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What, you also think McDavid is Top 3? I'm not the one out to lunch.
Florida Panthers defeat the Edmonton Oilers 4-3, and are your 2024 Stanley Cup Champions!
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only time will tell.......but of none those teams had a McDavid..Just seems like he'll get one.....
like all the other generational players do.
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Dedicated hockey fans know that there’s always a player or two during a season or a playoffs that you learn to appreciate that much more. That player for me during the playoffs was Barkov. His defensive ability looks cool on all these advanced stats spreadsheets that none of us know how to quantify and you see that he wins the Selke which becomes a hard award to quantify, but he has all the little details in his defensive game that leads to his ability to lockdown all these elite players. I finally understand what all the hype with him is about. You aren’t going to get it looking at his point totals or even watching him when his team has the puck, but he’s the best defensive forward in the league for a reason and it’s very easy to spot if you watch for it.
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The Cats needed better performances from Verhaege, Reinhart, and Montour and they got them in game 7. Their 4th line was great as well.
Knoblauch did a lot of good things with the Oil these playoffs but I think he overplayed his top guys that last game, especially in periods 2&3. Edmonton's depth had really been stepping up in the series yet Henrique, Janmark, Holloway were all under 13 minutes while Zach Hyman played 25. Why bother dressing Derek Ryan if you're only going to get him 7 minutes in the final game of a very long season. The Oilers' top 5 looked absolutely gassed in the final minutes.
Knoblauch did a lot of good things with the Oil these playoffs but I think he overplayed his top guys that last game, especially in periods 2&3. Edmonton's depth had really been stepping up in the series yet Henrique, Janmark, Holloway were all under 13 minutes while Zach Hyman played 25. Why bother dressing Derek Ryan if you're only going to get him 7 minutes in the final game of a very long season. The Oilers' top 5 looked absolutely gassed in the final minutes.
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Putting Draisaitl’s ghost out for the last 5 minutes was a mistake, he had absolutely nothing left
Hard to say. Most if not all of those generational players had won at least one at a younger age than McDavid. I think terrible Oilers management over the years has really made it a tough hill for McDavid even with what a great year he had. None of the other generational players had to deal with a succession of GM’s like Lowe, Chia and Holland.
Next year they will have about $13.5 million or so in wasted cap with Campbell, the excess Nurse contract over his real value and the Connor Brown bonus deferred this year. A $13.5 million hole puts them at a pretty big disadvantage over the other top competitors.
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Oilslick941611
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Pretty strong words for a fan of a team that went to game 7 of the SCF to the Edmonton Oilers depth players.
McDavid was wrecked all season and still put up those numbers. Insane when you think about. Likely needs abdominal surgery he wasn't shooting all season. He wasn't right all year. Drai has broken finger and broken ribs and Kane had a hernia, not many teams can loose 3 top six players and still get to game 7 of the SCF. again, the oilers depth is woefully disrespected here.
or the series.
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What's good about this win is that it proves that team play and construction is still more important than any one player in the league, even one of the best to ever lace them up. If McDavid singlehandedly overcame a 0-3, then basically the Cup is his if he wants it. No team not lucky enough to have him has a chance. Glad that's not the case.
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People posting on a hockey forum everyday getting upset that other people don’t post on a hockey forum every day
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I think it's more the blatantly obvious "breaks" you and your pal there take happen to take correspond with when the Oilers are winning lolPeople posting on a hockey forum everyday getting upset that other people don’t post on a hockey forum every day
It's okay to admit it, you're allowed to post here just like everyone else
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I don't even know who that guy is a fan of, but let's be honest, this board can be insufferable sometimes when certain teams with big fanbases are winning. I don't blame anybody for waiting to come back and post when it's less of a shitshow.
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Why don't they show the in locker room cup celebrations anymore? These are usually the best parts than the on ice celebration.
You can still find it but it's not broadcasted on national TV anymore
According to Oiler fans we have to give them slack because they were playing injured.
Give it a day or two before the injury report comes out for both teams. Then we can judge.
You can still find it but it's not broadcasted on national TV anymore
According to Oiler fans we have to give them slack because they were playing injured.
Give it a day or two before the injury report comes out for both teams. Then we can judge.
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Gretzky had his 47 in 18 games and a Cup. His 43 were in 19 games and a Cup. Mario had his 44 in 23 games and a cup. Also had 34 points in 15 games and a Cup...
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tardigrade81
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That is absolutely stupid lol. We went to the conf final three years ago, and now in the cup this year. Arguable it was the bottom lines that got the top lines going in game 4. Drai was hurt through the entire playoffs and didn’t play great….. many have stayed that, and now you’re saying we are an injury away from not even being top 5 lol. Well… he was hurt so that doesn’t make any sense. Our depth actually played extremely well in the playoffs
I can’t stand this stupid argument of, “you are one or two injuries away from not being that good”
Hey Patriots fans. Thank god Brady didn’t get hurt all those years; or you wouldn’t have the super bowls you did. Right now as it stands when healthy this oilers team WILL compete for the cup again next year. No Oilers fan is saying we will make it, but to think we are crazy for thinking we will compete for it is stupid
No f***ing shit if we lose our top two players to injury, we won’t be that good. That’s a lot of teams. It’s a crazy concept I know. But that is in any sport. If the Colts lost Peyton in all those years, or Patriots lost Brady, if Saints lost Brees they aren’t the teams they are
If the oilers lose McD and Drai OBVIOUSLY we aren’t the team we are. But assuming they are healthy next year , we will be just fine and our bottom. 6 played well through the playoffs.
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Only break we saw someone take was McDavid in the most important game of his career so far.
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It's *really* hard to get to their barn for regular puck drop without leaving stupid early, similar to Ottawa. Miami is one of very few places in the States I refuse to drive myself. Any pro sports spectating is investing significant time, but the extra time to budget to get there and back, especially on weeknights, means a lot of passionate fans watch elsewhere most of the time.
There's no shortage of screens.
