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Jyrki21 said:
I don't understand how this isn't more controversial. The Vancouver media guys all have this credo about no longer being fans once they turn professional, no cheering in the pressbox, etc. Edmonton's media seems to operate like a collegiate or South American soccer club, and everyone just kind of accepts it? It'd be one thing if they were just kind of biased, but they're also observably over-the-top (worst thing ever, deserves a lifetime suspension), etc. Even the Edmonton guys affiliated with national media, like Mark Spector.

I'd say it's a smaller-town thing, but it's not like that here in Ottawa, for example.
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Being in the market, I think most people see it as a good, if not great thing about the local media. It's why people are willing to put up with (and sometimes even celebrate) absolute dinosaurs like Jim Matheson. And the moment someone like that steps out of line (ol' Matty's "Leon why are you so pissy" incident from a couple years back), that's when they're ostracized.

In contrast, I think the Vancouver, Montreal, and Toronto markets are laughed at because they fan the flames and are seen as actively harming the team with the narratives spun. Seeing the Pettersson-Miller situation blow up the way it has, even with it being in no small part due to national media to be fair... IMO it's not a ridiculous view.

For example, within hockey circles here there was a widely known spat between Draisaitl and Nurse a few years back. Lots of speculation on what caused it (lol, Google it), but it never made it out into national media. Not like the Oilers are irrelevant leaguewide (like the Flames, Jets, or Sens)... local media just didn't give it any air time whatsoever. That's gotta be a good thing?

Having the 80's OBC so directly entrenched in the franchise obviously helps - guys like Spector and Staples have been buddy-buddy for decades with the Keith Gretzky's of the world - as does having guys like Bowman, Holland and Chiarelli as GM over a combative Gillis-type. And then add in Canadian star players vs European/Americans ones, and it's a perfect recipe for a shield from criticism from the broader national media.

Tbh, I wish local media in Vancouver could've lost their minds like this at the start of the 2011 playoffs. And lost in the local gloating/laughing around McDavid getting suspended and obviously not missing Myers for three games - many seem to gloss over that three games for the crosscheck on Bouchard is a ridiculous suspension. Jacob Trouba made that same play every three games in New York and got fined at most. Canucks media should be throwing more of a hissy fit, IMO.
 
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tantalum said:
Support him through this process? Good lord what a bunch of whiners. The only thing this does is make that organization and player more unlikeable.
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The whole thing has been an incredible, embarrasing, insane exposé of half of a province.

It's still being understated immensely, I wish i was articulate enough to fully express the wild delusion accurately.
 
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VanillaCoke said:
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The whole thing has been an incredible, embarrasing, insane exposé of half of a province.

It's still being understated immensely, I wish i was articulate enough to express the fully express the wild delusion accurately.
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There's a definite bias around here due to the quality of the respective hf forums lol, and yeah, fair enough.

but let's keep in mind that McCryBaby is trending on twitter hahaha. i've been sent some absolutely deranged tweets from canucks fans
 
As I have posted before. Garland should have got 2 minutes on the play. Beer leagues I have played, other players have gotten shot to the head for what he did
 
Our thoughts and prayers are with Tyler Myers, as he 'works through the difficult process' of his three-game suspension.

He may be the 'Chaos Giraffe' but he's 'our' Chaos Giraffe and needs your support now, more than ever. What's next? A Go-Fund Me page for a guy earning $3m a season, coming off six years when he made $6m?
 
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Absolutely wild. It's like they are still harping on the no penalty call when Edmonton had the puck the whole time to make McBaby the victim even three days later. Hilarious.
 
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A friend in Edmonton is losing his mind, I've received 14 consecutive texts after telling him it was karma and McDavid was lucky he didn't get 10 games, not only because of the Garland crosscheck, but also the cheap shot on Johansson and the embellishment in the playoffs that cost Soucy a game. I think it was the embellishment part that sent him over the edge.
 
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Curm said:
A friend in Edmonton is losing his mind, I've received 14 consecutive texts after telling him it was karma and McDavid was lucky he didn't get 10 games, not only because of the Garland crosscheck, but also the cheap shot on Johansson and the embellishment in the playoffs that cost Soucy a game. I think it was the embellishment part that sent him over the edge.
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text back "bro your favourite player is afraid of ketchup. that's your god?"
 
vancityluongo said:
this is wildly classic nhl

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Report: Utah Hockey Club has multiple trademarks denied

The Utah Hockey Club is reportedly facing some legal hurdles as it searches for a permanent name.
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that franchise might be cursed no matter what they name it
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According to a report from Ryan Miller of KSL in Salt Lake City, the name "Utah Yetis" was denied by the United States Patent and Trademark Office due to a "likelihood of confusion" with the Yeti cooler brand.

He adds that the names "Utah Blizzard" and "Utah Venom" were also denied for similar reasons.

Miller reports that the names "Mammoth" and "Outlaws" did not face a challenge from the patent office.


I wonder if Blizzard was denied because of the video game company or because of Dairy Queen.
 
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Mammoth, Outlaws, & Raptors were the best names by far anyways, so really the patent office saved them from themselves.
 
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