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Post-Game Talk: Poor discipline and poor reffing is a bad combination

I don't think I could even really be happy if the team comes back in this series and goes on to win the whole f***ing thing. It's just too obvious now that games are being rigged. How would you even know your team really earned the Cup, might have been rigged for you. Between tonight and game 1, and game 2 of the Isles-Canes series, the jig is up. This is the "pay no attention to the man behind the curtain" moment for me, it's just too f***ed to take seriously for another moment.
 
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Amongst all the controversy, anger in post game comments the one guy keeping his head is guess who? Ryan Nugent Hopkins. He could join the parade in making excuses but abjectly doesn't. Even acknowledges multiple times that the broken stick was a penalty, he came down too hard, and that the King had inside position and had beat them to the slot. Nuge saying they need better positioning on that play. Its a broken stick play, in the slot preventing a goal. It gets called.

But I respect Nuge even Keel. Hopefully he does more on the ice. I thought he was better today but he's not getting it done, and like 4 of our players in topsix he's not finishing jack squat.

I keep saying RNH would be a great coach if he ever wants it. He rarely ever loses the big picture or his calm rational demeanor. When he does he's pounding somebody in the face. heh

Nuge was quite physical in this game though. he did elevate physicality.
 
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Niten Ichi Ryu said:
Tough loss, but
This is the path we envisioned before the playoffs started. For some reason, I'm getting '08 Penguins vibes from this team. That was Crosby's first championship, and they were down 2-0 twice in two different series, the 2nd round and in the final.
Crosby said going down 2-0 vs Washington, and eventually a game 7 was the catalyst and the series that propelled them all the way to 16 wins.

We predicted this series to be the hardest series on the possible path to the SCF, because their style of play is what teams need to do to tame the Oilers; and they're also out for blood, revenge from last year

Despite widely outplaying the Kings, (and the refs), we find ourselves behind.
But, this is where we see this team transforms. Each game was a relatively low scoring affair, with the score not telling the tale of the actual gameplay. Korpisalo has been the MVP of the series so far.
That changes in game 4.

Don't let this ruin your weekend comrades, the pivot happens on Sunday
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Good post. And this is exactly the sort of situation you would see a come-from-behind series win. Oilers have been the better team. The dam is going to break. And they only need 1 win to tie the friggen thing. I'm less impressed with LA than I was yesterday, with all the help they need to win a game.
 
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Drivesaitl said:
Occams Razor right here. It just is the case.

I'll add as well a comment that though people are fuming about the high stick in OT, for some reason people are concluding that if that doesn't occur that the Oiler get the result. Its not a given with the goaltending disparity that the Oilers pull out the OT result. They rarely do in the playoffs. The Oilers are 2-10 in the McDrai era now in playoffs OT. I don't like that percentage and the Oilers haven't beaten Kings in OT in 3 games across 2 seasons and even without Drew Doughty last season.

It just seems as if people are not taking into account that for the Oilers theres no way they should want one goal decides it OT format. With the juxtaposition of Korpi vs Skinner thats a real losing card.

Oilers need to be deciding results in regulation time and I suspect they throw everything at it to do that in game 4.
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There is no reason that the Oilers should be 0-6 or whatever it is for PP opportunities in playoff OT aside from biased junk officiating. The Kings are getting gifted this series. Korpse is just the shit cherry on top.
 
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Bad officiating aside. Our entire top 6 minus McDavid and Draisiatl being MIA and korpisalo winning the goalie duo is the real story here. It's not over yet, not by a long shot. But the Oilers need to play a damn near perfect game on Sunday and bring this home tied to stand a chance
 
Does anyone know if there's a site somewhere that keeps track of how many times players get kicked out of the faceoff circle?

Draisaitl has to lead the league.
 
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Lead in all 3 games, down 2-1. Not really learning and adapting, gonna need better from a lot of guys at 5 in 5, mostly everyone in the top six who doesn’t wear 29 has been underwhelming. If that trend continues tough to see them winning.
 
A couple of things for me...

The first thing is that atrociously stupid penalty by Draisaitl right after McDavid scored to give the Oilers the 2-1 lead. It was after the play...WTF is he thinking?
The Kings got back all the momentum and tied up the game by scoring on the PP.
That one stupid play completely turned the game around.
Absolutely brutal.

The second thing....as much as I cant stand the Kings and their boring as f**k game plan they are an extremely difficult team to play against. They never seem to be out of the game. Its a battle right down to the last minute.

The third thing....there doesnt appear to be any reffing standard so the Oilers have to be much smarter. The Kings are schooling the Oilers in gamesmanship...goading them into taking bad penalties.

The 4th thing...that puck was touched with a highstick. Full stop.
While I blame the Oilers for allowing the game to get to O/T that non call ultimately decided the game.

The bottom line for me...stupid never wins hockey games and this team is playing stupid with these penalties.
When you are playing a goalie thats playing as well as Korpisalo you cant gift wrap opportunities to the Kings. Thats exactly what this team is doing.
I am kind of stunned that after 3 games its still happening and if it doesnt stop it wont matter that they are the better team. They will lose this series.
 
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I have seen NFL teams lose games directly due to bad officiating but never seen it in the NHL until tonight. I hope the 4 officials that reffed this game never have a good day in their lives.


If we lose this series I'm going to be f***ing devastated.
 
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soothsayer said:
Good post. And this is exactly the sort of situation you would see a come-from-behind series win. Oilers have been the better team. The dam is going to break. And they only need 1 win to tie the friggen thing. I'm less impressed with LA than I was yesterday, with all the help they need to win a game.
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I think the Oilers can come back. The reality numerically, that makes it quite a task is that when you're down 2-1 in games you have to win 3/4 of the remaining games. Or 3 for 3 if you like.

The difficulty with that is the Oilers have left every one of the first 3 games to essentially chance.

We need elevation, and we need separation. That ain't easy as long as 4 of our topsix are not mopping up. We need goals.

Not counting empty net Kings have allowed only 8 goals in 3games to the best offensive team in the league by miles. This is what the Kings had to do.

The stuff that I'm not hearing from the coach is that we're essentially playing the Kings series, and the way they want to be playing it and surviving it. Thats gotta change. The only way to do that is pump in some goals.
 
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Skinner is brutal with the softies. Way to let your team down buddy. There’s goalies and then there’s playoff goalies, and Skinny isn’t a playoff goalie. Every goal tonight was stoppable, again.
 
They had to win the two at home. Worst officiating in pro sports won’t be denied, especially with the ShitKings at home. They need to run Korpse or something to throw him off his game. That would be the only penalty worth taking. Get a f***ing goal called back for GI.
 
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