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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[TheSuperElite]

Heh, I wouldn't be surprised to hear next that you are one of the GMs.

Panthers have easily better center depth, or are you telling me 32 GMs would also pick Hintz and Duchene over Barkov and Bennett? How about wingers; Robertson, Sequin, Marchment, Pavelski, over Reinhart, Tkatchuk, Verheage, Rodrigues? Dont think so dude.

Eetu-Lundell-Tarasenko have 7 goals in 51 games played these playoffs lol.

Depth discussions don't involve the top half of the roster, dude.

Link?

Just need to be able to count.

 

[ManofSteel55]

That just kind of proves my point. Even the Stars depth was apparently considered a lot better than that of the Oilers, but yeah kudos to them for getting through Dallas. But Dallas and Florida are not comparable. Dallas had way too many pieces way past their prime, and on the other hand too many young and upcoming players. Now can you say the same about Florida?

I can say that Edmonton's depth and defense have been proving the "experts" wrong all year.

The argument for "they said the same thing about Dallas last round" is about as useful as comparing regular season stats.

Completely pointless. New round, new matchups. None of that shit matters, you gotta play the games.

You could say this about literally any point anyone tries to make.

 

[Ratsreign]

Florida is better than Dallas was at every facet of the game? Dallas was considered to be deeper than Florida all year long, it's just that in the conference finals they ran into a top 5 player of all time while Florida lucked out with a team led by stars who haven't been able to crack a ppg their entire postseason careers. Eetu-Lundell-3goalsenko > Benn-Johnston-Stankoven? Not even close. Heiskanen > Forsling too btw, and it's not as close as one might wish it was.

Which part of that was wrong, my friend?

It was all said yesterday

 

[Ugene Magic]

 

[cotopaxi]

Eetu-Lundell-Tarasenko have 7 goals in 51 games played these playoffs lol.

Depth discussions don't involve the top half of the roster, dude.


Just need to be able to count.

The amount of goals scored isn't the whole story, surely you should know that as an Oilers fan Florida's third line has been excellent 5v5 these playoffs, even against tougher matchups.

I'm pretty sure I know what depth through the lineup means, and it runs from the first line and pairing to the last. So sure if you would pick the Star's roster over Florida's because according to you, their third line is better, I'm not even going to try and change your mind.

 

[T REX]

Eetu-Lundell-Tarasenko have 7 goals in 51 games played these playoffs lol.

Depth discussions don't involve the top half of the roster, dude.


Just need to be able to count.

So, no. Just crap you threw against the wall and tried to post as factual.

Sorry. You don't get to make BS claims like that. If you LIE and make up info, expect to be called out on it.

Rightly so.

 

[Ratsreign]

I dont get why people are making fun of this hat. 2 STANLEY CUP 2 0 FINAL 4. It makes perfect sense.

I thought it was designed by Nostradamus and means Panthers 24-Edmonton 20 in Stanley Cup Final.

 

[Nucker101]

Let’s go Canada’s team




Panthers in 7

 

[Fishy McScales]

So, no. Just crap you threw against the wall and tried to post as factual.

Sorry. You don't get to make BS claims like that. If you LIE and make up info, expect to be called out on it.

Rightly so.

Lol. He was obviously not being literal about it.

 

[cotopaxi]

I can say that Edmonton's depth and defense have been proving the "experts" wrong all year.

I don't disagree. I'm genuinely surprised to see them this far and it makes me a bit suspicious to think that they suddenly managed to pull it all together after so many disappointing seasons with McDavid and Draisaitl. So in that regard I wonder how they look against the Panthers who have played consistently and very effectively to their system starting from the playoffs last year. And it's not like they were a bad group before that, they did win the President's trophy the year before.

 

[iam76]

Panther's in 3

 

[TheSuperElite]

The amount of goals scored isn't the whole story, surely you should know that as an Oilers fan Florida's third line has been excellent 5v5 these playoffs, even against tougher matchups.

I'm pretty sure I know what depth through the lineup means, and it runs from the first line and pairing to the last. So sure if you would pick the Star's roster over Florida's because according to you, their third line is better, I'm not even going to try and change your mind.

if you consider a team's top six to be "depth", you do you!

So, no. Just crap you threw against the wall and tried to post as factual.

Sorry. You don't get to make BS claims like that. If you LIE and make up info, expect to be called out on it.

Rightly so.

no, I actually have all 32 GMs on WhatsApp and idc if you don't believe me

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

I am guessing puck drop will be closer to 9

 

[K1984]

It's funny how teams that were originally considered overwhelmingly "deep" all of a sudden aren't actually that deep only after the Oilers beat them.

 

[cotopaxi]

if you consider a team's top six to be "depth", you do you!

Well ok we mean different things then. But still, would you actually pick the Dallas top 6 over Florida, because you think their bottom 6 is better? I mean that's the whole point of this anyway, to compare their whole roster.

 

[ChaoticOrange]

It's funny how teams that were originally considered overwhelmingly "deep" all of a sudden aren't actually that deep only after the Oilers beat them.

"Oilers are frauds wait til playoffs"

"okay well they always beat the kings wait til Vancouver they have their number, Canucks in 4!"
"okay well they beat vancouver but the sun was in their eyes wait until Dallas, Stars in 4!"
"okay they beat Dallas but Dallas wasn't REALLY that good, Panthers in 4!"

 

[K1984]

Well ok we mean different things then. But still, would you actually pick the Dallas top 6 over Florida, because you think their bottom 6 is better? I mean that's the whole point of this anyway, to compare their whole roster.

So the top of the lineup players do actually matter - good to know.

Can you please do the same for the Oiler/Panther matchup?

 

[ManofSteel55]

It's funny how teams that were originally considered overwhelmingly "deep" all of a sudden aren't actually that deep only after the Oilers beat them.

I also find it interesting that all of the teams Edmonton has defeated so far have "run out of gas". Kind of takes a bit of the credit away from the Oilers beating them. Dallas didn't run out of gas, we stopped them.

 

[Arpeggio]

I don't disagree. I'm genuinely surprised to see them this far and it makes me a bit suspicious to think that they suddenly managed to pull it all together after so many disappointing seasons with McDavid and Draisaitl. So in that regard I wonder how they look against the Panthers who have played consistently and very effectively to their system starting from the playoffs last year. And it's not like they were a bad group before that, they did win the President's trophy the year before.

The Oilers didn't just "suddenly pull it together". We've lost to the cup champs two straight years, have been an elite team for three straight seasons, and have had a very strong goal differential in all three. The Oilers were a lot closer to Vegas than the Panthers were last season.

I think Florida is a favourite, but this notion that this is a cindarella run by the Oilers is insane. I think you're looking at legitimately the top team from both conferences in this series.

 

[guymez]

Special teams are likley going to be the difference.
Advantage Oilers.

 

[K1984]

"Oilers are frauds wait til playoffs"

"okay well they always beat the kings wait til Vancouver they have their number, Canucks in 4!"
"okay well they beat vancouver but the sun was in their eyes wait until Dallas, Stars in 4!"
"okay they beat Dallas but Dallas wasn't REALLY that good, Panthers in 4!"

"Flames are contenders, Flames in 5"

Oilers beat Flames

"Another easy matchup for the Oilers, wait until they play actual good teams."

Oilers seem to have won more series against teams that supposedly suck of all time. They only suck after the Oilers beat them though, we hear about how the Oilers don't have a chance in the lead up to basically every series. Even the Kings this year "it's SOOO hard to beat a team 3 years in a row!"

 

[Bradely]

Barkov worries me, Bob worries me, but Bennet just doesn’t worry me at all. Last time he faced the Oilers both him and Chucky were completely neutralized after game 1. There are things to be worried about on the Panthers but personally I don’t include Sam Bennet in that category.

With Bennett, your star players can be a vicious punch/hit away of being out for a couple of games. that was the reference I was doing. Good luck to the Oilers.

 

[TheSuperElite]

Well ok we mean different things then. But still, would you actually pick the Dallas top 6 over Florida, because you think their bottom 6 is better? I mean that's the whole point of this anyway, to compare their whole roster.

no, the point of a discussion on depth is not to assess the whole roster

 

[guymez]

I don't disagree. I'm genuinely surprised to see them this far and it makes me a bit suspicious to think that they suddenly managed to pull it all together after so many disappointing seasons with McDavid and Draisaitl. So in that regard I wonder how they look against the Panthers who have played consistently and very effectively to their system starting from the playoffs last year. And it's not like they were a bad group before that, they did win the President's trophy the year before.

The Oilers have been the best team in the NHL since US Thanksgiving.
Lost to the Stanley Cup Champs in the previous 2 seasons.

This is anything but sudden.

 

[cotopaxi]

So the top of the lineup players do actually matter - good to know.

Can you please do the same for the Oiler/Panther matchup?

I think both teams top 6 are superb, and I like to think it's pretty even if you just want to compare position to position. McDavid + Draisaitl obviously have the upper hand on Barkov and Bennett, but I would without a doubt pick Florida's top 6 wingers over Edmonton's.