Refs not calling the game

[fireantz]

If I were McDavid I would tell the league my next contract is in Europe if things don’t change. Matthews should do the same. Let the Tkachuks run the league like roller derby and see how that goes

 

[fireantz]

For you youngsters who think this is new, 1967 expansion watered down the talent pool and in the early 70’s they began to ignore the rule book resulting in the game being turned into WWF by the Philadelphia Flyers

 

[grego]

I still watch the oilers because they have always been my team. But if the oil are out in the playoffs I don't watch hockey because, especially playoff hockey is complete garbage. The obstruction of talent becomes insane. The holding of mcdavid is every shift in the playoffs and it keeps people from playing.

In the finals an Edmonton VS Toronto final would have more interest than playing a team like Florida. The NHL acts as the only way people pick a team is exclusively based on local geography. Not that if you make a better game more people will watch it

 

[Mr Positive]

I still watch the oilers because they have always been my team. But if the oil are out in the playoffs I don't watch hockey because, especially playoff hockey is complete garbage. The obstruction of talent becomes insane. The holding of mcdavid is every shift in the playoffs and it keeps people from playing.

In the finals an Edmonton VS Toronto final would have more interest than playing a team like Florida. The NHL acts as the only way people pick a team is exclusively based on local geography. Not that if you make a better game more people will watch it

The league just worships parity and so a superstar even existing goes against that. They want all teams to have elite players and for elite players to be roughly equal. It wrecks the formula to have a transcendental talent

 

[OilerFanInLangley]

Question: if the Canucks can just wrestle McDavid to the ice for the last 15 seconds of the game with no penalty, can the Oilers just drag the Canucks' goalie out of the crease and pin him against the boards, again with no violation?

Can anyone explain what the actual difference would be?

 

[thadd]

We would have a cup already if they called the games like they did post lockout 2005

I'm sure I'm the only person on earth with the following opinion:

AI (not now, but soon) is the only hope we can have to get consistent officiating.

 

[enthropi]

It’s time to Make Hockey Great Again. We all know this cup isn’t won on the ice anymore.

- annual 2-mil subscription fee for the Stanley Cup paid by the NHL to a Canadian sovereign fund
- 1-mil tariff per day to the host team and country when the Stanley Cup is outside Canada.
- Deferred salary contracts declared as tax evasion illegal clause
- Any additional American players above the current number in the league as of Dec 2024 is considered an illegal immigration emergency and subject to deportation or refusal of entry, subject to arbitrary custom agent’s bias
- Any coaching or advanced statistics staff are subject to search and seizures at customs based on national security and possible possession of sensitive information
- Any referees or linesmen may be considered “foreign agent” and may have their bank accounts seized based on performance and perceived neutrality (or lackthereof)
- any Monday of a Canadian team game exclusively broadcast on Amazon Prime is considered a national unholiday, considered paid non-work day for every Canadian of working age, charged to the US government or compensated by a free share of Amazon
- Over a decade without a Canadian team winning a Cup is considered Casus Belli