GDT: Stanley Cup Final | I | Edmonton Oilers @ Florida Panthers | 6.8.24 | 6:00PM | SN

[Soli]

(Series Tied at 0-0)

Game Day: Saturday June 8th 2024
Game Time: 6:00PM
Location: Amerant Bank Arena
Broadcast: SN


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PREVIOUS ENCOUNTERS


REGULAR SEASON - Nov 20 '23



REGULAR SEASON - Dec 16 '23



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Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Connor McDavid - Zach Hyman
Evander Kane - Leon Draisaitl - Dylan Holloway
Mattias Janmark - Adam Henrique - Connor Brown
Warren Foegele - Ryan McLeod - Corey Perry

Mattias Ekholm - Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse - Cody Ceci
Philip Broberg - Brett Kulak

Stuart Skinner


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Carter Verhaeghe - Aleksander Barkov - Sam Reinhart
Matthew Tkachuk - Sam Bennett - Evan Rodrigues
Eetu Luostarinen - Anton Lundell - Vladimir Tarasenko
Steven Lorentz - Kevin Stenlund - Kyle Okposo

Gustav Formling - Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola - Brandon Montour
Oliver Ekman-Larsson - Dmitry Kulikov

Sergei Bobrovsky




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• Projected lineups based on yesterday's practice. Potentially updates after morning skate, but I imagine this is how they'll start.
  
  
• They should have sent a poet.
  
  
• Just win.

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[PaPaDee]

Game 1 would be amazing, but need a split.

 

[ozhenson]

Let's f**king go Oil! Come out hard and don't give an inch to them and I think we can take it.

I'm so nervous, I'm gonna be taking anxiety shits all day.

What's the consensus best donair going these days(maybe something more exciting than Swiss has arrived)? Feel like I need a throwback oilers supper.

 

[BlackDogg]

I'm taking Rybelsus today

 

[ozhenson]

I'm taking Rybelsus today

My wife is, so I'm making up for it by eating double!

 

[BlackDogg]

So game management is already a concern. Just call the f***ing game you zebras.

 

[JeffSkinner53]

Here we go

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

My series prediction is a Gentleman’s Sweep. Oilers in 5 after getting crushed in Game 1 allowing the prognosticators to think they can start shoveling dirt on our rotting corpse.

But one thing this team with this coach and his staff have proven is they are a very good rebound team after gassing a game.

This one’s gonna be fugly. The crowd and a relentless forecheck combined, the moment, the setting along with that shitty McLoed Foegele Perry line and Nurse Ceci pair will expose the Oilers tonight.

Not gonna lie, I think we get our ass handed to us tonight. Adjustments ahead for Game 2.

Batten down the hatches and stay positive gents. It might be a very long night but with the new dawn tomorrow comes a new day and then it’s game on from there.

The Panthers fair weather fan base doesn’t even know what’s going on. This is just a cool moment for them out in a swamp by a shopping mall. It means literally nothing to the majority of them. It’s a neat place to be seen for a day or two, chuck a plastic rat on the ice and escape the oppressive heat and humidity for 3 hours. Thats it.

To us it is literally life or death. A religion. A cult. Losing the cup would be soul crushing after having to deal with 35 years of seeing the best team in hockey history be dismantled, then league economics killing any hope we had of even competing, several near relocations of the team, losing a heartbreaker to Carolina, getting kicked in the nuts for a decade, and then suffering under Chiarelli and his idiotic management.

This is our life. This is our time. Let’s go win this thing.

 

[PositiveCashFlow]

4th line scares me but I trust in the Knob

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Play their game, give all the same effort and things should look good for this team. Let's go Oilers, make a statement to start this series

 

[TheSuperElite]

it's finally f***ing here

feel good about this game and series.

 

[lopper]

In no way am I underestimating the Panthers as they are a pretty good squad, but this could be a legacy defining moment for Drai and McDavid. I don’t think they let the opportunity slip and fully believe the Oil will be hoisting the cup after 6 games.

 

[Tarus]

Looking forward to seeing how these teams match up.

I suspect if Florida keeps up the undisciplined play and the Oiler's powerplay can take advantage, Panther's game will be blunted due to fear of being punished for their usual aggressive tactics. Of course, that will depend on the refs, who are a chaotic element that rarely does their job in the way you'd expect.

 

[AddyTheWrath]

LET’S GO OILERS

 

[Bryanbryoil]

LFG! Feeling sicker than f*** but pumped nonetheless!

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

 

[GMofOilers]

Need to win game 1, to many stats say you have to win game 1 of the final.

Boys are going to play with some nerves, but we have the better team

5-3 oilers

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Need to win game 1, to many stats say you have to win game 1 of the final.

Boys are going to play with some nerves, but we have the better team

5-3 oilers

So weird you're still doing this. I suspect they'll keep them at 2 goals or less against as they have been recently

 

[McDrai]

I like the forward lines. Hopefully the dreaded Nurse/Ceci pairing doesn’t bite us in the ass if that is indeed the 2nd pairing in tonight’s game.

 

[Valhallis]

Longest wait ever! Time to take care of business Oilers!

 

[94 Oil Drops]

The cuuuuuup finaaaaal

THE CUUUUUUP! THE FINAAAAAAL!

Get ready to get stressed again.

 

[Gordian Knot]

Just win, no matter how just win!

Will need good or great game from everyone and fair officiating. I am not expecting anyone from Florida have supernova games, but they can grind down goals from forecheck and cycle plays.

Be better team in front of both goals and we win this series.

 

[Moregoalspls]

And I thought work days seemed to take forever. Let's go Oilers!

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

So weird you're still doing this. I suspect they'll keep them at 2 goals or less against as they have been recently

3 goals ain’t bad.

 

[Heavy Dee]

There is some really good odds on the Oil tonight for those who like to sprinkle.