Honestly, you probably just shouldn't post here while this series is happening, especially not if you're going to come argue with us, even if you're being civil. Nothing good will come of it even if you do have good intentions.
Well, that's like, your opinion man. I don't know what to tell you; I'm not trolling, I saw a comment I was curious about and had a gif to share that might shed some reality on the situation. Feel free to disagree.
This is like if I went on your board and said "you guys think you're getting jobbed by the refs? Check out the non-call they just made on Tom Wilson's hit on Morgan Reilly that resulted in a goal.
That's not really what I'm doing here though. As a fan of great hockey, I'm also a fan of the Sharks. I like the team a lot and I don't live in a black or white area of fandom where liking my favourite team precludes me from liking another, even when they are embroiled in a playoff series.
I mean, what do you expect? Sharks fans to say "oh, yeah, you're right, our player totally took a dive on a play where the face on his contact was minimal; the fact that his face was completely destroyed by a puck and is extremely sensitive is irrelevant"?
I was just countering the assertion that McDavid did this on purpose. I conceded that his head snap could have been 100% legit given the severe injury he's playing with.
I've been very outspoken about the fact that I believe the Oilers' new "toughness" is hurting them more than it helps. Acquiring a bunch of goons like Lucic, Kassian, Maroon, etc will lead to your team taking stupid undisciplined penalties. In addition, when it comes to the benefit of the doubt, a team with those players doesn't get it. I believe that even if the refereeing has been in favor of San Jose (which it hasn't, your team is just chock full of undisciplined morons that have evidently worn off on your captain and 2nd best player), the reason for that is the Oilers won't get the benefit of the doubt on any calls due to them employing all these undisciplined goons.
You seem steamed for some reason but I agree with a lot of this, minus lumping McDavid and Drai in (despite his idiotic and dirty spear, he's a bing candidate). McDavid is playing playoff hockey and doing nothing different then any player on the Sharks. I prefer fast, skilled disciplined hockey. I like the Lucic signing alot but Kass and Maroon are not guys I'd have brought in.
I'm not going on your board saying any of this, though. There is nothing to gain from doing that. I'll say what I want to in the main board thread and I know there are plenty of Oilers fans in that thread to respond to my posts if I have questions.
Ok, I disagree. Again, I like the Sharks despite being an Oilers fan. If I follow the rules I'll post where I want. Feel free to report me though.
But since you're here, I'll ask: do you not realize the Oilers are still getting away with a lot of crap? McDavid's incessant cross checking on Meier, for example, wasn't even called.
This is an easy one. I do realize they are getting away with a lot.
But so are the Sharks. So is every other team in the NHL.
It's the playoffs.
I think if you're honest with yourself you'll admit the Sharks have gotten away with their share of junk as well, it is what it is.
I also think that the level of discipline between the two teams is accurately represented in the disparity in called penalties though. The Oiler's have played consistently undisciplined and they are getting punished for it, as they should. Hopefully the Sharks plethora of PPGs smarten them up but I'm doubtful.
Look, I'm no homer. I don't think this is a jobbing by the refs or anything like that. I just want to talk hockey, argue about hockey, joke about hockey and I want to be able to to do that with fans of any team. I've been on the outside looking in for a decade and I'm happy to be here with something to say in April.
