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GDT: The Edmonton Oilers visit your Toronto Maple Leafs for HNIC.

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NK94 said:
TSN also employs Button and Poulin, who have absolutely no idea what they’re talking about half the time. Doesn’t help that Dreger makes shit up often. The good sports broadcasters in Canada are far and few in between.

This offensive lull isn’t going to last forever, and having to score 3 or more goals due to an .857 SV% stretch from Andersen wasn’t going to either. The chances are there, the pucks will go in soon enough. The trade deadline will help them out too depending on who’s acquired.
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Button does know what he's talking about. I find he gets hate because it isn't the popular opinion and he's aggressive in his appraoch. But more often than not, I do feel he speaks from truth and experience. He's often right when it comes to what approach general managers should take (how they should address different transactions or their team). He isn't always right when it comes to his assessment of players but who really is?
 
Leafsfan74 said:
This ideology isn't helping the game grow. We are stuck in being at the mercy of the ref, akin to a King, they decide if they feel like honouring the rulebook or not.

The Super Bowl had some tough calls. Some courageous calls that cost K.C some points. Regardless of the opinion on if they were infractions or not, the bottom line is that the refs took the heat under the bright lights. They didn't manage the game.

I grew up on the idea that a penalty in the first minute isn't the same standard as OT. This simply has to end. The sport is only growing by default, a function of sports being bigger parts of our lives across the spectrum.

Other sports continue to dwarf the popularity of the NHL even while NHL is faster and can be more exciting (if talent wins the day).
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It simply opens up too much stuff to interpretation and I have no idea why people want an extra "human element" to the game. It creates the opportunity to have each game officiated differently. The players are adjusting to the refs when this interpretation/management style is supposed to have the refs adjust to the players.
 
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MattySnipes said:
Ron MacLean needs to drink a beer.

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