Post-Game Talk: This is the end

[Mr Positive]

Unlike 2006 at least we can run back this team basically, and maybe make a decent upgrade. Maybe Kulak out for a RD and put Broberg back on LD

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

I give him credit "insert the rest of whatever"

 

[NeptunesTrident]

Habs fan. You brought a country together. You will be back and that fire will burn longer and hotter than anything we’ve seen. I don’t think I’ll ever forget the anthem at Game 6. Be proud of your boys!

 

[McRpro]

Beyond pain.

Complete sadness.

 

[Zguy370]

Hopkins was terrible

only 7 years left of him, what a loser, I mean carreer

 

[Captain Fantastic]

Love the guy but you can’t ghost during the game AND during the Smythe presentation

Didn't watch the end. He didn't come out ?

 

[CycloneSweep]

Jesus, the off-season fun could be going into high gear tomorrow.

Going to be fun to watch.

Wonder if we will have a GM before the draft.

 

[Mav3rick07]

There's no sugar-coating this. We lost and this might be our only chance. These runs are hard to accomplish.

 

[McDoused]

Proud of the boys. They gave it their all.

Couldn't have been a closer series. All came down to one goal in game 7.

 

[BIeucheeseWithWings]

Incredible season but frustrating the last game was prison rules. Dudes were tackling guys pathetic. I hate the league. Big advs Florida they turned it into nice wrestling

We could have played the same game too, for f***'s sake. Blaming the refs when our top 6 did nothing is missing the plot.

 

[yukoner88]

Was a blast watching games with you all, all season.

Wish we didn't fall short, but it was a hell of a run, and the team proved a lot of doubters wrong.

Have a great summer everyone, looking forward doin this all again at puck drop of next season!

Let's go Oilers!!

#keepthefaith

Was a blast watching games with you all, all season.

Wish we didn't fall short, but it was a hell of a run, and the team proved a lot of doubters wrong.

Have a great summer everyone, looking forward doin this all again at puck drop of next season!

Let's go Oilers!!

#keepthefaith

 

[JeffSkinner53]

Especially for the long term fans here, who have stuck with it and persisted... this is so f***ing gutting for us.

I'm actually legitimately pissed at the effort from the top players. They choked, no other way to put it.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

If you don't blame tonight and all your problems on Stuart Skinner than you are obviously a Stuart Skinner fan girl and want to have his children.

The Canucks board is thataway.

 

[Lannes]

Thoroughly sick of this league.

 

[BlackDogg]

Now get to work you drunks

 

[rboomercat90]

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.

Knoblach has been incredible for us since he was hired but he badly mismanaged his bench in the closing minutes of the third period. McDavid and Draisaitl both had a 2 minute shift from about 4 minutes left down to 2 minutes left. That’s what gassed them. From there they couldn’t get a whistle. I know they needed a goal but he should have been resting them a little more so they could have been fresh for the final 2 minutes when Skinner would have been pulled.

 

[Heavy Dee]

This is 2006 all over again. Too bad.

Proud of the team who captured a country.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Wonder if we will have a GM before the draft.

Probably not, they'll probably skip/forget about all that

 

[McShogun99]

Even though we lost the experience the core players got from making it to game 7 will be invaluable in the future.

Hopefully Jackson brings back Rico, Brown and Janmark. They were our MVP of the finals.

 

[mooseman7]

K

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.

Kulak just backed right into Skinner, and let Reinhart walk right in.. Bad play , Can't give uo the blue line so easy..

 

[sepHF]

Hell of a run, proud of the boys regardless

They’ll be back

 

[Drivesaitl]

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

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…

Don't agree with this. The topisx struggled in first but were dominant as game progressed. They were owning the third. The difference was goaltending as it tends to be in game 7's and which are low scoring affairs. Its why at the time I felt the 2-1 goal was so huge.

We're still playing, and in Ot if goaltending was equal.

 

[McDrai]

Not gonna lie, I feel very deflated. I haven’t had the privilege of being alive for any of the Oilers cups so the 06 run was all that I knew in terms of success. Makes it that much more painful that this one also ended in a game 7 loss.
What I can be proud of is how hard the boys battled throughout these playoffs and especially this series. They could have rolled over in 4 or 5 games but had the resilience to take this to 7 games.
Also, I’m sure our top guns learned a lot from this game and will come back even more hungry next year.
As for me, I will take some time away from hockey and focus on myself and my happiness this summer.
Thank you to Oilers fans for the great memories these past couple of months. The city was electric and I wouldn’t trade that experience for anything in the world. See you in the fall for another kick at the can, HFOil

 

[ekcut]

Florida played Panther hockey. Cap tip to them. They are best in the league at locking things down, and thats what they did tonight. The few opportunities we had, the puck luck did not go our way. Sucks big hairy ones, but I am proud to be an Oiler fan.

 

[Ninety7]

great season. Proud of the guys

Thanks to everyone here for posting.

We’ll see you next season.