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

[HanSolo]

Anyone who thinks the Refs actually favour Vegas should watch their game 7 with the Sharks.

It's just something people tell themselves to make it suck less that an expansion team has so much success. The refs had their fair share of moments f***ing Vegas over with all that "favoritism"

 

[PanniniClaus]

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I'm no guru and certainly no coach but man to man defense seems outdated to me.......

Good pickup - i picked up same..

Edmonton D zone below.. Vegas was often using a forward to drift around and pull players out of position which may be why there was so much chaos trying to defend.. pull players away from the net and then use speed to beat them back to the net.

 

[Mobiandi]

Does Woodcroft do anything but speak in cliches lol

 

[EdJovanovski]

 

[Frank Drebin]

The time for hindsight to be effective is before it becomes necessary to use it

It's just sad. You could tell from the first minute it was going to be another 4 goal night

 

[ijuka]

Many Oilers fans thought LA was going to be their hardest matchup and thought Vegas was an automatic to the Semis....

Are you serious? I thought LA was considered one of those legit "barely good enough for playoffs" teams, while Vegas was one of West's top contenders?

 

[GreeningOil]

Anyone who thinks the Refs actually favour Vegas should watch their game 7 with the Sharks.

Ah yes, let’s refer to years ago playoff series!

Refs suck yes, but that is completely irrelevant to why the Oil lost.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Very impressive. Hopefully Seattle can join them for a recent expansion team conference finals.

Vegas missed the playoffs last year, so you could say they made the WCF 4 out of 5 years. Safe to say they make the most of it in the playoffs.

 

[pbgoalie]

One of the great things about nhl playoffs is that even as absurdly good as McDavid and Draisatl are, it still takes a complete team almost every time.

It is also amazing to think about the goalie situation LVK has had to deal with more than this year, and gets good enough goaltending to win.

I still believe Edmonton is closer than Toronto, somehow they just stay engaged and fight. Toronto sometimes looks like the pain isn’t worth it sometimes

 

[Kanye]

Can't spell Oilers without loser

 

[Frank Drebin]

Many Oilers fans thought LA was going to be their hardest matchup and thought Vegas was an automatic to the Semis....

They were close.

Only reason we got by la was because korpisalos horseshoe fell out

 

[Some Other Flame]

He looks so sad

It's amazing

 

[Blitzkrug]

Year #30 of Canada going without a stanley cup.

To put it into context Canada has won a World Series, NBA title and MLS title in that same time span despite only have at most a couple canadian reps in those leagues as opposed to the 6 to 8 the NHL has had.

for an even bigger mindf***; an American team won a Grey Cup since a Canadian team won the Stanley Cup.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

I see what you did there.

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

What about Guerin and Kunitz? The Pens made the finals without them the year before.

 

[Gjman2019]

Good pickup - i picked up same..

Edmonton D zone below.. Vegas was often using a forward to drift around and pull players out of position which may be why there was so much chaos trying to defend.. pull players away from the net and then use speed to beat them back to the net.

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Very good share...Thanks.

 

[MrvJets]

Oh look at that, they're actually 5th in 5v5 goals scored. Who knew?

In the regular season, in the playoffs they have been brutal for a number of years. It’s only McJesus and Drai. Remember we the Jets swept them and Jets aren’t very good themselves.

 

[Mike C]

Come on man he was super these playoffs .Goal scoring is hard at this level.Did u expect him to score

Sometimes it's not how much you score, it's when you score them

Does Woodcroft do anything but speak in cliches lol

He makes bad coaching decisions

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Doesn't matter, elimination game and he was trash. That's the difference between world class players and regular season phenoms.

And on top Drais refused to shake Pietrangelos hand in the handshake line.

Such class from this German Gretzky.

 

[Nemesis Prime]

It's just something people tell themselves to make it suck less that an expansion team has so much success. The refs had their fair share of moments f***ing Vegas over with all that "favoritism"

They would have gotten away with it too if it wasn't for that meddling McCauley.

 

[HanSolo]

And on top Drais refused to shake Pietrangelos hand in the handshake line.

Such class from this German Gretzky.

Hard to blame him tbh.

 

[Hank Plank]

And on top Drais refused to shake Pietrangelos hand in the handshake line.

Such class from this German Gretzky.

Is anyone really surprised? Drai carried himself in the handshake line exactly like he does in general. Selfish D-bag.

 

[Dust]

In the regular season, in the playoffs they have been brutal for a number of years. It’s only McJesus and Drai. Remember we the Jets swept them and Jets aren’t very good themselves.

That was more Hellebuyck being all world than anything else. Didn't that series have 3 OT games? The 5v5 narrative is overblown.

 

[nturn06]

What about Guerin and Kunitz? The Pens made the finals without them as well.

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Why do you keep doing this? You really think you fool us?

Marian Hossa was huge in that playoffs, and you are also missing Dupuis.

If you need to cheat this way, you know your point is weak.

 

[HabzSauce]

How do you figure? Skinner had an .890 SV% against LA and that was far and away his best series statistically. Skinner was pulled 4 freaking times total in these playoffs. What in the hell else do you look for as a sign to maybe start the other guy in a game?

I just think Campbell is ass. Mental game is as soft as they come. Skinner gives me more confidence even if he's not that much better.

Skinner bounced back twice this series with solid performances. So I don't blame Woodcroft for hoping he would bounce back yet again.

 

[Three On Zero]

And on top Drais refused to shake Pietrangelos hand in the handshake line.

Such class from this German Gretzky.

Ego is bigger than his head. The guy is one of the dirtiest “stars” in the league. Show some respect to the team that just bested you