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WCSF: Vegas Golden Knights (P1) vs. Edmonton Oilers (P2) (VGK Lead 3-2)

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Sorry guys, I think Oilers are done. Vegas is the better team. Sould have stuck with my gut prediction of Vegas in 6 but got carried away by the McDrai hype.
 
General Disarray said:
Sorry guys, I think Oilers are done. Vegas is the better team. Sould have stuck with my gut prediction of Vegas in 6 but got carried away by the McDrai hype.
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With average goaltending for the Oilers this series is over. If Campbell starts game 6 and plays anywhere near how he's looked in relief (3 times so far) Oilers take game 6 at home and game 7 in vegas. You cannot win games when your goalie lets in ones like the first and 4th. And obviously its too much to ask to come up big on the second or third.

I know the Oilers rely heavily on the powerplay, but the powerplay is lethal and all goals count the same. I don't think its too late if they start the right guy.
 
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Frank Drebin said:
With average goaltending for the Oilers this series is over. If Campbell starts game 6 and plays anywhere near how he's looked in relief (3 times so far) Oilers take game 6 at home and game 7 in vegas. You cannot win games when your goalie lets in ones like the first and 4th. And obviously its too much to ask to come up big on the second or third.

I know the Oilers rely heavily on the powerplay, but the powerplay is lethal and all goals count the same. I don't think its too late if they start the right guy.
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With average goaltending this series is probably over by now
Skinner has had 3 games were his save percentage was below .850
Oilers hold of won game 1 and this game IMO. Vegas litterally won last night in 1 min 30 sec span
 
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Zerotonine said:
With average goaltending this series is probably over by now
Skinner has had 3 games were his save percentage was below .850
Oilers hold of won game 1 and this game IMO. Vegas litterally won last night in 1 min 30 sec span
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Skinner has had one good game out of 11 starts so far, and that was in game 4 this series.

In every other game, the oilers have had the disadvantage in goal.

Good goalies hide team weaknesses and poor ones magnify them. It's ok to score 2 early goals and win the game 2 -1. That's playoff hockey. You shouldn't have to try to score 5 goals a game.
 
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Frank Drebin said:
Skinner has had one good game out of 11 starts so far, and that was in game 4 this series.

In every other game, the oilers have had the disadvantage in goal.

Good goalies hide team weaknesses and poor ones magnify them. It's ok to score 2 early goals and win the game 2 -1. That's playoff hockey. You shouldn't have to try to score 5 goals a game.
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No your right, but oilers can't sit on 2 goal leads with the goaltending they have gotten this playoffs. Hell how many times has vegas scored with in a minute right after edmonton scores go ahead goal? And they ain't good goals going in
 
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Frank Drebin said:
With average goaltending for the Oilers this series is over. If Campbell starts game 6 and plays anywhere near how he's looked in relief (3 times so far) Oilers take game 6 at home and game 7 in vegas. You cannot win games when your goalie lets in ones like the first and 4th. And obviously its too much to ask to come up big on the second or third.

I know the Oilers rely heavily on the powerplay, but the powerplay is lethal and all goals count the same. I don't think its too late if they start the right guy.
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Vegas hasn't had much better goaltending. I don't think goaltending is the only issue.
 
Zerotonine said:
No your right, but oilers can't sit on 2 goal leafs with the goaltending they have gotten this playoffs. He'll how many times had vegas scored with in a minute right after edmonton scores gov ahead goal? And they ain't good goals going in
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No they're not. The first one was terrible. And lets not forget the wraparound goal that Drai stopped where Skinner was 6 feet away and 2 seconds too slow to react.

The people have seen enough! Get him out.

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Vegas hasn't had much better goaltending. I don't think goaltending is the only issue.
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Vegas is playing their backup, Adin Hill. They should not have the advantage in goal. Yet they do by a measurable margin. 2.25 gaa and .927 sv % vs .889% for Skinner.
 
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I like how these Vegas fans and hate watchers keep calling the Oilers a PP fiend. The Knights should be embarrassed that a team is batting nearly 60% on the PP on them in a professional sport. Vegas can't handle it. The only way Vegas is In this is because of garbage goaltending by a rookie. Goals Vegas is scoring are low percentage plays. If Oilers play Campbell they win this series. They will.
 
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Fluke or not, it's a penalty.

I think the Oilers got a bit too comfortable with the lead. They treated 5-on-5 as a waiting game whilst up 2-1. Lots of cycling, safe plays, but little urgency to take the puck to the net. That can be hard to reverse once chasing to get back into the game. I think there's ability in the team to do much more with some killer instinct. There's no reason for the lower lines to play keep away until they can't any more, instead of taking the puck to the net more regularly.

The game could have gone either way, unlike the other four. That the Oilers have put themselves in a situation where they now have no margin for error is their own making. It's not over, but it's tough when you've expended your chances for unlucky bounces, which will happen over time, and now have to rely on both outplaying AND outluck-ing the opponent in the final game(s).
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I agree. McDavid was playing like a third line defensive center up 2 to 1. I m sure Vegas will take that all day long

He's the best offensive player since Mario he should be pushing the play at all times. The Oilers are better when they're forechecking and hitting not trying to protect a 2 to 1 lead that their goalie will eventually cough up
 
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I like how these Vegas fans and hate watchers keep calling the Oilers a PP fiend. The Knights should be embarrassed that a team is batting nearly 60% on the PP on them in a professional sport. Vegas can't handle it. The only way Vegas is In this is because of garbage goaltending by a rookie. Goals Vegas is scoring are low percentage plays. If Oilers play Campbell they win this series. They will.
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Lol. Knights have their backup...backup in net. The way Edmonton plays Tretiak and Brodeur could be in goal at the same time and it wouldn't matter. Oilers have no game plan or structure. Crap coaches and try to out score their weaknesses. Edmonton is a goalie wasteland. Neither of Edmonton goalies will ever lead them to the promised land.
 
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Aiden Hill changed the complexity of this series. If Brossait was still in net, the Oilers would already be advancing to the WCF.
 
McFlash97 said:
I like how these Vegas fans and hate watchers keep calling the Oilers a PP fiend. The Knights should be embarrassed that a team is batting nearly 60% on the PP on them in a professional sport. Vegas can't handle it. The only way Vegas is In this is because of garbage goaltending by a rookie. Goals Vegas is scoring are low percentage plays. If Oilers play Campbell they win this series. They will.
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Oilers should be embarrassed that they're batting 60% on the PP, but are still losing the series. They're a one trick pony. That shit doesn't work in the playoffs.
 
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I’m being vindicated in my assertion that McJester is no match Emperor Eichel. (And I posted that before the series started!) 5v5 Eichel is outscoring him 6-2. Eichel is built for the playoffs and is showing his superiority once & for all. Not only is he outproducing him 3-fold at 5v5 but he’s also doing it in key moments and just dominating McJester. Stripping him of pucks and scoring right after to put them away, scoring right after McJester scores to steal all momentum, the list goes on. McJester is looking like a clown whining to refs and losing his cool, he has no composure and is making a fool of himself this series, Emperor Eichel is calm & collected when the pressure is on. McJester can rack up a lot of points in the regular season mooching off of Draisaitl on the PP but when it’s all on the line in the playoffs you pick the born winner in Eichel.


 
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EdJovanovski said:
I’m being vindicated in my assertion that McJester is no match Emperor Eichel. (And I posted that before the series started!) 5v5 Eichel is outscoring him 6-2. Eichel is built for the playoffs and is showing his superiority once & for all. Not only is he outproducing him 3-fold at 5v5 but he’s also doing it in key moments and just dominating McJester. Stripping him of pucks and scoring right after to put them away, scoring right after McJester scores to steal all momentum, the list goes on. McJester is looking like a clown whining to refs and losing his cool, he has no composure and is making a fool of himself this series, Emperor Eichel is calm & collected when the pressure is on. McJester can rack up a lot of points in the regular season mooching off of Draisaitl on the PP but when it’s all on the line in the playoffs you pick the born winner in Eichel.


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I'm going to give you a little pat on the head and acknowledge your contribution.

Man, watching Skinner on that goal just infuriates me. Could he look more lost out there?
 
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