Also, how long do they allow Florida players to grab on opponent's stick? it just continues from playoff, they let them grab stick as long as they want. The one that Ekblad holding on McDavid in the corner close to the end of the game is just ridiculous
I’ll be the first to admit I’ve seen refs miss calls on Oilers players, but typically, the amount of missed calls are (somewhat) evenly distributed amongst both teams. I personally think the Nurse penalty was simply Sutherland letting things get personal, and was absolutely a call of ego, and I watched them actively miss two trips and a high sticking penalty on the Panthers in the span of roughly 2-3 minutes. I’ll admit I have a tendency to get mad at refs DURING games but by the time the game ends (win or lose) I’ve already forgotten about the reffing. That game was the first game where both my dad and I looked at each other afterwards and said, “Wow, reffing was very lopsided this game.”
Was the officiating in that game terrible? Absolutely. But Nurse's misconduct for abuse of an official is on Nurse, and is made worse because he does have a letter on his sweater. A good leader thinks of the TEAM FIRST.
The Player's Association collective agreement deserves as much blame as DoPS because they take their cues and assess penalties based on what the players wanted.
Also, how long do they allow Florida players to grab on opponent's stick? it just continues from playoff, they let them grab stick as long as they want. The one that Ekblad holding on McDavid in the corner close to the end of the game is just ridiculous
I know it's cliche to blame the refs for a loss, but in the case of the Oilers vs Panthers game it was blatantly lopsided and weak officiating.
I’ll be the first to admit I’ve seen refs miss calls on Oilers players, but typically, the amount of missed calls are (somewhat) evenly distributed amongst both teams. I personally think the Nurse penalty was simply Sutherland letting things get personal, and was absolutely a call of ego, and I watched them actively miss two trips and a high sticking penalty on the Panthers in the span of roughly 2-3 minutes. I’ll admit I have a tendency to get mad at refs DURING games but by the time the game ends (win or lose) I’ve already forgotten about the reffing. That game was the first game where both my dad and I looked at each other afterwards and said, “Wow, reffing was very lopsided this game.”
Was the officiating in that game terrible? Absolutely. But Nurse's misconduct for abuse of an official is on Nurse, and is made worse because he does have a letter on his sweater. A good leader thinks of the TEAM FIRST.
Officials do take a lot of abuse....but it'll be worse if they don't make the right call...so make the right call ffs.
The Player's Association collective agreement deserves as much blame as DoPS because they take their cues and assess penalties based on what the players wanted.
This season? Have you watched any other season? This is every year 😂
Ready for school pictures, I see...
Refs are garbage last game vs flordia and i was chanting refs you suck
Everyone was