Post-Game Talk: This is the end

[Ladyfan]

I’m not even upset.

I feel nothing but pride for all of the boys!

Go Oilers!

I know how hard it is for some to feel good at this time. The Oilers had a great run.

You should be proud of your team.

Thanks for letting me hang out.

 

[The Nuge]

Is there a reason Skinner wasn't pulled with 2 minutes on the clock and in complete control of the o-zone? Waited until 1:30 and by that point, the stars were gassed. McDavid could barely skate and had a bad turnover near the end because he was completely out of breath.

Probably because we seem to suck with the goalie pulled and we were absolutely buzzing. It felt like the goal was coming, so don’t kill your chance

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

This f***ing hurts

This is where I am.

I have larger thoughts about this team, but this just hurts

 

[JeffSkinner53]

Sorry but I hate the false positivity stuff. They blew it and the top players were no shows in game 7

 

[LevelingSolo]

Pain

 

[Captain Fantastic]

As soon as Reinhart scored, I just knew…fml.

Yeah, I shut the TV off and listened to the radio instead. Team didn't have it tonight and it showed. I'm proud of them anyway.

 

[Dradavich]

 

[ThreeOfAPerfectPair]

Regroup and build around Ceci and Janmark, lets gooo.

 

[Fishy McScales]

Proud of the team.

Momentum is irrelevant. It comes down to a bad play in the second period by Kulak and Skinner, and it's in the net. No puck luck after that.

It's cruel but it's sports. Feels like reliving 2006.

 

[Ibanez]

Nothing but proud of this team. I’m not throwing shade anywhere at this point.

We were down 3-0. The come back was incredible.

Thanks all for a great year.

And please try not to be too negative with each other

 

[Wreckus]

Leave the ice with your heads held high, Oilers! One hell of a season and your fans are proud!

100% agreed.

Boys just ran out of gas and it's unfortunatle.

But, next season will be a fun one I predict. But there will be changes in the off-season, especially on defense.

We got our coach, we got our Goalie (Skinner) and McDavid, Draisaitl, Hyman, etc will be back as well.

 

[BlackDogg]

Back to the lessor activity of watching Calgary suck again.

 

[DaGap]

Another no show from the 40 million dollars players.

Pathetic

 

[Zguy370]

2025 Stanley cup champs, going to put some big money on it

you know Ullmark signed in Ottawa right?

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Sure glad Leon is well rested for the offseason after taking the last 2 rounds off.

 

[Pass the Saitl Sauce]

It was a fun ride. Now can we re-sign brown and janmark and Drai

 

[TheBrew]

Sometimes she goes, sometimes she doesn’t. That’s the way she’s goes.

 

[Frank the Tank]

Pain...

My fear was we'd have to relive the 2006 Finals in Game 7, and that game looked really similar to what I watched 18 years ago.

 

[The Nuge]

This is where I am.

I have larger thoughts about this team, but this just hurts

Yep. I’m proud of the resilience the team showed throughout the year, but as someone who was born immediately after the last cup, but old enough to feel the pain of the 06 loss… it just freaking sucks

 

[Bryanbryoil]

If anything, hopefully this shows Connor, Leon and Bouch that to really set us up to win that they should each take a slight haircut on their next deals. Hopefully the new GM starts reshaping this team in a hurry because it's time to move some guys out for upgrades.

 

[albator71]

It f***ing sucks but they gave everything they got, there's no shame in losing after coming all the way back from 0-3 deficit. I still say Edmonton was the better team in this series and carried the play most of the series, losing game 1 was the turning point a game the Oilers should have won. f*** Florida and the Panthers!!!

 

[nexttothemoon]

Well deserved Conn Smythe trophy win for McDavid.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

I feel like that was McDavids one chance at a cup and him going pointless in Game 7 is going to haunt him his entire career. It’s extremely hard to even get here and our cap situation is only going to get worse.

That said, incredibly proud that this group made it to Game 7 of the finals with how the season started.

Sad that it was a bust after all.

Everyone here knows you did a couple fist pumps after the Oilers lost.

Not fooling anyone.

 

[Shizuka]

What a thoroughly disappointing no show from the top 6, in the biggest game of the year. To think they expended all that effort and work only to completely disappear like that... Draisaitl, McDavid, Nuge, Hyman, Bouchard... all with poor efforts today. They didn't deserve to win it tonight and that absolutely sucks to realize as a fan. They may well never reach this pinnacle again. Incredibly disappointing showing by the 'leadership' core.

Short turnaround so I think it's fine to post here but guys they need to divest themselves of / will lose through attrition in some form:

Mcleod, Ryan (retire), Perry (retire...), Foegele. I'd add Nurse but he stabilized with a f***ing rookie who showed more poise and hockey sense than a 10 year + vet like him. Besides which, no sane GM would take on his garbage $9.25 million contract. I'll be surprised if Henrique re-signs, he's lived in California for a number of years now and I can't imagine his family would want to move away from that. Ceci.. I don't know. He was actually ok tonight, and away from Nurse isn't a complete moron but still a very mediocre defender.

Just way too many questions still lingering. Still gutted knowing the top 6 went AWOL in the biggest moment.

 

[TKB21]

Was a heck of a ride, was a great run, but at the end of the day it’s just that, a run. Years past you could say the top players had no help from the depth, this year is the opposite, the depth players were let down by the top players. Completely pathetic performance by our top guns in what might be the only shot they get at a cup…