Oilers- Ten straight games without a powerplay differential advantage. Closing in on record?

[Soundwave]

You have to lobby, whine, yell, stay on refs as a coach. It shouldn't be that way, but that's just the reality of how the NHL operates, it's part of the coach's job. Refs who know they're going to get an earful from a coach tend to give that team more calls I think.

Knoblauch just doesn't do much of that, I've never seen in him overly angry on the bench ever.

 

[NVious]

NHL is a business.

Winning Canadian teams do nothing for NHL profit, winning American markets, specifically down south where the room for fan engagement/expansion increase is massive does.

Florida has tried to kill a Toronto player every single game of the series and none of it gets called or looked at:
Bennet on Stolarz
Tkachuk on Marner
Rodrigues on Tavares
Kulikov on Marner

 

[Buff15Sabres]

Oilers had a power play advantage in game 2 vs Golden Knights.

11 minutes on the PP for Edmonton compared to 10 for Vegas.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Oilers had a power play advantage in game 2 vs Golden Knights.

11 minutes on the PP for Edmonton compared to 10 for Vegas.

this is about penalty calls, not minutes...big difference

 

[Muffin]

They had a 5 minute powerplay in OT, stop crying.

 

[AM]

Draisaitl and Nurse being on this list is hilariously stupid.

It’s just his, I don’t like these guys, list.

 

[Soundwave]

They had a 5 minute powerplay in OT, stop crying.

I mean lol that's as blatant of a call as there is in pro sports, you can't not call that. It should have been a 1 game suspension on top of that at least, Vegas is very fortunate it was not.

 

[Oilslick941611]

There is something to this. I hate how they seem to get too many in the reg season then none in the playoffs. Be consistent. McDavid is good enough to draw them, just dont call the ticky tack ones al lseason pumping their pp stats, then none in the playoffs.

But m sure this needs further dissection of the games to see if its the refs or simply real calls accurately.

lol did you even watch this year?

 

[Oilslick941611]

They had a 5 minute powerplay in OT, stop crying.

i mean, you cant cross check someone in the face.

 

[Buff15Sabres]

this is about penalty calls, not minutes...big difference

Agreed, the minutes are much more important.

It's disingenuous to count a 5 minute major the same as a 2 minute minor.

 

[Muffin]

i mean, you cant cross check someone in the face.

You can't trip someone in the corner with a can opener either but who's counting.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

I’ve seen a stat that the Panthers are the most penalized team in the league, we fans don’t whine about PP differentials, we just watch our team compete and win, anyway.
Your Oilers team is on a roll and f***ing kicking ass, looking like a real threat to raise the Cup this year, and you’re still focused on whining about the referees.

That's because Panthers fans are comfortable acknowledging they have a team full of assholes. I say that adoringly.

Oilers fans don't appear to be ready for that.

 

[JKG33]

I’ve seen a stat that the Panthers are the most penalized team in the league, we fans don’t whine about PP differentials, we just watch our team compete and win, anyway.
Your Oilers team is on a roll and f***ing kicking ass, looking like a real threat to raise the Cup this year, and you’re still focused on whining about the referees.

This is what makes the Oilers (and other Canadian teams) so unlikable. The constant whining and blaming the refs and "dirty" opposing team. By both the teams and their fans.

Its what I like about Florida. They're gunna come in and play their game. Penalties be damned. They dictate the terms. Reminds me a lot of what I liked about the Kings cup winning era teams

 

[North]

You can't trip someone in the corner with a can opener either but who's counting.

It’s pretty wild that you’re equating a cross check to the face with a trip that the Vegas player definitely sold. Sucks for him the ref didn’t buy it for once.

 

[landy]

lol did you even watch this year?

First season in a long time they didnt have an insane PP so "McDavid had a down year" when in reality his ES production clipped at a higher rate than his 2022 150+ season. Shows how much they depended on the PP that year.

 

[Oilslick941611]

You can't trip someone in the corner with a can opener either but who's counting.

you can't also fall on a goalie and hurt them and get out of the series. League dont care, so i say keep running Hill.

 

[Oilslick941611]

First season in a long time they didnt have an insane PP so "McDavid had a down year" when in reality his ES production clipped at a higher rate than his 2022 150+ season. Shows how much they depended on the PP that year.

Thats a take

 

[iCanada]

Well maybe if the Oilers mods would create a traumatic OF to blackmail the refs this wouldn't be an issue.

@tardigrade81 I feel like hangman has inspired a mandate we've got to fulfill going forward.

Your wife will understand, right?

 

[Slats432]

There is no agenda. We have some greasy guys. Comes with the territory.

 

[JianYang]

The thread acts like it's asking for the record but it really just seems like thinly veiled 'evidence' that the officials are trying to stick it to Edmonton.

 

[Zanon]

Sounds like an undisciplined team. Looking at their roster though, I’m not the least bit surprised.

 

[Cup Or Bust]

As long as the Oilers win, I don't really care. It certainly hasn't hurt their offense in these playoffs. Just need to be solid on the PK.

 

[Slats432]

The thread acts like it's asking for the record but it really just seems like thinly veiled 'evidence' that the officials are trying to stick it to Edmonton.

Many Oilers fans have that complex. I don't think it's true by any means.

 

[Fishy McScales]

There is no agenda. We have some greasy guys. Comes with the territory.

We do indeed. So do LA and especially Vegas.

The problem is the odds don't check out on this run.

 

[MikeS24]

Sounds like an undisciplined team. Looking at their roster though, I’m not the least bit surprised.

100% wrong

If you watch every minute of their games. You see a lot of "look the other way" on many infractions.