GDT: WCSF - Game 2: Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers | Fri. May 10th | 7pm PST | SNP/CBC | Don’t Change That Channel

[Angry Little Elf]

Edm would be crazy not to start Picard

I think skinner deserves this game. If he fumbles this one, then you go with pickard

 

[Sergei Shirokov]

You’re up one. Leave the whining about the refs for later fellas.

I heard that Oilers fans think Kozari is the one 'anti Oiler' ref after some incident with McDavid.

For whatever reason Sutherland is this for the Canucks, just seems to be horrible officiating everytime with him.

So I guess things will be even in that department after 2. Haha.

 

[Navx94]

Honestly if drai isn’t playing and we lose but he comes back game 3 im still very confident we win this. Dont see Vancouver winning in Edmonton.

 

[arttk]

Kelly Sutherland tonight.

This one’s a write-off.

yeah the Oilers might as well put a cardboard in goal. Sutherland is going to make sure Canucks have so many penalties it wouldn't matter who starts in goal.

 

[Oleksiak]

Agreed.

As a Canucks fan the pre-emptive excuses need to stop.

So does pretending that Sutherland's conduct is acceptable.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Honestly if drai isn’t playing and we lose but he comes back game 3 im still very confident we win this. Dont see Vancouver winning in Edmonton.

Well that settles that. lol!

 

[ScottishCanuck]

So does pretending that Sutherland's conduct is acceptable.

To be fair I don’t think there’s a fanbase in the league that likes him.

 

[Dust]

I always feel it's a bad sign if you've heard of the referee's name. The Kozari/Lee combo always felt like subpar officiating though.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

To be fair I don’t think there’s a fanbase in the league that likes him.

From the Canucks point of view it’s less a worry about biased referring as I think that’s generally a myth that every fanbase feels there are refs that are out to get them.
It’s really more about not having a ton of penalties called as that favours the Oilers.
On the other hand, if the Canucks want to go far they need to get their PP going to at least narrow the Oiler advantage. Obviously it’s not going to be as good as that potent Oiler one but it has to be a lot better.

 

[Brookbank]

I think skinner deserves this game. If he fumbles this one, then you go with pickard

I guess. I don't see the downside in starting Picard. Has Picard played the canucks yet

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Edm would be crazy not to start Picard

Not a chance...he stunk in Game 2 against LA and came back and allowed 1 goal in Game 3 and 4

you gotta give him a chance to redeem himself

I heard that Oilers fans think Kozari is the one 'anti Oiler' ref after some incident with McDavid.

For whatever reason Sutherland is this for the Canucks, just seems to be horrible officiating everytime with him.

So I guess things will be even in that department after 2. Haha.

whats the story with Sutherland and the Nucks?

 

[Nucklehead Supreme]

Not a chance...he stunk in Game 2 against LA and came back and allowed 1 goal in Game 3 and 4

you gotta give him a chance to redeem himself


whats the story with Sutherland and the Nucks?

Just one incident, he grew up here, lots of rumours of him not wanting to come off as a homer, so he will call more penalties on us, again rumours, nothing verified, but the above incident was absolutely ridiculous.

 

[94 Oil Drops]

Really looking forward to this game tonight!

I'm not sure if I am.

 

[Bankerguy]

Winner of game two probably wins the series imo

i'd agree if Demko wasnt schedule to come back. if he steps in game 5/6 and is on his 'A' game, he could swing thigs back in our favor shouild we lose this one (and momentum)

 

[Coffey]

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Just one incident, he grew up here, lots of rumours of him not wanting to come off as a homer, so he will call more penalties on us, again rumours, nothing verified, but the above incident was absolutely ridiculous.

Pretty much one of the most f***ed up stories I've ever heard.
Absolute scumbag of a ref.

 

[quat]

You’re up one. Leave the whining about the refs for later fellas.

Ah, that's your turf. Forgot :-P

It's not the reffing so much as this one ref, with which the Canucks have a very long history of being on the wrong end of some very suspect calls.

The Canucks have every reason to fear the Oiler PP. It can win a series on it's own.

 

[Raistlin]

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Just one incident, he grew up here, lots of rumours of him not wanting to come off as a homer, so he will call more penalties on us, again rumours, nothing verified, but the above incident was absolutely ridiculous.

just one out of a cement truck load of incidents.

 

[God]

whats the story with Sutherland and the Nucks?

He also called like 4 or 5 straight penalties against the Canucks in their first round series against the Sharks in an elimination game. The Canucks were not winning that series but it was ridiculous to watch in real time.

 

[PuckG]

Ah, that's your turf. Forgot :-P

It's not the reffing so much as this one ref, with which the Canucks have a very long history of being on the wrong end of some very suspect calls.

The Canucks have every reason to fear the Oiler PP. It can win a series on its own.

Is it though?

It’s your fans that have been whining about refs before game 1 even started.

Now, somehow while having the power play advantage and being up 1-0 in the series, they’re whining again?

Seems like it’s your turf.

 

[God]

Here's another dogshit call by Sutherland, calling a textbook 2 minute board as a 5 minute major while the Canucks were controlling the run of play:

 

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[quat]

He also called like 4 or 5 straight penalties against the Canucks in their first round series against the Sharks in an elimination game. The Canucks were not winning that series but it was ridiculous to watch in real time.

That's one of the games that tipped my antipathy towards Pavelski into high gear. If that's actually possible.

Pavelski was one of the best guys in the league at remaining on his skates in traffic when fighting for the puck. He was a beast. Yet, standing in front of the net, he'd pitch forward onto the ice under that most minor of contact and Sutherland called foul on the Canucks repeatedly for this play, which only encouraged Pavelski to do it more often. It was absurd and it worked.

I'm sure the Oilers and every other fan base feels they also get the short end of the stick when it comes to officiating, and it's probably true, because the officiating seems to have no standards when it comes to their own rules.

 

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[Oleksiak]

He also called like 4 or 5 straight penalties against the Canucks in their first round series against the Sharks in an elimination game. The Canucks were not winning that series but it was ridiculous to watch in real time.

And also gave Keith a 2 minute minor for an elbow to Sedin that got him a 5 game suspension.

 

[Dust]

That's one of the games that tipped my antipathy towards Pavelski into high gear. If that's actually possible.

Pavelski was one of the best guys in the league at remaining on his skates in traffic when fighting for the puck. He was a beast. Yet, standing in front of the net, he'd pitch forward onto the ice under that most minor of contact and Sutherland called foul on the Canucks repeatedly for this play, which only encouraged Pavelski to do it more often. It was absurd and it worked.

I'm sure the Oilers and every other fan base feels they also get the short end of the stick when it comes to officiating, and it's probably true, because the officiating seems to have no standards when it comes to their own rules.

If there's some good that came from it, Pavelski is basically the reason they review the major penalties now. You still just flip a coin on whether it will be called correctly, but it's progress.