RomanPer

McDavid eating some ice at the end of the second is a nice addition to his diet

Oh, he doesn’t get the message that me not answering is not because of what he’s imagining

This is actually quite the opposite - the consistent winning comes after you fix your mindset, not the other way around. Ask any sports psychologist. The nature of the game doesn’t matter. And the fact that Oilers led the charge in complaining in the past only proves the point - they haven’t won anything, have they?

One of the main reasons he is now on my ignore list.

Here’s my take (most likely will be an unpopular one) on the whole reffing thing. Over my life I was part of or involved with many sport teams in different countries, different sport, different levels. From National Junior Volleyball Team in Ukraine as a player, to division 2 Ukrainian Soccer League team as sports journalist, to coaching various junior club teams in basketball and volleyball in Canada. During all these times I observed not only our team but also athletes and coaches on other teams. Participated in special training camp led by legendary Soviet Volleyball coach Viacheslav Platonov. Had close friends on Dynamo Kyiv team from 2 periods of their highest achievements in Europe (1986 European Cup of Cup Winners and 1999 CL semi final) who learned from another legend Valeriy Lobanovsky. Every one of these sports has one thing in common - element of subjective refereeing. There was always one common trend that I always saw - majority of consistent winners in all these sports never complained about refereeing, not even internally in locker room conversations. Most of the consistent losers blame refs/pitch/fans/weather conditions on their losses. It’s all about the mindset of the winner - always look at yourself as the cause of your own misfortune and analyze how not to get into a situation where you are exposing yourself to a questionable decision by others. Of course, during the heat of the moment in the middle of the game, anyone reacts to bad calls by a ref. It’s how you deal with that after the game, when you analyze your own performance - that’s what differentiates losers from winners. I just hope that we as fans try to get into similar mindset. There were plenty self-inflicted harm that Canucks caused to themselves in the last 15 minutes of the 3rd period yesterday. We could have and should have won the game yesterday even with all the stupidity from the Special K and Co.

Speaking of civilian population casualties - UN recently halved their estimate of killed women and children and significantly increased the number of killed between military-age men. Just when they started not believing Hamas health ministry numbers - https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-800772

I was really happy to see Danila on the list of the Black Aces today. Obviously, there’s probably zero chance of him playing actual games for the Canucks in these playoffs, but it speaks volumes about what the management thinks about his position between Canucks prospects. Everyone understands that this year was shit due to many things out of his control. Including him on the list is the sign of trust by the management and that’s precisely what he was told today in person. His confidence just shot straight up. #LFG Klim!!!

Relax, everyone. There’s a conspiracy, but it’s not what you think. The league assigned Special K to ref this game to give that only game win in the series to Oilers so their fans don’t destroy downtown Edmonton before Volleyball Nationals start next Thursday at Edmonton EXPO Centre. Now the next 2 games Canucks win in Edmonton and wrap it up in game 5 in Vancouver. By that time it’ll be too late as around 450 teams of teenagers will flood downtown Edmonton and even oilers fans won’t be able to stoop that low and cause mayhem with so many kids around. In case my sarcasm is not obvious, the only part of this post that is not a joke is all the info about Volleyball Nationals - flying there with my girls next Wednesday. Wish me luck behind the enemy lines.

If this is your affect on the home teams’ results, we need to fly you to Edmonton…

I’m not sure if the Black Aces are going to be travelling with the team. At the moment they are just practicing in Abbotsford.

This was exactly my thought process. Throughout the entire game I was surprisingly calm, even when we allowed 3/4th goals. It was just a feeling that we realistically can come back.

You should have tried ESPN Zone. I took my kids to Disneyworld in October 2004 and had no problems finding Canucks highlights.

Really curious to know - who was it in your opinion?

Do you really think $1,000 is enough for that?

Just made the easiest $1,000 in my life lol - my poker buddy from Edmonton bet me 2 days ago that Oilers will sweep Canucks. $1000, even money lol. Oh, how he was gloating after 4th Oiler goal