canucks did against McDavid) and everything is going to be Aces! We'll win the Cup for suresies!!"
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I hate the trap but, it was quite a beauty to watch the Canucks did against McDavid.
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