Oilslick941611
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It looks like Dallas isn't forechecking because they can't get to their dumped pucks. They are either too slow or too beat up to put a fight along the boards and it shows.
WCF | GM5 | Edmonton Oilers at Dallas Stars | 7:30PM CT | TNT
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Lol ripping the crowd because they don't put their hands up when they are scored against in sync
TheUnusedCrayon
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As a Canucks fan first and foremost, we feel your pain. Our team also did the "hey we CAN forecheck, but we would rather just change lines and do that over and over" tactic.
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I'm too old for this.
No team has been runner-up two years in a row since St. Louis back in the late 60s.
But a bunch of times teams have gone to the Finals, lost, and then gone back and won in the next year or two after.
Florida will likely squash either one of these teams.
Kcb12345
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Too slow is definitely a major issue with the team. Guys like Marchment, Pavelski, Robertson, etc. Aren't beating anyone to a loose puck.
TheUnusedCrayon
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One day HF is gonna be owned by some dork who bet 20 bucks on like 2 goalie goals and Darnell Nurse winning a Norris.
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Fair point
I stand by what I said. Vegas, in the second round last year, were very, very beatable
How many teams have done that, 2?
Matty Sundin
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If Oilers wanna prove they’re a team that belongs in the finals, this 3rd period is a chance to prove by actually owning a game for 60mins against a really good team in a crucial game 5. If old habits still appear and they blow it, then they just not ready yet and don’t deserve it. We’ll wait and see.
K1900L
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Draisaitl has matured a lot, it seems. Not taking the bait of Marchment, playing attentive and limiting his own minutes.
He isn't scoring as much currently, but his line still changes the momentum like no other line of the Oilers. His line got Edmonton going last game and they outscored Dallas 8 - 0 since. He is great at shutting down whatever line he is opposing as well.
McDavid also begins to look like his true self.
He isn't scoring as much currently, but his line still changes the momentum like no other line of the Oilers. His line got Edmonton going last game and they outscored Dallas 8 - 0 since. He is great at shutting down whatever line he is opposing as well.
McDavid also begins to look like his true self.
killing off 25 consecutive penalties is an insane number considering even the absolute worst teams score more than 1 out of every 10.
Oilslick941611
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and we are extremely lucky that our worst players ( Brown, Foegele, McCloed, etc) are very fast. I know foegele isn't playing tonight, but just adding him as a for instance.
eviohh26
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Dallas apparently stinks. I was never sold on them. Everyone said no matter who won between Van / Oilers was going to get dominated. Goes to show what HF knows.
IMO Vegas was meh. And Avs stunk.
IMO Vegas was meh. And Avs stunk.
Wrong. Bruins in 77 and 78. Lost both times to Montreal. As a Bruins fan you should know this sad fact
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Hypotheticals are hypotheticals. They could have been very, very, very bearable, but just weren't.
Fishy McScales
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Like how Dallas was gonna squash Edmonton?
Fishy McScales
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They've had three separate finals appearances since then. This is the conference finals.
Edit: actually it's four. Edmonton, Ottawa, Vancouver and Montreal.
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