Around the League - 2024-2025 Part II

[keonsbitterness]

Kings might want to, I don't know, generate some offence.

 

[mcleex]

Every f***ing bounce goes the Oilers way. Literally every bounce

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

Can we just fold the Kings? Like, what kind of hockey is this?

 

[mcleex]

That wasn't even a trip, their skates collided inadvertently

 

[keonsbitterness]

That wasn't even a trip, their skates collided inadvertently

It looked like a trip more than being an actual trip. Bad luck for the Kings.

 

[cyris]

The Kings should be embarrassed by that OT.

 

[1specter]

Kings are a f***ing joke. McDrai is their Boogeyman, they can't kill a penalty or hold a lead if their lives depended on it. They could've potentially swept this series but have now choked away a 2-0 lead. Also this playoff format is an absolute joke since year after year we get this dogshit matchup where Edmonton basically gets a free ride to round 2. Maybe the 5th time it'll be different!!! Pathetic.

 

[LeafalCrusader]

Fun series. Now best of 3.

 

[stickty111]

Can we just fold the Kings? Like, what kind of hockey is this?

Jim Hiller decided he's an Oilers fan in these 2 games. With average coaching, this is a sweep for the Kings.

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

Hiller is an idiot. Shortens the bench from the first period and then, once again, goes full turtle mode in the 3rd. 4 players (1D and 3F) under 5 min of ice, and Clarke saw only 11 min. Of course the top guys are gonna get tired.

Having said all that, game is likely over if Byfield chips it out of the zone. Inexcusable

 

[ruaware41]

If the Oilers didn't win after that complete domination in overtime that would be a tough one.

At least one Canadian team won tonight.

It seems as though the Kings have been heavily rolling 3 lines all series? Fatigue probably a factor then putting Edmonton in the driver's seat if the goaltending holds up.

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

Fireable offence

 

[mix1home]

Kings shot themselves in the foot again. On that last minute goal I was saying to myself “man, what are you doing, just chip if out of the zone…”

 

[leafs in five]

Edmundson 36:16 lol

 

[horner]

Wish we had leaders like McDavid and Draisaitl
They never give up.

 

[BallardEra]

Let's see how the Kings play in Edmonton now. They were a sub .500 road team this season.

Like I said.

At least the Kings still have home ice advantage but now the Oilers have some belief and the Kings have some doubt.

 

[BallardEra]

Watching this clip of the Wilson hit, you can hear a Habs player or coach screaming: "HHHIIIIITTTT!!!!" right before impact or was it Wilson yelling it out?:

 

[Nineteen67]

Edmonton should be able to finish off the Kings. That’s the Kings team we saw against the Leafs late in the season and they look very beatable.

 

[fahad203]

Wish we had leaders like McDavid and Draisaitl
They never give up.

Money in the bank
They can always count on those two have crazy playoffs. It's actually very impressive how year in year out those two keeps producing in playoffs

 

[ToneDog]

Why??
From what I saw the Habs could only do anything on the powerplay. Washingston handled them nicely 5v5

We were them 10 years ago no with all the hype and took 10 years and new gm/coach to maybe make us legit?

They are starting to build a foundation with a young core. Of course they need to make the right moves in the offseason. Demidov, Caufield, Hutson, Suzuki, Slavkovsky are starting to look good. They also have some youngsters close to making the jump. Too bad for them Laine has his issues.

Leafs window will be all but closed in 3 or 4 years unless they find a way to hit on some draft picks because they will most likely be old and capped out.

 

[ToneDog]

You just hope we get to the ECF and Wilson isn’t as healthy after playing like this for 2 rounds.

Canes have nobody dumb enough to take on Wilson. Kudos to Josh Anderson for trying.

 

[ToneDog]

Then we want a 2nd we don't need to trade to them .
Philly and Detroit are desperate for a great goaltender as well.

I liken any trade for a goalie between the Leafs and Oilers to the Sens/Bruins trade where Bruins took back Korpi. At the end of the day, you start a bidding war if you want to sell high on a goalie.

 

[HEAVY DUTY]

Kings are so awful. Jim Hiller is a terrible coach. Another loser from the Babcock coaching tree.

 

[MilkofthePoppy]

I would have fired Hiller after that terrible Coach's Challenge in Game 3. An abysmal decision that likely changed the trajectory of the series.

 

[MilkofthePoppy]

It’s amazing how a group of people who call themselves patriots but who want Alberta to become the 51st state sing O Canada so proudly. I don’t get Albertans

Many of them are proud Canadians sick of having their primary industry strangled by Laurentian elitists and seeing their wealth transferred to a corrupt welfare province like Quebec.