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My continued theory has been that Pegula is a well-intentioned idiot. He loves his teams and is a fan of said teams but as a fan he also wants to have his hands on them like any fan would. His Sabres issue is that he trusts KA for unknown reasons and KA likely spins a grand story to protect his employment. Pegula doesn't trust the NHL's suggestions while being equally deluded into his own competence which only is reinforced by KA.

Yes the puck hits Tuch's glove; but yet CGY's 1st goal did the same and went directly in. Both cases had a player unintentionally on purpose touch the puck with his glove and create a goal. However that somehow equates to a hand pass for us and a "deflection" for CGY. McDavid's tying goal was not clean by any means; Draisital kicks the leg out from Lyon. If you want to say that Byram pushed him in, ok, but then shouldn't the goal where Thompson got shoved into the goalie, a while back, despite his great effort be ruled the same? Same could even be argued for the one where Benson was somewhat steered into a goalie. Then we have the Tuch and Quinn commentary which is where I always get a kick out of the all of you NHL/Ref defenders and how its obviously always the Sabres fault. You guys can hate the owner and be bitter about the playoff drought but that doesn't equal sounding less like a fan and more like you are just rooting against them. Quinn did try to fight through it; it isn't easy to keep balance when someone is trying to surf on your jersey. If the refs saw it as a flop then I have at least 2 earlier calls on us where Oilers flopped at much less. Including the call on Dahlin in the 3rd. As for Tuch, he cross-checked the guy then went over him with strength. A make-up call doesn't matter there, just call the cross-check if that's the case. They happened within 5 seconds and no puck possession had changed yet. To call a hook on that play makes zero sense seeing as Tuch's stick had literally nothing to do with the play. You can't "hook" a guy with your arm in hockey. What I'm sick of is the Sabres seemingly getting wacked with Goalie Interference calls to the letter while we see teams against us get far more leeway in similar circumstances. I'll live with a non-icing call if they can better the offside challenge 1. NO Timeout prior to asking for a challenge 2. The Offside must of occurred within 30 seconds of the goal and is voided if the opposing team gains full possession (not a touch, like a pass or attempted clear) 3. Refs have 1 minute to find this; if not the call on the ice stands

1st Goal was Icing 3rd Goal was at minimum likely Goalie Interference based on the ticky tack calls against us this year. Thompson's "1st goal" should of counted based on the goal from the Calgary game where the puck hit a player's glove inadvertently

I was meaning interference; in the last 10 seconds do whatever you need to eliminate McDavid. Hug tackle him if you have to

But honestly, when they had that last rush up tge ice I would of had one guy just tackle McDavid

FU Oilers TUCH!

Wish someone would of just chopped the knees out from under McDavid

Wanted a challenge but obviously it wouldn’t of worked regardless

Refs got lonely and needed this to be about them I guess He was until it went 5v3

Doan!

Even better, Tuch inadvertently punches the puck while trying to move his stick Tage! Puck knows!

Apparently there was an invisible glove pass

Thompson is borderline elite; you don't score 35+ year after year otherwise Muel has been a Top 4 Defensive Dman this year and Dahlin usually has been. Playmaking Centers however, not really any retort Goalies I'm ignoring because I refuse to dig through the refuse down there

Refs are drunk with power

Yes, stuck his stick between his legs and caused him to fall