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

[lionsDen]

Has he failed, or have his "bosses" failed him ?

Well that’s the million dollar question although mcdavid is the one that does play the game. Edmonton needs to trade damn near anything this year to get a goalie. They do that and they’ll win one

 

[syz]

Someone please photoshop Nuge and Yamamoto on a missing milk box...they disappeared into the ether.

Yamamoto has been on the carton for like 2 years, pretty sure nobody's going to find him.

 

[danktopshelf]

Canadian teams can't compete. Probably by design.

 

[Johnny Canucker]

Seriously swap McDavid and Matthews. Have to throw in more if you’re Toronto but they both need a change.

 

[Nemesis Prime]

Weak team with a bad culture, a city that rewards losers and celebrates mediocrity. Tough to see them winning anytime soon without major changes.

 

[McJedi]

While I agree he shouldn't be mentioned as an all time great at this point, it’s not all on him either. He should do his part and try to improve defensively, the Oiler's team defense isn't doing them any favors.

Drai (-4) was garbage in his zone tonight. Awful game on that side of the ice. He was at fault on at least two of those goals. Aimlessly flowing around hoping for the puck so he could play offense.

His man scored at least twice as a result.

 

[Mighty Makar]

Thank you, Vegas!

 

[pigpen65]

Seriously swap McDavid and Matthews. Have to throw in more if you’re Toronto but they both need a change.

Yeah but not to each other.

 

[Johnny Canucker]

Bad goaltending and a good performance by an absolute nobody goalie (for VGK).

Try again next year I guess

Adin Hill is better than both oiler goalies lol.

 

[Ghetty Green]

You don't win Cups with Skinner! You don't win Cups with Skinner!

Loooooooooooooool!!!!!

 

[brock hughes007]

Thank you Vegas,,thank you Florida,knocking out the 2 teams I dislike the most.

 

[BKIslandersFan]

This is now truly sad.

You have the equivalent of today's Gretzky and Lemieux together, and every damn year they lose to a Glenn Healy.

Of course it doesn't help that modern day Steve Passmore lives in your crease.

I mean that dynasty Oilers team had other star players aside from Gretzky and Messier.

 

[MrvJets]

This is now truly sad.

You have the equivalent of today's Gretzky and Lemieux together, and every damn year they lose to a Glenn Healy.

Of course it doesn't help that modern day Steve Passmore lives in your crease.

Then you have a 9M garbage defensemen in Nurse along with shitty D and average goaltending. A team that 5 vs 5 is weak and if they get no power plays they are done.

 

[Connor McConnor]

‘Good take. Vegas has way more depth and it showed. Better team won. Edmonton needs a few more pieces

Who would have thought being 10m over the cap would help with depth. Shocking.

 

[FlyingPhi]

Meh. The Oilers were the better team and lost. Sometimes she goes, sometimes she doesn't go, way she goes.

 

[SensontheRush]

Follow through on a shot, not a penalty.

It really doesn't make sense to refer to an attempted dump as a "shot".

 

[LickTheEnvelope]

Well, Stuart Skinner .890 while Jack Campbell had .957 in the playoffs. Still think they should just have rolled with Campbell until he proves that he can't do it. And even if he couldn't, he probably wouldn't have been as bad as Skinner regardless.

Well you don't have to just roll a guy... if you are a coach with brains you change it up on who is hot. When you keep having to pull a guy, just stop.

 

[Johnny Canucker]

Stuart Stinnker

 

[ohcomeonref]

Can McDavid win an actual f***ing cup before we anoint him better than the greats of all time? Is that too much to ask? Dude has completely failed as a captain so far.

Gretzky couldn't propel teams on his own to a cup, why do you expect McDavid to?

 

[Bubbles]

Yamamoto has been on the carton for like 2 years, pretty sure nobody's going to find him.

 

[Mike C]

Yamamoto has been on the carton for like 2 years, pretty sure nobody's going to find him.

Yet Puljujarvi lives to play another series

 

[BelovedIsles]

Wasn't rooting for either team. Wanted both to win for different reasons.

Watching the Oilers now countless years in the playoffs. Their D is a smidge better, personnel wise. Ekholm was exactly what they needed. They need another two-way defender. I'm not sure Woodcroft is the coach to get them over the hump. That's beyond personnel. Oh, and they need stable goaltending. They rode the highs and lows of Smith last year, and Skinner just wasn't good enough. They need a reliable goalie, at the very least. I wouldn't be worried about them scoring, they need to keep the puck out of their net. That's playoff hockey.

As for VGK, I've been rooting for them to avenge their SCF loss in 2018. I liked their narrative, still kinda do. They've bought the rest of their talent, so that undermines the whole expansion, underdog, 'misfits' thing. I'm rooting for them though. I am not confident in their goaltending; they have enough D to get by and can lock it down when they need to. They'd be my pick for the SC if they had better goaltending.

 

[HanSolo]

Who would have thought being 10m over the cap would help with depth. Shocking.

Yeah Teddy Blueger and Johnathan Quick really helped a lot this series.

 

[viper0220]

The bad man will give everyone their passports back

What does this mean?

 

[Muffin]

The original misfits of Vegas, Smith, Marchessault and Karlsson scored every goal in game 6.