We need to get mentally ready for the unthinkable: an Oilers- Leafs final
Yuppp. And I’d put good money on it happening.
Am I an outlier in actually being OK* with the Oilers winning instead of the Leafs in that hypothetical scenario?I'm actually okay with Toronto in the finals.
One, they've suffered for years and given us plenty of memes. Two, they have Tanev. I can't cheer against Tanev.
Besides, if it does end up being being a Oilers/Leafs final, we can at least enjoy the two fanbses eating each other on the main boards. I dunno which will be worse bitching about the refs.
Start preparing your trolls for the loser while working out how best to ignoring the winners.We need to get mentally ready for the unthinkable: an Oilers- Leafs final
Oilers win it only because of Podkolzin. I hope he holds the cup up and screams "F U Tocchet" in Russian.
He got on the scoreboard with 1+1 but it still is weird that he’s such a bit player (9+ minutes of ice time which was more than 2 full minutes lower than the next low man on the totem pole amongst Oilers forwards) considering all of the tools he seems to have to work with and given his age (turns 24 next month).
He's gonna Nichuskin it and blow up soon probably. Nich didn't break out till he was 26. Podz is only 23 and has another season at 1M. He rode shotgun with two of the top players in the league and still only had 26 points in 79 games. Would have much rather had Podz over Daniel Sprong or a 4th round pick though.
Bouchard made a great play on Stone. Stone, not being fast wasn't able to get to the loose puck along the boards and caught out positioned by Bouchard who run it hard around the boards.
I don't remember whether this was talking about much at the start of the season, but yeah. Betting on Podkolzin building on his fundamentally decent but conservative game may have been more sensible than hoping Sprong would suddenly stop doing the things that keep getting him kicked out of organizations after putting up huge offensive numbers per 60.
I suggest moving to North Sentinel Island. Actually, maybe that's why random white dudes keep trying to go there.
To repeat myself, Sprong had already been bounced from multiple teams for exactly the same reason he left the Canucks. My argument is that betting on a young player was a better idea than hoping that would change. I'm not saying it's an idea I or anyone else here had at the time and I am not revising an opinion I or anyone else expressed, although presumably some people did.
Look on the bright side, Boston did not get the 1OA when they missed the playoffs
I don't know, it seems the way this team has of punishing its fan base, plays in Extremes. Up 3 - 0 against the Wild with the best first line in the league, the Sedins on the third line and a mobile and punishing defence including the likes of prime Ohlund and Jovo, and suddenly your number 1, 30 plus game winning goalie can't stop a beach ball.
