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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[Fishy McScales]

He’s got a point, the team who wins the championship at the end of a season is the stupidest way to decide which is the leagues best team.

The only way to truly know is for every team to face every team in a best of 7 series. Team who win the most of their 31 best of 7 series is crowned the best. If there are multiple teams who have the same best record then a second “championship round” of 7 game series is triggered. Once we are down to a single “best team” then they have to go back and face the teams out of the other 31 that they lost 7 game series and they have to redeem themselves by defeating all those teams in a 7 game series. If they can’t beat everyone one of those teams in these redemption series then they can’t definitely be called the best team in the league and the process starts over again.

It’s a little inconvenient but the only way we can know for sure who is the best team.

Imperfect != stupidest

Besides, your model is far from the only way to truly know who is the best. What separates it from say a league-format like European football for example, where everyone meets home and away and the "best team" is the team topping the table at the end?

 

[Sniper99]

What would happen if the panthers lose game 7?

They join the wrong end of history. Get chirped at on HF forever

And yet Nurse still leads the league in +/-

lol the one guy that gives a shit about +/-

 

[Mike C]

He’s got a point, the team who wins the championship at the end of a season is the stupidest way to decide which is the leagues best team.

The only way to truly know is for every team to face every team in a best of 7 series. Team who win the most of their 31 best of 7 series is crowned the best. If there are multiple teams who have the same best record then a second “championship round” of 7 game series is triggered. Once we are down to a single “best team” then they have to go back and face the teams out of the other 31 that they lost 7 game series and they have to redeem themselves by defeating all those teams in a 7 game series. If they can’t beat everyone one of those teams in these redemption series then they can’t definitely be called the best team in the league and the process starts over again.

It’s a little inconvenient but the only way we can know for sure who is the best team.

What's decided is The Stanley Cup Champion. That "best team" stuff is fodder for fans and media"

 

[CashMash]

LMAO! This is the first time I've ever seen Bob called Barbie. Trying way too hard to make it a thing.

 

[RMF5630]

Edmonton's record with the new coaching staff is the best in the NHL I believe or 2nd best so the 104 points is deceiving.

Ok, even if two best teams is subjective, it's two of the best teams in the league. There can be an argument for these being the two best teams but also some others being just as good. It's arguing semantics really, it's two very good teams going at it.

I agree. I always fine "the draw" as being very interesting. If TOR doesn't go on its slump, would FLA have been able to shut them down? Would TB have done better versus BOS who they always play tough?

More about that than your comment.

 

[Mike C]

They join the wrong end of history. Get chirped at on HF forever


lol the one guy that gives a shit about +/-

And a 2 and a quarter million dollar runner-up consolation prize to share amongst themselves.

 

[AnInjuredJasonZucker]

Jesus Christ THAT'S THE POINT lol. Do you read my posts before replying?

 

[SupremeTeam16]

Imperfect != stupidest

Besides, your model is far from the only way to truly know who is the best. What separates it from say a league-format like European football for example, where everyone meets home and away and the "best team" is the team topping the table at the end?

I was being facetious.

My point is that there is no perfect way to determine which team is best. What a lot of people don’t seem to understand is that winning the Cup is really, really hard. If you can fight your way into the playoffs through 82 games and then fight your way to the final round and win, you’re the best, end of story. Thats exactly what the people who actually play the games would tell you and they know best. I’m sure they don’t care about the dumb people who live in hypothetical land and say they didn’t beat this team or that team who match up better against them so they can’t be called the best. The playoffs are the journey, that’s how it all gets sorted out because every team in the playoffs is good, that’s the point but only the best teams can put it all together and go all the way.

 

[PaulD]

Great to have what amounts to a thrilling series after Florida went up 3-0 and it looked like it was going to be a dud, as a hockey fan you can't help but love that.


Momentum has surely swung in the oils favour but Florida is still in the better position, it's tough to win 4 games in a row against a quality team like them momentum or not.

Series was boring as hell till last night. Now we have a series.

 

[PaulD]

He’s got a point, the team who wins the championship at the end of a season is the stupidest way to decide which is the leagues best team.

The only way to truly know is for every team to face every team in a best of 7 series. Team who win the most of their 31 best of 7 series is crowned the best. If there are multiple teams who have the same best record then a second “championship round” of 7 game series is triggered. Once we are down to a single “best team” then they have to go back and face the teams out of the other 31 that they lost 7 game series and they have to redeem themselves by defeating all those teams in a 7 game series. If they can’t beat everyone one of those teams in these redemption series then they can’t definitely be called the best team in the league and the process starts over again.

It’s a little inconvenient but the only way we can know for sure who is the best team.

They are not trying to crack The Da Vinci Code.

The best team in the league is the team that can wins the Cup.

 

[jj cale]

Series was boring as hell till last night. Now we have a series.

It's required viewing now that's for sure.

 

[Dieseloil]

Panthers winning game 6.
That’s the King Woodhalls guarantee

Take it to the bank

I never trust banks.

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

They have killed 6 of their last 7 rounds .....Oilers are just that good under pressure.
Worth noting if Reinhardt, Verheague, and Montour just played well (not great) in this series. It would be over.

If the Oilers take game 6 then I'm cheering for them in 7. f*** it. Why not. History being made.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

If the Oilers take game 6 then I'm cheering for them in 7. f*** it. Why not. History being made.

Let’s f***ing go, get on board or get run over

 

[Whoshattenkirkshoes]

If the Oilers take game 6 then I'm cheering for them in 7. f*** it. Why not. History being made.

How can you hate Coleman lmao

 

[Giggli G]

Inb4 Bob stands on his head in Game 6 or 7 like he did in Game 1


Kane has been horrible.

I believe he has played his last game in Edmonton, at least I hope

Kane has been playing with a sports hernia for a long time. It wasn't working for the team as he hasn't been up to snuff.

Source: my relatives are related to Ceci.

 

[eviohh26]

Never ever?

Not even once in a row.

 

[Ratsreign]

Edmonton may still lose this series.

It is comical though how Panthers fans were stating Barkov & Forsling were going to shut 97 down.

No one said that, they said they could slow him down and stop him from taking over games. I know it takes away from the ever so popular nowadays victim mentality narrative, but let’s not distort what was actually said. No one ever denied the threat that 97 is, and no one ever claimed that he would be totally “shut down”.
It makes a great story, even if not a bit true.
He has taken over the last two games, and we see the result.

 

[NotCommitted]

5v5 goals in this series are 1-1 when both Barkov & McDavid are on ice and that's the only 5v5 goal against Barkov. Not much "shutting down" he can do from the bench and though I think Barkov is great, expectations are getting a bit unrealistic if people assume he should be able to shutdown McDavid just by his presence in the building.

It's the powerplay that's really killing Panthers atm, when you have negative GF% on the PP that's a problem. If you don't believe me go ask the Canes and how that worked out for them vs NYR...

Nice to see the thread has gotten a bit more even keeled, or maybe it's just the mods working overtime But the general vibe seems to be both fan bases have come to understand there's another team in the building and they didn't get there by some fluke luck.

One team being up 3-2 in the series seems pretty expected, it's just weird the way they got there.

 

[Canovin]

Florida's ice is just terrible. Might as well just play game 6 and game 7 in Edmonton

 

[Zerotonine]

I like Kane. But ide leave him out. Oil look better and faster without him.

Have you not watched perry out there

 

[Ratsreign]

I was told on HF as well as many other hockey chat programs etc. that Florida lost game 4 on purpose to win Game 5 at home. What happened?

Further proof that most people on the internet are actually big-mouthed bleeding idiots with no clue....... the click bait mentality.

Well said. But still, on that shorty Brown required Montour to make a "stupid is as stupid does" pass.
He had Tkachuk wide open on wall directly in front of him.
Oilers have been great.
Montour and Mikkola pairing have been terrible.

Montour playing himself into a much lesser role.....
brain dead passes on the PP......repeatedly!!! Sliver platter turnovers....
Get back to the game that got you here! These last two games aren’t it.

 

[Ratsreign]

Oilers were trying to protect the lead for the 2nd half of the game and honestly they are not very good at it. They get away from the game that got them there in the first place and let their foot of the gas.

That’s partly why game 1 looked so heavily slanted towards the Oilers. Playing with the lead is the most important thing in this series. The trailing team has to press, and the opponent plays D and feasts on mistakes that come from pressing for a goal.

 

[PaulD]

Further proof that most people on the internet are actually big-mouthed bleeding idiots with no clue....... the click bait mentality.


Montour playing himself into a much lesser role.....
brain dead passes on the PP......repeatedly!!! Sliver platter turnovers....
Get back to the game that got you here! These last two games aren’t it.

Bang on assessment. The guy has been a mess.

Have you not watched perry out there

Yea, watched him score the winning goal last night.

 

[Ratsreign]

Bang on assessment. The guy has been a mess.

* #it’s just a game