WCF: Edmonton Oilers vs. Colorado Avalanche ( Avs lead 3-0 )

[Maria Sharapova]

Oops seems the same Oilers can score 4+ on a "good team", not just the pathetic easy Pacific teams. I don't have time to quote the 1k bad takes on this forum, just lol.

Loved that both backups came in, Oilers chaos, and another 14 goals scored. Still great discipline from both teams. Avs avoiding the box was huge for them, but the style of game is Oilers Hockey which is ideal for Edmonton.

No one doubted oilers would be able to score on the Avs they doubted they can beat them. Alarming “1000 posts” and you didn’t see the narrative.

 

[The Red Line]

Colorado limited Edmonton to 24 scoring chances in this game while totalling 40 of their own. Tampa Bay for an example is averaging 23.3 scoring chances against per game.

The difference in why you might look at a Tampa game and think they played great defence and then look at last nights Colorado game and think they played bad defence is the goaltending.

I think the defence was fine especially considering the type of game the two teams were playing, it was the reason Colorado carried the play to the degree that they did even without Girard.

For another example, the Colorado defence (and Mackinnon gets a ton of credit here as well) limited McDavid to a CF% of 41.8% and a SCF% of only 35.38%. If that level of domination continues Edmonton will be in a really rough spot.

McDavid had 3 points... you're saying if the Avs limit McDavid to 3 points a game that Edmonton will be in a tough spot?

If anything those numbers should be concerning for the Avs.

 

[tucker3434]

McDavid had 3 points... you're saying if the Avs limit McDavid to 3 points a game that Edmonton will be in a tough spot?

If anything those numbers should be concerning for the Avs.

As long as Makar keeps getting 4, we’ll be okay.

 

[Eltuna]

McDavid had 3 points... you're saying if the Avs limit McDavid to 3 points a game that Edmonton will be in a tough spot?

If anything those numbers should be concerning for the Avs.

He’s the most talented player in the league so will get points no matter what, especially with this goaltending, but he was heavily limited throughout the game and was hemmed in his own zone multiple times. For the first two periods I don’t think he had the puck on his stick for a conservative 3 second period even once at even strength.

His metrics 5 on 5 were heavily skewed to the negative and he was a minus player in the game. For the Oilers to win he needs to figure out the Mackinnon matchup or Woodcroft needs to get him away from it. If McDavid ends up on the ice for more chances against then he creates Edmonton is going to have a really hard time keeping it competitive.

Having said all that I think he figures it out, historically he has played very against Mackinnon.

 

[Cinema Indigo]

Mike Smith played with 2 blurry eyes

Cataracts vs a eye injury

 

[Ararana]

Colorado limited Edmonton to 24 scoring chances in this game while totalling 40 of their own. Tampa Bay for an example is averaging 23.3 scoring chances against per game.

The difference in why you might look at a Tampa game and think they played great defence and then look at last nights Colorado game and think they played bad defence is the goaltending.

I think the defence was fine especially considering the type of game the two teams were playing, it was the reason Colorado carried the play to the degree that they did even without Girard.

For another example, the Colorado defence (and Mackinnon gets a ton of credit here as well) limited McDavid to a CF% of 41.8% and a SCF% of only 35.38%. If that level of domination continues Edmonton will be in a really rough spot.

People don't understand how terrible Edmonton's defense is. They've had to outscore all their problems to get here.

Nurse and f***ing Cody Ceci is a top pairing in the WCF. How in the hell did this happen. McDavid has to pull super hero level shit to make up for that, and none of it will matter if Mike Smith can't finally figure out the Avalanche.

Edmonton fanbase in a nutshell:

 

[Mez]

At least that explains that 3rd goal. The stick in the eye must've done more damage than he thought.

Wow scary shit to be having eye issues. Hope hes ok.

 

[Ararana]

Wow scary shit to be having eye issues. Hope hes ok.

Explains a ton, really. Even for Kuemper this postseason last night was a new low.

Hope he's okay, he did take a 98 MPH slap shot right off the dome.

 

[BB88]

Colorado limited Edmonton to 24 scoring chances in this game while totalling 40 of their own. Tampa Bay for an example is averaging 23.3 scoring chances against per game.

The difference in why you might look at a Tampa game and think they played great defence and then look at last nights Colorado game and think they played bad defence is the goaltending.

I think the defence was fine especially considering the type of game the two teams were playing, it was the reason Colorado carried the play to the degree that they did even without Girard.

For another example, the Colorado defence (and Mackinnon gets a ton of credit here as well) limited McDavid to a CF% of 41.8% and a SCF% of only 35.38%. If that level of domination continues Edmonton will be in a really rough spot.

I’m sorry but I can’t call that game a defensive masterpiece.

It was reckless hockey for 60 minutes

 

[AnInjuredJasonZucker]

Kadri is living rent free in Edmonton
Love it....

Is he? I saw the one cheap play on Smith, but it was pretty tame by his standards. He looked to just have a strong game otherwise, and from what I saw, there were only a handful of comments about him.

This is a good example of "rent free" being one of the more tired/lazy phrases around.

 

[Muffin]

Colorado clearly has the book on Smith, they were going high on him all game. Even before they scored they were missing the net high.

Compher goal was another example, he settled the puck first instead of one timing it because he knows Smith will flop and open up the top of the net.

 

[AvsCOL]

Colorado is capable of playing much tighter hockey than that. The first period they played their own game, but once Burakovsky and Kuemper left the game they seemed to let off a big. Avs controlled the game for a large majority of the time, so I’m not overly worried moving forward. I expect a closer series moving forward, as this game was a bit of a mess in every single way.

 

[ottawa]

Haha. Oilers fans can't handle me liking their posts after a loss and had me banned from the Oilers forum for a year.

They're so pissy! Must happen when the NHL pampers you with 1st overall after 1st overall.

Entitled like the team!

Same thing happened with me in the Canes forum and I didn't even like anything controversial.

What the f*** is the point of adding the likes feature if it can get us banned @SniperHF, how does someone dictate what a person can or cannot like

 

[Artemi Panarin]

Nurse’s reaction time is hilarious. Guy was a tire fire all night while his forwards managed to still keep the Oilers in the game. That is one of the worst contracts in the entire league.

 

[Coffey]

Nurse’s reaction time is hilarious. Guy was a tire fire all night while his forwards managed to still keep the Oilers in the game. That is one of the worst contracts in the entire league.

He supposedly has a hernia too, which makes him from bad to terribad.

 

[North Cole]

People don't understand how terrible Edmonton's defense is. They've had to outscore all their problems to get here.

Nurse and f***ing Cody Ceci is a top pairing in the WCF. How in the hell did this happen. McDavid has to pull super hero level shit to make up for that, and none of it will matter if Mike Smith can't finally figure out the Avalanche.

Edmonton fanbase in a nutshell:

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Thing is though, we don't have any superstar on D and we have managed to outscore our problems.

Personally, I don't get this HF infatuation with blaming goaltenders. This is now the third team in a row we have run into where they supposedly are fine defensively but the difference is "goal tending". The last team had a vezina goalie and was top 3 defensively in the league, got blown away and then the revisionist history started in about how they were a shit Pacific team.

Francouz played perfectly fine in relief and still came away with a sub 0.900, but I guess all those cross crease back door plays were his fault? Even on our side, our D is not great and yeah Smith didn't have a great game, but there were 3 goals Smith had no real chance on - Makar and Rantanen went nearly bar down, and the other was bouncing all over the place.

The difference in the game was the Avs forecheck bodied us and caused a lot of fire drills in our own zone, which happens to literally every team when you don't get it out on 2nd and 3rd attempts. Goaltending on both sides is pretty equal.

I'm genuinenly not sure how a fan of either team can come away from that and think, yeah this is all good, ezpz. Both teams have a lot of shit to clean up, and I think they will.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Colorado clearly has the book on Smith, they were going high on him all game. Even before they scored they were missing the net high.

Compher goal was another example, he settled the puck first instead of one timing it because he knows Smith will flop and open up the top of the net.

Yeah its like smith just guessed he would go low and gave up the entire top shelf

 

[tardigrade81]

No one doubted oilers would be able to score on the Avs they doubted they can beat them. Alarming “1000 posts” and you didn’t see the narrative.

The oilers lost by a goal and an empty net lmao. If smith plays the way he usually does, that’s a win. Give me a friggin break. Oilers started sluggish like they usually do in game one, but it ended up being a very competitive game

If this was enough to convince people that Colorado is the superior team and going to sweep us, wow….. lol. I’ll be back to quote this when we tie the series tomorrow.

 

[The S5]

As long as Makar keeps getting 4, we’ll be okay.

One no goal and should have not been given an assist on the Kadri goal.

 

[Maria Sharapova]

The oilers lost by a goal and an empty net lmao. If smith plays the way he usually does, that’s a win. Give me a friggin break. Oilers started sluggish like they usually do in game one, but it ended up being a very competitive game

If this was enough to convince people that Colorado is the superior team and going to sweep us, wow….. lol. I’ll be back to quote this when we tie the series tomorrow.

Just like the people who were ready to quote me after game 1 sadly Edm is in a mismatch. Wish they weren’t for Ben cause he seems like a standup kid. Avs we’re down twice each for less than a minute cause they turned it on and edm has no defence when that happens

 

[soothsayer]

It's only game 1 yada yada, but I would say Calgary looked way better in game 1 against Edmonton than Colorado did.

 

[Mr Positive]

Colorado is capable of playing much tighter hockey than that. The first period they played their own game, but once Burakovsky and Kuemper left the game they seemed to let off a big. Avs controlled the game for a large majority of the time, so I’m not overly worried moving forward. I expect a closer series moving forward, as this game was a bit of a mess in every single way.

The Oilers can play tighter too. The Oilers have games like this sometimes that get out of hand, and drag the other team into it too. Honestly I don't know what to expect. I left that game feeling okay about it, as an Oiler fan. I don't like the loss obviously but it felt like the Oilers will make this series interesting.

 

[MrvJets]

Mike Smith played with 2 blurry eyes

Your wrong let me correct you. Mike Smith has NO EYES.

 

[tardigrade81]

Just like the people who were ready to quote me after game 1 sadly Edm is in a mismatch. Wish they weren’t for Ben cause he seems like a standup kid. Avs we’re down twice each for less than a minute cause they turned it on and edm has no defence when that happens

At the end of the day it’s two very good teams going at it

Same with Edmonton and Calgary. It blows my mind that people seem to think they know everything after game 1 you know? We beat Calgary 4 games to 1. That doesn’t make me think they aren’t a superior team. It is what it is. People like to use their labels though. It’s funny

 

[Puck Blaster]

Colorado is capable of playing much tighter hockey than that. The first period they played their own game, but once Burakovsky and Kuemper left the game they seemed to let off a big. Avs controlled the game for a large majority of the time, so I’m not overly worried moving forward. I expect a closer series moving forward, as this game was a bit of a mess in every single way.

Avs won period 1&2. Oilers won period #3. Avalanche outshot oilers period 1&2. Oilers outshot, outmuscled avalanche in period #3. Looks to be good series. Expect game six or game 7.

Your wrong let me correct you. Mike Smith has NO EYES.

Sometimes I agee with that comment.