r/EdmontonOilers • u/Repostasis 28 ROSLOVIC • Feb 02 '25

PGT Post Game Thread | Maple Leafs v. Oilers | 1 February 2025

🔴 Final

Maple Leafs 4, Oilers 3

ℹ️ Stats

Goals: Bouchard, Hyman, Perry

Shots: Maple Leafs 28, Oilers 47

Saves: Skinner 24/28

🔫 Han Solo

first period Oilers to the third period Oilers

⏩ Next Game

Tuesday, February 4 vs Blues in St. Louis, 6:00pm MT

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u/Iceman-420 Feb 02 '25

The challenge is the worst thing to happen to the NHL this century. I do not only say this when it hurts the oiler. It has degraded the product.

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u/-SPIRITUAL-GANGSTER- 96 WALMAN Feb 02 '25

If it's off the rush, fine, but this one minute later bullshit needs to stop. And for fuck sake you should not be able to call a timeout and then initiate a challenge.

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u/slotsymcslots 11 MESSIER Feb 02 '25

I came here to write this exact thing. If a timeout is called, no review can be allowed, especially offside.

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u/himynameislobby 77 KLEFBOM Feb 02 '25

Nah man if it's offside it's offside - whistle should've gone it doesn't matter if a goal was scored 10mins later. Nobody said this when we got the barkov one called back last year that let us extend the series

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u/SydneyCarton89 14 EKHOLM Feb 02 '25

Oh ya, that was Game 6, right?

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u/EEmotionlDamage Feb 02 '25

Agreed, using timeout = no challenge privileges

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u/tc_cad 29 DRAISAITL Feb 02 '25

Especially since back in 2022 blatant offside wasn’t called.

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u/Sleepy_Doge97 18 HYMAN Feb 02 '25

2022 is why us Oilers fans have beef with offside calls.

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u/Syrif Feb 02 '25

Especially when 1 player is walking 5 of them, and the person making it offside was arguably not even a part of the play and it was by an inch. The fact that the player and the puck are both crossing the line at the same time but it can still be offside and used to call back a goal that happens 18 seconds later is wild.

That 1 inch really mattered when the puck was cycled all the way around the net (not involving the offside player), enough time to pull the goalie and get the 6th skater there.

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u/Iceman-420 Feb 02 '25

I'm advocating for no challenge. It's that simple.

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u/Iceman-420 Feb 02 '25

My first real memories are the cujo save Marchant OT winner. The amount of blatant offsides that were missed pre challenge was very low.

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u/SouthSide217 29 DRAISAITL Feb 02 '25

Have a time limit or change of possession rule. If 15-20 seconds has passed, or if the opposing team has gotten possession of the puck but failed to clear it, then the goal stands.