Around the League Thread | Conference Final Edition | We Are All Kevin Bieksa

[Jyrki]

Knoblauch is looking like a great hire by the Oilers. This is the best team defense they’ve played in the McDavid era.

Yeah their PK has also been insane, even though it's the goalie who's supposed to be the best PK'er. Knoblauch looks like a professor out there, he just that aura to him.

Not going to slobber the Oilers too much though, they still have quite a few glaring weaknesses and it's up to PDB to have a plan to attack them. The Stars are still deep enough that they can have several players step up when the going gets tough.

 

[rea]

If edm ends up in finals vs Flo, it'll be the 20th anniversary of cgy vs tbay coincidentally. Alberta vs Florida again. Can only hope for the same results lol

 

[CanucksSayEh]

Boeser missed 1 game, and even without Demko, Nucks had the better goalie.

Injuries are not why they lost, they just blew it. Bad player performances, bad coaching, did nothing to address the winger and PP issues at the deadline.

"No one expected us to be here" is the lamest excuse there is, and a flat out lie. Go Panthers I guess, ugh.

 

[LordBacon]

Boeser missed 1 game, and even without Demko, Nucks had the better goalie.

Injuries are not why they lost, they just blew it. Bad player performances, bad coaching, did nothing to address the winger and PP issues at the deadline.

"No one expected us to be here" is the lamest excuse there is, and a flat out lie. Go Panthers I guess, ugh.

By your standards, how would you define a successful season?

 

[CanucksSayEh]

By your standards, how would you define a successful season?

Doing it all right, but losing to a better team.

Or a cup of course.

 

[Frostage]

Boeser missed 1 game, and even without Demko, Nucks had the better goalie.

Injuries are not why they lost, they just blew it. Bad player performances, bad coaching, did nothing to address the winger and PP issues at the deadline.

"No one expected us to be here" is the lamest excuse there is, and a flat out lie. Go Panthers I guess, ugh.

Tocchet got out coached versus Edmonton. The team couldn't handle the Oilers forecheck nor their PK.

(I also still wonder about his gambling past)

 

[shottasasa]

Doing it all right, but losing to a better team.

Or a cup of course.

The Canucks did lose to a better team. The one that has the best player in the world and arguably the best top end collection of talent in the league. Hence the reason the Oilers were heavily favoured going into the series. If the Canucks won it would have been an upset to remember.

 

[shottasasa]

Tocchet got out coached versus Edmonton. The team couldn't handle the Oilers forecheck nor their PK.

(I also still wonder about his gambling past)

Do you really think so? They took a heavily favoured team to game 7. Top end talent had more to do with it than anything else.

What are you suggesting about Tochett’s gambling past exactly?

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

Just imagine being a Sabres fan. Being denied McDavid while also watching your franchise pass over Leon Draisaitl.

while sam reinhart scores 57 goals and wins the cup

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

i’ll cop that edm has turned out to be much better defensively than i thought, or had previously ahown against us, but this thread has had way too much of

 

[JT Milker]

We were heavily outplayed by Edmonton in basically every game other than 1 and 5. The better team won.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

i’ll cop that edm has turned out to be much better defensively than i thought, or had previously ahown against us, but this thread has had way too much of

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Yeah, I’m not on the train of “we got beaten by the better team”. I’m pleased with how our season went, but still feel that series was winnable (I think both can be true). That we took it to 7 games and lost by a goal without Demko, and with Pettersson playing like a ghost of himself, just strengthens that for me. If Petey was on, we take that. Hell, we almost did without him and with Boeser being unavailable for Game 7.

Now that said - I have to give the Oilers some props for their unexpectedly solid defensive game. Their PK has tightened up, and their team D has been strong enough to overcome the presence and mistakes of guys like Darnell Nurse back there. You win a Cup off the backs of a number of guys reaching the high water marks of their careers, and there’s a bunch of guys up and down that roster doing just that.

I still think their goaltending isn’t good enough to win a Championship - but the playoffs are such a crap shoot, and so dependent on good luck with injuries, too. I’m surprised at how poor Dallas has looked in this series after solid showings against Vegas and Colorado, though.

 

[quat]

Guys I'm starting to worry. I have a bet... And if the Oilers win it all I'm in line to be getting an Oilers tat. Not good folks.

Brightside? Well, then you'll have two ass holes! (can I say that?)

 

[Reverend Mayhem]

i’ll cop that edm has turned out to be much better defensively than i thought, or had previously ahown against us, but this thread has had way too much of

They are a hugely deficient team. Like Mr. C said we nearly beat them without Demko.

 

[iceburg]

Guys I'm starting to worry. I have a bet... And if the Oilers win it all I'm in line to be getting an Oilers tat. Not good folks.

How about this? It has their logo....

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

Boeser missed 1 game, and even without Demko, Nucks had the better goalie.

Injuries are not why they lost, they just blew it. Bad player performances, bad coaching, did nothing to address the winger and PP issues at the deadline.

"No one expected us to be here" is the lamest excuse there is, and a flat out lie. Go Panthers I guess, ugh.

Pettersson scores 2 more goals in the Edmonton series, and there's a good chance the Canucks take the series in 6.

 

[Nikolajs Sillers]

while sam reinhart scores 57 goals and wins the cup

Don't forget ROR won cup after leaving Sabres, Eichel won cup after leaving, Reinhart next?

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

while sam reinhart scores 57 goals and wins the cup

And Eichel wins the Cup a year beforehand lol

 

[crazychimp]

It's impressive when you look at the disaster start to the season. Winning 16 straight games wasn't an easy feat either. That team is fully working their asses off.

The reality is they were always going to win a cup with McDrai. Peter Chiarelli and Ken Holland f***ed them up enough to prevent them from being a dynasty...but yeah, this was bound to happen.

Just imagine being a Sabres fan. Being denied McDavid while also watching your franchise pass over Leon Draisaitl.

Reinhart isn’t doing too bad these playoffs.

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

I never really considered this, but the last time a Canadian team won the Cup, I was three. Essentially, I've never seen it in my lifetime.

 

[Baby Pettersson]

How about this? It has their logo....


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Good point. I just agreed to the Oilers logo. So as long as it's being eaten by an orca I'm all good!

 

[Baby Pettersson]

Not gonna lie if Oilers do win next game it will be a massive missed opportunity if the fans don't chant "we want Florida".

 

[HelloCookie]

I hope florida wins tonight and rangers don't assault any of them with devastating consequences in their desperation. Barkov hoisting the cup as the first Finnish-born captain is the only thing i look forward to in results in these playoffs

 

[Petey O]

How about this? It has their logo....


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Doesn't oil kill orcas technically?

 

[AlainVigneaultsGum]

Coilers look great. Not even mad. Them againt either of NY/FLA would be a really fun final.