Series Talk: SCFs Discussion - 2024 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS

[CatscratchFever]

Is Barkovs hand still hurt? I've been reading about his recent puck fumbling and poor FOs are due to this. Is there any info? He's kind of important to us.

 

[Gentle Man]

We don't claim the dummy with the We Want Edmonton sign at the Edmonton game

 

[batting1k]

Is Barkovs hand still hurt? I've been reading about his recent puck fumbling and poor FOs are due to this. Is there any info? He's kind of important to us.

Not sure who you’re referring to

 

[Gentle Man]

Not sure who you’re referring to

@vendetta over at fhboards.com

 

[CatscratchFever]

@vendetta over at fhboards.com

I don't get it.

 

[violaswallet]

If we play Edmonton, I'm sure that it's a big series for Tkachuk. Edmonton owned him like Tampa owned us before the trade.

 

[Chaos2k7]

 

[batting1k]

I don't get it.

Found vendetta’s burner account

 

[Gizmo Tkachuk]

Cats in 5.

Skinner should not be our downfall after Vasi, Swayman and Igor

 

[Chaos2k7]

 

[Boothinator]

Great, Already looking forward to the German announcers loving Draisaitl. Ughhhh

 

[Panthers Propaganda]

Well, this will be tough. The oilers are on a f***ing heater. Have to contain McDrai

 

[barkovcanfinnish]

Our final boss is the Adam Henrique-led Oilers

Let’s do this

 

[1specter]

I think I'm supposed to hate you guys or something like that but I've found myself secretly rooting for you lol Can't help but admire the scrappiness and resolve of the team and the business like manner in which Florida has taken out multiple elite goalies and bounced back from tough games with no excuses. I also hate the Oilers and their fans so this is an easy choice for me. Go Panthers I guess?

 

[TotalHomer]

Maurice has plenty of experience against McDavid and Drai. He should have a pretty good idea what to do against them. I'm going to have nightmares about Ekblad trying to skate with those guys.

 

[Gentle Man]

@WaitingForThatCab said superstition won't decide the games.

I agree

I totally didn't just drop 360 bucks on legos

 

[Little Bobby Boo]

Cats in 5.

Skinner should not be our downfall after Vasi, Swayman and Igor

Would be incredibly on brand if we got stonewalled by Skinner. A throwback in many ways

 

[GirardIsStupid]

Revenge tour continues, let's f***ing win the whole damn thing!

As much as I think you guys are due, Oilers are winning it.

 

[White Out 902]

Oilers played like shit tonight and Skinner dragged their carcass over the line

For the love of God, please do the league, Canada, and decency a favour and beat this team.

The oilers are the truck nuts of the NHL. Their fans are pigs and the players like Kane pricks

 

[WaitingForThatCab]

Would be incredibly on brand if we got stonewalled by Skinner. A throwback in many ways

This.

As much as I think you guys are due, Oilers are winning it.

Good take. Next caller.

 

[iam76]

We have always had pretty solid games against Edmonton.. sometimes they came out firing.. but we have always matched them decently.

They will get some goals.. but I have hope we will too.. including more 5 on 5

 

[zeroG]

was listening to the chiclets podcast from back when the series was 2-1 and it was interesting to hear them all talking about how well the stars were playing down low. contrast that to what I saw tonight - a team trying to make fancy and/or low-percentage plays off the rush. we fought that tendency a couple of times during the season but have been fairly consistent over the postseason.

imo, we have a better group of forwards to play that style than DAL. if EDM can't match or exceed our effort/success in terms of forechecking and slow our guys down, we're going to hem them in and could play a lot of the SCP downhill like last series. think about how many grade A chances we generated last series as well. slightly better finishing and we could survive losing the special teams battle.

I could image a scenario where they keep us away from our game for enough of 4 games and win the special teams battle by enough to win it. I don't think they'll beat us in a series that isn't impacted by special teams, though.

the other thing I've been thinking about is that I don't think we've seen the best game from the panthers yet. I kept saying in the first series that it didn't feel like playoff hockey. yet we won easily. the Bs series had it's moments but I think this last series saw some periods of dominance. I get the feeling the guys have been trying to manage their energy expenditure so as to be actually at peak in the SCF (rather than at the end of the first round).

 

[Idiot Stick]

i felt confident vs vegas and i dont feel confident at all for this series

hope thats a good sign

 

[Panthers Propaganda]

Visions of McDavid postering Ekblad and Skinner 78 save shut out.

 

[Idiot Stick]

Well, this will be tough. The oilers are on a f***ing heater. Have to contain McDrai

But wonder how the rest does for them? Does it cool them off like it did us, esp with the excitement of it being their first cup finals?
Rest may help us this time around since i dont think anyone is as banged up as last year, hopefully bennetts and barkovs hands are healed up.