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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[Dust]

Anyone that says one of these teams is winning in 4 or 5 is delusional.

 

[Ratsreign]

you didn't know that? Forsling is a GOAT dman. Gustav Orr

It’s Gustav Forrsling

 

[TheNumber4]

Absolutely ridiculous starting this Saturday. The teams and fans lose momentum.

Oilers fans won't. That's a guarantee.

 

[Skolman]

Hype, ready to get this thing fired up!

 

[drktmplr12]

Barkov's area of influence. Just stay out of it and you'll be fine

 

[bert]

Considering how much I know you hate Edmonton, judging by your history.
I understand that you're only seeing what you want to see.

If you haven't seen the comments in here along the lines of "Oilers won't be able to contain the Panters" "good luck, you're going to need it", Florida is much superior to Dallas, Edmonton's time is over", "The Panthers are going to destroy Edmonton 5 on 5", I don't know what to tell you. No, those aren't verbatims.

Florida fans are a confident bunch in here, as are Edmonton fans.. Both for good reason.

But yes, it's only Oiler fans being "cocky & arrogant"

As a neutral observer you seem far more disconnected from reality when evaluating your opposition. I don't think you've watched Florida at all. Or if you have you're really struggling at basic hockey evaluation. I want Edmonton to win but man you're quite clearly unable to look at this objectively.

You actually think Dallas has better centers? Or that Oettinger scared you more than 2 time vezina winner Bobrovsky. Who would have won the conn Smyth last year had Florida won the cup.

While Florida doesn't have anyone as good as Heiskanen the entire D core is better than Dallas. Montour and Forsling are absolute studs. More depth more size.

 

[McVespa99]

Start already.....

 

[Mike C]

The thread needs a 2nd wind. I was thinking earlier in week we might tip the scales at 200 pages before puck drop!

 

[Ratsreign]

 

[GlenviewFlames]

Not the GOAT but Brad Park says "Don't forget about me!!"

Who is Brad Park?

 

[Skolman]

As a neutral observer you seem far more disconnected from reality when evaluating your opposition. I don't think you've watched Florida at all. Or if you have you're really struggling at basic hockey evaluation. I want Edmonton to win but man you're quite clearly unable to look at this objectively.

You actually think Dallas has better centers? Or that Oettinger scared you more than 2 time vezina winner Bobrovsky. Who would have won the conn Smyth last year had Florida won the cup.

While Florida doesn't have anyone as good as Heiskanen the entire D core is better than Dallas. Montour and Forsling are absolute studs. More depth more size.

Good grief bert, you're far from a "neutral observer". You've been on here for a long time, and you post a lot, I'm not sure why you think anyone would believe that.

Yes, I believe Dallas has better Centers. Obviously Barkov is the best of the bunch.

Yes, Oettinger scared me more than Bob does. Is that allowed? That's how I feel.

As you mentioned, Heiskanen is the best of the bunch when it comes to the defenseman; and Tanev & Harley aren't slouches either.

I absolutely love the change in narrative when it comes to that Dallas team. The majority of people(yourself include) stated they would run over Edmonton. People stated they were the deepest team in hockey, but the minute Edmonton started taking it to them they weren't so great anymore. Now all of a sudden Florida is the deepest team in hockey, and Edmonton won't be able to handle them.

We'll see what happens. Edmonton may lose. If they do, I can accept that. This talk in here about how Oiler fans are "cocky and arrogant" is quite something though, especially considering the track record of HF when it comes to that team this year.

 

[Mike C]

Who is Brad Park?

 

[GreeningOil]

I mean I think it’s pretty obvious. Florida has better depth at forward, better D, better goaltending, etc. The only way I see Edmonton stealing a game would be because of the PP.

You are in for the surprise of a lifetime

 

[banks]

Oilers in 7.

And that 7th game goes to overtime.

Best player in the world, sudden death overtime in a game 7 Cup final? Who could ask for a better story? So that's what I'm going with.

 

[CatOTails]

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?

Gotta remind myself to get back to this in second half June. Just for the lulz

 

[SavoieSeason]

Gotta remind myself to get back to this in second half June. Just for the lulz

so a team with a third line averaging less than three goals a round is deeper than Dallas was? maths out

 

[eviohh26]

As a neutral observer you seem far more disconnected from reality when evaluating your opposition. I don't think you've watched Florida at all. Or if you have you're really struggling at basic hockey evaluation. I want Edmonton to win but man you're quite clearly unable to look at this objectively.

You actually think Dallas has better centers? Or that Oettinger scared you more than 2 time vezina winner Bobrovsky. Who would have won the conn Smyth last year had Florida won the cup.

While Florida doesn't have anyone as good as Heiskanen the entire D core is better than Dallas. Montour and Forsling are absolute studs. More depth more size.

Oettinger is good for 1 free goal per game. He lets in so many weak goals.

Bob vs Vasilevskiy was a insane goalie battle. Can't remember what game it was of the series but it was the best goalie performance I think I've ever seen.

Bob at this current moment is the best in the world and its not close IMO. Dude is a machine .

 

[Mike C]

Oettinger is good for 1 free goal per game. He lets in so many weak goals.

Bob vs Vasilevskiy was a insane goalie battle. Can't remember what game it was of the series but it was the best goalie performance I think I've ever seen.

Bob at this current moment is the best in the world and its not close IMO. Dude is a machine .

It's pretty close actually. Igor is right there

 

[TheNumber4]

Ekblad reminds me of Trouba sometimes

 

[Ryuji Yamazaki]

Ekblad reminds me of Trouba sometimes

Nurse reminds me of Trouba too

 

[iam76]

Ekblad reminds me of Trouba sometimes

ekblad used to score a ton of goals...

 

[TheNumber4]

Nurse reminds me of Trouba too

Depends on the day.

ekblad used to score a ton of goals...

What happened?

 

[snag]

Read this article the other day. Thought was really interesting

By The Numbers: A look at the stats behind Oilers-Panthers Cup Final

With a highly anticipated Stanley Cup Final around the corner, Emily Sadler goes from 1.81 to 4,089 and looks at some interesting numbers and stats behind the series.

www.sportsnet.ca

"2-9-1: The Oilers’ dismal record to open the season had the team in need of a spark. Despite an overall 76-32-12 record under Jay Woodcroft, the club fired the head coach in early November and hired Kris Knoblauch, who’s overseen the team’s resurgence and run to (and through!) the playoffs, including an eight-game win streak early on in his tenure to get the team back on track."




Interestingly they ignore the 16 game streak that started 4 games after that one ended.

 

[Dread Clawz]

Depends on the day.


What happened?

He had 3 consecutive seasons of severe leg/foot injuries. His skating is just shot, and he was never quick or fast to begin with. He also separated his shoulder last playoffs and played all the way through to the Final along with the broken foot. Iirc there was also another injury he had at the same time. Dude has sacrificed a lot to the Panthers. He also came in when the league was still somewhat kind to slower, big d-men. It's not anymore. He's adapted to become more of a shutdown guy that stays back and lets Forsling do all the legwork, and it's worked pretty effectively this season and playoffs. He still gets exposed badly at times with his skating though. He really has to try to hang back as much as possible, that's his best bet.

 

[TheNumber4]

He had 3 consecutive seasons of severe leg/foot injuries. His skating is just shot, and he was never quick or fast to begin with. He also separated his shoulder last playoffs and played all the way through to the Final along with the broken foot. Iirc there was also another injury he had at the same time. Dude has sacrificed a lot to the Panthers. He also came in when the league was still somewhat kind to slower, big d-men. It's not anymore. He's adapted to become more of a shutdown guy that stays back and lets Forsling do all the legwork, and it's worked pretty effectively this season and playoffs. He still gets exposed badly at times with his skating though. He really has to try to hang back as much as possible, that's his best bet.

Actually I was gonna reply to the guy that said he’s like Nurse with “but Nurse can actually skate”. So I totally understand what you’re laying out here. Sucks to hear about his injuries. I agree with your assessment though, he’s very stationary with his defence. Plays a hard game in his own zone though I noticed, which is a good thing. The Oilers cycle which can be pretty fast or rush break outs may give him fits.