Post-Game Talk: Lightning 5, Oilers 2

[Little Fury]

lol, anyway at least Yahoo Sports called the incident "terrifying" haha

Milan Lucic hunting down and assaulting a Tampa Bay Lightning rookie is pretty terrifying

Honestly I think that's great. Sends a message that Lucic is a crazy mofo, if he's not going to score then at least intimidate and have that reputation.

Sounds like a real Dale Tallon kind of player to me.

 

[harpoon]

and how's the team doing thus far in your opinion?

With a godly start to the season for McDavid, and unsustainable scoring from Chiasson and Caggiula they are at least five or six points better than I would have predicted.

 

[The Bored Man]

Didn't catch the game last night. Is there anywhere I can watch the scrums? The compressed game highlights never show the rough stuff

That Reddit user often posts detailed highlights.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

With a godly start to the season for McDavid, and unsustainable scoring from Chiasson and Caggiula they are at least five or six points better than I would have predicted.

also an ungodly difficult schedule to start..

 

[Skar]

That Reddit user often posts detailed highlights.

That's perfect, thank you!

 

[harpoon]

And if the roles were reversed and one of our players boarded two of theirs, everybody would be calling for a suspension for that player.

Really? Everybody on hfoil would be calling for a suspension to an Oiler player? Never seen that happen the whole time I’ve been here.

 

[rboomercat90]

Some people in the hockey world (e.g. Brian Burke--love Burke, by the way) argue that the NHL has the best refs in professional sports. There's no doubt that other sports have their issues with refs, but I would argue that NHL refs are by a significant margin the worst refs in sports, due mainly to the fact that their incompetence leads to actual injuries. I won't try to make this thread about something it's not, but I'll say that all you need to know about the creepy psyche and motivation of refs can be learned in Kerry Fraser's past segments on Jason Gregor's show.

I’d love some examples if you can give some. I never listen to Gregor’s show. I have no trouble agreeing with your assessment on NHL referees. It’s disgusting that they put the instigator rule in, told the players they were going to police the game and then failed to follow through on that promise.

 

[harpoon]

also an ungodly difficult schedule to start..

I dunno. Team seems tighter than last year. More into the games. Maybe that trip to Europe and the long road trip through some tough teams was a good thing.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

lol, anyway at least Yahoo Sports called the incident "terrifying" haha

Milan Lucic hunting down and assaulting a Tampa Bay Lightning rookie is pretty terrifying

Honestly I think that's great. Sends a message that Lucic is a crazy mofo, if he's not going to score then at least intimidate and have that reputation. He sucks but at least do something.

I'm certain his teammates don't mind in the slightest.

 

[Soundwave]

I dunno. Team seems tighter than last year. More into the games. Maybe that trip to Europe and the long road trip through some tough teams was a good thing.

It's Klefbom being healthy, they are half way decent any time he is, even in 15-16.

Unfortunately the goal here shouldn't be just to be a middle of the pack team.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

It's Klefbom being healthy, they are half way decent any time he is, even in 15-16.

Unfortunately the goal here shouldn't be just to be a middle of the pack team.

True, but that's a start for team that wasn't last season.

 

[North]

Really? Everybody on hfoil would be calling for a suspension to an Oiler player? Never seen that happen the whole time I’ve been here.

You know what I meant. Everyone else on this forum (HFOil isn’t the only area here) and all the talking heads.

I didn’t think I had to spell it out but here we are.

 

[Jepprey]

 

[ThePhoenixx]

10 k too much....but money well spent!

Milan is going to be eating for free.

 

[Former Referee 68]

Agree 100%

 

[Jumptheshark]

nothing like a 2 game losing streak to bring the knives and bad energy out

 

[North]

Everyone bitching about what Lucic did should watch this clip.

 

[rboomercat90]

When Sid quoted Mclellan’s comments about the incident after the game it kind of sounded like he was saying Mclellan sent Lucic after Johnson. After watching Mclellan coach this team for three years I have a hard time believing he would but would Gulutzan have done that?

 

[Oilhawks]

Agree 100%

The NHL is full of shit. More evidence that their "concerns" over concussions is lip service. They hand out a suspension here and there for bad hits, but turn a blind eye a lot of the time (the ref, in this case, is watching Joseph throw this hit and shrugs it off FFS).

Cheap shot artists get away with slewfooting all to often and we have a harmless (as Tim & Sid agree) "stop being a reckless shit" play and we get a fine. The league is buying too much into this softness bullshit and neutering the game. If I wanted to watch basketball, I'd watch basketball. It too, used to allow some actual physicality.

 

[Oilhawks]

When Sid quoted Mclellan’s comments about the incident after the game it kind of sounded like he was saying Mclellan sent Lucic after Johnson. After watching Mclellan coach this team for three years I have a hard time believing he would but would Gulutzan have done that?

I could see Gulutzan having done it from how emotional he has gotten in the past (IE when coaching the Flames). Good on him, if so. A good "Yang" to McLellan's "Yin" in the quite literal sense

 

[Bryanbryoil]

When Sid quoted Mclellan’s comments about the incident after the game it kind of sounded like he was saying Mclellan sent Lucic after Johnson. After watching Mclellan coach this team for three years I have a hard time believing he would but would Gulutzan have done that?

IMO Looch took it upon himself. We all know that he is fighting it scoring wise but he is still easily our toughest and strongest player that strikes fear in all but a handful of NHL heavies and you can bet that all of them have respect for him. This was his way to contribute to the team and let the league know that you don't **** with our players. IMO he was lacking in this department last season.

 

[North]

IMO Looch took it upon himself. We all know that he is fighting it scoring wise but he is still easily our toughest and strongest player that strikes fear in all but a handful of NHL heavies and you can bet that all of them have respect for him. This was his way to contribute to the team and let the league know that you don't **** with our players. IMO he was lacking in this department last season.

Straight up, if anyone thinks Joseph is not going to remember this next game, they’d be wrong. Let’s see how much running around he does then.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

Straight up, if anyone thinks Joseph is not going to remember this next game, they’d be wrong. Let’s see how much running around he does then.

And if he does then someone will tune the **** out of him. He was scared ****less, he was laughing on the bench but he most definitely wasn't happy about what happened.

 

[North]

And if he does then someone will tune the **** out of him. He was scared ****less, he was laughing on the bench but he most definitely wasn't happy about what happened.

Only reason he could laugh was because Lucic was gone. If they had just given Lucic the penalties and no misconducts, he would have been shitting himself.

 

[Drivesaitl]

When Sid quoted Mclellan’s comments about the incident after the game it kind of sounded like he was saying Mclellan sent Lucic after Johnson. After watching Mclellan coach this team for three years I have a hard time believing he would but would Gulutzan have done that?

Who is "Sid"? I'm not getting the reference.

Agree with you though, and McLellan has no rep of being that kind of coach.