"The NHL knows the Oilers can distribute talent around the league better than a lottery ever could."

-@CorsiGuy

I think people need to appreciate that it was only about a month between the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald and when Gordon Lightfoot recorded "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald".

Looks like they took McDavid's assist back.

Which.... It's understandable but unfortunate. That's still a more honest assist than the 2nd assist on a give and go.

That was an absolutely terrible challenge.

He could have made it GI if he made any contact, but he didn't

So do the Impact or Whitecaps leave Canada first?

People love a smart GM making analytics based decision, right up until it ruins a good storyline.

Gotta love that Superior Intelligence.

Can someone please tell me what the fuck a grocery stick is?

Did anyone ask in the post game what lead to Draisaitl's unsportsmanlike conduct penalty? Babcock was yapping before the puck dropped on our PP and the 2nd unit started it, which was weird.

But somehow it was crickets from the colour commentator standing next to the bench.

It feels like the McDavid shorthanded goal deflated them.

It's almost like he scored that goal and they went "ok we got our justice" and the. forgot they had another two thirds of a hockey game to play.

Is there a requirement that one Oilers Dman must always be the Star Fish King? I don't remember Murphy doing this last year.

Of course it's Sennecke with a tip.....

So why was this not a holding penalty somewhere around 30 seconds before the Nugent-Hopkins holding penalty?

Interesting that wasn't holding

Oh and now we get one

Why is Louie between the benches if he can't tell us what a coach is upset about?

Interesting note.....in a game between the teams employing Stan Bowman and Joel Quenville, Kyle Beach's brother is one of the refs

(I don't think this meant the Podkolzin one man fight was a bias call....if I were him, I'd probably be more biased against the team with the guy Im pissed about at ice level.)

I looked up who the ref was because I think "one-man fight" is a CHL rule.

I think that's the first time I've ever seen only on player get a fighting penalty.

I'm not sure how you make a jersey with so much contrast and still make the numbers completely unreadable.

It's possible I'm way off base, but I have a hunch that the Stars relocation out of downtown is a tactic to create leverage for their owner to buy some of the real estate around the AAC.