WCSF GM01 | Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers | Wed. May 8th | 7pm PST | SNP/CBC | In Arturs We Trust

[TheSuperElite]

are you implying that those 5 d men are better than bouchard, nurse, ekholm, desharnais and kulak?

cause if you are this series might be utterly surprising to you

He still thinks Vancouver has elite offense (lol), which led him to believe that their inability to score was because Nashville was some defensive titan (lol)

 

[LTIR]

Pretty sure Brown is playing and Carrick isn't.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

Think the Canucks win 5-4. Goals by Sedin x2, Pyatt, Naslund and Salo

Oilers goals by Pisani, Glencross, Penner and Pitkanen

 

[PuckG]

Not bad folks. No hostility until page 5.

Quite good all things considered.

 

[voxel]

This is going to be a 9-6 game where goaltending and defense are going to be optional.

Exciting for non-Canucks and non-Oilers fans for sure.

 

[PuckG]

By default, the Oilers are now Canada’s team with 19 Canadians right?

They should also be considered Swedens team, under the impression EP continues his disappearing act. If he doesn’t, I guess it’s tied.

 

[not a troll]

This is going to be a 9-6 game where goaltending and defense are going to be optional.

Exciting for non-Canucks and non-Oilers fans for sure.

lol Canucks aren't putting up 6 goals

 

[Nucklehead Supreme]

lol Canucks aren't putting up 6 goals

lol Oilers ain't putting up 9 either bud.

 

[Muffin]

This thread in about 8 hours

 

[Three On Zero]

I'm really hoping this is a typo and you meant "bless".

Funny typo, but yes.. bless

 

[TheSuperElite]

First of all the fact that you think desharnais and kulak are brags is utterly f***ing hilarious. Nurse is probably the worst contract in the league. You don't have a dman that even comes close to Quinn Hughes, or Josi, so lets not talk about blue lines.

Anyways, back to my original point, what I was implying, since this seems to be really hard for you, is Nashville game planned for us, in a way the Oilers won't, they loaded up the box in front of the goalie and disabled us from getting shots from anywhere but the perimeter, they sacrificed their own offense to do this and it was the only reason they were even able to beat us twice.

Now the Oilers won't play this way, they don't need to, they play run and gun, which is much more suited to us, also if the Oilers did try and play that way, the Canucks would have the advantage as we are a tighter checking team than you guys, most importantly, I can't stress this enough, what happened in the last series for both teams is irrelevant, as irrelevant as us smacking you guys around 4 times this year.


Oh look another person who just started watching hockey this year, sad.

there's a reason why the media narrative is that Vancouver looked bad last round and not that they ran into some brick wall defense lol

 

[Nucklehead Supreme]

So your premise is that the Oilers won't try to limit chances against or do anything to stop the canucks from having their way in the offensive zone?

I take it you haven't watched the Oilers play at all for the past two years outside of the couple games at the start of this season? Because that's an incredibly old and inaccurate narrative when it comes to this current Oilers squad my guy.

No I'm saying they won't completely change there style to beat us, they won't sacrifice offense to beat us the way the Preds did. Nashville didn't just try and limit chances they suffocated, and it cost them the series realistically.

Why is this so hard for you guys to understand?

 

[voxel]

lol Canucks aren't putting up 6 goals

lol Oilers ain't putting up 9 either bud.

Why not? I predicted 9-5 or 8-6 in 2022 in the Oilers-Flames playoff game and it nearly happened.

I was almost 100% on my Playoff Bracket but the Bruins beat the Leafs (I guessed they'd go to 7 games).

Goaltending is going to be spotty tonight I feel. Pucks are going to bounce everywhere into the net.

 

[Nucklehead Supreme]

there's a reason why the media narrative is that Vancouver looked bad last round and not that they ran into some brick wall defense lol

The games were boring as shit, the media hated that, it was a tight checking series, the media hates that too. Hmmm

It wasn't a defensive brickwall it was a game plan, like how we had 80+ chances in one game but only like 20 actual shots that made it through.

 

[ZJuice]

I'm expecting a super tight checking game that is exciting for me but boring for some.
2-1 somebody..

 

[beachcomber]

It will be an interesting series which should tip in the Oilers favour according to most people. The sad thing about it is the series will bring out some of the most disgusting behaviour from the idiots in both fan bases. One of the worst things about the internet age.

 

[Nucklehead Supreme]

I don't think you wrote facts in regards to the run and gun style the Oilers apparently play. They do not play that way anymore, the Oilers have been focused on defense first and will miss offensive breaks to cover lanes in case of turnovers. Smarter hockey than you're probably used to seeing from this teamn

Ok, I'm not saying the Oilers are some defensive crapshoot, fine they don't play a strictly run and gun style, either do the canucks, but they don't play the style that the Preds just did, which is my entire point.

 

[iCanada]

By default, the Oilers are now Canada’s team with 19 Canadians right?

They should also be considered Swedens team, under the impression EP continues his disappearing act. If he doesn’t, I guess it’s tied.

I honestly would low-key probably take the Canadians on the Oilers over the team we sent to the IIHF tournament.

RNH - McDavid - Hyman
Kane - Henrique - Brown
Foegele - McLeod - Perry
Ryan - Carrick - Gagner

Nurse - Bouchard
Kulak - Desharnais
Stecher - Ceci

Skinner


Vs


McCann - Cozens - Bedard
Hagel - Dubois - Mangiapane
Tanev - Grieg - Bunting
McBain - Mercer - Paul

Severson - Parayko
Guhle - Byram
Oleksiak - Power

Binnington

 

[iCanada]

No I'm saying they won't completely change there style to beat us, they won't sacrifice offense to beat us the way the Preds did. Nashville didn't just try and limit chances they suffocated, and it cost them the series realistically.

Why is this so hard for you guys to understand?

Because the Oilers have been statistically one of the best defensive teams in the league for over 160 games now.

Literally this season the Oilers have the lowest scoring chance against numbers in the entire league, even when you include the tire fire 2-9-1 start to the season. If chances aren't your thing, the Oilers allowed 14 less goals than the predators did during the regular season and had top 5 GA numbers.

 

[LemonSauceD]

JT Miller gonna bitch around McDavid all night

 

[M88K]

Can't stand either team. Is it possible for both to lose?
Otherwise the team without Kane.

 

[SupremeTeam16]

JT Miller gonna bitch around McDavid all night

I have no doubt his job is going to be to make McDavid’s life hard. I just hope for Miller’s sake he keeps his hands on his stick and his stick out of McDavid’s feet and midsection or else he will be putting that vaunted Oilers PP to work a lot.

 

[Avsfan1921]

As a neutral who doesn’t really like either team I’m very excited for this series. I think Edmonton takes it fairly quickly but it’s gonna be fun hockey and I’m hoping for 7. Best series for neutral fans imo.

 

[Double Dion]

5-2 Canucks. Oilers will get a couple of McDavid phantom power plays. Canucks take the series 4-1.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

this thread is gonna be chaos later lol