RDOilerfan wrote on Mon, 25 November 2019 12:06

Kr55 wrote on Mon, 25 November 2019 11:56 RDOilerfan wrote on Mon, 25 November 2019 11:41 Kr55 wrote on Mon, 25 November 2019 10:40 Weird quote from Tocchet after the game. Catherine Silverman @catmsilverman Rick Tocchet specifically complimented the way the officials called the game tonight. “We had two veteran refs. I like how they called this game... rough [the opposition] up, they aren’t going to call it. Protect the house.” Thanks for ignoring the rule book to favour the home team basically? What's not to like for Tocchet. The refs called the game that benefited his team. They aren't skilled so they need to be allowed to play hook and grab in order to keep pace. My fav was when the one Coyote had McDavid in a leg lock. Literally was holding onto his leg in the air not allowing McDavid to skate then went into the Oilers zone to rip in a goal. That's what the fans of this league want to see. NHL 3rd and 4th liners pinning the best players to the ice so they can't do anything. It wouldn't surprise me if the ref was watching it yelling at McDavid to "battle through it". That was just your standard totally acceptable "protect the house" play! Too bad there wasn't a clip of Tocchet. I wonder if he was yelling "old time hockey boys" from the bench. The freaking linesmen has to come up to tell the guy to let go. You just know if McDavid had of made any kind of aggressive move to try to pull his foot free, he would have gotten a penalty.

Imagine if he yanked his leg and hurt his knee. That's McDavid's knee he injured that Fisher is holding onto. If he fell down he could have twisted his knee too, Fisher had it tight.

Good old time hockey.

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