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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[trojansoilers]

I feel like the Oilers will close this out in Game 6, solely because McDavid and Draisaitl can smell blood and knows this could be now or never. I expect them to add another gear and will the team to the Cup finals.

 

[Zalos]

The Oilers must win the next game. I would not tempt fate by going back to Dallas for a seventh game.

I'm confident that they most likely will after seeing their performance in game 5. McDavid and Draisaitl are so close to the Finals. If they get there, I'll be hard pressed to bet against them.

 

[Macheteops]

It's absolutely not that simple, there were tons of people here saying that the Stars would "feast" on whoever won between EDM/VAN. Were there some salty Canucks fans? Almost certainly, but many of the comments came well before the series ended.

To be honest, with how the Stars have played so far, I think either team would have beaten then.

The series isn't over but up to this point what I've seen from Dallas I think Vancouver beats them too

 

[Frank Drebin]

Seguin mentioned how much travel there's been in this series. I do wonder if it's adversely affecting the vets who might not be used to this.

Lots of redeye flights with the sun blaring in your face till 1am due to how far north Edmonton is.

Dallas young players are buzzing, but their greybeards look gassed.

Haha what the hell

 

[MeHateHe]

Seguin mentioned how much travel there's been in this series. I do wonder if it's adversely affecting the vets who might not be used to this.

Lots of redeye flights with the sun blaring in your face till 1am due to how far north Edmonton is.

Dallas young players are buzzing, but their greybeards look gassed.

1 am? Some people need to look on a map.

 

[Five Alarm Fire]

Seguin mentioned how much travel there's been in this series. I do wonder if it's adversely affecting the vets who might not be used to this.

Lots of redeye flights with the sun blaring in your face till 1am due to how far north Edmonton is.

Dallas young players are buzzing, but their greybeards look gassed.

This is one of the best sneak disses I’ve read on this site haha

 

[Chris5225]

The series isn't over but up to this point what I've seen from Dallas I think Vancouver beats them too

It would be close for sure.

The narrative that Edm/Van were gonna get stomped by Col/Dal was repeated constantly here just because people want to hate on or discredit players like McDavid and Draisatl. It was always a silly notion.

 

[JKG33]

Nice jinx attempt

Honestly not my intention. Even if Dallas wins in 7 (unlikely, they look like they don't even wanna be here) getting even 3 wins for the Oilers busts the narrative that they can't win against contenders.

 

[steviey]

It would be close for sure.

The narrative that Edm/Van were gonna get stomped by Col/Dal was repeated constantly here just because people want to hate on or discredit players like McDavid and Draisatl. It was always a silly notion.

I think going into it people were looking at the lineups and justifiably saying that there are probably more paths for Dallas to win than Edmonton. Dallas doesn't have McDrai, but (and this is viewing from before the series started) they probably have the best Defenceman in the series (Heiskanen), the better 1-5 d-core, the better goalie, and a more dynamic bottom 6 (with Marchment-Duchene-Pavelski being a clear advantage over the oilers' third line going into the series).

However, I think attributing the Oilers' lead in this series to this point to strictly McDrai is false. The Oilers' have virtually created a path to winning that they hadn't shown to be capable of in the first 2 rounds, mainly their bottom 6 has contributed. Brown, Janmark, Perry, Mcleod have all found ways to impact the game in the last 2 games, Skinner has played well since the going down 2-0 in game 4, and the defence looks to have steadied once they've paired Nurse with Kulak and added Broberg's mobility. Add in McDrai/Nuge/Bouch being good for at least 1 goal a game and that's a winning formula.

 

[macbowes]

Only 37.6% of voters have a chance to be correct. The average person on this board made a poor assessment of the Oilers. The Oilers aren't surprising all of us, some of us thought they were the better team going into the series.

 

[Czechboy]

I have a great respect for Dallas and how they are built. I'm in shock we are this close. Curious if we can pull it off in the next 2 games.

 

[Rowlet]

It would be close for sure.

The narrative that Edm/Van were gonna get stomped by Col/Dal was repeated constantly here just because people want to hate on or discredit players like McDavid and Draisatl. It was always a silly notion.

I generally agree, but I think most people accept that McDrai are going to be good, the Oilers are kind of the opposite of the cup winning formula we've seen for the last decade though, but I agree that whoever won was getting discredited, people just don't respect the Pacific.

 

[belair]

I have a great respect for Dallas and how they are built. I'm in shock we are this close. Curious if we can pull it off in the next 2 games.

Just buzzing. Have loved the ride so far and every series has been bloody entertaining. Lots of respect for the teams that we've faced along the way.

 

[AvroArrow]

Whether or not the Oilers advance to the cup final, absolutely no one can discredit them or try and chirp them. NO ONE expected this from them, Dallas generated almost nothing that entire game. I had the Stars in 5, but the Oilers have pretty much shocked everyone (outside of Edmonton I guess)

If they keep limiting chances they have this thing in the bag. More than enough fire power to pot 3+ a game, if they just maintain puck possession and play a strong defensive game they absolutely can go all the way, crazy stuff.

 

[Brookbank]

Edm has the second oldest team in the league and they have been okay. Dallas is third. Poor excuse by Seguin plus he’s in the West. He’s been a part of the western travel for many years. Lol.

That can't be right can it ? Edm is the 2nd oldest team ?

 

[StoveTopStauffer]

That can't be right can it ? Edm is the 2nd oldest team ?

avg age

 

[Coffey]

That can't be right can it ? Edm is the 2nd oldest team ?

 

[The Management]

Pretty cool to see them this close, and I certainly wouldn't want to be the team with their back against the wall and staring down a determined McDavid and Draisaitl. Soak it up, Oilers fans! You have my envy.

 

[StoveTopStauffer]

We owe the Canucks an apology, Oilers barely made it past them in 7 games playing against their 3rd string goalie (with Boeser out for game 7 & Pettersson MIA) everyone including myself thought Dallas was going to steamroll the Oilers in 4-5 games.

Without the Skinner freebies the Canucks series would have been over in about 5 games. They played maybe 4 good periods out of 21.

 

[Nostradumbass]

That can't be right can it ? Edm is the 2nd oldest team ?

Their core is prime age, but lots of the supporting cast is older (Perry, Henrique, Ryan, etc.).

The only older core player is Ekholm but it looks like he’ll never age.

 

[ChaoticOrange]

Only 37.6% of voters have a chance to be correct. The average person on this board made a poor assessment of the Oilers. The Oilers aren't surprising all of us, some of us thought they were the better team going into the series.

Plenty of them were spite voting. Bitter Canucks fans, jealous leafs fans, weird Vegas and Colorado fans, Flames fans on their third bandwagon. This series wasn’t gonna be a walk for anyone.

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Corey Perry’s really dragging up that average, haha.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Expecting a 4+ point game each from McDrai, that killer instinct is gonna kick in bigtime

 

[Nostradumbass]

As for Dallas, yes almost everybody thought this was a freebie to the finals for them.

The only people who thought this series wasn’t going to be completely one-sided are the ones who cheer for Dallas and Edmonton.

Dallas fans were the most reasonable of all opposing fans, likely because both fan bases know these teams have had some really great and close games over the last couple years.

 

[LTIR]

I have a great respect for Dallas and how they are built. I'm in shock we are this close. Curious if we can pull it off in the next 2 games.

Dallas dominance is just starting. They will be this good if not better for the next decade if they could keep this young core.

Edmonton's time is now where their core players are in their prime and having career best seasons.

 

[MBTendy]

Goddamn Edmonton. As much as I want to blame being down 3-2 on how Dallas may have ran out of gas playing two top dogs, or having to deal with our depth scoring going quiet … a lot has to do with how much this Edmonton team wants it.

Your top dogs have been amazing. The Oilers depth took on the challenge of being better than the Stars’ depth after hearing how deep the Stars team was leading up to game 1. And Skinner has been good.

Huge kudos and if the Stars can’t comeback, I’ll definitely be jumping on the bandwagon.