**Stanley Cup Final**
Florida Panthers vs Edmonton Oilers
Florida Panthers vs Edmonton Oilers
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SCF: Florida Panthers vs Edmonton Oilers (Series Tied 3-3) Hold onto your butts, Game 7, Monday 8/24 @ 8pm ET !
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MCR74
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Draisaitl has never been better than Barkov. More to hockey than piling up points.
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Come to Boston .Bruins have room for Draisaitl .Oilers backend has killed them this series .Nurse making 9.5 million has been a pylon out there and not bringing the grit either
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Point leaders in the last two rounds
McDavid: 13 points in 9 games. 10 EVP +2
Draisaitl: 4 points in 9 games. 2 EVP. - 2
Draisaitl disappeared when it got tough
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I dunno, man... Leon's diving has been off the charts good compared to Barkov's.
The kulikov effect
Panthers finals record without the GOAT: 1-8
Panthers finals record with the GOAT: 3-0
Panthers finals record without the GOAT: 1-8
Panthers finals record with the GOAT: 3-0
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Great, now why is a "pond hockey" team in the finals to begin with? The league could start by pretending to have the same rules regular season and playoffs. I don't care which rulebook, just pick one.
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A pint of dark matter, please.
Agreed. I'm no fan of the Oil, but that is unwatchable - pure torture for that poor bastard.
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The Oilers have been completely and utterly outclassed in this series. To say that they’ve been better because “they have more shots” is simply not watching the games.
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Edmonton deserves to be here and that's why they play the games, but I think Dallas is a better team in a vacuum and likely ran out of gas after playing the last two champions. LA and Vancouver was a comparatively easier path, which is just how the chips fell this year.
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I do feel for McDavid. Holland is a terrorist of a GM. I'll give him the Hyman signing, but McDavid deserves a lot better depth and goaltending. Holland's entirely legacy is built on inheriting a team of hall of famers and then making minor tweaks. I've never seen evidence that he can assemble a well-constructed roster from the ground up.
Draisaitl can shove off though. Never cared for him, regardless of the Barkov hit. Spearing, nut shots, slewfoots-- he's this generation's Malkin. Not someone who runs around looking to injure, but loses his temper easily and never faces consequences for it. Contrast with McDavid who always plays with class, given the insane amount of abuse he receives out there.
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Agree with this wholeheartedly. I think the overwhelming consensus was that LA was hardly a challenge. I don't think anyone, even the most ardent of Kings' fans, expected their team to prevail. That went as expected.
I expected a close series with Vancouver. Didn't think it would necessarily be a cakewalk. Edmonton has grown stronger throughout the season whereas Vancouver has hit some fairly flat moments. The fact that Vancouver wasn't able to maintain their lead was expected given the key injuries they had. Still, the Oilers needed seven games to dispatch them.
What surprised me the most was the Dallas series. I think the Dallas series should have been the best test the Oilers have had, of their three opponents up to that point. The Oilers played well in much of the series and prevailed.
Florida plays a much different game than the Oilers' previous opponents. Setting aside the tremendous goaltending display that Panthers have had in Bobrovsky, the Panthers have really played an holistic team game, with all their lines pitching in both the offensive and defensive zones. The Panthers have multi-pronged attack, with solid defense, and they don't rely on 1-3 key players to produce. What I have noticed (and I am an Oilers fan) is that Florida has done all the small things that ultimately previous champions are known for - the small wins in puck battles on the boards, intelligently anticipating passes, extending sticks to deflect what would be scoring chances, sacrificing their bodies to block shots and most of all, outhustling their opponent to steal pucks on both ends of the ice. Edmonton has not played a team like this so far in the playoffs and it shows. Meanwhile, Florida has had some stiff competition in the Rangers and Boston, both of which are top tier teams that play both a balanced game on both ends of the ice and have world class goaltending so far this season. Neither series went the distance, which told me how strong this Panthers team is.
The last team that came back from 3-0 in the SCF was the 1942 Leafs. I am not holding much hope that history will be repeated, given how overwhelming this Florida team has been these playoffs.
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Shame Dallas fell apart and we didn't get to see them in the Final. Credit to Edmonton for getting this far, but their depth/defense is mostly underwhelming to outright bad at times, and we're not even getting to see McPowerPlay in this series, mostly McSpeedSkater. Divesaitl is clearly hurt, while RNH and Hyman aren't doing enough.
Luostarinen-Lundell-Tarasenko have been awesome. Never thought Lundell would get to Florida in the 2020 Draft, once Buffalo took Quinn (and Nashville took Askarov), set the events in motion for Lundell to become a Panther.
Luostarinen-Lundell-Tarasenko have been awesome. Never thought Lundell would get to Florida in the 2020 Draft, once Buffalo took Quinn (and Nashville took Askarov), set the events in motion for Lundell to become a Panther.
Panthers were oppottunitistic and Barkov played great, but team game was a little bit sloppy especially getting puck out of the zone.
I think Florida will be a lot cleaner executing their entire team game. Oilers will need to bring their absolute best to have a chance.
Imagine a very good tight game that comes down to goaltending...
GPG!!
I think Florida will be a lot cleaner executing their entire team game. Oilers will need to bring their absolute best to have a chance.
Imagine a very good tight game that comes down to goaltending...
GPG!!
Well this is obviously over. Which is fine, I guess. It’s a copycat league (pun intended) so hopefully teams will realize that you have to play, fast, hard, physical and unrelenting hockey to win the Cup. I mean that’s hardly news, and easier said than done of course, but hopefully teams will return to prioritizing that rather than skill, skill, skill all the time.
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Yet you the Oilers only have 3 more high danger chances than the Panthers this series.
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Here we go again !
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Not surprising though. The Panthers are probably the best example on how to build a team right. Edmonton is still a one line affair.
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Here we go again !
Everyone said they were more complete but they were mighty old and mighty tired and would have been even more so in the Finals
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Or Wallstedt coming up through the system. I can't wrap my head around that miss.
(I'm a Wings fan and have strong feelings about Holland, if you can't tell from my earlier post.)
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