McDavid Gets 3-games

[bellagiobob]

Here is my prediction. In the next few weeks that Oilers are going to get called for every ticky-tack thing they do. The refs will send a message about criticizing them.

So pretty much the same as it's called now. ;

 

[bellagiobob]

The one thing I don't get is all the social media posts about 'McCrybaby', which is pretty much the opposite of what he should be called. He basically hasn't said a peep about all the crap he goes thru, doesn't beg and whine for calls like certain players we know, and he just took matters into his own hands. Pretty much the exact opposite of a crybaby. Very strange.

 

[thadd]

Tuesday everyone in the crowd should chant bettman sucks throughout the game

Nah they should chant something so rude that it forces the TV broadcast to mute out the audience.

 

[bellagiobob]

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

I mean at least it wasn't "we respect the process blah blah", but I wanted a bit more force here. Calling out the officials and DOP(e)S at every opportunity needs to be the priority for the next three games.

Same. Just a tad bit more spice.

 

[BlackDogg]

Surprisingly a lot of the media is onside with this.

Of course anyone on SN or TSN can't say anything adverse against Uncle Gary though.

 

[rboomercat90]

Yet another example of endless priors. I’m actually embarrassed to be a fan of a team in this league at this point.

Timo got lucky with his spin on the ‘wheel of discipline’, Connor didn’t. After all these years it’s hard to see discipline being awarded by anything other than chance.

 

[Lay Z Boy GM]

I saw Sidney Crosby kinda stuck up for Connor today. He gets it, he got targeted a lot and was seriously injured, hindered his prime years a bit.

Sidney was called a crybaby by his haters because he went at the refs a lot. He took a lot of punishment, blatant attempts to injure, he wasn’t some horrible diver either, he just actually went at the refs.



I just watched this old “crybaby Crosby” montage made by some Philly hater. He maybe dives once when he gets crosschecked in the back. Basically the rest of the clips are attempts to injure, including a horrific attempt at his knee by a Lightning player.

I think Crosby yapping back at the refs eventually helped him. Mcdavid plays through everything, for ten damn years now. He doesn’t complain a lot about refs or anything, plays through the constant non calls, he’s had some brutal attempts at injury against him too. Maybe McDavid should have been more vocal. Ten years and it’s the same shit, they let players cheat against him constantly and it must be infuriating.

There’s so many haters and I can honestly say I never hated Sid, I never thought he was a crybaby either, he always played like a grinder. But I’m pretty sure most sane fans want to see generational talents play the sport that they love, is it fun to allow cheating against them? Even crap like slewfoots that could risk their careers? Crosby could have had higher scoring seasons if he wasn’t injured, it would have been better for the league.

Imagine the next kid that’s blessed by the hockey gods has their career cut short.

Just let the man f***ing play, stop allowing the cheating, fix the reffing. Mcdavid has been a solider for a decade, he’s a generational superstar, he doesn’t dive, he plays honest and hard hockey, give the man more respect for gods sake. f***ing league man.

 

[rboomercat90]

Sure, I agree--in the sense that the terminology of "protecting the stars" shouldn't be used. It's never been about "protecting" stars, which suggests special treatment.

The stars' "special treatment," if anything, comes from their own ability to play hockey better than most other players. Connor McDavid is going to have the puck more than other players. He's going to skate faster. He's going to shoot better. He's going to have a bigger effect on the game than lesser players. By extension, he's going to naturally draw more infractions by virtue that the other team has to work harder to stop him. Calling the game by the book isn't about protecting him; it's about not punishing him for being better than everyone else. This has always come down to an executive decision to effect parity in the league.

Calling the obvious infractions against guys like McDavid has never been about protecting star players. But it needs to be made clear: not calling penalties for infractions against McDavid is about protecting the shittier players and teams in the NHL.

Bravo. You worded this perfectly.

 

[alphahelix]

Lol Oilers with the lamest statement of all time.

I want to say that the oilers ownership and entire executive brass are unequivocally a bunch of f***ing limpdick p***yes. Absolutely spineless. This statement is extremely weak and says very little, and YET, STILL, NONE OF THEM would attach their name to it. None of them have anything to say or any desire to stand up for the players on the ice. Damning, and pathetic.

I couldn’t care less if the entire head office was fired and replaced.

 

[Tarus]

I'm glad this suspension is blowing up into a bit of a viral media/fan discussion. NHL reffing and enforcement has been shit for years, and the NHL doesn't change or improve the on ice product unless it's shamed into doing so.

Unfortunately, I doubt this has the legs like when they were finally forced to address the NHL's problems with headshots. An injured player down and out on the ice makes a much more dramatic statement than a bunch player quotes lapped up by the sports media for a week out of the year during their never ending clickbait news cycle.

 

[CanadasTeam99]

Here is one of those West COast coksukers

 

[CanadasTeam99]

This is the same co**suker who said Petey was the best player in the Canadian division

 

[bellagiobob]

Here is one of those West COast coksukers

He’s just looking for clicks and to cause controversy, don’t give him the satisfaction.

 

[BlackDogg]

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Man the power play is complete garbage without him. Maybe not getting a bunch of PPs the next few games wouldn't be the worst thing.

 

[jesusbuiltmyhotrod]

The one thing I don't get is all the social media posts about 'McCrybaby', which is pretty much the opposite of what he should be called. He basically hasn't said a peep about all the crap he goes thru, doesn't beg and whine for calls like certain players we know, and he just took matters into his own hands. Pretty much the exact opposite of a crybaby. Very strange.

Those people are morons that’s all there is to it. Mcdavid never complains

 

[SaltNPeca]

So here are the refs’ options as I see them:

1) They blow it dead because of Garland's hold or interference.
Result? Oilers are up in arms as they had the puck. Maybe they win the draw maybe they don't...50-50 benefit. Oh yeah, there's 10 seconds left.

2) The ref puts his hand up for a delayed penalty.
Result? Nothing happens as the Oilers have the puck. Maybe they give it to a Canuck. Maybe the Canuck is smart enough to not play it. No benefit.

3) Both players are called for interference/holding/roughing.
Result? 5 on 4 for 10 seconds, without McD on the ice, and the faceoff is outside.

Which of those should it have been?

The whole time I've been watching hockey, it's typically #1. The moment there is a skirmish, roughing, wrestling match like this during play they typically

• Blow the whistle
• Linesmen rush in, then grab & separate the guys

A delayed interference/holding/roughing call is for a short infraction (in the time domain(, not something as lengthy and escalating like this.

p.s. ALL other players on the ice did NOT receive a minor penalty. see: Demko