Edmonton is No Good XI: Mud, Sweatpants and Tiers

[Groot]

Originally Posted by cral12

c'mon, change the thread title already

i'm not superstitious, but i'm a little stitious...

The Oilers are 24-3 since this thread was created.

The Oilers were 5-12-1 prior to this thread being created.

Burn it to the ground.

[Calgary4LIfe]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Not sure if anyone was watching any of that game last night but McDavid drew another one of those penalties where he grabs the opponents stick. When are teams going to start sending film of this stuff to the NHL? It's garbage. He purposely reaches back with his hand when on the rush to grab the checking player's stick making it look like he's being interfered with. Last night the Kraken player even let go of his stick once McDavid grabbed it so show what was going on and he still got the only penalty.

I call it the Henrik Sedin special. Bouwmeester used to chase him along the boards and use his stick to try and push the puck off Henrik's stick. As soon as he did that, Henrik would grab Bouwmeester's stick, wrap it around himself, and then lean back and fall down. Penalty every time.



Soccer became downright silly at times with the fake penalties and dives. Hockey started going that way with that Canucks' team with the the Sedins, Burrows and Kesler, but then it seemed to right itself a bit. Now it is going that way again.


NHL still does fine diving/embellishment. There is a private warning first (get rid of this warning - make it a public warning at least), and then for every subsequent offence, the player gets fined an incremental rate, and eventually the coach does as well. Thus far this season, there have been zero players who have embellished more than once. Obviously the incidents that EE saw McDived do is the same one from different angles (just ignore the different jerseys - from the different angles, trust me, it must be the same and only instance!).



Last season, there were only two players fined for diving - Mason Marchment and Max Fridman. Only 2. Again, I find this low number difficult to believe.


I guess as long as we don't see a return of those disgusting Sedin-led Canucks teams, I won't complain so much. That was downright disgusting. Sedins, Burrows and Kesler the human tumbleweed.


I want a real professional sports league to call their rules without bias. That's what makes sporting events legitimate. If someone hooks, slashes, holds, trips, etc., on McDavid, I have zero issue with it being called. However, if McDavid dives, call it. if McDavid hooks, starts acting like a tough guy again and starts roughing players up in scrums and then running away, call it. Call his offences. Just call the damn rules down the line as they should be. Don't call it, and we will see the reemergence of the Canucks Diving Team again, only this time it will be the Slimy Grease Flops.


In case I get called out for being bias, I really started hating Gaudreau's hand shaking when he got slashed - and they were more often than not from real contact. Sometimes they weren't, and it made me hate it even more, but he got it out of his game, thankfully. I can't stand diving on any team, including the one I cheer for. However, when it is the best player in the world doing it, it becomes even more disgusting. Here is a guy with godly ability, and he still cheats. Kids emulate the stars in this league. It becomes extra-disgusting if you ask me the more you think about it.


/McDiver diving rant

[CalgaryFan1988]

If they can beat Vegas and tie the record, they should be able to beat Anaheim. Hopefully Vegas puts an end to this nonsense.

Their schedule is so soft during this stretch, a joke really.

[1Nite]

Originally Posted by Groot

The Oilers are 24-3 since this thread was created.

The Oilers were 5-12-1 prior to this thread being created.

Burn it to the ground.

I don't care what games they win now, just the last four they lose, at the end of April.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by monkeyman

The only thing worse than being a Flames fan during this oiler run, is being Jay Woodcroft during this oiler run.

That's the silver lining...won't be seeing his smug face anytime soon

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by CalgaryFan1988

If they can beat Vegas and tie the record, they should be able to beat Anaheim. Hopefully Vegas puts an end to this nonsense.

Their schedule is so soft during this stretch, a joke really.

Except the streak is fake anyway...they have already "won" a shootout during the streak. That's a tie

[getbak]

Story time:

Back in 2014, I went to a game in early December. I was a little early, so I stopped into the Flames' store. They had a nice Flames toque that I liked, so I bought it.

Prior to that game, the Flames had won 8 of their last 10 games. That night, they lost to San Jose. Then, they went on a 4 game road trip and lost every game. Then, they came home and lost two more.

After every loss, I kept wearing that toque because I refused to give in to superstition. Loss after loss, my logical brain said that what I wore had no impact on the outcome of their games. Loss after loss, my superstitious brain said, "yeah, but what if..."

After 7 straight losses, I took that toque and buried it at the back of my closet. That night, the Flames lost to Vancouver in OT, their first point in two weeks. Then, they won their next game, then 3 more to end the calendar year.


I still like that toque, but I don't ever touch it during the hockey season.





What I'm saying is, even if you don't believe in them, sometimes, you have to appease the hockey gods. Kill this thread and re-open E=NG X.

[Jbo]

I vote to kill thread

[direwolf]

Originally Posted by Jbo

I vote to kill thread

Agreed. Kill it with fire and then start a new one with a better name.

[FanIn80]

Originally Posted by Groot

The Oilers are 24-3 since this thread was created.

The Oilers were 5-12-1 prior to this thread being created.

Burn it to the ground.

Originally Posted by Jbo

I vote to kill thread

Originally Posted by direwolf

Agreed. Kill it with fire and then start a new one with a better name.

Or even better... no thread at all. No special treatment, no response to anything they do. Just act like they don't even exist. Remove their logo from the list of message icons, set up an auto filiter that changes Edmonton to Nowhere and Oilers to Nothings.

They're pieces of sh*t. Flush 'em and move on.

[Boreal]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Not sure if anyone was watching any of that game last night but McDavid drew another one of those penalties where he grabs the opponents stick. When are teams going to start sending film of this stuff to the NHL? It's garbage. He purposely reaches back with his hand when on the rush to grab the checking player's stick making it look like he's being interfered with. Last night the Kraken player even let go of his stick once McDavid grabbed it so show what was going on and he still got the only penalty.

You mean like when Conny blew out his knee grabbing Gio’s stick & Gio got the penalty.

[Icantwhisper]

Meh, they’ve won 16 in a row and only gained 6 points on Vancouver, 7 on the Av’s

[Southside403]

Hope Vegas can derail this false hype it's just been to much jazz starchy

[dino7c]

First round matchup with Vegas will be their reward

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by CalgaryFan1988

If they can beat Vegas and tie the record, they should be able to beat Anaheim. Hopefully Vegas puts an end to this nonsense.

Their schedule is so soft during this stretch, a joke really.

Lol, and I'm sure your response would be the exact same if the Flames were on the same streak?

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Except the streak is fake anyway...they have already "won" a shootout during the streak. That's a tie

God damn, lol.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by jayswin

God damn, lol.

What? The original streak was at a time before shootouts and 3 on 3. It was obviously harder back then, those games would have been ties...streak over.

Did you come into the Edmonton is no good thread to defend them? Hand in your Flames card please.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by dino7c

What? The original streak was at a time before shootouts and 3 on 3. It was obviously harder back then, those games would have been ties...streak over.

Did you come into the Edmonton is no good thread to defend them? Hand in your Flames card please.

Okay

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by jayswin

Okay

Good riddance

[getbak]