dude 100%, kulak has been amazing too minus that one pass in game 1
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... Beach BunniesWow...they played an entire game on their heels at 5x5 and still won.
10 SOG ties an NHL record for the fewest SOG in a playoff win.
Dallas must have had 60 shot attempts in this game. (EDIT: Dallas had 74 shot attempts)
Incredible.
Skinner deserves major props. Just a rock solid performance.
McDavid was just not going to be denied in this game.
I have to mention the coaching staff again. What a job they are doing.
Just look at the PP...in the first 4 games the Oilers were shut out on the PP
Zero for 6.
In games 5 and 6 they turned things around completely and went 4 for 5.
Obviously some adjustments were made and what a freaking result. Knoblauch and the entire coaching staff is coaching at a Stanley Cup level.
The includes both in game and between games.
Not bad for a rookie coach.
Now the team gets 5 days rest before they play game 1 in the SC Final.
Enough time to rest some bumps and bruises and get some Florida sun before putting it all on the line in the best Championship Final in all of sports.
This is going to be a blast!
And Dallas did not capitalize on their PPs and could not tie it let alone win it. This speaks more to the clutch play of the Oilers and to the weak overall play of Dallas. Funny how the media says that the Stars dominated all game...losing and not being able to score with a man advantage several times is not dominating...
Yeah, Gretzky said on the TNT panel post-game that they didn't appreciate how the Cup Finals are a different beast in 1983 and they were swept easily by the Islanders. It was over before they knew it.
I thought you'd been posting since around Gagner. I've been here since Al Hamilton.
Sometimes I think its overstated. Every voyage is different. The Oilers have lost to eventual cup champs two years in a row. This was the 80's Oilers experience losing first time in final but it doesn't mean its everybodies experience.
Favourites is one thing people are acting like the oil are an easy out… this is going to be a very close series. Florida has not had to contend with the oil top end skill. Dallas also had a more experienced goalie.
What the Last Dance hammered home for me was that Jordan could use (or even create) any reason to feel doubted or slighted, and then use that as motivation to destroy his opponent.
He only watches Eastern teams. What a clown. Never cared for him.
Fair point. Gretzky, however, did go against the entire panel and the owner of Florida, apparently his personal friend, and picked the Oilers to win.Sometimes I think its overstated. Every voyage is different. The Oilers have lost to eventual cup champs two years in a row. This was the 80's Oilers experience losing first time in final but it doesn't mean its everybodies experience.
Its interesting that anytime anything happens the old Oilers start talking about 83 and going to take a peak at the Islanders dressing room and realizing how hard it was to be Sparta etc etc. Yeah everybody in the world has heard it Wayne. shut up.
So done with the old Oilers weighing in on what the new Oilers need to do. The only one that actually rolled up their sleeves is Paul Coffey, I'll listen to him.
Florida had trouble with even Krieder and Zed got nothing done in big games like usual. They haven't seen anything like McDrai, Hyman, Booch, Nuge all leading the playoffs in pts.
He's been phenomenal these playoffs. And all season long, things weren't going his way, he was being demoted, scratched, and he just showed up and played his ass off every time. Contrast that to maybe some other guys during previous seasons who would pout when their ice time was cut. He may not be a 20 goal guy anymore but he's a perfect 4th line/pk guy and I hope we re-sign him to a cheap deal.
