WCF: Dallas Stars vs Edmonton Oilers (EDM Leads 3-2)

[SeanAveryTheGreatOne]

Who y'all got?!
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Dallas Stars (1C) vs. Edmonton Oilers (2P)​

Western Conference Final

Game 1: Oilers at Stars -- May 23, 8:30 p.m. ET (TNT, truTV, MAX, SN, CBC, TVAS)
Game 2: Oilers at Stars -- May 25, 8 p.m. ET (TNT, truTV, MAX, SN, CBC, TVAS)
Game 3: Stars at Oilers -- May 27, 8:30 p.m. ET (TNT, truTV, MAX, SN, CBC, TVAS)
Game 4: Stars at Oilers -- May 29, 8:30 p.m. ET (TNT, truTV, MAX, SN, CBC, TVAS)
+ Game 5: Oilers at Stars -- May 31, TBD (TNT, truTV, MAX, SN, TVAS)
+ Game 6: Stars at Oilers -- June 2, TBD (TNT, truTV, MAX, SN, TVAS)
+ Game 7: Oilers at Stars -- June 4, TBD (TNT, truTV, MAX, SN, CBC, TVAS)
+ if necessary ​

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[WetcoastOrca]

Teams are pretty close overall.

The issue is Skinner.

Well he’s part of the team and the Oilers starter.
He reminds me a lot of Dan Cloutier.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

He isn't a big game goalie. Otter has been keeping the Stars alive when the Oilers were hammering them in the first period the last 2 games then shut the door after that.

I don’t agree with that. Otter had a .900 save percentage. That’s not amazing goaltending either.
Even in the first period the 2 goals was pretty average goaltending. He’s not playing lights out.

 

[34]

Robertson > McDavid and Draisaitl AINEC

 

[Three On Zero]

Teams are pretty close overall.

The issue is Skinner.

They really aren’t that close.

Edmonton has the better top line but Dallas has a much better bottom 9, better defence and better goaltending

 

[Bounces R Way]

Draisaitl has been boiled ass the last two games.
All those minutes catching up to the big fella.

 

[Auston Marlander]

Teams are pretty close overall.

The issue is Skinner.

You're right. Skinner should have had more shots on Dallas during the first 13 minutes of the 2nd period.

 

[HighLifeMan]

The Hintz addition really allows the rest of the Stars depth to fall into place, and I think that has been overlooked. People seem to forget that he is their top line centermen.. and a guy who went absolutely nuclear last year in the playoffs. It's going to be tough sledding for Edmonton.

 

[Hank Plank]

Exactly like the series against Canucks, this series is over after 3 games... I wonder why do they bother play the rest of the series.

Last time I checked Dallas is not playing a 3rd string goalie. And something about Brock Boeser? Was probably nothing.

Issue with Edmonton is they are focusing on Skinner when the bigger issue is the players they’ve put in front of him.

I hope this never changes.

 

[red devil]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1795521568866804083

 

[TheOrganist]

I don’t agree with that. Otter had a .900 save percentage. That’s not amazing goaltending either.
Even in the first period the 2 goals was pretty average goaltending. He’s not playing lights out.

Those stats are pretty irrelevant in the playoffs. It's timely saves. The Robertson GWG is a prime example of a goal you just can't give up for a team looking to break through.

 

[ElGuapo]

I understand but it doesn't speak to how the game was played overall.

You said two things. They mean little and they mean little in terms of how the game was played. I was commenting on the first one. ENG are important.

 

[ElGuapo]

I don’t agree with that. Otter had a .900 save percentage. That’s not amazing goaltending either.
Even in the first period the 2 goals was pretty average goaltending. He’s not playing lights out.

He's been lights out in the playoffs. Even after last night he's .923 2.09 in the playoffs through 16 games.

 

[Dr Pepper]

He's been lights out in the playoffs. Even after last night he's .923 2.09 in the playoffs through 16 games.

Yep. Leads all remaining goalies in GAA, and is second (barely) to Igor in sv%.

He'll still have the odd hiccup every now and again but for the most part he's been rock solid.

 

[McShogun99]

I don’t agree with that. Otter had a .900 save percentage. That’s not amazing goaltending either.
Even in the first period the 2 goals was pretty average goaltending. He’s not playing lights out.

He played lights out during the first periods of the last 2 games and shut the door in the third period of each game. The winning goals in games 2 and 3 were stoppable goals.

 

[LT]

 

[SnowblindNYR]

You said two things. They mean little and they mean little in terms of how the game was played. I was commenting on the first one. ENG are important.

In the context of how close the games were.

 

[Idiot Stick]

 

[Satan]

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bonk

 

[WetcoastOrca]

He played lights out during the first periods of the last 2 games and shut the door in the third period of each game. The winning goals in games 2 and 3 were stoppable goals.

He played decent. Not lights out.
His save percentage after the first was average at best.

 

[Vasilevskiy]

Edmonton is a team fundamentally built flawed. Has been carried by a super player and a few others in a god awful division.

Will never win anything this way. And I'm glad to watch them sink every year

 

[gretzkyoilers]

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Two minutes for Flatulating?

 

[IB]

Full disclosure. I am a Flames fan that is cheering against the Oilers. For the second round in a row The Oilers are trailing a team they are out playing. I agree this is not the case for the full 60 minutes of any game so far but on the balance of play. Dallas is a very frustrating team to cheer for. They do not seem to have any sense of urgency and are leading this series based on pure luck and better goaltending.

Pickard will more than likely come in for Skinner and give them much better goaltending by simply being adequate. With the current difference in team play this may be enough to propel the Oilers on to the next round.

Wake up Stars! No more fumbling the puck and fly bye's on the forecheck play with some heart and desire. Your current game of desperate defending paired with adequate to good goaltending is not going to cut it if we want to see McDavid and co golfing any time soon. Plus you will be depriving us of a summer saga around Leon re-signing or testing the Oilers resolve to trade him.

 

[Zerotonine]

Yea, Cherryplanning is a great word for it lol

Dunno how knob hasn't picked up on this. Been noticeable since game 1 and they getting away with it with constant odd man breaks

 

[JPeeper]

McDavid puts up 2 points and still ends up a minus, on the ice for 3 of 5 Dallas goals (yes one was an ENG). Literally just flying the zone every opportunity he can on the first Robertson goal, tries covering Robertson who scores.

Draisaitl with the giveaway on the game winner.

These aren't guys you win chips with.

 

[FirstRowUpperDeck]

He played decent. Not lights out.
His save percentage after the first was average at best.

The total distance of goals allowed last night was probably under 2 feet. All were hard to stop and in tight.

And not like Skinner who also let the game winner in from a foot or less.
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