Pre-Game Talk: Return of the Rat - Stanley Cup Finals '24: Edmonton vs. Florida

[ThePhoenixx]

I played this as a kid, couldn't remember the name and it's haunted me here and there for years. Thank you so much for posting this, going to track it down!

You can get it on Steam. Make sure you get the expansion set. I didn't like Majesty2 as much. Still good though. Better graphics.

 

[GhostfaceWu]

Patrick Kane could have been apart of this but he chose Detroit lol

 

[Emotive]

Tough job. Free tickets to every game in the SC final. First class media food spread every day. Many off days spent in the FLA sun, and getting to enjoy Etown when it’s not cold. Poor baby.

Right? I'd do the job for free if I got all of that

 

[McAsuno]

LOL Gazdic letting the Canucks fans on Twitter have it. He's so right

f***ing love Gazdic. Speaks the truth. f*** the nucks fanbase.

 

[Oilhawks]

You can get it on Steam. Make sure you get the expansion set. I didn't like Majesty2 as much. Still good though. Better graphics.

Thanks, just saw it on there. GOG is my usual go-to for older games but sounds like the Steam version is updated and works better on Windows 10. Never played the 2nd, I heard some mixed things about it. First one was such a unique game for an RTS, part of why it stuck with me but couldn't remember the name of it for the life of me and searches were never fruitful (took me forever to find Warlords and that was random luck too). I think I had borrowed Majesty from a friend so never had a copy of it unlike my other old PC games that I've kept

 

[GirardIsStupid]

Oilers are going into this with the best PK, best powerplay, best player, second best player, best defenseman, best even-strength offence, top four playoff point-getters and the top playoff goal scorer.

I know Florida is a good team but this whole, 'Oilers don't have a chance' narrative that's taking shape is nonsense.

Oil in six.

Did you look at the polling on the main boards? It's fairly even.

 

[Cloned]

Did you look at the polling on the main boards? It's fairly even.

Decent chance that most of the Oilers votes are from HFOil posters (there’s a lot of us) and most of the Panthers votes are from everybody else.

 

[PaPaDee]

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I figure the winner of game 1 wins the series.

Oilers need special teams to keep rolling.

29 straight PKs. (#1) 93.9% PK
37% PP (#1)

game 1 would be nice to win, but I don’t see it as determining the series. If Oil can split the first 2 games, I like their chances.

 

[GirardIsStupid]

Decent chance that most of the Oilers votes are from HFOil posters (there’s a lot of us) and most of the Panthers votes are from everybody else.

I voted Oilers. If any team was going to give Edmonton a run, it was going to be Dallas.

 

[Davo Ikinzom]

View attachment 879262No rats allowed in Alberta. EXTERMINATE!

ps the whole time we've been saying Ratchuk this guy wasn't happy..

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Poor guy with a name like that, no offense meant. We're talking about this guy:

They really are the Chuck E Cheese of NHL franchises.

 

[Cloned]

I voted Oilers. If any team was going to give Edmonton a run, it was going to be Dallas.

You’re probably in the minority.

 

[bellagiobob]

LOL Gazdic letting the Canucks fans on Twitter have it. He's so right

And right on cue Cuck fans are trying to get him banned from SN. Lol.

 

[bellagiobob]

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

And right on cue Cuck fans are trying to get him banned from SN. Lol.

I’m expecting a 15 minute groveling apology from Ron MacLean pre game and of course I fully expect SN to cancel him.

 

[bellagiobob]

If we are fortunate enough to win, Hollywood, Kaner and Nuges days with the cup would be fun. Final stake thru the heart.

 

[Broberg Speed]

The media will have to accept all the good teams are in the West. I doubt many will ever acknowledge it.

 

[Paralyzer]

 

[ThePhoenixx]

Thanks, just saw it on there. GOG is my usual go-to for older games but sounds like the Steam version is updated and works better on Windows 10. Never played the 2nd, I heard some mixed things about it. First one was such a unique game for an RTS, part of why it stuck with me but couldn't remember the name of it for the life of me and searches were never fruitful (took me forever to find Warlords and that was random luck too). I think I had borrowed Majesty from a friend so never had a copy of it unlike my other old PC games that I've kept

I think it was somewhere around 2000 that it was voted the best strategic/building game of all time. Nothing like it.

The second one was short and had no random maps.

 

[BlackDogg]

So looks like Florida is quite heavily favoured on odds.

 

[iCanada]

I think it was somewhere around 2000 that it was voted the best strategic/building game of all time. Nothing like it.

The second one was short and had no random maps.

Nah that would be StarCraft Broodwar. Sorry, not sorry.

 

[Broberg Speed]

So looks like Florida is quite heavily favoured on odds.

Bettman's new betting empire loves the gambling.

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

Nah that would be StarCraft Broodwar. Sorry, not sorry.

Yep StarCraft is the goat.

 

[KaiserYamamoto]

Growing up Pamela Anderson's playboy spread was burnt into my head, could pick Pam's breast out of a lineup if need be.

This girl has now accomplished the same.

Wasn't PA discovered because she appeared on the jumbotron at a BC Lions game?

This Oilers girl could have a future.

 

[KaiserYamamoto]

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Poor guy with a name like that, no offense meant. We're talking about this guy:

kinda looks like Evan Rodrigues

 

[belair]

I know Florida is big and hits, and people think we need VD in because of that. But I keep Broberg in as he is fast enough to retrieve pucks and make a play against the fast Florida forecheck. Broberg should play over VD, and I don't think its a hard decision either. I would bring VD in, but replace Ceci, as Ceci is going to get killed in his own zone.

I think this is the series where the Carrick acquisition may pay some dividends. People trying to fit Gagner into the lineup may be better off looking at fitting Foegele back into the equation. The size/speed combo will definitely help counter the fast physical game Florida comes with.

Odds are we see another coaching adjustment once we see the kind of forecheck Florida comes to the table with. The Rangers, albeit late in the series, moved to flipping pucks into the NZ like we did in the Dallas series to relieve forecheck pressure. Clean breakouts are going to be hard work.