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

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BoldNewLettuce

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I don't get the florida toughness hype either.

It's like tarasenko and forsling and verhage or something? Unless Lundell is a beast I don't see it.

If they can nuter tkachuk they should be able to beat them physically no?
 
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anything can happen. enjoy the ride. but realize either team could win.. leaving one side sad:( The eventual let down is easier when you remember your not invincible.
 
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TopShelfGloveSide said:
Yes I know how it goes here. Everything bad was Holland and everything good wasn’t.
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Is that what you read I said?

BoldNewLettuce said:
I don't get the florida toughness hype either.

It's like tarasenko and forsling and verhage or something? Unless Lundell is a beast I don't see it.

If they can nuter tkachuk they should be able to beat them physically no?
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Apparently tkachuk was neutered last series according to the Panthers pod someone posted earlier in the thread.
 

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Hope the Oilers practiced rush chances. We’ll get tons of looks off rush chances. Not really a strength of ours this year, but will need to bury our chances in this series.
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Yes!!!

Bruce Curlock pointed out earlier this week (the best guy at breaking down systems) that he wants Florida to forecheck hard because Oilers break the puck up the middle and will get tons of chances
 
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bellagiobob said:
Holy crap that was embarrassing. Frustrating that some of these states even have teams.
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Typical American reporting. "um there is a guy who might be next Wayne Gretzky"

Literally the only name in hockey your average American had heard.
 
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foshizzle said:
Yes!!!

Bruce Curlock pointed out earlier this week (the best guy at breaking down systems) that he wants Florida to forecheck hard because Oilers break the puck up the middle and will get tons of chances
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I’ll have to check that out. Yeh i’m rewatching Cats-Bs right now. And watched some Rags-Cats earlier this week.

Their hard 3-man in forecheck exposes their D to be left alone to defend the neutral zone. If we can escape pressure and get quick outs (we will, we’re awesome at that), we should be able to get atleast a 3 on 2 going. But from what I’m seeing in these games we should be able to get better than that too, as the Florida D as a 2 man unit in NZ can break down. May get some 2 on 1 and breakaways off of it too.

This will be a Series where Bouchard’s vision and outlets can really shine. But we have decent to great outlets through out our D core too. Nurses skating can come in handy too, if we can get a quick out i could see him beating the FLA fwds up the ice as well to join the rush.
 
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Watching Bs-Cats G2. Marchand is just trucking guys out there. Rocked Tkachuk and Ekblad in the 1st period with some good hits. No wonder Bennett had to take him out with that punch in G3 was it?

But if diminutive Marchand can lay a licking on these guys. We should be able to get our shots in too. Up and down the line up we need guys ready to hit. Ready to give back as much as we get.
 
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OfCorsiDid

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Duke74 said:
A trip down nightmare lane.
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Could always be worse...

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Watching Bs-Cats G2. Marchand is just trucking guys out there. Rocked Tkachuk and Ekblad in the 1st period with some good hits. No wonder Bennett had to take him out with that punch in G3 was it?

But if diminutive Marchand can lay a licking on these guys. We should be able to get our shots in too. Up and down the line up we need guys ready to hit. Ready to give back as much as we get.
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TheNumber4 said:
No one is a Trouba like asshole besides Trouba.
I’m saying those other guys hit to hurt. No necessarily dirty, but can be. Like Kulikov throws clean hits to hurt. Lomberg only sometimes, gets his hands up alot. Ronald not dirty, but can cross check alot when defending.


Okay fine, now I’m sold.
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The bolded reminded me of what Smid said this morning on 1440, talking about what the guys in front of the net like Hyman deal with. Smid said he was trying to break their backs lol
 
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The bolded reminded me of what Smid said this morning on 1440, talking about what the guys in front of the net like Hyman deal with. Smid said he was trying to break their backs lol
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Haha yeh I could see that. That was crosschecks off era of the NHL too. Montreal pretty much cross checked their way to a Cup final. The god damn rules better used for this series.

Speaking of cross checks to the back, would be nice to bury one on Tkachuk when he comes in for one of his 180 spin butt checks. If he comes in with his back like that, just crack him in the back hard.
 
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TheNumber4 said:
Haha yeh I could see that. That was crosschecks off era of the NHL too. Montreal pretty much cross checked their way to a Cup final. The god damn rules better used for this series.

Speaking of cross checks to the back, would be nice to bury one on Tkachuk when he comes in for one of his 180 spin butt checks. If he comes in with his back like that, just crack him in the back hard.
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It would be worth it, even if the refs happen to call it
 
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Skinners stick handling and passing is going to be tested this series. Hope that part of his game is strong for this series. Will need some Mike Smith forecheck killin help. Not really Skinners game though unfortunately, but just has to keep his touches simple and solid.
 
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It would be worth it, even if the refs happen to call it
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If we ever get a sizeable lead. I hope we just go ham on the physicality. Risk some penalties, get some huge licks in. These Cats haven’t been seen enough pushback in the soft Eastern conference. Especially NYR.
 
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