Vegas Golden Knights defeat Edmonton Oilers 4-2 - Advance to WCF

[Frank Drebin]

Started years ago with McTavish but it worked back then.They also grabbed Kassian after crash and then Kane.I will agree they only care about winning not integrity as an organization.

They don't have the luxury of picking and choosing players.

I don't need to remind you that many players refuse to play here, it's basically a running joke in the league.

So we take what we can get. I don't fault management for that.

 

[AcerComputer]

I'm guessing there's no talk of blowing it up and trading away Draisaitl and McDavid?

 

[Frank Drebin]

I'm guessing there's no talk of blowing it up and trading away Draisaitl and McDavid?

No they played very well

 

[FlyingPhi]

Are you serious? They got slaughtered 5on5 and Eichel's line owned the Oilers.

Yea I'm serious. My eye test at least. I don't what the advanced stats say.

I don't think anyone "owned" either team, but the ice was definitely tilted the Oilers way tonight. They just didn't have a blocker stop go ten feet in the air and have their goalie stare at it without putting their glove up. Way she goes. Oh well.

 

[LTIR]

Marchessault said something interesting during the second intermission interview with Gene Principe..

He talked about the Oilers playing man to man defense in their own zone.......Didn't memorize his exact words but he sounded confident that they could get to the net for goals against that type of Defense.......

Wouldn't they be better off playing a zone defense that keeps everything to the outside and let the goalie take care of the perimeter shots ?

I'm no guru and certainly no coach but man to man defense seems outdated to me.......

Yeh, Oilers defense strategy looked pretty bad.

 

[Canuck16]

They said it was a follow through shot, hence no penalty.

Really, ok. I thought it was a missed lifting the stick attempt. Makes sense if that was the case.

 

[StevenF1919]

This might actually blow your mind but they weren't bad at 5v5 at all this year.

I was talking about the playoffs.

 

[Bozo Nicholson]

Skinner being thrown to the wolves. Crazy how you can blame one guy.

He was ass…but so was the D.

 

[Gjman2019]

Congrats to Vegas. What a huge downer ending to such a fun season for McDavid and the Oilers.

Still a very interesting playoffs left.

Yeah i didn't think Vegas could beat Edmonton...Gotta give them credit......

 

[White Out 902]

Thanks.. if only Jets had a response or effort like mine

They'd have missed the playoffs.

 

[Blitzkrug]

Hyman, RNH and Kane are not the problem necessarily. They're complementary pieces that shouldn't be expected to score regularly. The problem is the Oilers can't afford more players of that calibre.

If you think a core can consistently make the second or third round, there's absolutely no need to blow it up. That's a decent chance at a cup and any fans pretending that's not worth it have completely lost perspective. Minor tweaks should suffice, especially finding a goalie.

I think those 3 guys are perfectly fine complementary pieces. The problem becomes when you feel panicked and take Leon out of his spot to play with McDavid. You now don't have a legit #2 C since Nuge is basically a winger.

Stacks the lineup too much and it will eventually come back to bite you in the ass when you run into a team with actual depth like Vegas has.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

I'm guessing there's no talk of blowing it up and trading away Draisaitl and McDavid?

Probably because Edmonton's star players actually produced in the playoffs.

 

[Frank Drebin]

As of today like in right now or say, before the game, Skinner is not the better goalie

Lol what is with this hindsight stuff. I would have yanked him for Campbell back in game 5 vs la

 

[Hank Plank]

No they played very well

Uh, Draisaitl would have been better riding the pine he was terrible.

 

[LTIR]

No they played very well

Drai took the last few games off but we are not ready to get rid of him anytime soon. Maybe after next playoffs

 

[nturn06]

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I see what you did there.

Yea, lets not count Kunitz and Guerin, this way you may be right

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Oilers fans and their obsession with the reffing is sad quite frankly… total copium

That’s what happens when you live or die by your power play.

 

[syz]

Yea I'm serious. My eye test at least. I don't what the advanced stats say.

I don't think anyone "owned" either team, but the ice was definitely tilted the Oilers way tonight. They just didn't have a blocker stop go ten feet in the air and have their goalie stare at it without putting their glove up. Way she goes. Oh well.

They ran a graphic during the game at one point. High danger chances for/against Eichel were 10-8, but goals were 7-1. When he got chances against Skinner he scored, when the Oilers got chances against him Hill made the saves. Really what it comes down to.

 

[LTIR]

They'd have missed the playoffs.

They tried their best to miss but Flames just outsucked them
.

 

[White Out 902]

Oilers fans fighting after the loss. The people watching on? They cheered it on, you can hear "go go go". Losers.

 

[Frank Drebin]

Uh, Draisaitl would have been better riding the pine he was terrible.

Are you suggesting as a whole, drai was bad these playoffs?

 

[Mike C]

McDavid is relied so heavily for his offense, he needs to preserve energy because of it. And you want him to back check too?

Maybe save a little in the regular season so he can be a playoff star too

 

[HanSolo]

If there's one thing I feel like gloating about it's that Vegas' handicap in net was significantly overblown. It's still not an ideal situation but they beat the best offense in the league in 6 with said handicap.

 

[Fucck You]

I'm guessing there's no talk of blowing it up and trading away Draisaitl and McDavid?

Draisaitl should go.

 

[Frank Drebin]

That's enough from the fella down south trashing the city.