You could make this thread for every team in the league.
No, you can't. A companion thread that disappeared off the top pages was the thread on video replays that clearly showed infractions that weren't called on our players. Flames get those calls all day, any game. They get such bogus weak calls and way more PP's than that club earns with their play. It happens anytime you watch the Flames.
I just looked up NHL stats on penalties drawn per 60mins. You get hack antagonists up there, pretty much filling the top ten. Players like Rinaldi, Tom Wilson. Some of these hacks actually draw as much or more penalties than they take and these players are dirty all day.
The NHL has a known and bad habit of several forms of prejudice in calls. They call reaction calls much more than initial infractions. Somehow we feel this is normal, but only due to how whacked the NHL has always been in this regard.
Connor McDavid is 50th in penalties drawn per 60mins in his NHL era. Thats absolutely ridiculous. In NBA he would have drawn the most fouls. By a wide margin. yet theres players that draw twice as many calls as McD. Drai isn't even on the list anywhere I can see and he's held 10 times a game.
Both Tkachuk brothers are among highest in drawing penalties in the NHL. Both draw way more than they take. The NHL rewards batshit players like this, antagonists, every game. Of course Ehlers, Marchand, all high on the list. You basically know what kind of f***ing hacks are on the list before you even look. In a credible league these would be the most penalized players, and way over what they draw..
But if it happens to be an Oiler somehow the league gets it right. Kass looks at a player and its 2mins. The NHL has zero tolerance on Zach Kassian, specifically, while letting 25 other players just maim guys on the ice.
The Calgary Flames have 8 players in their lineup that draw more penalties per 60 than Leon Draisaitl. Most of them are in Connor McDavid range. I mean think about that if you think there isn't any oddity or we're not being jobbed. WE are, every f***ing game.
Its not fiction. The disparity in calls is substantiated when you look up the numbers. The NHL plays favorites, and obviously.