Series Talk: WCQF: Edmonton Oilers vs Los Angeles Kings - EDM Defeats LA 4-1

[SettlementRichie10]

You’re aware it was well reported and documented that Draisaitl suffered a high ankle sprain from that right?

Yes, and again, it was so devastating he averaged 2 points per game that run and didn’t miss a game.

 

[SettlementRichie10]

I never posted anything about Anderson so I am not sure what you are going on about but
having only 1 line playing well is never better then having 2 lines playing well. Having them split up is the best option for the Oilers to have success.

So again, to be clear, Mikey Anderson, who has never faced supplemental discipline for dirty play, injured Draisaitl on purpose, which resulted in Draisaitl not missing any playoff games and scoring 2 points per game that run.

Again, if the Kings are out there intentionally injuring your guys, they’ve done a pretty bad job at it, right? Oilers have won all three series, and never lost a player to injury against the Kings. Can you at least admit that?

 

[Cup or Bust]

So again, to be clear, Mikey Anderson, who has never faced supplemental discipline for dirty play, injured Draisaitl on purpose, which resulted in Draisaitl not missing any playoff games and scoring 2 points per game that run.

Again, if the Kings are out there intentionally injuring your guys, they’ve done a pretty bad job at it, right? Oilers have won all three series, and never lost a player to injury against the Kings. Can you at least admit that?

I never said anything about Anderson or the Kings trying to intentionally injure anyone at all, maybe that was another poster, but Draisaitl was injured against the Kings. All I said is that although Draisaitl's stats were good, his skating was lacking and because of that they ended up playing him with McDavid so he wouldn't have to skate as much as playing center and that was not ideal for the Oilers going forward in the playoffs. I even remember at the time joking at work that all Draisaitl was doing was standing still and passing the puck to McDavid because he couldn't skate. That was an exaggeration but in some of the games afterwards he was really not getting around the ice that well.

 

[Lt Dan]

One thing that has really stood out the last two games is just how terrible the ice is at Crypto. It was painful to watch last night, guys can barely keep an edge, they were just falling down constantly, even great skaters who have impeccable edge work were losing their footing. The puck was bouncing around a lot as well.

It really drags down the quality of play when the surface is so bad as guys struggle with skating and puck handling so we don’t see as many high level plays. As an example there were a few times where it looked like Mcdavid had a step on a defender in a situation where he would usually cut hard to the net but 2-3 times last night he instead chose to circle behind the net which I thought was strange for him but it would make sense if he was concerned about being able to hold an edge on an aggressive cut to the net front, it’s always dangerous losing your footing on a play like that where you risk going into the net or end boards heavily which can be dangerous.

That's part of the problem with having two basketball teams and a hockey team in the same arena. The clippers also played yesterday as well.

 

[Lt Dan]

What did everyone have for lunch today?

I had soup, a half a grilled cheese, and a side salad

 

[Coffey]

What did everyone have for lunch today?

I had soup, a half a grilled cheese, and a side salad

I had a Subway sub.

 

[CaptainUgly]

I had a Subway sub.

Testosterone

 

[Coffey]

Testosterone

 

[SettlementRichie10]

I never said anything about Anderson or the Kings trying to intentionally injure anyone at all, maybe that was another poster, but Draisaitl was injured against the Kings. All I said is that although Draisaitl's stats were good, his skating was lacking and because of that they ended up playing him with McDavid so he wouldn't have to skate as much as playing center and that was not ideal for the Oilers going forward in the playoffs. I even remember at the time joking at work that all Draisaitl was doing was standing still and passing the puck to McDavid because he couldn't skate. That was an exaggeration but in some of the games afterwards he was really not getting around the ice that well.

And I didn’t bring up the Anderson/Draisaitl thing. Another Oilers fan did when asked for evidence to support the claim that the Kings are always injuring Oilers players.

If your only evidence of “dirty Kings being dirty” is a borderline scrum three years ago in which a player missed no time and still produced at a historic rate, don’t you think that narrative has become a little ridiculous?

 

[Three On Zero]

What did everyone have for lunch today?

I had soup, a half a grilled cheese, and a side salad

Foot long cold cut sub and a bag of sun chips

 

[Cup or Bust]

And I didn’t bring up the Anderson/Draisaitl thing. Another Oilers fan did when asked for evidence to support the claim that the Kings are always injuring Oilers players.

If your only evidence of “dirty Kings being dirty” is a borderline scrum three years ago in which a player missed no time and still produced at a historic rate, don’t you think that narrative has become a little ridiculous?

I never made one post about the King's being dirty or trying to injure players or anything like that so why do you keep talking to me about it? Why are you responding to me about things another poster said? All I talked about was the Draisaitl injury and how it effected the Oilers for the rest of those playoffs.

 

[bland]

"he didn't slewfoot him, all he did was slewfoot him!" He pulled him backwards with his skate behind Draisaitl's. That's a slewfoot, plain as day.

You just PROVED that you have absolutely no idea what a slewfoot is.

All Anderson did was pull a guy down in a scrum, plain and simple.

A slewfoot is an intentionally committed act of kicking forwards while pulling backwards, there is absolutely zero lower body movement involved. Draisaitl twisted as being pulled out of the scrum.

You guys keep embarrassing yourselves with this nonsense.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

And I didn’t bring up the Anderson/Draisaitl thing. Another Oilers fan did when asked for evidence to support the claim that the Kings are always injuring Oilers players.

If your only evidence of “dirty Kings being dirty” is a borderline scrum three years ago in which a player missed no time and still produced at a historic rate, don’t you think that narrative has become a little ridiculous?

Draisaitl produced at a historic rate and was still injured by Mikey, both things can be true.

Players play through injuries in the playoffs all the time

You just PROVED that you have absolutely no idea what a slewfoot is.

All Anderson did was pull a guy down in a scrum, plain and simple.

A slewfoot is an intentionally committed act of kicking forwards while pulling backwards, there is absolutely zero lower body movement involved. Draisaitl twisted as being pulled out of the scrum.

You guys keep embarrassing yourselves with this nonsense.

That tackle move by Mikey isn’t even allowed in the nfl anymore, what kind of grown man just grabs a guy from behind and drops down dragging the other to the ice.

 

[SettlementRichie10]

I never made one post about the King's being dirty or trying to injure players or anything like that so why do you keep talking to me about it? Why are you responding to me about things another poster said? All I talked about was the Draisaitl injury and how it effected the Oilers for the rest of those playoffs.

Then we’re obviously having two different conversations.

Again, I don’t dispute that Draisaitl was injured and that it affected the Oilers. I’m disputing the severity with which Oilers fans talk about that injury, and furthermore the larger notion that this injury was one of many in a devastating pattern of dirty play from the Kings, which is clearly ridiculous.

 

[TheNumber4]

Then we’re obviously having two different conversations.

Again, I don’t dispute that Draisaitl was injured and that it affected the Oilers. I’m disputing the severity with which Oilers fans talk about that injury, and furthermore the larger notion that this injury was one of many in a devastating pattern of dirty play from the Kings, which is clearly ridiculous.

Draisaitl is one of the most powerful skaters in the League. And we’ve watched every single one of his games in this League. It’s obvious to anyone watching he was playing hobbled after Mike Anderson slew footed him in that scrum. Just one of many slew foots the Kings have thrown at the Oilers during these playoff series’

 

[SettlementRichie10]

Draisaitl produced at a historic rate and was still injured by Mikey, both things can be true.

Players play through injuries in the playoffs all the time

You can’t expect Kings fans, or any fans, to have sympathy for an incident that 1. did not result in supplemental discipline, not even a review, 2. did not affect the outcome of that series, 3. did not inhibit the player’s ability to play, and 4. did not inhibit the player’s ability to produce at a historic rate.

Surely you can step outside of your own fandom for a second and acknowledge how petty it is to still be complaining about that play three years later, right?

Draisaitl is one of the most powerful skaters in the League. And we’ve watched every single one of his games in this League. It’s obvious to anyone watching he was playing hobbled after Mike Anderson slew footed him in that scrum. Just one of many slew foots the Kings have thrown at the Oilers during these playoff series’

And again, thank god the Kings are such wimps, otherwise all those slewfoots would actually result in some man games lost to injury, huh?

 

[Lt Dan]

Foot long cold cut sub and a bag of sun chips

Were the SunChips the Harvest Cheddar ones?

 

[TheNumber4]

You can’t expect Kings fans, or any fans, to have sympathy for an incident that 1. did not result in supplemental discipline, not even a review, 2. did not affect the outcome of that series, 3. did not inhibit the player’s ability to play, and 4. did not inhibit the player’s ability to produce at a historic rate.

Surely you can step outside of your own fandom for a second and acknowledge how petty it is to still be complaining about that play three years later, right?



And again, thank god the Kings are such wimps, otherwise all those slewfoots would actually result in some man games lost to injury, huh?

The Oilers willingness to play through injury and put it all on the line, doesn’t mean the Kings weren’t dirty.

 

[Frank Drebin]

You just PROVED that you have absolutely no idea what a slewfoot is.

All Anderson did was pull a guy down in a scrum, plain and simple.

A slewfoot is an intentionally committed act of kicking forwards while pulling backwards, there is absolutely zero lower body movement involved. Draisaitl twisted as being pulled out of the scrum.

You guys keep embarrassing yourselves with this nonsense.

Allow me to also embarrass myself, that was a slew foot

 

[SettlementRichie10]

The Oilers willingness to play through injury and put it all on the line, doesn’t mean the Kings weren’t dirty.

Sources cited: “trust me bro”

 

[Runner77]

Shots fired.



Meantime, in the Oilers' dressing room ...

Upon closer inspection ...

Can you believe it?!?

 

[Three On Zero]

Were the SunChips the Harvest Cheddar ones?

Absolutely

 

[Lt Dan]

Absolutely

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[Three On Zero]

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Garden Salsa is for heathens

 

[Coffey]

Shots fired.



Meantime, in the Oilers' dressing room ...

Upon closer inspection ...

Can you believe it?!?

Wow. What did my boy Ranford do besides help win the last cup for Edmonton?

f*** you Kings.

And I still believe that PLD card is also in the Kings urinal.