League News: NHL Talk - (News n' Scores n' Stuff) | 2023-24 Regular Season Edition

[RedRocking]

I don't have a dog in this fight and I'm a little worried lol.

I'm not sure if the Oilers are playing differently or if the Panthers have just forgotten their game. They seemed to find their way halfway through the second but it was too late.

I wonder if the extra days off are having an effect on their momentum and focus.

Tonight the issue was really just special teams. Panthers gave up a shorty, and allowed 2 PP goals. That’s the game. I thought the Panthers were the better team 5v5, particularly over the 2nd half.

I think the travel/time off may make it harder to maintain the style that FL wants to play - everyone working their asses off in unison to close off the ice and grind teams down. The Oilers OTOH can just show up with their superior skating and a McDavid lead offensive attack.

Skinner was better than Bob again tonight - that’s obviously huge if it continues. And guys like Reinhart and Verhaeghe need to start contributing.

 

[StrikingDistance]

If Conner McDickhead and that baby bitch Drysaddle raise a cup, it might force me to dislike sports entirely....altogether.



And yes, I speak airplane....in the summer. Golly.

 

[ChaosLord]

This Oilers team is real scrappy and scrappy teams win Cups. As Caps fans we should know

 

[Langway]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1803462578573611161

Top ten protected. Ante upped in the division. Have to consider it a win for the Devils not to give up their first rounder this year.

 

[AlexModvechkin8]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1803462578573611161

Top ten protected. Ante upped in the division. Have to consider it a win for the Devils not to give up their first rounder this year.

Will be interesting. Their defense was ass last season and they’ll need to replace Bahl. Markstrom is 35. I could see this working out very well for them or I could see this wasting another two years with their current core.

 

[AlexModvechkin8]

I would be apocalyptic right now if I was a Panthers fan moving straight to catatonic if they lose G6.

 

[twabby]

Markstrom is probably a good bet but it's goalies so who knows.

NJ certainly couldn't justify entering next season without a starter though.

 

[Langway]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1803516266147356974

Yost with another one. Guessing it's Chychrun since they've been linked previously.

 

[PlushMinus]

If you have 12 mins to spare to watch Paul Maurice and his pressers I would encourage it. He is really just such a brilliant hockey mind, and a pretty cool guy as well. At this point I am rooting for a Panthers Cup win more for him than any of the players lol

 

[PlushMinus]

 

[PlushMinus]

Jeez the Panthers have completely fallen apart.

Oilers with all the momentum. It feels like this series is now theirs to lose. Hard to believe after going down 0-3

 

[Empty Goal Net]

Looked like Drai helped the Panther defender to the ice before he scored.

 

[pman25]

Love when ESPN brings in Dave Jackson to say “well could go either way guys!”

 

[twabby]

Everything's coming up Edmonton!

 

[SherVaughn30]

Aint watching this one, but feels like it will o to Game 7 for sure that Oilers scored first in this one.

Love when ESPN brings in Dave Jackson to say “well could go either way guys!”

Dave Jackson probably wasn't a good ref in the NHL, so that is why ESPN has him.

 

[SherVaughn30]

Man, Panthers have completely lost their mojo!

 

[PlushMinus]

hmm posting the Paul Maurice interviews and praising him might end up biting me in the ass

Then again I still think he's a fantastic coach. I am not sure how much this turnaround is on him. When it's a team sport there is only so much you can do as a coach and then it's really down to the players.

 

[hb13xchamps]

The Panthers know they need to win a 4th game right?

 

[twabby]

I don't think there's a better #4/#5 defenseman in the league than Brett Kulak.

Not nearly good enough to be a first pairing guy, but defends well and rarely makes a gaffe. Exactly what EDM needs when they have the comedy duo of Nurse/Ceci costing them left and right.

A perfectly cromulent defenseman

 

[Langway]

Panthers look totally gassed. Might want to wake up.

 

[twabby]

Forsling with the error but Aaron Ekblad with the Nick Backstrom wheels trying to backcheck.

 

[PlushMinus]

Well at least they are making fun of their stupid desk like everybody else was.

 

[max21]

Yet again, thank you god we won when we went deep. f*** this has to hurt as a panthers fan lmao

 

[stephenball]

It’s so weird that the Panthers can look like the best team in years and all the sudden be so terrible. Listen, I know that the Oilers are a good team, and when they’re in their game they can run you over. That’s one thing. But the Panthers right now look like they are absolutely incapable of playing even the most basic hockey. They honestly look pathetic.

 

[RedRocking]

Yet again, thank you god we won when we went deep. f*** this has to hurt as a panthers fan lmao

This has been my only thought tonight too. Thank f*** we got it done in 2018.