Edmonton Oilers Defeat the Vancouver Canucks, 4-3, advance to WCF

[tabness]

Does not take score effects into account.

When Oilers scored 2-0 goal the shots on goal were 23-4 for Oilers.

also is wayyy too big on zone time and shot attempts lol

cant score on Skinner if you cant hit the net and just pass on the perimeter

 

[Dust]

He's a good player but not 8M good. People are frustrated that he demanded this & didn't show. Tbe.

That's why it's called a negotiation though. He can ask for 8m, but he's an RFA with little leverage.

 

[kabidjan18]

Edmonton barely beat Vancouver despite Vancouver invoking every excuse and counterfactual in the book!

 

[Grifter3511]

Canucks fans should be thrilled with what they saw out of Silovs. The almost-won-with-an-AHL-goalie comments are so sad and disrespectful of his play this series.

Might be worth looking into moving demko for some winger support at some point

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

dont worry Nucks fans, you'll always have that regular season sweep

 

[ManByng]

Here’s hoping the Stars get decent reffing and disembowel the Oilers in 4…….

Oilers in 4

 

[Brookbank]

The better team did not win.

 

[soothsayer]

With the Oilers win today, Corey Perry just hit another performance bonus that will count against Edmonton's cap next year.

This is unintentionally funny.

 

[Oilslick941611]

Why are Canucks fans talking shit still? We lost, it f***ing sucks, but stop making yourselves look like idiots.

We had injuries, yes, it’s part of what happens in the playoffs. It sucks but it isn’t the Oilers fault…

The fact is we had two opportunities to close out this series and we showed up for parts of two periods. THAT is why we lost, stop making stupid excuses.

For half a second whenever I see your avatar and look at it quickly it looks like a Vancouver Canuck logo rug, then I see MSpaint

The better team did not win.

PDO

 

[Sergei Shirokov]

That's why it's called a negotiation though. He can ask for 8m, but he's an RFA with little leverage.

Everyone in the market has been pumping up his leverage all year, but really in the 2nd half he didn't show a ton.

I've actually liked his defensive effort in the playoffs but he's not the OFD the 1st half showed. Just a really solid 3D.

Best course might be taking him to arb & keeping him for 1 more run, doubt he gets an 8M award.

 

[Unholy]

Yeah Canucks shit their chance through the majority of the last two games. Even I feel angry about it for having watched it

 

[Senor Catface]

The better team did not win.

You should go for a walk. I find it helps after a tough loss.

 

[Old Boys Club]

The better team did not win.

Please elaborate, I'd like to hear your argument.

 

[Giggleplex]

McLeod may have single-handedly prevented riots in Vancouver by making the game close

 

[Regal]

I've never seen any iteration of any team be able to make crazy comebacks as much as this particular Vancouver team. Even when they were being massively outplayed this season they still found ways to win games and squeeze out points. It was truly an unbelievable thing to watch for me. Twilight zone stuff.

I just don't see how they can keep up that type of play going forward and winning games on the backs of astronomical comebacks.

They need way more depth and a more consistent approach next season. Comebacks are fun for the fans, but not a sustainable strategy.

To be fair they did also often get early leads that they held quite often as well. Their problem seemed to be generating offense consistently in games where they don’t get the bounces. Though I wonder if Tocchet is stifling them a bit creatively until they’re behind late.

 

[LTIR]

Why are Canucks fans talking shit still? We lost, it f***ing sucks, but stop making yourselves look like idiots.

We had injuries, yes, it’s part of what happens in the playoffs. It sucks but it isn’t the Oilers fault…

The fact is we had two opportunities to close out this series and we showed up for parts of two periods. THAT is why we lost, stop making stupid excuses.

Still the initial shock I think.. I would still be talking trash here had the Oilers lost I think. Great series but one team had to move on.
Great on you for making this post

 

[Brookbank]

Might be worth looking into moving demko for some winger support at some point

You mean their 40 goal scoring winger that was playing with a blood clot in game 6 and didn't play game 7

 

[eviohh26]

Everyone in the market has been pumping up his leverage all year, but really in the 2nd half he didn't show a ton.

I've actually liked his defensive effort in the playoffs but he's not the OFD the 1st half showed. Just a really solid 3D.

Best course might be taking him to arb & keeping him for 1 more run, doubt he gets an 8M award.

His 1st half of the year he was on fire. He had a massive clapper that he just stopped using. I don't really understand what happened. But he looks like a completely different player from the 1st half.

 

[MessierII]

I swear the Canucks are the best team in the league when they get momentum late in a game. Come back kings but the oilers when they were on their game were the better team. Battle of a series.

 

[Soundwave]

dont worry Nucks fans, you'll always have that regular season sweep

I do have to chuckle at the "Vancouver ended the Oilers!!!" statements that were being made last October, looks actually the Oilers ended the Canucks season when all was said and done.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

The better team did not win.

Canucks need to shoot more to win hockey game

caught up with them in the end

 

[Mr Positive]

They are just a better version of the Oilers. One guy that skates really fast, one really good big guy that supports him. Shaky goaltending. Avs have a far better defence though.

I'll take our top guys over their top guys. Also we didn't have a Nichushkin situation, losing a major player and adding a distraction in the process

 

[FiveFourteenSixOne]

Oilers barely beat the Canucks minus their starting goalie, their top winger, and with their franchise center having 1 goal in 13 games.

Fun series. But you're going to get smoked by Dallas, and you know it. Enjoy this while it lasts.

Please tell the doctor where on your posterior you're experiencing such crippling pain, and take these Tylenol 3s.

 

[ACLEVERNAME]

The better team did not win.

There was no better team. Everyone watching lost.

 

[Brookbank]

Edmonton barely beat Vancouver despite Vancouver invoking every excuse and counterfactual in the book!

They trailed in the series twice. We should have won. Injuries killed us.