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From: lake@alberta.UUCP (Robert Lake)
Newsgroups: net.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: Edmonton "No Class" Oilers
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Date: Thu, 16-May-85 11:17:16 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 16 11:17:16 1985
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In article <5383@ucla-cs.ARPA> rick@ucla-cs.ARPA (Richard Gillespie) writes:
> Yes the defense is a combination of forwards and defensemen. My point was
> that Chicago was missing a pair of important *players* who happened to be
> a couple of their best defensemen. 

Yes, they were missing a couple of their best defensemen.  But that shouldn't
account for a total of 11 goals being scored against them.  Look at game 5
as well - both Wilson and Brown were back (although Wilson nearly needed
props to keep him standing) and the Oilers still managed 10 goals against
them.

>				 ... While we are on the topic, I may be
> biased (yes, I am, really!) but Messier check on Brown that put him out
> of action sure looked like boarding to me. OF COURSE there was no penalty.

I'm getting tired of you always whining how the officiating favors the
teams you dislike, and works against the teams you like.  Grow up!  If the
officiating is bad in the NHL, then it affects all teams.  In every game I
have seen there has always been infractions on both sides missed by the
officials.  But they are only human and (most of them) are doing the best
job they can.

> Wrong! The Oilers dominate the scoring now, yes, but not to the extent of
> Bruins of the early '70s (I can't find the stats but they scored 390+ goals
> when no one else was withing 70 or 80 of that - if anyone else topped 300
> at all). Those were the days when goalies had averages in the 2's, not like
> today when anything under 4 is good. But it is a fruitless exercise to play
> (how would .... play in another era).

I'm saying that the Oilers offence works against any defense (look at what
happened to the Islanders last year in the finals).  I still maintain they
would have at least equalled Boston's record.  Sure it is a fruitless exer-
cise to hypothesise these things, so why did you bring it up in the first
place?
					Robert Lake (alberta!lake)
					University of Alberta