Around THE League; 2025 Playoff Edition

[ExarKun80]

LA again turtling in the 3rd like morons. They never learn.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

LA just isn't very good and Edmonton has 2 guys who can win a series on their own. It's a ridiculous cheat code.

Father time has caught up to Doughty. Looks totally lost.

Kopitar and Kempe also look gassed. Now a combined -5 in this game.

 

[Brookbank]

You know, channel-surfing around some of these first round series, there really are some pretty lackluster teams that have gotten this far. You can see serious holes in the lineup.

I know a lot of Canuck fans are lower than a snake right now--but seriously I really see them as good or better than a lot of these teams. And some judicious 'adds' in the off-season--particularly in the forward group--and they'll be right there with a lot of these teams, if not better on paper.

They just have to find a way to avoid the debilitating injuries and all the dressing-room drama....and just stick to the hockey basics.

Vancouver is a playoff team that never made the playoffs. Everything had to go wrong for us to miss and it did.

Finding a legit top scorer is going to be hard.

 

[valkynax]

Ha, is LAK really gonna choke this away?

 

[Canucks LB]

The Oilers are doing what the Canucks did against nashville

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

The Oilers are doing what the Canucks did against nashville

Except every single goaltender in this series totally sucks.

 

[ephmrl]

The Kings are playing like they’re still holding a lead and trying to kill the clock

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

Kuemper has turned into Hasek this OT. Kings are skating in quicksand.

Edmonton is winning this though. Just a matter of when...

 

[Jyrki21]

When I saw it was a 2-goal lead in the third period, I thought "it's not enough". Knew this would happen. Looks like it was the same story as the Canucks had with them with Bouchard...

 

[SnapIt]

kings collecting OT points like the 2024/25 Canucks

 

[SillyRabbit]

Hope that Bouchard has increased his salary to 12.5-13M with all these goals.

Oilers will be screwed long-term if he makes anything more than 11M.

 

[Flik]

Edmonton is relentless, wow. I don't see how they lose this one

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

I've watched a ton of hockey...I have never seen an OT period be so ridiculously one-sided. The Kings should be ashamed of themselves.

 

[WTG]

I'll say it.

I don't mind if the Oilers win and I low-key are kind of rooting for them.

 

[Jyrki21]

Welp, I'm going to bed but this feels extremely inevitable. I just watched a few minutes but it feels identical to the Canucks' series last year.

 

[SnapIt]

thats a bit of a weird one to call, but LA was getting a lot of non calls in their favour

 

[SillyRabbit]

I've watched a ton of hockey...I have never seen an OT period be so ridiculously one-sided. The Kings should be ashamed of themselves.

Jim Hiller has to be fired after this series.

He handed the Oilers the game on a silver platter with the challenge in Game 3.

Now in Game 4 they are turtling.

The Oilers are taking this series in 6.

Losing 3 years in a row to the Oilers (twice with Hiller) deserves a canning.

 

[Grumbler]

Well f***you LA for choking that away.

 

[Baby Pettersson]

Massive massive choke job by the kings.

 

[Flik]

Well done Kings, lol

 

[LemonSauceD]

Haha LA chokers

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

Of course they get a gift PP in overtime.

 

[WTG]

 

[Nuck Bonino]

lol losing to Pickard...

 

[Jyrki]