GDT: WCF | I | "The Fault In their Stars" | Oilers @ Stars | 5.23.24 | 6:30PM | SN/CBC

[Porkleaker]

A few dirty Jamie Benn crosschecks and the hate will be fully restored!

Here we go, everyone can hate the Stars and Benn

if you forgot this

 

[McAsuno]

How long until sportsnet goes full Dallas mode and treats the Oilers like the American team? They will start saying how Jamie Benn and Seguin are Canadian boys and are the heart of team.

Who's commentating? If its Simpson again, you can bet your ass he'll be slobbering all over the stars like he did in the nucks series. He actually makes me miss Mr 'Can opener' in DeBrusk.

 

[zoo99]

If the Refs call a fair game and we can earn some powerplay time, this series won’t be close. Also need Skinner to at least hover around 900

 

[guymez]

I'm simply saying McDavid's hands and vision is WAY better than MacKinnon's, it's by far the best in the NHL right now by a landslide and there's a solid debate that it's up there with Mario.


The Stars can neutralize the speed, but I don't think they'll be able to neutralize the IQ.

I dont think that the margin between McDavid and McKinnon is as big as your suggesting.
Just a difference of opinion.

The thing that makes the Stars so good IMO is their depth.
The Oilers have to deal with 4 dangerous lines. Thats not easy. Stay even with the Stars at 5x5 and the Oilers should take this series IMO. Special teams are the key.
Of course that means Skinner is going to have to play consistent hockey.

 

[Ritchie Valens]

How long until sportsnet goes full Dallas mode and treats the Oilers like the American team? They will start saying how Jamie Benn and Seguin are Canadian boys and are the heart of team.

They probably already have. I don’t use twitter a whole lot but I did post on Friedman’s account after the Oilers beat Van we didn’t want or need his fake propped up support with all the Canuck pompom waving he did all series.

 

[brentashton]

Play every shift, start to stop, to win.

At least leave Dallas with a split.

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That last stat line though, ugh.

 

[Perfect_Drug]

I dont think that the margin between McDavid and McKinnon is as big as your suggesting.
Just a difference of opinion.

The thing that makes the Stars so good IMO is their depth.
The Oilers have to deal with 4 dangerous lines. Thats not easy. Stay even with the Stars at 5x5 and the Oilers should take this series IMO. Special teams are the key.
Of course that means Skinner is going to have to play consistent hockey.

Everything about the Stars are so vastly overblown.

They're not some defensive juggernaut. They're "pretty good". But they'll likely be easier to score against than Vancouver.

They aren't putting on a series of defensive clinics these playoffs, winning several 1-0 games.
No, they've blown MANY leads many times these playoffs.

Where the f*** is this narrative coming from that they're a vastly superior defensive team that put up a wall that the best 2 players in the NHL won't be able to solve?



And they don't have anyone remotely close to a JT Miller or Brock Boeser. There's absolutely no gamebreakers on that team. They score by Committee, which I think bodes well for us. Their offensive peak is like Kopitar-Byfield-Kempe.

Yeah they're pretty good, but Miller and Boeser were absolutely shredding us.

 

[TheNumber4]

Low intensity, no passion Stars are ripe for laying a Game 1 Egg. Need to it take to them fast and hard tonight. Get that W! Let’s go Oilers!!!!

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

Everything about the Stars are so vastly overblown.

They're not some defensive juggernaut. They're "pretty good". But they'll likely be easier to score against than Vancouver.

They aren't putting on a series of defensive clinics these playoffs, winning several 1-0 games.
No, they've blown MANY leads many times these playoffs.

Where the f*** is this narrative coming from that they're a vastly superior defensive team that put up a wall that the best 2 players in the NHL won't be able to solve?

They aren’t vastly superior but they just beat the 2 previous cup winners. No easy task.

 

[Perfect_Drug]

They aren’t vastly superior but they just beat the 2 previous cup winners. No easy task.

We would have beat them too.

They're clearly not as good this year.


Avalanche lost Nuke, Landeskog, and Kadri. Their team isn't nearly as scary as it was in 2022.
They just got overblown because they thumped the Jets.

 

[Davo Ikinzom]

The thing I worry about is the Stars are super aggressive in the D zone. They send two guys swarming after the puck constantly.

Hold on. You're telling me that Dallas uses the Eakins swarm?

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

We would have beat them too.

They're clearly not as good this year.


Avalanche lost Nuke, Landeskog, and Kadri. Their team isn't nearly as scary as it was in 2022.
They just got overblown because they thumped the Jets.

Eliminating the cup champs who were 10 mill over the cap is very impressive.

 

[Broberg Speed]

That's what we call a MIKE drop!

Get it?
Get it?


Clean hit.
Modano received a 90's suicide pass.

The hit wasn't even from the side, the type of glancing blow they suspend for these days.

Messier came from directly behind Modano and passed him. It was like Modano's own shadow clobbered him with a cast iron frying pan.

I'd shit my pants if McLeod ever made a hockey hit like that. He has the speed to do it.

 

[GhostfaceWu]

Everyone making Oettinger as some unbeatable force, books have him as current favourite to win Conn Smythe , Drai going to turn that around quickly first few games. I’d be surprised if Oettinger plays as well as Silovs did. Also good for Dallas having a “deep” team, all take our top end talent over their so called deep lineup any day.

What books lol he's not even a top two goalie left in the playoffs for the conn Smythe.

 

[TheNumber4]

Bury Stankoven and Johnston any chance you get. These rookies have had it way too easy against the soft Knights and Avs.

 

[foshizzle]

Thank Christ Jere Lehtinen doesn't play anymore.

If McLeod could score 15-20 a year- he would be Lehtinen. McLeod already is a goal and shot suppression wizard

 

[Zubov2156]

Hello Oilers nation! Dallas fan here born and raised in Dallas TX since 1974. I come in peace!

Hopefully the Stars get out to a better start in this series. They need too! Super excited about this series. It's nice to rekindle the flame from our heated 90's series (sorry for the rival reference...F-the calgary flames). If I had to choose a Canadian team to root for it would be the Oilers. Just not while my Stars are in it!
Good luck to the Oilers team and nation! I'm glad that there are no glaring differences between our line-ups.. meaning both teams are relatively healthy and at their best. I hope that its a great series. I want my team to be able to beat the opponent at their best!
O_T_T_E_R_S B_E_T_T_E_R ! (that's all the trash talk I got!) hahaha

Any how...My prediction for the series is 4-2 Stars win and we will face the FLA Panthers in the SCF.
Games on! (in 7hrs 7:30PM CST)

 

[GhostfaceWu]

I can't wait to watch a game where a section of idiots in Dallas are standing for live play or the glass banger idiot that doesnt understand when to do it.

 

[Perfect_Drug]

Eliminating the cup champs who were 10 mill over the cap is very impressive.

I actually caught a few games in that series.

The Knights played like a wildcard team that added a rusty Mark Stone.

 

[K1984]

Can it just be 6:30 already?

 

[foshizzle]

If the Refs call a fair game and we can earn some powerplay time, this series won’t be close. Also need Skinner to at least hover around 900

I worry about Skinner. Someone posted (I’m too lazy to check) that Skinner has the same number of games over .900 save% in the playoffs as he has been pulled. Man that’s scary

 

[Broberg Speed]

If McLeod could score 15-20 a year- he would be Lehtinen. McLeod already is a goal and shot suppression wizard

Who? Agent 0-0-0

 

[K1984]

I can't wait to watch a game where a section of idiots in Dallas are standing for live play or the glass banger idiot that doesnt understand when to do it.

Can't wait to hear the boos the first time one of our d men wait behind the net with the puck for a change.

The single #1 indicator that fans have zero idea what they're watching.

 

[Drivesaitl]

This is it! LFG!!
Not as nervous as the Vancouver series for some reason. Probably should be though, that's a deep team. Haha.
No dumb penalties, no bad goals and get our PP back on track.

Same. Because primarily the Nucks are easier to hate now than the Flames. Just despised that horseshoes team.

I like Dallas, have been fortunate to have watched them a lot and no shame whatever happens in series.

Gonna be key to get this W with Hintz out of lineup but a big task.

 

[guymez]

Everything about the Stars are so vastly overblown.

They're not some defensive juggernaut. They're "pretty good". But they'll likely be easier to score against than Vancouver.

They aren't putting on a series of defensive clinics these playoffs, winning several 1-0 games.
No, they've blown MANY leads many times these playoffs.

Where the f*** is this narrative coming from that they're a vastly superior defensive team that put up a wall that the best 2 players in the NHL won't be able to solve?



And they don't have anyone remotely close to a JT Miller or Brock Boeser. There's absolutely no gamebreakers on that team. They score by Committee, which I think bodes well for us. Their offensive peak is like Kopitar-Byfield-Kempe.

Yeah they're pretty good, but Miller and Boeser were absolutely shredding us.

I never said that they were a perfect team with no vulnerabilities.
There is no doubt though that they will be by far the best team the Oilers have faced in these playoffs. What leads you to think that they will be easier to score on than Vancouver?
I see no evidence for that at all.

There is a reason why they beat Vegas and made short work of Colorado and thats not because they are mediocre in any respect.

I appreciate the optimism and I do think that the Oilers can win this series. The difference for me though is that this will be the toughest test by far for the Oilers.
They will be better when Rupe Hinz gets back in the lineup as well.
This isnt a perferable matchup IMO.

I guess I just have a little more respect for the quality of the Dallas roster and their coaching which will be a step above what the Oilers have faced so far in Tocchet and Hiller.