Series Talk: [P2] Los Angeles Kings Vs [P3] Edmonton Oilers

[TheBeastCoast]

This should be the theme of the series.

Donair in 7

Alberta's bastardized the Donair putting lettuce on it. You don't steal someone else's signature food...and then make it worse!

 

[Draiskull]

Alberta's bastardized the Donair putting lettuce on it. You don't steal someone else's signature food...and then make it worse!

meh, evolution.
Alberta donair is its own thing and its a thing of beauty.

PS> i thought LA was more of a fish taco than a burrito.

 

[Summer Rose]

Alberta's bastardized the Donair putting lettuce on it. You don't steal someone else's signature food...and then make it worse!

What's wrong with lettuce on a donair? I mean, I just like lettuce in general, so there's that.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

What's wrong with lettuce on a donair? I mean, I just like lettuce in general, so there's that.

Because a donair has tomatoes and onions not lettuce.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

that would be like adding lettuce to a philly cheesesteak

don't water down the awesomeness with your flavorless wet tree

 

[Dirty Mind]

There’s no heat between these teams, no fire, even after three playoff meetings. I wouldn’t mind the Kings as an actual rival—the teams had a hot rivalry 1988-1992—but other than that these franchises have always been lukewarm toward each other. It’s just…meh.

 

[banks]

This was well known. He is down for the year

Last I heard he wasn't officially out for playoff games yet.

 

[Zerotonine]

Last I heard he wasn't officially out for playoff games yet.

Yeah they mentioned it last week after he went down but no official word. The Oilers board new he was done

Pretty sure its a torn groin so surgery to fix

 

[King'sPawn]

Sorry for my ignorance as I've never had a donair, but is it exclusively beef with sauce and fixins in pita bread?

Why aren't we comparing it to a gyro then?

And sorry, there are fewer things in life superior to a well-made burrito.

 

[Osprey]

I like how we're still nearly a week away and people are already so tired of talking about this matchup that they'd rather argue over which city is better at stuffing meat into flatbread and whether lettuce ruins it.

 

[Dynamic]

Problem is that I think the Oilers have a handful of key pieces who have pretty clearly been held together by dreams and duct tape this season. The sorts of things that sitting out a couple weeks to end the season isn't going to fix. Even if the Oilers get past LA my fear is still seeing guys like Hyman or McDavid looking like Kane did as the playoffs progressed last year.

I agree with you. If the guys coming back they get to Kane levels of injury and can barely be effective then yes that’s a big problem. But if it is more like a Drai 2022 situation where they can still run the show albeit injured then things look better. Nobody will really know, teams don’t say much about injuries this time of the year.

 

[TheGreenTBer]

Sorry for my ignorance as I've never had a donair, but is it exclusively beef with sauce and fixins in pita bread?

Why aren't we comparing it to a gyro then?

And sorry, there are fewer things in life superior to a well-made burrito.

Oh I can think of one thing that is superior...





...two well made burritos.

 

[Summer Rose]

Sorry for my ignorance as I've never had a donair, but is it exclusively beef with sauce and fixins in pita bread?

Why aren't we comparing it to a gyro then?

And sorry, there are fewer things in life superior to a well-made burrito.

If you believe Wikipedia, it's called a "variation" of a doner kebab that uses exclusively beef as the meat, and usually includes onion, tomato, and a sweet sauce that's made out of sweetened condensed milk, sugar, vinegar, and garlic powder. Then the whole thing is wrapped in a soft white pita.

I'm imagining the sauce is what makes it a unique dish with its own name. Gyros (nominally Greek in origin, whereas doner kebab is nominally Turkish in origin) normally contain tzatziki as the sauce, but are otherwise comparable. Lots of variants originating in that region of the world, I guess.

 

[TheGreenTBer]

I've never had an Alberta donair but I've had them in Nova Scotia and they are a thing of beauty.

 

[TheOrangeDesk]

Powerplay goals in the series last year were like 10 or 11 to 1 in favour of the Oilers. If the Kings can close that gap (big BIG "if" ) , they'll win. They were better 5v5 last year and in each of the previous two series as well.

Would love for the series to end with Corey Perry staring off into space in the penalty box. For old times sake.

5on5 goals by game for last 3 playoff match-up

2022
1-4
3-0
6-1
0-2
1-4
3-1
2-0

2023
2-1
2-2
0-1
3-3
4-3
4-1

2024
3-4
3-5
3-1
0-0
3-2

In the 3 years there have only been 6 playoff games where kings outscored oilers 5on5. Oilers have outscored kings at 5on5 in 9 of the playoffs games

 

[Dirty Mind]

People from Halifax are such Donair Snobs. On HF *and* in real life, like “Lettuce ruins it, peasant”. And I never put onions on mine.

I recognize that Halifax is the OG Donair Town but Edmonton changed it up a bit and we embraced it as our own. Like how Nashville embraced the Predators lol. Sure, it’s not our food, but we still love it as much you do.

 

[McShogun99]

Sorry for my ignorance as I've never had a donair, but is it exclusively beef with sauce and fixins in pita bread?

Why aren't we comparing it to a gyro then?

And sorry, there are fewer things in life superior to a well-made burrito.

They're practically the same thing. Donair is just the Canadian version.

 

[Zerotonine]

Sorry for my ignorance as I've never had a donair, but is it exclusively beef with sauce and fixins in pita bread?

Why aren't we comparing it to a gyro then?

And sorry, there are fewer things in life superior to a well-made burrito.

No you can get chicken donairs i think a few others but not as easy to get like lamb

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Boy we are really running out of things to talk about between these two teams, huh.

 

[NewtJorden]

Kings in 6

 

[I am not exposed]

Ekholm is a massive loss.

For most of the year I had the Edmonton going all the way.

Now with all the injury woes and illness, I have LA winning this 1st round matchup!

 

[TheOrangeDesk]

Alberta's bastardized the Donair putting lettuce on it. You don't steal someone else's signature food...and then make it worse!

Lettuce, tomato, banana peppers are key to a good donair

 

[Summer Rose]

Boy we are really running out of things to talk about between these two teams, huh.

I'm not sure there's much to say considering they're about to face each other in the first round for the fourth year in a row.

 

[Nasti]

The California burrito has french fries in it, and though I give the edge to donair, that version of the burrito is something else. I do think a good donair is harder to make though.

 

[TheGreenTBer]

Boy we are really running out of things to talk about between these two teams, huh.

This is a food thread now, you must be lost.