SCF: Florida Panthers vs Edmonton Oilers (Series Tied 3-3) Hold onto your butts, Game 7, Monday 8/24 @ 8pm ET !

[Leonardo87]

**Stanley Cup Final**
Florida Panthers vs Edmonton Oilers

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[Megaterio Llamas]

So the Oilers could get swept here and you would still see them as 'the better team'? Every team deals with puck luck, the Oilers are losing this series because they can't keep up 5 on 5 and their PP has gone quiet.

He's not wrong.

The better team gets swept all the time...

 

[snag]

A 2hr time zone change is not the circadian rhythm destroyer you might think it is. On average it's one day of recovery per time zone shift. Panthers should be more than fine by Saturday.

Oh shit man....1 hr is the point of destruction. I mean, the amount of people that bitch about DST and yet have no problem hopping time zones for some fun in the sun.....

The best one I ever heard: It is hard on the cows because their milking schedule gets shifted ROFL

 

[Chaos2k7]

My favorite stat of the series is Barkov outproducing both McDavid and Draisaitl combined.

Impossible they said.

 

[Artorius Horus T]

that 1-0 goal was pure Barkov.

 

[Game 8]

Because most people always thought better offensive team = better team which is DEFINITELY not the case.

The most massive misconception of human nature that never been solved.

I would suggest a successful team builds on its strengths. Getting McDavid was a huge win but they have failed to find people to play around him to add to his offence, and of course haven't drafted a Goalie since Fuhr. Edmonton just doesn't draft well, the few that have been good recently scored tonight. If your system can't supply a solid 4th line you know you are in trouble.

 

[WaitingForThatCab]

I’ve never seen a team get luckier than the Oilers in this playoffs. First they get matched up against arguably the worst team in the playoffs with LA, then they face the Canucks who lost their starter for the entire series and then their best goal scorer for Game 7. Then Dallas plays without their #1C for the first 3 games and Tanev played Games 5 and 6 with one foot.

Now that they’re facing a healthy team for the first time this playoffs, they’re gettting exposed

I feel compelled to step in and say that I think the Capitals -- and nothing against the Caps -- were by far the worst team in the playoffs. They were something like a -37 goal differential in the regular season. Edmonton did well to beat Dallas in the WCF... Stars are an excellent team.

 

[AwesomeInTheory]

So the Oilers could get swept here and you would still see them as 'the better team'? Every team deals with puck luck, the Oilers are losing this series because they can't keep up 5 on 5 and their PP has gone quiet.

Dude.

The Oilers really deserve to win. Isn't that enough for you?

 

[Hammer79]

I’ve never seen a team get luckier than the Oilers in this playoffs. First they get matched up against arguably the worst team in the playoffs with LA, then they face the Canucks who lost their starter for the entire series and then their best goal scorer for Game 7. Then Dallas plays without their #1C for the first 3 games and Tanev played Games 5 and 6 with one foot.

Now that they’re facing a healthy team for the first time this playoffs, they’re gettting exposed

Reminds me of the Kings in 2012, except they won the ultimate prize. Faced Daniel-less Canucks for first 3 games in 1st round, a Blues team with AP down, and then the Coyotes, enough said.

 

[EdmFlyersfan]

My favorite stat of the series is Barkov outproducing both McDavid and Draisaitl combined.

Impossible they said.

Barkov is a machine, reminds me a little bit of Bobby Clarke.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Buyout Nurse this summer and get rid of Ceci. I can’t believe they put Ceci back in tonight, he’s pure trash. He makes Dehairnais look like a franchise dman.

 

[NeverForget06]

I don't think Knoblauch is a bad coach or doing a bad job. I think he's done a good job to get that team here. Shaky blue line and goaltending, it's tough to win four playoff series with that situation.

Yup. Things were looking pretty grim in that Vancouver series and he managed to get us out of that one even though we had to start Pickard

 

[rec28]

Panthers are just too good. I hope my Oilers avoid a sweep but the Cats deserve this. The Oil aren’t at the same level yet, but getting spanked in the SCF will be good for them.

 

[snag]

Dude.

The Oilers really deserve to win. Isn't that enough for you?

I thought Dallas deserved it....

 

[Laus723]

“Barkov is the best player in the world” - Tkachuk, all the time.

 

[AwesomeInTheory]

I’ve never seen a team get luckier than the Oilers in this playoffs. First they get matched up against arguably the worst team in the playoffs with LA, then they face the Canucks who lost their starter for the entire series and then their best goal scorer for Game 7. Then Dallas plays without their #1C for the first 3 games and Tanev played Games 5 and 6 with one foot.

Now that they’re facing a healthy team for the first time this playoffs, they’re gettting exposed

It's going to be great hearing in the post-game pressers that McDavid was playing with an injury or Draisaitl was playing with an injury, etc, etc.

Not because I am hoping they were/are injured, but because it's going to be hilarious that we're going to have 4 chicken coops worth of egg on some folk's faces.

 

[PromisedLand]

Drake and his 500K bet right now

 

[AwesomeInTheory]

Reminds me of the Kings in 2012, except they won the ultimate prize. Faced Daniel-less Canucks for first 3 games in 1st round, a Preds team that was self destructing with off-ice drama, and then the Coyotes, enough said.

I was going to say that the 02-03 Canucks, actually.

Played a flu ravaged Blues team (and I think Pronger was injured?), then the Wild, which should've been a cake walk, but Bertuzzi ran his mouth and Cloutier had one of his patented meltdowns.

A lot of parallels, IMO, to the WCE-era Canucks and current year Oilers.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

A 2hr time zone change is not the circadian rhythm destroyer you might think it is. On average it's one day of recovery per time zone shift. Panthers should be more than fine by Saturday.

True but each 1,000 feet of elevation adds another day, ppl forget that. So by the time the Panthers are accclimated it’s Tuesday and they are back in Florida. Vicious cycle.

 

[The Merchant]

Appropriate that Barkov is emerging as the best two-way forward in the game the season after Bergeron retires. It's his mantle to lose for the foreseeable future.

 

[Three On Zero]

You could hear a pin drop in Rogers Place.

Skinner being left out to dry, your top players refusing to play defence.

 

[AuraSphere]

Would be such an Oilers way to lose if they get swept again by a real team

 

[AwesomeInTheory]

I thought Dallas deserved it....

Well, your team just had to go and screw everything up. >

 

[Three On Zero]

LMAO

https://x.com/i/web/status/1801458500356476992

How have you shown you can beat a team that’s handedly beaten you 3 games in a row?

 

[LivingRentFree]

And the frauds keep frauding. Yeah, it’s a word now.

 

[Vergil]

Oilers PP can't be stopped that is the X factor.

Lol.