[PGT] Edmonton Oilers lose the Stanley Cup | Flames 4 - Oilers 3 (SO)

[Beatle17]

Originally Posted by Blaster86

Johnny Gaudreau had his finger broken on a slash with no call or suspension, so no suspension doesn't mean a whole lot.

I'm just going off what was said at the time of the hit on reddit, youtube and elsewheres on the internent.

Let it go, you constant whining has ruined a good discussion about the game.

[Igottago]

I just saw a story on TSN.ca where Dave Tippet says there was nothing malicious about the play. No penalty (probably could have been an interference call IMO), no league review, no suspension, McDavid's own coach didn't think it was anything over the line. What's the big deal again?

[dino7c]

Flames are 7-2-1 in their last 10

[Blaster86]

Originally Posted by Beatle17

Let it go, you constant whining has ruined a good discussion about the game.

lolwut

Originally Posted by dino7c

I'm salty? You are the one going on all day about a nothing play by Gio

No, I'm the one who was talking about why a nothing play by Gio is even being scrutinized. Your responses are flippant and salty.

[Dragomir]

Has Gio been locked up for attempted murder yet?

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Blaster86

lolwut





No, I'm the one who was talking about why a nothing play by Gio is even being scrutinized. Your responses are flippant and salty.

And you have said the same thing 39 times...as a fan of another team it's coming off very trollish

[dash_pinched]

Originally Posted by Dragomir

Has Gio been locked up for attempted murder yet?

I'm thinking we can link him to the Kennedy assassination at this point.

[dino7c]

Dressed up like Tanev and ended Hertl's season

[Blaster86]

Originally Posted by dino7c

And you have said the same thing 39 times...as a fan of another team it's coming off very trollish

39 you say?

[looooob]

Originally Posted by dash_pinched

I'm thinking we can link him to the Kennedy assassination at this point.

Both have had Zapruder film like analysis at this point

[Burner]

Originally Posted by Oil Stain

I suspect the only reason everyone is making Aho the hill to die on is that its the only defensible play. It's clearly the play that is the most incidental.

You think the other plays were acceptable as well?

Nice backtrack

[taxbuster]

Glad to see that CPers are letting Oiler trolls out for their mid-season break, feeding them well and enabling them to totally derail a victory celebration.

Oh well, it's their compensation for having a crappy hockey team that decided a goon is worth $3.2 million a year for four years. Dumb them!

(But...stop engaging guys...)

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by Major Major

It's worth pointing out that McDavid telegraphs that play and then takes the tightest line possible. That's his m.o.

Exactly this.


McDavid plays a very high risk style of game. It certainly doesn’t help that the Oilers over play him.

He is fearless when it comes weaving around hits at full speed and minimal space, but it also increases the risk for unintentional sloppy contact. There was nothing malicious about Giordano’s play. A lesser player than McDavid would have been hit cleanly, but McDavid is so erratic and easy for a defender to miscalculate.

Seeing McDavid whine so hard was hilarious though. Is there a harder whiner in the whole league? Maybe Doughty comes close.

Can someone tell me what post is the ATL?

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Flames are 7-2-1 in their last 10

It's such a mind####. And their last 10 record is better than both the Canucks and Oilers who have been winning frequently of late. Goes without saying it has felt like a much less impressive stretch than that. I think the Habs and Senators performances just overshadowed everything around those games because those were such frustrating losses to witness.

[Robbob]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

Exactly this.

Can someone tell me what post is the ATL?

https://forum.calgarypuck.com/showpo...&postcount=292

[Mr.Coffee]

This was such a fun game to watch. One of those rare times where the hype lives up to expectations. That OT was nuts. If more games were like this the NHL would fill every building every night.

[Jbo]

Everyone knows that Blaster only truly trolls when the Canucks are good.

[ThisIsAnOutrage]

Hey!

It's not Gio's fault that McDavid has knees! That's totally on him, and the Oilers.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Blaster86

lolwut

No, I'm the one who was talking about why a nothing play by Gio is even being scrutinized. Your responses are flippant and salty.

Eeesh, let it go.

[Travis Munroe]

Having had time to digest one of if not the most entertaining game I can remember,

The Gio "knee" can be looked at many different ways but at the end of the day, what actually transpired is all that matters, not what could have or what some may deem intent to be.

Gio could have been called on the interference but wasn't. If you call that, you have to call McDavid on the 2 hand against Hamonic right after. This doesn't solve anyone's problem and likely hurts the Oilers having McDavid off for 2 minutes more than the flames having Gio off for 2. In the end, the calls favored the Oilers and I see the Gio "knee" as an irrelevant discussion to the game.

Gio did have his leg further out than normal and could have easily kneed him if the timing was slightly different but he didn't. McDavid is unlike any player in the league and at his speed, I suspect this happens to him more than any other player. It is an instinctual play in a moment the D man rarely encounters.

Really impressed with Tkachuk dropping the gloves and it pains me to say it but equally impressed with Kassians response that the fight put everything to bed. I guessed (wrong) that it was Tkachuk who would want to go later in a period which gives Tkachuk the opportunity to recover, get stitched up or whatever may need to happen as the 5 minutes rolls into an intermission. He didn't just hold on and "pay his tab" either. He went for a couple big shots himself!