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Post-Game Talk: 3 Down, 1 To Go
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Not to toot my own horn too hard or anything, but I also feel like I had a better take prior to game 4 than any of the so called analysts did...
Pre-Game Talk: - The last PGT of the season?
Some positivity; there is a common thread between the last four teams that have pulled off 0-3 to 4--3 reverse sweeps. In games 1 through 3, they were analytically in a dead heat with their opponent but just seemed to lose anyway due to bounces, bad PDO, or goaltending theatrics. This is...
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Watching the ESPN feed of the game. The intro was pretty epic, lots of glamor shots of our City, Messier narrating as the hometown boy, and Fleetwood Max’s The Chain as the sound track.
Hope this intro has made its way online for everyone to watch.
Hope this intro has made its way online for everyone to watch.
For whatever reason I feel that these two fanbases don't have much animosity for each other. I cheered for them even as a kiddo in 1993 even, and when they have gone on deep runs I have hoped they could pull it off.
One of my good friends is a Habs fan and he was pretty quickly on board as well. Only time we're ever explicitly not supportive of each team is when we are playing (except when he wants us to thump them for a better draft pick haha)
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I was hoping Price would win a cup, have always liked that guy and I used to live in his home town for a year.
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That sounds like its worthy of a post with a link to me.
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Not sure I agree with this now. It's Game 7 now, the Cup is right there for the taking for both teams, pressure is 50/50 regardless of how we got there.
Don't get me wrong, I'll still be proud of the team if they lose (which they won't btw) but this loss might hit harder than any for me at least because they came so far and I want this so bad for the boys. I'm sure they feel the same way so I do believe the pressure is as high as it can get for both teams.
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Yeah that's Stauffer....always trying to steal everyones spotlight.I thought I was the peoples champ
Yeah I think there is a difference Monday. Up to this point the games they were playing in they had nothing to lose and were playing with house money. Now they play a game with everything to win.
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I agree and I don’t. If Florida loses they will be on the wrong side of arguably the biggest collapse in sports history. They will talk about it for decades.
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I’ll keep a look out. Hope it shows up onlineThat sounds like its worthy of a post with a link to me.
True but, conversely, the Oilers will just be merely a footnote in history if they lose as opposed to perhaps being the best story in sports history if they pull it off, a massive gulf in how they are looked upon in hockey history between a win and loss for both teams. The Oilers will be known as the team that ALMOST pulled off the miracle but couldn't complete the job. I think this is the time, right now, get it done, complete the story and lets walk together for eternity as champs.
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That Verhaege grenade pass to Barkov that he fumbled and gave away to Drai, for him to torch Forsling with the pass for the first goal of this game.
Yeh they ain’t shutting down shit. Drai was such a beast this game.
Yeh they ain’t shutting down shit. Drai was such a beast this game.
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Nah, Oilers are still gonna feel like the underdog. They’re on the road and it’s still hard to win 4 straight.
Oilers lose, it’s a valiant try and great effort.
Panthers lose, it’s the greatest collapse in NHL history.
Oilers have some pressure but nothing compared to the stress the Panthers are feeling.
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Wipe the slate clean for Game 7. It's now a one game series.
Florida has home ice advantage and all the trappings that come with that. This also the first time the Panthers have faced elimination these playoffs. And, as Ray Ferraro said last game, they know they may about to become an answer to a trivia question, which is the pressure no player likes.
I thought I was the peoples champ
That wouldn't make any sense. Edmonton has always been one of the most inclusive teams in the history of the sport.
People just want to see BS. I live in Sherwood Park and Belvedere growing up 20 years ago and most of my friends were Asians
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I agree with this except the past 3 games do matter. I say that because the Panthers are now dealing with an element of doubt which it seems to me has already affected their game.
Its clear to them by now that their over agressive forecheck and overloading the wall to block outlets and create turnovers (which has been the foundation of their success until 3 games ago) is getting burned over and over again.
They have some hesitation in their game now and thats because they are doing something they havent done at all until the Oilers came along....they are now questioning their system.
Its almost impossible to play on your toes when that creeps in.
That is going to be very tough for them to overcome.
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Can't agree with this at all, it's not like the Oilers are some cinderella team that's lucky to be here. The Oilers are the better team, they should feel all the pressure in the world to finish the job because you just don't know if this opportunity will ever present itself again. I get what you're saying about what Florida is up against but this is a winner take all for the Stanley Cup, pressure is massive for both sides to win this game.
Besides, you can't tell me it's just "some" pressure. I'm sweating bullets already and the game is still two days away, but I was also out all day and it's pretty freaking hot here so that might have something to do with it haha
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The Oilers have been playing with “pressure” since November though
This team was left for DEAD and people were already crowing about McDrai leaving
They were under tremendous pressure against the Nucks facing a humiliating loss to a rival team they couldnt beat all year with a 3rd stringer
Then again against Stars where they rose to the occasion
What pressure have the Panthers faced? This is their first bit of adversity all season and so far they’ve failed miserably
Yes, thought of an embarrassing choke will bring out their best game on Monday but the Oilers are comfortable in this position
I expect them to have the game of their lives Monday night
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I’m stopping home in NS for a few hours tomorrow then off to the airport to head to Miami.
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If I was a Panthers fan I'd be upset about their coaching.
Florida is stuck in this dead zone between wanting to forecheck and being scared of the stretch. Dallas did it to us, and we adjusted, but the Panthers have not, and it's allowed the Oilers to get better, we are really moving the puck quick now.
After game 4, Maurice pointed out how risky it is to stretch, basically implied it was unsustainable, and the Panthers are good at defending it, but that belief has allowed the Oilers to snowball.
Florida is stuck in this dead zone between wanting to forecheck and being scared of the stretch. Dallas did it to us, and we adjusted, but the Panthers have not, and it's allowed the Oilers to get better, we are really moving the puck quick now.
After game 4, Maurice pointed out how risky it is to stretch, basically implied it was unsustainable, and the Panthers are good at defending it, but that belief has allowed the Oilers to snowball.
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Thought the refs established that getting hooked in the hands, shouldn’t cause a players feet to completely give out when they called Tkachuk for diving in Game 5.
Guess not, as they allowed Barkov to do the same dive in Game 6. But it seems that it would be take atleast 3 dives before one finally gets called, guess Tkachuk earned his but Barkov not yet.
Guess not, as they allowed Barkov to do the same dive in Game 6. But it seems that it would be take atleast 3 dives before one finally gets called, guess Tkachuk earned his but Barkov not yet.
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Kulak continues to be playoff BEAST. That Rush he had in game 5 to create a 2 on 1 out of the nothing was the best I’ve seen him use his elite skating. Looked like a speed skater out there just pumping up the ice.
In game 6 he comes up with a clutch stick check to prevent an empty net rebound goal off Lombergs stick.
Broberg is obviously the future of our left side, but man will it be tough if we ever have to move on from Kulak for cap reasons. This is a player you keep for any Cup Runs. He brings his best when the games at at their most important.
In game 6 he comes up with a clutch stick check to prevent an empty net rebound goal off Lombergs stick.
Broberg is obviously the future of our left side, but man will it be tough if we ever have to move on from Kulak for cap reasons. This is a player you keep for any Cup Runs. He brings his best when the games at at their most important.
