This still bugs me. Canucks fans are furious with McDavid (I get it) but say diddly about Garland's desperate & dirty antics that led up to the lumber sandwich. NHL refs need to get their act together.
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Bruce Arthur
Connor McDavid gets three games for his crosscheck against Vancouver, and the superstar seems to be snapping a little more than usual. Maybe the NHL should look at, you know, not letting other players wrestle him like a steer at a country fair. www.thestar.com/sports/hocke...
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The NHL is a farce. They massage games far too much. The integrity of the game is weak at best.
The NHL is run by fools
Garland held him. 2 min minor at most, not being called because Oilers had possession.
McDavid was held by a player 4 inches shorter and 40 lbs lighter and resorted to a crosscheck to the head.
Don’t do stupid shit like that and you probably won’t get cross checked in the head.
Refs need to call the game by the rule book (if not, why the fuck do they even have one?) and players will eventually figure it out.
Oilers fans are setting new standards in being whiny and pathetic.
McDavid is lucky he didn’t get more considering he did two headshots in two games.
McChoke is still bitter about the way he crapped the bed in the finals.
The Bouchard example has not been front and centre, but still applies, fair point.
A lot of shit goes uncalled against him. He can't be cross checking people in the face. The first thing led to the second thing. The second thing deserved a suspension.
All those things can be true.
If he cross checks a guy in the head then someone from the oilers is getting the same treatment.
Hyman did the same to Zadorov (and wasn’t punished, which was BS).
I agree with you, a hold is a hold, but that’s not what we are talking about here now is it? You’re just looking for any reason to “win” an argument.
Call the game as the rule book states, and do it consistently. That’s all I want.
We are literally just talking about a 2 minute holding minor that wasn’t called 40 seconds after the oilers got away with one.
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