My favorite is XYZ team are Power Play merchants they're not as good as their record. ABC player on XYZ team sucks despite solid 5 on 5 production and no PP1 time, because the PP1 time context is not important.
Oilers leaped the Sabres and pissed off the entire buffalo fan baseProbably not exactly what OP is asking for, but anyway:
"Bettman hates Canada!"
"Bettman would do anything for the Coyotes!"
"The lottery is rigged!"
2015 lottery: Oilers win, leapfrogging the Coyotes to draft McDavid.
2016 lottery: Leafs win, get to draft Arizona native Matthews.