Oilfan2
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Lol! And if the Blues are Uruk-hai, it makes sense that the hobbits would get under their skin.
Sorry Replacement, I only chimed in because I'm a long time Oiler fan as well and, though I don't condone unnecessary roughness, I also don't think the Blues are particularly ignoble. Maybe they crossed the line against some of the hobbits the other night, but I think it will do the Oil some good. The west is a mans conference, the sooner they realize that the better.
As for why the Blues got testy? I read that Miller was seething about being interfered with just prior to Fraser's goal. At the 2nd intermission he told some fellow Blues to take it out on the Oilers in the 3rd. Perhaps when the Oilers started to get chippy, that request was acted upon. Just a guess, and not trying to justify it. But that's life in the big boys' sandbox.
Anyway, sorry to pry. Best of luck Oil, I truly am pulling for them. In the mean time, why not hop on the Blues wagon with Magnus for a wild ride?
LOL...Man's conference? Really? That's how you're trying to justify the way the Blues try to play hockey? They're playing in the mode the Canucks used to, before they fell and the Blues will do the same ...easily. Playing goon hockey isn't sustainable. It playing the game football style and that rarely works long term, especially in the playoffs when quality rises to the top.
The only reason the blues are where they are is because of their quality of defensemen. They have some of the least-skilled forwards in the west, by far. That's not going to get them far in the playoffs, as usual. Having Miller will help but they'll meet teams that will exploit their lack of skill. Their goon-like behaviour will be exposed by teams as long as the refs are on their games and they'll lose on PP, etc.
As long as the refs call the game within the rules, the Blues won't be able to handle many of the other teams in the conference. They simply don't have the skill.
Similar to last season, it's going to depend on who the Blues play in the first/second rounds. They can win a round or two or go out in the first. A team like LA handled them physically because they played similar styles. However, that only worked so much for LA because they got lucky and played a weaker team in SJ and the refs let the Kings away with way too much. You see what happened when they met a much superior team in the Hawks.
Blues fans seem to have very short memories as well. Not long ago, the blues were the laughing stock of the league and they still haven't won anything yet.
It'll be nice to hear all the whining and excuses when they don't win the cup again this year.