I Can't Get Enough Of The Sharks Leaving The Oilers To Practice In The Dark With No Nets

The Oilers were forced to practice in the dark, with no nets in San Jose today. pic.twitter.com/KVP5BEyUwv

— Faizal Khamisa (@SNFaizalKhamisa) April 18, 2017

Outside of Oilers' fans who probably think their team's upcoming performance in Game 4 is super reliant upon running a bunch of educational drills during a casual morning skate on a playoff game day, I'm not sure how you could possibly hate this move. Gamesmanship should not only be accepted during a time of year in which winning is by any means necessary, it should be welcomed with open arms. No one should give a shit that the Sharks tried to gain an ever-so-slight advantage by disingenuous means. In fact, I think they should have taken their pettiness to another level by calling in a bomb threat to their own building or locking the doors to their rink from the outside a la 'Coach Carter'.

San Jose doesn't owe a damn thing to the team that accidentally got where they are by drawing the world's luckiest ping pong ball, and that includes common courtesy. As far as I am concerned, being gifted Connor McDavid should cost your team the luxury of all basic amenities - including something to shoot at during practice. It's probably not considered a "favor" to provide another professional hockey team as much hospitality as a Motel 6. However, with how spoiled the Edmonton Oilers have been lately maybe they need a reminder of their dark days as a franchise. You know, when there was no amount of electricity could help their handful of first overall picks (not you, Taylor) find the back of a net that was staring them in the face.