Around the League Thread | Where elbows aren’t penalties and what’s the capital of Thailand again?

[ProviesGhost]

No way Edmonton wins the next 3 straight.

it does seem rather unlikely...... but wait!, sportsnet will tell you, regularly, that if "any team can do it is this Oilers team"....

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

No way Edmonton wins the next 3 straight.

God damnit, rypper, don’t tempt the hockey gods into making this reality!

 

[TruKnyte]

God damnit, rypper, don’t tempt the hockey gods into making this reality!

Agreed. It's like you guys want Edmonton to win or something.

 

[rypper]

I just want leon and Connor tears.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

i turned it off after 5-1. did edmonton run up the score, or was florida just that bad tonight?

 

[rypper]

 

[SopelFanThe3rd]

Continue to sit until @SopelFanThe3rd opens the door.

Mm

 

[Jyrki]

So like I said before the start of the series, there was potential for a decent amount of scoring because neither club is truly a structured defensive team.

Panthers D pinched too much and the forwards didn't cover back. Panthers also coughed up the puck a lot more than basically all playoffs which enabled the Oilers counterattacks.

As with last year, Panthers are there for the taking if you can calmly avoid the chaos they create in your end and get clean breakouts. Vegas did it with 5 man puck support. In this case, the Panthers have greatly relied on backcheck pressure rather than their D holding the blueline on opposing rushes, when their forwards are turning it over and not motoring back this is what you get. Guys like McDavid gain the blueline easily and there aren't forwards to do their man-on-man coverage.

I think it's fine for the Panthers' to stick to their gameplan, the Oilers have too many players who consistently make bad plays when pressured and I think the game got away more from an execution problem than Knoblauch figuring out a good counter, the score is just a result of what happens when the dam breaks. If they play more conservatively they'll just give them too much space.

 

[crazychimp]

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Im convinced this guy doesn’t change his underwear.. because superstition.

 

[Kryten]

Ekblad went full Myers tonight. Never go full Myers

 

[valkynax]

Ekblad went full Myers tonight. Never go full Myers

At the time I thought the movie was just...ridiculous.

Now? Well shit it's a damn classic that's too close to reality.

The crying monkey award made me laugh, hard.

 

[Kryten]

At the time I thought the movie was just...ridiculous.

Now? Well shit it's a damn classic that's too close to reality.

The crying monkey award made me laugh, hard.

Its coveted

 

[valkynax]

Its coveted

Tugg Speedman, in Scorcher VI...GLOBAL MELTDOWN!

 

[mossey3535]

I think it's fine for the Panthers' to stick to their gameplan, the Oilers have too many players who consistently make bad plays when pressured and I think the game got away more from an execution problem than Knoblauch figuring out a good counter, the score is just a result of what happens when the dam breaks. If they play more conservatively they'll just give them too much space.

Like I said, Panthers gave up the puck a lot. I don't think Oilers "figured them out" at all, and I think Koblauch is a middling coach at best. His only real adjustments are lineup changes and getting them to turtle when they have to, which is 50% of what Green gave us in the bubble. To be fair both those moves have been effective, but he's not some kind of genius tactician.

I also think the stage bit the Panthers a bit and caused a lot sloppier play especially high in the offensive zone. You can't really activate your D constantly but have your forwards all hang out near the blueline until it just gets knocked off their sticks.

 

[AwesomeInTheory]

No way Edmonton wins the next 3 straight.

I remember saying something similar during 2011.

 

[Grumbler]

Edmonton will win the next three.

 

[wetcoast]

No way Edmonton wins the next 3 straight.

Probably not but this series should really be closer than the 3-1 indicates, the Oilers have had their chances.

 

[nucks88]

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[Mr. Canucklehead]

Im convinced this guy doesn’t change his underwear.. because superstition.

I’d imagine there’s superstitions amongst professional hockey players that would make our hair stand on end.

 

[Hit the post]

I remember saying something similar during 2011.

Canucks didn't lose three straight in 2011. (not that it makes me feel any better )

 

[Vector]

Canucks didn't lose three straight in 2011. (not that it makes me feel any better )

They absolutely did. Just not in the SCF.

 

[crazychimp]

I think people are forgetting Panthers have lost lopsided games even in these playoffs 6-3 against Tampa and 5-1 against the Bruins, they will win this one in either 5 or 6 I just don’t see this team losing 3 straight they’re too good.

 

[Hit the post]

They absolutely did. Just not in the SCF.

Nobody cares about a playoff series that isn't the SCF. At least that's the story I'm sticking with.

I think people are forgetting Panthers have lost lopsided games even in these playoffs 6-3 against Tampa and 5-1 against the Bruins, they will win this one in either 5 or 6 I just don’t see this team losing 3 straight they’re too good.

I don't think the Panthers are that good. I do think the Oilers goaltending will shit the bed at least once in the next three games.

 

[valkynax]

Nobody cares about a playoff series that isn't the SCF. At least that's the story I'm sticking with.


I don't think the Panthers are that good. I do think the Oilers goaltending will shit the bed at least once in the next three games.

Last time a team actually came back from 3-0 in playoffs was 2014, LAK reverse swept SJS. That was also, to me, one of the most impressive playoffs I've seen, as LAK went on to win the cup but almost every single series went to game 7.

Last finals 3-0 reverse sweep was done 1942 by TOR against DET.

In NBA I don't think there's EVER been a reverse sweep, in any playoff series, at all.

 

[I am toxic]

I have never been so heart-broken* by a Panthers loss

*who am I kidding, everyone knows I don't have a heart