Mcdavid 5min Match Penalty: Cross check to the face of Garland (Will have a hearing)

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Curious to know if the Oilers will call up some ECHL goons to 'explain" to the canSucks what happens when you want to play silly games on the ice
Edmonton has an older and softer roster, the only likely outcome is Nurse doing something stupid and getting penalized for it. The worst they can do is beat Vancouver on the scoreboard, which is fairly irrelevant
 
Right, exactly. It happens to everybody across the league. McDavid isn't treated any differently. The crux of the issue for Oilers fans is exactly that he isn't treated any differently.
that's exactly right. They don't see it, but they expect everything to go His way.
 
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They do care though. Look at how much attention the Oilers get on the mains compared to other teams. Funny how this is allowed to stay open but the Myers thread locked.
People care because there's a generational player on the Oilers.

That's always going to get extra attention.
 
The whole point is officiating is unreliable anyway. A player like Connor McDavid has no assurances he will be protected in game by the officiating, and as a target of team strategy, he's going to eat a lot of abuse night after night. We've seen so many superstars ruined in this game by those dynamics.

So if it's rules of the jungle, it's better for a targeted superstar to keep opponents around him honest by being dangerous to be around. Buys you space and safety.
mcdavid is probably the most protected player in the league, which is why he does shit like this because he's been able to get away with it. he constantly starts stuff and then hides behind the refs because it's a bad look if the best player in the league gets dummied in a scrum. it's actually pathetic to see. you don't even need to look far to find other dirty stuff he does, just look at his recent elbow on noted goon marcus johansson.

and yeah, all 5'7 of conor garland is totally gonna "hurt" mcdavid.
 
legit,

when does the canucks franchise have a "connor garland humped McDavid" banner raising?
put it up next to the "7th man" banner
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Even the ones that aren’t decent do, they just don’t get the limelight like the rest.
The decent, and not so decent, players gets less attention and marking than the stars of the game, but the equal amount of slashes, holds, grand and other infractions?

Does the coaches say - ”Double down on their star player, but handle him more gentle than everyone else”?
 
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