WCSF: Game 4 - Edmonton Oilers vs Vancouver Canucks, 7:30pm, ESPN

[JAK]

It's cup or bust for every team at this point. Canucks are 2 games away from the WCF, this may be this cores best chance.

Canucks : People didn't think we were even gonna still be playing, we are just gonna do our best and give it our all.

Oilers : Cup or Bust, posts isn't good goaltending, it's all Skinner's fault.

 

[Just Rude]

Watching the Oilers futility is like watching the Leafs. Thinking you can outplay your poor defense and goaltending, in the Playoffs, is like thinking that Death isn't inevitable.

wHy dOeS eVeRy ThReAd hAvE tO Be aBoUt tHe LeAfS. So sIcK oF iT.

 

[ManofSteel55]

Canucks need to get an early goal to rattle Pickard. He’s fresh, new and inexperienced. The guy is under tremendous pressure to perform with an entire City behind him. Edmonton is all out of answers and will have to rely on their power play and playing McDrai all game long.

He isn't really inexperienced. He's a career backup who is getting a shot to prove he can be more, so the pressure might be there, but I wouldn't call him inexperienced at this stage of his career.

 

[Just Rude]

Knob in panic mode wow

Sounds like me on prom night.

 

[JAK]

Sounds like me on prom night.

But can McDavid and Draisaitl last 30 minutes???

 

[ManofSteel55]

Canucks : People didn't think we were even gonna still be playing, we are just gonna do our best and give it our all.

Oilers : Cup or Bust, posts isn't good goaltending, it's all Skinner's fault.

It isn't ALL Skinner's fault, but he's been pretty leaky. Those goal line goals are a killer. Oiler fans know that the team has had way too many giveaways and whatnot today though.

 

[bucks_oil]

It took all the way till post #3 for talks of a sweep and a riot. Impressive.

Where is your pre-series thread on your own board. I'm sure it's balanced and completely unoffensive.

Point is, Oiler fans were not taking this series lightly... why would we,... you swept our regular season and got our coach fired. 70% is a big number.

 

[Pastor Of Muppetz]

I disagree with underdog.. you are now 6 and 1 against us this season. You finished higher in the standings too.

Put another way... You Nucks have been a pain in my ass all season.lol

Everybody knows you can throw out the regular season stats..Didnt the Jets wipe the floor with the Av's in the regular season.?

As big a story the Canucks having a breakout season was, the complete turnaround of the Oilers (after a brutal fist quarter) was a bigger story.

 

[Pure West]

Totally not true with respect to Oiler fans. Here's the data:

60% of Oiler fans predicted their team to win in 6 or 7 games. They voted with their heart and even the heart did not tell them "cakewalk"
10% of Oiler fans predicted we would lose this series.
Pre-Game Talk: - Oilers vs. Canucks - time to make Vancouver rainier than usual

So an overwhelming 70% majority did not see this as an easy series for us. It's just nonsense to suggest otherwise.

Noted "Oilers fans" VancouverJagger, Baby Petterson, vcanuck were among the names voting for a Canucks series win. Nice try though.

 

[thefutures]

Not as many oiler fans in here compared to what I seen in the 1st round. Already tucked their tails huh? I thought the Canucks had no chance ala 2022 Flames?? Speak with your chest boys!!!

 

[Skate2Stick]

Have to give Vancouver credit. They are a really good team.

 

[Just Rude]

But can McDavid and Draisaitl last 30 minutes???

29:30 more than me.

 

[D0ctorCool]

Totally not true with respect to Oiler fans. Here's the data:

60% of Oiler fans predicted their team to win in 6 or 7 games. They voted with their heart and even the heart did not tell them "cakewalk"
10% of Oiler fans predicted we would lose this series.
Pre-Game Talk: - Oilers vs. Canucks - time to make Vancouver rainier than usual

So an overwhelming 70% majority did not see this as an easy series for us. It's just nonsense to suggest otherwise.

Did you read the names of the people who voted for the Canucks? I don't think we can count those votes as Oilers fans, but your point still stands.

 

[ManofSteel55]

Kinda weird to omit arguably the best goalie you had with Roloson.

Roloson was spectacularly average outside of the 05/06 playoff run. Which yes, makes him better than most listed above.

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

Zaddy isn’t afraid to speak the truth

 

[JAK]

Where is your pre-series thread on your own board. I'm sure it's balanced and completely unoffensive.

Point is, Oiler fans were not taking this series lightly... why would we,... you swept our regular season and got our coach fired. 70% is a big number.

WCSF | Vancouver Canucks vs. Edmonton Oilers | Round 2 - FIGHT!

It’s official, bring on the Oilers! Oiler Killers: Quinn Hughes - 25GP, 3G, 19A, 22Pts JT Miller - 32GP, 11G, 23A, 34Pts Brock Boeser - 31GP, 16G, 11A, 27Pts Season Series: October 11, 2023 Vancouver def. Edmonton - 8-1 October 14, 2023 Vancouver def. Edmonton - 4-3 November 6, 2023...

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Here read it, post #3 is Canucks in 7, not Oilers sweep and Canucks riot. Sorry to burst your bubble.

 

[Video Nasty]

Glad to see Oilers management holding it down and not going into full blown panic mode yet again.

 

[BurnabyJoe7]

Yep. On Sportsnet one of 20 analysts picked the Nucks.

The series isn't 3-0. I bet those analysts stick with their pick even if they have the option of changing it.

Agree that people in general underestimated the Canucks but the popular prediction was oilers in 6. Still a possibility.

 

[JAK]

Zaddy isn’t afraid to speak the truth

Zadorov : What are they gonna do? Suspend me for doing an interview?

 

[bucks_oil]

Did you read the names of the people who voted for the Canucks? I don't think we can count those votes as Oilers fans, but your point still stands.

Surely they must be Oiler fans. Vancouver fans wouldn't go trolling on over to our board would they?

 

[Frank Drebin]

Are we fighting over who is the underdog ie who will be less devastated with a series loss?

 

[D0ctorCool]

He isn't really inexperienced. He's a career backup who is getting a shot to prove he can be more, so the pressure might be there, but I wouldn't call him inexperienced at this stage of his career.

He isn't inexperienced, he's just inadequate!

 

[JAK]

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Are we fighting over who is the underdog ie who will be less devastated with a series loss?

Canucks playing their rookie 3rd string goalie : Was there ever a fight?

 

[BurnabyJoe7]

Zaddy isn’t afraid to speak the truth

He should then be able to take that logic and realize that continuous flopping results in pressure on the refs to refrain from calling stuff on him and others with embellishment tendencies.

Not sure if he's smart enough to make that link though

 

[thefutures]

Are we fighting over who is the underdog ie who will be less devastated with a series loss?

I think it's quite obvious who would be devastated losing this series. Cup or bust or nahh