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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[WaitingForThatCab]

Fun fact, the exterior shots in Caddyshack were filmed about five minutes from the rink in Sunrise.

 

[NeverForget06]

For a team that has a literal dynasty in their history with some of the greatest players ever on it sad that they celebrate a Cinderella run lol

Trust me - if there is a team that celebrates their past (that dynasty) too much... it's the Oilers

That's how the whole decade of darkness happened and is still to blame for many problems in the current org. They just gave all those guys jobs because they figured they must know how to win

 

[Scema12]

Still amazes me when you look at players like bennet. Speaking in general across all series here, manages to somehow have way less penalties in playoffs the the regular season. Its not because he's disciplined, its because this league benefits chicken shit behavior in the playoffs.

 

[Hank Plank]

Lol.

My good luck charm has charmed.

 

[EpochLink]

Trust me - if there is a team that celebrates their past (that dynasty) too much... it's the Oilers

That's how the whole decade of darkness happened and is still to blame for many problems in the current org. They just gave all those guys jobs because they figured they must know how to win

The pre salary cap Oilers ran on a shoestring budget, heck every small market team did back then.

 

[Nasti]

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.

The 2012 Kings beat the Blues in the second round, not the Preds. The Canucks, Blues, and Coyotes were seeds 1-3 in the conference.

 

[BobColesNasalCavity]

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

Knob not doing well after tonight. A doctor should check him out and make sure he’s doing ok. He’s lost it.

 

[EpochLink]

Anyone check in on Drake for his 500k bet on the Oilers?

 

[NeverForget06]

Anyone check in on Drake for his 500k bet on the Oilers?

I knew that was a bad omen

 

[ndgt10]

Oilers just completely overmatched. They need a bit of an overhaul.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

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.

Vegas chose to lose the last game of their regular season so Edmonton gets LA, which was pretty much a free pass for them. The 7 game series against Vegas eventually took a toll on Dallas as they just ran out of gas by Game 4 against Edmonton. Dallas had nothing left in the tank and the Oilers ran wild.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

I hate when people don’t make the poll results public. I wanna see all the brave/prescient souls who picked Florida in 4

 

[Hank Plank]

4 goals in 3 games that's a smothering.

 

[pb1300]

I hate when people don’t make the poll results public. I wanna see all the brave/prescient souls who picked Florida in 4

I picked 6, but only because Ive picked 6 in every Panthers round, and wanted to continue the trend. I did not think it would be more than 5.

I want to know where all those chest thumpers went, who were doing nothing but shitting on the Panthers, speaking like they actually had a clue what type of team the Oilers were going to face.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

I hate when people don’t make the poll results public. I wanna see all the brave/prescient souls who picked Florida in 4

There wasn’t many but I chose Florida in 5. My bad, I checked and I chose Florida in 4 lol.

 

[snag]

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

yeah, they seem to have a habit of pissing people off it seems

 

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[canadianguy77]

Oilers just completely overmatched. They need a bit of an overhaul.

Their big guys have to learn to do more with less.

They’ll win a cup if they ever figure out how to masquerade 2nd and 3rd line wingers as 1st liners for an entire playoff run. When you're the 2 highest paid/most skilled guys in the league, this is the only path to a championship.

Ask Sid and Geno.

 

[Haj]

Here is my probably dumb take:

Bobrovsky is playing at an elite level
Panthers defensive structure is very good
Panthers are making less mistakes than the Oilers.

McDavid has been good. Draistil has played poorly / is playing hurt. My guess is that the Oilers aren't fully healthy and a lot of guys are banged up.

At a macro level the Oilers have too many defensemen that make sub optimal plays, and currently don't have enough wingers to form a 2nd line.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Guy’s team is about to get swept and he’s still claiming his team is better. Man, I envy your shamelessness.

Ha I watched Knoblauch’s post and he said that his team isn’t getting outplayed in the series. He needs a reality check.

 

[VivaLasVegas]

He's not wrong. Oilers have been the better team in 2 out of the 3 games. Oilers have outshot the Panthers 86 to 62 this series

That's because Florida could safely turtle through long portions of these games while the Oilers took lots and lots of low-danger shots. Far from being evidence that the Oilers are the better team, it's actually evidence that the Oilers aren't really even particularly competitive since Florida has basically mailed in long stretches of these games.

 

[Mike C]

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

You haven't

He's not wrong. Oilers have been the better team in 2 out of the 3 games. Oilers have outshot the Panthers 86 to 62 this series

As I said, sometimes the better team doesn't win the series. Luck factors into hockey more than any other sport. The sooner fans realize this the better.

Beating a team actually entails winning

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Here is my probably dumb take:

Bobrovsky is playing at an elite level
Panthers defensive structure is very good
Panthers are making less mistakes than the Oilers.

McDavid has been good. Draistil has played poorly / is playing hurt. My guess is that the Oilers aren't fully healthy and a lot of guys are banged up.

At a macro level the Oilers have too many defensemen that make sub optimal plays, and currently don't have enough wingers to form a 2nd line.

Rumour is Nurse has a hernia injury, Kane has a back injury and Draisaitl is hurt too. If this was the regular season or round one or two of the playoffs, I think Nurse sits out. Ekholm is injured too but that guy is tough as nails.

 

[Crinny]

I hate when people don’t make the poll results public. I wanna see all the brave/prescient souls who picked Florida in 4

Im proud of beeing one of those 55 people have been laughing at every day looking at it

 

[Nicko999]

4 goals in 3 games that's a smothering.

A 1000x times less talented Habs team was able to score 5 goals in their first 3 SCF games in 2021.

4 goals in 3 games is inexcusable for a team that has McDavid and Draisaitl.