Edmonton Oilers Defeat the Vancouver Canucks, 4-3, advance to WCF
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karnige
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sorry i dont play what ifs in a make believe world. i go with facts. and the facts are your team lost. and are golfing. with zero rings still. how’s that fact?
Fun fact of the night: the Edmonton Oilers have as many series wins this year as the Toronto Maple Leafs have in the past 20 seasons combined. 
TheNumber4
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The actual Nucks did show up. This is who Hughes and Pettersson actually are.
Every year in the playoffs the Leafs find out too what their stars really are.
Yeh ultimately it was the Oilers superior depth that won this series. This series was not a McDavid storyline.
Peterson chequing out was a surprise to no one, but Hughes not really having an impact was a bit of a surprise.
So it's a fact that the entire team is going to actually go golfing now? I mean we don't want to live in a make believe what if kind of world, right?
You made your point. Being a jerk about it displays a lack of character.
TheNumber4
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I could see it. He was really affected by physicality in the Preds series. Was always a worry for him. Not to mention the lack of experience. It takes time and experience to figure out how to produce in the playoffs for pretty much every player but Draisaitl.
Sergei Shirokov
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Oilers deserved to win this series, they came through in games 6/7, but ultimately they didn't face us at our best & the series came down to 1 goal.
Hoping we get a rematch next year.
TheNumber4
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Only guy you were missing was Demko. And who knows how he looks recovering from multiple injuries. Silovs played great, he’s not a 3rd stringer either if you guys actively chose him over a healthy DeSmith
Be careful what you wish for because I remember LA fans saying the exact same thing a couple of years ago when they took the Oilers 7 games with an injured roster.
The more time the Oilers higher end talent has to play against the same opponent the more they start to pick up on ways to exploit an opponent, I think that becomes a big problem. I don't think McDavid is healthy this season either at all.
Game was over the moment Vancouver couldn’t even register a shot on the 4 minute PP.
archangel2
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If Vancouver woke up 5 minutes earlier this game ends differently
Sergei Shirokov
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Boeser has lit up the Oilers like a Xmas tree all year. Oilers very fortunate he wasn't available for G7 considering it was a 1 goal game.
And a healthy Demko coming in probably steals a game, Silovs was great but in a few of the losses (game 6 included) he let in a few sus goals.
Canucks got better against the Oilers PP (greatest in NHL history) as the series went along.
I don't think Hughes was healthy, and we know Demko/Boeser weren't. Not saying the Oilers can't win a rematch they are a good team, but I am saying we got to 1 goal difference in game 7 without them after playing the Oilers well all season. Definitely think we're capable of revenge.
TheNumber4
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Yeh he’s alright. But most of his goals this series were off egregious Oilers D breakdowns giving Boeser time and space to pick his spot from in close. Not much breakdowns in Games 6/7 for Boeser to feast on anyways.
It also easily could have been 4-0 or 5-0 if not for Silovs and Draisaitl not hitting an empty net basically. The whole "rope a dope" tactic I don't think was entirely smart if it was intentional. You have to play more than 10-15 minutes a game.
TheNumber4
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Cmon. Theoretical series wins? Thought only Leaf’s fans need to resort to that.
Kerberos
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Every team has injuries at this point in the season. It's convenient to ignore that in order to try and prove a point, I suppose but at some point it just becomes an excuse.
McDavid is injured. Draisaitl is injured. Ekholm is injured. Three of the Oilers' top 4 players right there.
BB79
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The Oilers have more now, don't they? 2 for the Oilers, 1 for the Leafs?Fun fact of the night: the Edmonton Oilers have as many series wins this year as the Toronto Maple Leafs have in the past 20 seasons combined.
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TheNumber4
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Just best PK in the playoffs things.
Yeh and first 55 minutes it was the other way around. The result is the result in a 7 games series.
Sergei Shirokov
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Pettersson / Hughes playing injured. Demko / Boeser not even able to play, 4 of Canucks top 5. Two not playing in game 7. I guess we can do this endlessly as you say.
This is just the start for Vancouver, looking forward to the coming years.
CanadienShark
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That was terrifying. I turned on a stream while bussing between cities only to see Vancouver make it 3-2 and lost connection. By the time I reconnected the game was over.
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Oilers were always Canada’s team but now it’s official. Time for Canada to get behind the Oilers and cheer for them to bring the Cup back home.
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