WOW. Thats some GREAT digging. Lots to unpack with this. Theres a lot of spaghetti gets thrown on the wall talking about this stuff but this, this sticks. Won't be able to unlook how this is framed. Somebody did some good detective work. So that Western Canada is getting royally screwed in hockey too...
Interesting in the list too that Philly and STL are below where we are and yet both had long and repeated durations as the dirtiest teams in hockey. One that stands out is that Buffalo are getting screwed too. When one thinks of Buffalo through the years one certainly doesn't think "team with most penalty minutes" more like among teams getting f***ed over.
Bituman must be an interesting read. heh
The issue with that list is it means little to nothing for the current NHL. I looked at the same measurement over the past decade only. Here it is
1. New Jersey Devils 4.25
2. Detroit Red Wings 4.06
3. Anaheim Ducks 3.86
4. Philadelphia Flyers 3.80
5. Arizona Coyotes 3.78
6. Edmonton Oilers 3.78
7. Calgary Flames 3.67
8. Florida Panthers 3.66
9. Carolina Hurricanes 3.62
10. Vancouver Canucks 3.61
17. Toronto Maple Leafs 3.19
19. Montreal Canadians 3.16
21. Ottawa Senators 3.16
27. Winnipeg Jets 2.98
If you dig deeper in the original, an absolute ton of the Calgary/Edmonton penalties came against each other. Battle of Alberta was penalty heavy. There might be a bit of an east/west Canada bias but Canadian teams aren’t targeted more, at least not currently.