The insufferable whining about the officiating demands a special flag.
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Little Psycho
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also goes to show you that sometimes being on a great team is not good enough.
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We’ve seen an influx of referee blaming across the board when the referees really haven’t changed. I wonder if the influx of newer hockey fans have a poor interpretation of the rules? Something has changed to swing this narrative. And that includes all the teams in the NHL
To be fair, the officiating against the Oilers is clearly slanted against them. I watch a lot of games and it's crazy what you can do to McDavid on the regular with impunity. No other league makes their best player take this amount of abuse. It's truly terrible
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Lots of depth players have moved on the flourish, a lot can be said about a coaching staff that lets players play as opposed to just riding a player or two into thee ground.
Podkolzin is also a good example of a player who just needed a little bit more room, he’s been the catalyst for Draisaitl this season
Watch it again lol. MAYBE I SHOULD USE ALL CAPS TOO. WATCH IT AGAIN. HORRIBLE CALL
oilers4life5
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If only that were true I would agree. Unfortunately that’s not how Gary’s game managers work.
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I'm 44, been following the league for a long time. Never had officiating been more biased and dirty then these last three years. You can't tell me things haven't changed. Total bollocks
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They really haven’t. The game is faster but that’s about all that’s changed.
Players with reputations appear to be held more accountable, that’s also something we haven’t had.
Absolutely terrible taken how old are you? Because things are nowhere near unchanged
oilers4life5
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Could not agree more. I as well am not new to hockey. The standard changes year to year and game to game. Getting way worse and unpredictable.
Gary is that you? lol.
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Old enough to know the bias against reffing isn’t a rationale take. Sure they’ll miss the odd call or let a call go, but it isn’t nearly as bad as people make it out to be
Could be, but I also wonder whether sports betting plays a role in fans being more invested (literally) in the outcome.
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100%, when you have a competitive sport that leans on sports betting you’re going to have people assume it’s fixed
Not even close to accurate. It's so much worse then ever.
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What I have never been able to fathom is why somebody who legitimately think that the officiating is so bad that the game is not truly competitive, or that it is somehow fixed, would be dumb enough to continue watching.
spiny norman
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Put me on the side that I don’t think ref’ing is any worse (or more random) than it’s been for decades.
I think for McDavid, specifically, it might be a little bit of a Shaq situation. That you can’t call every hook and hold on him, or no one would have a chance, and you’d never have 5v5.
I think for McDavid, specifically, it might be a little bit of a Shaq situation. That you can’t call every hook and hold on him, or no one would have a chance, and you’d never have 5v5.
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On a bizarre play, Bunting ties the game 1-1 on the PP.
Edit: The updated scoring play has removed the Crosby assist.
Edit: The updated scoring play has removed the Crosby assist.
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