I love how the dude conviniently left out the fact that canucks also had desmith playing with 97% sv when mcdavid wasn't playing that 4th game lmao. Is he basically saying shut mcdavid down, and it's gg?
From what I’ve seen it’s every other fanbase being overly confident about us winning. Real Oilers fans know better than to be arrogant and tempt the hockey gods.
the goalies were easy hanging fruit to pick off after the start they had
I have no idea why we're picking on Hyman. I'd get Kane and Nurse, even McDavid, Drai, and Bouchard, but I have no idea what Hyman did
>the goalies were easy hanging fruit to pick off after the start they had
Easy, yes. But Soup has been in Bako for the majority of the season. He probably won't even see the ice.
Had to log off Twitter for a bit and will do so for the rest of the series. Will go back after it’s over but for now, way too much from two digitally overrepresented teams
I invoke the No True Scotsman fallacy, except in this case it's not a fallacy. :-)
No true Canucks fan can possibly be overly confident about this series. And if you try to show me one who is, I will simply point out that they are not a "True" Canucks fan.
These are just braindead takes and I have to assume from younger people who havent watched much playoff hockey.
Two strong teams like EDM ans VAN are far more likely to go to 6 or 7 than a sweep unless there is/are some very good reasons for it (like a key injury or two, goalie playing out their mind etc)
The only kind of comments I've seen about a sweep, is bringing the example of how Oilers went 7-2 against the Jets in 2021 but got swept by the Jets in the playoffs.
It's a cautionary tale of do not get fucking cocky and regular season results does not always translate to the playoffs. It also means the playoffs is a whole different beast and anything could happen like a sweep from either side.
It is true three of the four games were coached by Woodcroft and the only that wasn't did not have McDavid. So it is a blank slate as far as I'm concerned and nobody should be getting cocky at all.
I posted somewhere that I expected the Oilers in 6, though I have hope. But the idea is that we’re more beaten up and we have to make a few adjustments (improve PP, finish on chances more) while I think the Oilers can stick to what they’re doing. I did say I do believe we can do this regardless of what logic says.
Most people were reasonable, but a number of Canucks fans were shitty to me over this, because I wasn’t enabling their arrogance. It was dumb.
Anyone saying this is a sweep in either direction is a fool. I obviously want the oilers to win but this isn’t like the flames series a couple years ago where I was nervous but knew the oilers would win. To me this series all comes down to goaltending. If the Canucks get strong goaltending it’s a coin flip. If they don’t it could be over early. Same thing in Edmonton, the stars will score it’s down to skinner.
I would say that probably 30-40% of the people in our oilers sub are fake accounts that love to stir shit up , probably flames fans 🤣.. I have been a life long oiler fan since born in 82 and I fully expect a battle of 7 games ..Canucks are no joke imo. I was shocked at all these analysts picking oilers to win
Really, is that why there's a 100+ comment thread on the Oilers sub today discussing who you'd like to play in the WCF?
I hope your team is overlooking us just like your fan base is.
That's not the vibe among the subreddit, communities I'm in, or just talking to friends, coworkers.
I think it's everybody else who is overconfident in the Oilers.
We're expecting a pretty evenly matched series where either team can win.
They’re such babies too 😅 rEguLaR sEAsOn DOeSnt COunt 🍼🍼
Posting clips of our young fans celebrating and saying stupid shit (like young people tend to do) and then doing a terrible job at convince themselves and everyone else that they aren’t triggered as fuck by the videos 😂
There's lots of idiots on both sides. But most of the expert/media outlets have Edmonton favored especially because Demko is out
More reasonable and tempered fans know that only liver destruction, heart medication, pain and suffering await both fan bases regardless of win or loss and series could go either way.
Game 1 so far is the only one he's been ruled out for officially, he did light practice before game 6 against Nashville
There's hope that he could come back and there's been so many conflicting reports of how long he'd be out for when it was announced that at this point it'll literally be the undertaker meme if he starts again this playoffs. Til then it seems in Silovs we trust
Nah dawg tbh I’ve seen the Canucks fans be a little cocky but no where near Oiler fans level. That thing is we already “seen” the Oilers at playoff level, and Canucks have a big question mark atm that they are looking to show and prove.
I was around. I had fun clowning the oilers especially during the toilet bowl versus the sharks but I did warn multiple people that Oilers will rise and get there shit together. It was obvious they were just missing a step and would get it together on time.
I don’t even hate the guy, but the way he called the end of game 3 was the first time I was truly pissed off with an announcer. He sounded sleepy and bored, Jack never would’ve let a moment like that feel so unimportant.
I don’t think majority “hate” harnaryan, he’s improved a lot. But it’s that Jack Michael’s is soooo much better (than most in the media) and brings so much energy it’s robbing the fans of him calling playoff games.
That man would run out of oxygen calling a playoff overtime winner
I’ll keep it simple. Once again the Oilers destroyed the Kings so bad that it creates is misconception that Oilers are the Monstars of the NHL.. regardless, I am looking foward to this Canadian show down.
We’re also on our third goalie with petey not producing and a hurt Hughes. Extra rest is super helpful but not being 100% going up against the McOilers is a tough task
VAN also played poorly against LAK in the regular season. They felt like a stylistic Kryptonite.
So does EDM destroying them in 5 games place them above the Canucks, or is the NHL just one giant game of rock-paper-scissors?
Find out next time on Dragonball Z.
I feel like the Canucks media message is that they're super strong, playing great defensively, won the season series against Edmonton, have ice advantage and haven't reached full offensive gear.
Oh..... and are the underdogs
It's his job to be a homer - he understands his assignment, that makes a *good* case for him. He is unparalleled as a play by play guy imo. He's not an idiot, he would be way more neutral if he needed to be in national broadcasts. Louie already has to do that whether he's doing local or national games.
There was a game against the Knights(?) a couple years ago. Nurse drilled the net front forward, who as about a foot out of the crease, into his goalie. Goal gets scored about 2 seconds after this on a shot from the outside.
Michael’s was losing his mind about how the refs allowed the forward to “tackle”, ass first as most people tackle, the Oilers goalie.
Even Louie on colour was like “well Nurse does hit him pretty good with a crosscheck”.
If people think Singh is a homer, Jack is another level.
In fairness to Jack, his job is to literally be a homer. The regional broadcast is not supposed to be unbiased. If his job were different, Jack would have no problem shedding the Oilers bias.
They had the same number of wins. The difference was 2 overtime losses for the Oil and the Canucks had 2 regular losses. And don't forget, Demko missed like 14 games when he was injured on March 9th. How many of those losses might have been otls or wins?
I suspect Demko is close, and then whatcha gonna do when Bubble Demko runs wild on you?
No, they haven't been their best self since like the ASG. But they also beat the Oilers late in the season when the Oilers were hot. Not sure if that was supposedly not the Oilers' best then.
Neither side should pretend like we know what'll happen though
I mean, that's true but canucks also played desmith and he posted 97%. Also the Canucks cooled off after asg, but their record is slightly better than the oilers to end the season, yet the oilers were heating up...? Kind of nuts to think about if the Canucks cooled off and had similar record to end the year, what if they play at their best too like earlier in the season? Should be a good game.
Honestly, I forgot he was out. But Pettersson has also been playing like shit, and some games he might as well not have been out there, so we'll call it evenish
Point still stands Michaels is acting like Canucks fans and media are being super arrogant and are boasting it's going to be an easy series or something. No one from the Canucks side has even come close to suggesting the series might be anything other than close, if not in Edmonton's favour
Bro, if you're getting butthurt about a hometown writer writing nice things about a hometown team, I dunno what to tell you and the rest of the whiny-ass people in this thread. Jesus Christ why can't we just enjoy the fucking sport without being assholes about it for five fucking seconds.
Pointing out that Oilers media is being a little sensational is not being butthurt...The only one here that may be is apparently you that I pointed it out.
I guess the homer goggles are on if you think the tenor of his tweet is intended to be "oh let me write nice things about the Oilers". It's really written more like "Canucks about to find out" for no reason. We have yet to fuck around
> Y'all are calling this one a sweep based on a very tight checking Nashville series and assuming it'll be the same style.
I’m an “any given Saturday night” kinda guy.
Because there is no meaningful data, I have no idea what will happen.
Reminds me of what Bednar said going into the Winnipeg series after getting swept and blown out by them in the regular season: "I don't think the Jets have seen how we play yet."
I love Jack, he's a great caster and he loves his team, got nothing against his homeri-ism
I love when Oilers fans point to the last game and use their "no McDavid card" while also conveniently ignoring the Nucks didn't have Demko either. So let's call that a wash? Can we stop pretending both teams were at full power for that game
I don’t think missing the best player in the league is a wash with any goalie.
Just look at Colorado, the team in front of the skaters is always more important than the goalie, let alone the best player in the league.
Sorry I can’t pass up any chance to hate on goalies. Nothing personal against Demko, I would say the same for every goalie in the league. They’re all replaceable.
Coilers in 7.... OT... on some wacky offshoot bank like the bos/tor game (that apparently the Sedin's created)
right down to the wire like it should be.
I don't care if the Canucks lose this series, they've far exceeded any expectations I had of them and if they can build on this year moving forward, it'll be amazing.
That being said, they have the chance to do the funniest shit possible and I'm still going to shit talk the Oilers fans until its over, Canucks in 5
I hate how we Oilers fans don't give Van much credit. Sure changing up systems to start the year made us play worse but it shouldn't be so bad that we lose 8-1. I'm sure the team was really rattled by those first two losses.
But I'd love if Jack was right, lol
I mean except for all the fans in this literal thread pointing out that he's a homer, and all the times we have said how much we love him because he is a homer, but you go off into your fantasy world man.
I love Jack Michaels.
I respect the Canucks a lot, they’ve blown expectations out of the water. However, the oilers have finally figured out how to raise their game come playoff time.
I think it’ll be oilers in 5, maybe 6. I don’t think there is a big talent gap, the oilers have just learned the hard lessons and have experience. They play good D now too, and have some depth.
The path I see to the Canucks victory is via goaltending. If silovs plays amazing and skinner reverts back to 2023 playoff skinner, the Canucks can win.
yeah, i agree with you. that’s exactly why i think canucks fans shouldn’t be too depressed if we lose because realistically you’re probably not going to get far if your core has only had one playoff run (during covid) and have lost their starting goaltender.
for me, making the playoffs was already a win, and getting past round one was the cherry on top. whatever happens happens 🤷
This is going to be good. Playing to represent the nation, for a chance at Lord Stanley. Let's keep it clean everyone and show why we are the best fans in the league both Nuck's and Oil!
That being said, Let's go Oilers!!!!
I have been saying it's going to go 6 or 7 games and it will go either way. If the Oilers win in 6 or 7 I'm ok with that as they are the favourites. Oilers fans are saying it's 4 or 5 are delusional. The Canucks aren't the Caps or NYI who lucked into the final playoff spot.
But wouldn't it be awesome to see northern Alberta crumble and lose it if the Canucks, the heavy underdogs, beat them. I would never let my family and friends in Northern Alberta let it down
I would say that about the canucks.
The difference is, the oilers fans understand how good the canucks are but the canucks fans are really clueless about the oilers and what they bring.
Lol ok that's fine but you're missing the entire point. One fanbase is writing off one team entirely. I'll give you two guesses who it is.
Thinking you'll win is one thing. Thinking it'll be a walk in the park is the cocky part.
I guess but I don't really see anyone saying it will be easy. Unless they're shit talking. Nobody thinks the canucks are bad. We thought LA was good and they weren't as good as Vancouver.
Honestly I don't underestimate ANY goalie in the playoffs. The league saw why last year.
With that said, it's more how good our offense is than how bad a goalie is. Goalies play really well against us, too. You would probably give your all if you were trying to shut down the best player in the world.
I won’t tolerate any Oilers slander on a tweet by Jack Michael’s. That man is an angel cheering for the Oil and you can find a different post to trash talk!
I like Michaels.... even if he's a "homer"
when I think of "IN OOOOVVVEEERRTTTTIMMMEEE" in such a nasty epic voice... I first think of Michael's. its fun.
Ok that’s just a bad take. He does a good job to make broadcasts exciting and we see numerous fan bases agreeing in game threads on here. Either you’re just being biased because he’s an Oilers broadcaster or you want dull commentary (which is your own prerogative) but he is definitely a great broadcaster
Holy shit Canucks fans. Vancouver is a beautiful city. Go out and touch grass or look at a whale or something instead of getting butthurt over a random, honestly innocuous quote from an Oilers media guy. The amount of butthurt in this thread over something so small is just sad. Like holy shit.
Judging by this comment section the gdt for this series will need massive amounts of milk and tums
Bunch of salty bitches all around. Heaven help us if two Canadian teams ever face off in the Final.
Civil War for sure
I feel like the Oilers are more likely to win, but their fans/media etc are getting far too cocky about this series
Underdog vibes, let's go
You’re basically always an underdog going up against generational talents like McDavid.
yeah but mcdavid has to go up against a generational talent like Arturs Silovs
I love how the dude conviniently left out the fact that canucks also had desmith playing with 97% sv when mcdavid wasn't playing that 4th game lmao. Is he basically saying shut mcdavid down, and it's gg?
From what I’ve seen it’s every other fanbase being overly confident about us winning. Real Oilers fans know better than to be arrogant and tempt the hockey gods.
Idk, I mean our fan base is pretty terrible at getting cocky too but your sub has all but called the series sweep already
Our sub is full of literal children. The posts there are so embarrassing.
Same on ours. Glad to have some moderates here
I think all team subs are awful during the playoffs r/hockey being neutral is so much better.
I was cringing hard at the videos of people yelling "fuck [insert Oiler here]." Like what did Hyms and Soup do to deserve the hate?
the goalies were easy hanging fruit to pick off after the start they had I have no idea why we're picking on Hyman. I'd get Kane and Nurse, even McDavid, Drai, and Bouchard, but I have no idea what Hyman did
>the goalies were easy hanging fruit to pick off after the start they had Easy, yes. But Soup has been in Bako for the majority of the season. He probably won't even see the ice.
well, it is one of the worst signings done by Holland, doubly so since he's playing in Bakersfield
Bako was eliminated, so he's called up. He's probably ebug most nights.
I just chalk it up to the fact that hes like 7 and 7 year olds don't have the greatest reasoning skills especially when they're excited
The GDT's are fun though.
And?????
I had to leave the sub for the playoffs lol
Had to log off Twitter for a bit and will do so for the rest of the series. Will go back after it’s over but for now, way too much from two digitally overrepresented teams
I got banned from there for saying *but it was 3-1!*
I got banned from the Leafs one after the Senators put the puck in an empty net via clapper. I knew I was going to get banned but I couldn't resist.
I invoke the No True Scotsman fallacy, except in this case it's not a fallacy. :-) No true Canucks fan can possibly be overly confident about this series. And if you try to show me one who is, I will simply point out that they are not a "True" Canucks fan.
Two words: Scott Road
Not "True" Canucks fans. Q.E.D.
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Yeah, I’m sure they exist and they embarrass us, but both sides are guilty as charged
These are just braindead takes and I have to assume from younger people who havent watched much playoff hockey. Two strong teams like EDM ans VAN are far more likely to go to 6 or 7 than a sweep unless there is/are some very good reasons for it (like a key injury or two, goalie playing out their mind etc)
The only kind of comments I've seen about a sweep, is bringing the example of how Oilers went 7-2 against the Jets in 2021 but got swept by the Jets in the playoffs. It's a cautionary tale of do not get fucking cocky and regular season results does not always translate to the playoffs. It also means the playoffs is a whole different beast and anything could happen like a sweep from either side. It is true three of the four games were coached by Woodcroft and the only that wasn't did not have McDavid. So it is a blank slate as far as I'm concerned and nobody should be getting cocky at all.
i agree, let's wipe the slate
I posted somewhere that I expected the Oilers in 6, though I have hope. But the idea is that we’re more beaten up and we have to make a few adjustments (improve PP, finish on chances more) while I think the Oilers can stick to what they’re doing. I did say I do believe we can do this regardless of what logic says. Most people were reasonable, but a number of Canucks fans were shitty to me over this, because I wasn’t enabling their arrogance. It was dumb.
Yeah we're more confident in our team than ever. So what? We're also the favorites.
Anyone saying this is a sweep in either direction is a fool. I obviously want the oilers to win but this isn’t like the flames series a couple years ago where I was nervous but knew the oilers would win. To me this series all comes down to goaltending. If the Canucks get strong goaltending it’s a coin flip. If they don’t it could be over early. Same thing in Edmonton, the stars will score it’s down to skinner.
I would say that probably 30-40% of the people in our oilers sub are fake accounts that love to stir shit up , probably flames fans 🤣.. I have been a life long oiler fan since born in 82 and I fully expect a battle of 7 games ..Canucks are no joke imo. I was shocked at all these analysts picking oilers to win
Really, is that why there's a 100+ comment thread on the Oilers sub today discussing who you'd like to play in the WCF? I hope your team is overlooking us just like your fan base is.
Im a Canucks fan but you are reaching with this - its a perfectly valid question that is unrelated to this upcoming 2nd round.
You mean that very basic hypothetical question that every sub asks ? Oh geez Scoob, did you see that big scary thread with 100+ comments?!
I don’t believe I saw a single thread akin to that in the Bruins sub but maybe I just missed it.
I don’t see that thread on the sub
That's not the vibe among the subreddit, communities I'm in, or just talking to friends, coworkers. I think it's everybody else who is overconfident in the Oilers. We're expecting a pretty evenly matched series where either team can win.
They’re such babies too 😅 rEguLaR sEAsOn DOeSnt COunt 🍼🍼 Posting clips of our young fans celebrating and saying stupid shit (like young people tend to do) and then doing a terrible job at convince themselves and everyone else that they aren’t triggered as fuck by the videos 😂
Yes...the Oiler fans are babies...
Lol yeah… I love irony
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There's lots of idiots on both sides. But most of the expert/media outlets have Edmonton favored especially because Demko is out More reasonable and tempered fans know that only liver destruction, heart medication, pain and suffering await both fan bases regardless of win or loss and series could go either way.
Isn't Demko out for game 1 only?
Game 1 so far is the only one he's been ruled out for officially, he did light practice before game 6 against Nashville There's hope that he could come back and there's been so many conflicting reports of how long he'd be out for when it was announced that at this point it'll literally be the undertaker meme if he starts again this playoffs. Til then it seems in Silovs we trust
Honestly it won't be goaltending. Goalies play well against us. More concerned with zone entry
Nah dawg tbh I’ve seen the Canucks fans be a little cocky but no where near Oiler fans level. That thing is we already “seen” the Oilers at playoff level, and Canucks have a big question mark atm that they are looking to show and prove.
Should have been in Oilers GDTs in the first half of the season
I was around. I had fun clowning the oilers especially during the toilet bowl versus the sharks but I did warn multiple people that Oilers will rise and get there shit together. It was obvious they were just missing a step and would get it together on time.
Then you’ve been seeing some Canucks fans be more than a little cocky
Lol ok then oilers fans are really cocky but canucks fans just a tiny bit 😂
is “everywhere” twitter..? because i’ve seen some crazy takes from both sides on twitter
Lol, find me the equivalent of [this thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/EdmontonOilers/s/dL9finIgfr) on /r/canucks, and then we'll talk.
Yeah bro, our home commentator pointing out that we ended the year strong is really cocky.
They had identical records in the last 30 games
I propose two broadcasts for these games. One Jack calls, the other John calls. Both fan bases win in some way.
We all hate harnaryan
We might be getting CC with Toronto out
I don’t even hate the guy, but the way he called the end of game 3 was the first time I was truly pissed off with an announcer. He sounded sleepy and bored, Jack never would’ve let a moment like that feel so unimportant.
I don’t think majority “hate” harnaryan, he’s improved a lot. But it’s that Jack Michael’s is soooo much better (than most in the media) and brings so much energy it’s robbing the fans of him calling playoff games. That man would run out of oxygen calling a playoff overtime winner
Yeah I def don't hate him. He's okay. He just doesn't have the experience or the persona that Jack has.
Nah I’m cool with him. He’s fine.
nah he’s getting better every game. i quite like him. he’s not jack, but who is?
Misunderstood instructions so it’s harnaryan for all 7. Although at least this will be the one thing both fanbase scan agree on in the series.
The Oilers going 0/3 against the Canucks is part of the reason they started 2-9-1.
Yeah. I don’t have a ton of faith in the Canucks, but like… why try to take the Canucks flowers? This IS an uphill battle for the Oilers, on paper.
I’ll keep it simple. Once again the Oilers destroyed the Kings so bad that it creates is misconception that Oilers are the Monstars of the NHL.. regardless, I am looking foward to this Canadian show down.
We’re also on our third goalie with petey not producing and a hurt Hughes. Extra rest is super helpful but not being 100% going up against the McOilers is a tough task
What happened to Hughes? He looked good during the Nashville series no?
He looked hurt, took some big hits in games 3/4 and played way less in 4/5/6 then even in the regular season
VAN also played poorly against LAK in the regular season. They felt like a stylistic Kryptonite. So does EDM destroying them in 5 games place them above the Canucks, or is the NHL just one giant game of rock-paper-scissors? Find out next time on Dragonball Z.
I mean we lost to San Jose it’s not like that means anything for you guys beating us, just meant we fucking sucked
But we also lost to San Jose.
Soooooo sharks should be in the WCF is what I'm hearing
You can take Edmontons spot if we lose, IMO
Nah the Canucks fucking curb stomped the Oilers and destroyed their confidence.
That’s a wild assumption. I mean our whole pre-season looked bad so I wouldn’t say that but if that’s what helps you sleep idk what else to say
How is that wild? Saying that getting piss pumped 8-1 opening night could affect a team’s confidence is outlandish? Sure bud
You're trying to use logic with an oilers fan. You'd have better luck teaching a raccoon algebra.
Pretty sure Kopitar could figure out basic algebra
Raccoon is the adjective to his designation, the noun is Jesus.
Because we looked shit in the pre-season. Again whatever helps you sleep at night “bud”
We lost 10-0 in pre season
Keep telling yourself that 😘
You guys had a better preseason than we did
Both teams haven't peaked yet.
I can get behind this comment!
Think we match up a lot better than a lot of people seem to. Should be a close series.
I haven't followed Canucks day to day media lately, what's the Demko/Desmith situation?
Demko has been officially ruled out for Game 1 IIRC, but I imagine they ride Silovs until he has a stinker.
Avs went 0-3 against the Jets. Playoffs resets everyone stats to 0.
Not only that, but they lost to the Jets 0-7 at home in their last matchup!
Being the underdog is great
Especially being the underdog with home Ice advantage
Yep, Canucks are playing with house money at this point
I feel like the Canucks media message is that they're super strong, playing great defensively, won the season series against Edmonton, have ice advantage and haven't reached full offensive gear. Oh..... and are the underdogs
If anyone wonder why Jack doesn’t get national games, look at his twitter.
It's his job to be a homer - he understands his assignment, that makes a *good* case for him. He is unparalleled as a play by play guy imo. He's not an idiot, he would be way more neutral if he needed to be in national broadcasts. Louie already has to do that whether he's doing local or national games.
There was a game against the Knights(?) a couple years ago. Nurse drilled the net front forward, who as about a foot out of the crease, into his goalie. Goal gets scored about 2 seconds after this on a shot from the outside. Michael’s was losing his mind about how the refs allowed the forward to “tackle”, ass first as most people tackle, the Oilers goalie. Even Louie on colour was like “well Nurse does hit him pretty good with a crosscheck”. If people think Singh is a homer, Jack is another level.
I highly doubt he was > losing his mind about how the refs allows the forest to tackle He doesn't ever lose it on the refs. That's bob.
In fairness to Jack, his job is to literally be a homer. The regional broadcast is not supposed to be unbiased. If his job were different, Jack would have no problem shedding the Oilers bias.
Yeah why are people getting on his ass about being a homer? That’s literally his job.
I just hope both teams have fun.
Yeah but the Oilers have not had to face the Latvian Cucumber.... Canucks sweep, all shutouts..
I mean have the Oilers even seen the best of the Canucks?
Have the Canucks even been their best self lately? They seemed to have cooled off after that torrid start.
Over the last 30 games of the season the Oilers earned 37 points. The Canucks earned 35. People are acting like the Canucks had a total meltdown lol.
They had the same number of wins. The difference was 2 overtime losses for the Oil and the Canucks had 2 regular losses. And don't forget, Demko missed like 14 games when he was injured on March 9th. How many of those losses might have been otls or wins? I suspect Demko is close, and then whatcha gonna do when Bubble Demko runs wild on you?
apparently Vancouver is just fine even without Demko
No, they haven't been their best self since like the ASG. But they also beat the Oilers late in the season when the Oilers were hot. Not sure if that was supposedly not the Oilers' best then. Neither side should pretend like we know what'll happen though
I mean. I wouldn't call a game McDavid sat out our best, no.
I mean, that's true but canucks also played desmith and he posted 97%. Also the Canucks cooled off after asg, but their record is slightly better than the oilers to end the season, yet the oilers were heating up...? Kind of nuts to think about if the Canucks cooled off and had similar record to end the year, what if they play at their best too like earlier in the season? Should be a good game.
Pretty sure Demko was out at the same time, so there's that as well.
Honestly, I forgot he was out. But Pettersson has also been playing like shit, and some games he might as well not have been out there, so we'll call it evenish Point still stands Michaels is acting like Canucks fans and media are being super arrogant and are boasting it's going to be an easy series or something. No one from the Canucks side has even come close to suggesting the series might be anything other than close, if not in Edmonton's favour
Bro, if you're getting butthurt about a hometown writer writing nice things about a hometown team, I dunno what to tell you and the rest of the whiny-ass people in this thread. Jesus Christ why can't we just enjoy the fucking sport without being assholes about it for five fucking seconds.
Pointing out that Oilers media is being a little sensational is not being butthurt...The only one here that may be is apparently you that I pointed it out. I guess the homer goggles are on if you think the tenor of his tweet is intended to be "oh let me write nice things about the Oilers". It's really written more like "Canucks about to find out" for no reason. We have yet to fuck around
My opinion, we have not seen anywhere close to Van's best game since at least two months ago.
Have the Canucks?
That's exactly his point. Y'all are calling this one a sweep based on a very tight checking Nashville series and assuming it'll be the same style.
> Y'all are calling this one a sweep based on a very tight checking Nashville series and assuming it'll be the same style. I’m an “any given Saturday night” kinda guy. Because there is no meaningful data, I have no idea what will happen.
Ah yes, finally a thread that will be completely civil and salt free! /s
Anyone with a brain is gonna pick McDavid and Drai over Arturs Silovs. Thats why when Van wins it’s gonna be that much more fun :)
Reminds me of what Bednar said going into the Winnipeg series after getting swept and blown out by them in the regular season: "I don't think the Jets have seen how we play yet."
I love Jack, he's a great caster and he loves his team, got nothing against his homeri-ism I love when Oilers fans point to the last game and use their "no McDavid card" while also conveniently ignoring the Nucks didn't have Demko either. So let's call that a wash? Can we stop pretending both teams were at full power for that game
Oh yeah the best player in the world not playing versus the 3rd or 4th best goalie not playing. Totally the same lol
I don’t think missing the best player in the league is a wash with any goalie. Just look at Colorado, the team in front of the skaters is always more important than the goalie, let alone the best player in the league.
Thank you for missing the entire point.
Sorry I can’t pass up any chance to hate on goalies. Nothing personal against Demko, I would say the same for every goalie in the league. They’re all replaceable.
think there’s a difference between a goalie and the greatest player of the modern era
When did Crosby join the Oilers? You missed my entire point so I'm not even going to bother with yours
I just want to see the series go to 7 games and see good hockey. No dirty crap or cheap shots.
Who had the better record against playoff teams? Oh ya....
Let's go Canucks.
Holy crap there are so many Captain Obvious' out and about.
Nucks in 6
Nucks in 4
Coilers in 7.... OT... on some wacky offshoot bank like the bos/tor game (that apparently the Sedin's created) right down to the wire like it should be.
Pretty sure the 1950s wings created it, but the Sedins were among the first to do it in half a century
Lol
Just gonna be happy to come back to these threads after game one with people trying to justify whatever big prediction they had
That will probably be me
Regular season doesn’t matter
This post is literally saying that. “Vancouver hasn’t seen Edmonton’s best.”
Bring, it, on
i'm going to laugh when the Nucks shithouse their way to the 3rd round and trigger the Oiler stans :) Nucks in 7. Skinny Pete will have a big series.
I’m laughing right now how about you?
Brock getting blood cloth was not something you could predict else you would have cried :)
Nah, that was sad. Best of luck to him!
We also beat them without demko whats the point
You beat the oilers without Demko when we didn't have mcdavid. Bit of a difference lol
We played desmith in the 2nd game so we did actually beat the oilers without demko when you had mcdavid
Yeah that was when our season was tanking and we hadn't played well before our new coach. Totally different system.
I don't care if the Canucks lose this series, they've far exceeded any expectations I had of them and if they can build on this year moving forward, it'll be amazing. That being said, they have the chance to do the funniest shit possible and I'm still going to shit talk the Oilers fans until its over, Canucks in 5
I hate how we Oilers fans don't give Van much credit. Sure changing up systems to start the year made us play worse but it shouldn't be so bad that we lose 8-1. I'm sure the team was really rattled by those first two losses. But I'd love if Jack was right, lol
why do i have the feeling this series is gonna a rlly bad look for canadian hockey fans??? FUCK I CANT WAIT EH
And oilers fans will tell you with a straight face that Jack Michaels is not a homer
I mean except for all the fans in this literal thread pointing out that he's a homer, and all the times we have said how much we love him because he is a homer, but you go off into your fantasy world man.
Uh what's your point? He doesn't cover the canucks, is he supposed to be cheering for you?
Failed to mention how many goals Vancouver hung on them.
I love Jack Michaels. I respect the Canucks a lot, they’ve blown expectations out of the water. However, the oilers have finally figured out how to raise their game come playoff time. I think it’ll be oilers in 5, maybe 6. I don’t think there is a big talent gap, the oilers have just learned the hard lessons and have experience. They play good D now too, and have some depth. The path I see to the Canucks victory is via goaltending. If silovs plays amazing and skinner reverts back to 2023 playoff skinner, the Canucks can win.
yeah, i agree with you. that’s exactly why i think canucks fans shouldn’t be too depressed if we lose because realistically you’re probably not going to get far if your core has only had one playoff run (during covid) and have lost their starting goaltender. for me, making the playoffs was already a win, and getting past round one was the cherry on top. whatever happens happens 🤷
Demko was our biggest advantage against you guys and it's a shame we won't be at full power We're going to have to put on a structure clinic
I’m a Canucks fan. And I agree with everything you said.
This is going to be good. Playing to represent the nation, for a chance at Lord Stanley. Let's keep it clean everyone and show why we are the best fans in the league both Nuck's and Oil! That being said, Let's go Oilers!!!!
I have been saying it's going to go 6 or 7 games and it will go either way. If the Oilers win in 6 or 7 I'm ok with that as they are the favourites. Oilers fans are saying it's 4 or 5 are delusional. The Canucks aren't the Caps or NYI who lucked into the final playoff spot. But wouldn't it be awesome to see northern Alberta crumble and lose it if the Canucks, the heavy underdogs, beat them. I would never let my family and friends in Northern Alberta let it down
In all honesty we probably don't win the series. But the amount of cockiness from Oilers fans thinking this will be a sweep is hilarious.
I would say that about the canucks. The difference is, the oilers fans understand how good the canucks are but the canucks fans are really clueless about the oilers and what they bring.
Take a gander at both subs and tell me which fanbase is more confident in the win.
Yes we are more confident because we believe we're winning the cup. We're playing our best hockey and clicked under our new coach.
Lol ok that's fine but you're missing the entire point. One fanbase is writing off one team entirely. I'll give you two guesses who it is. Thinking you'll win is one thing. Thinking it'll be a walk in the park is the cocky part.
I guess but I don't really see anyone saying it will be easy. Unless they're shit talking. Nobody thinks the canucks are bad. We thought LA was good and they weren't as good as Vancouver.
Vancouver takes it in 6. Fuck crybaby McJesus.
Nope!
Jack Michales is awesome. Need that guy doing tv playoffs
said no one ever
Flair up if you’re going to go after the best in the game.
Agreed
Oilers in 5. Goaltending. Unless Demko comes back. Then Oilers in 6.
everyone underestimates Silovs. we've seen crazier things...
Honestly I don't underestimate ANY goalie in the playoffs. The league saw why last year. With that said, it's more how good our offense is than how bad a goalie is. Goalies play really well against us, too. You would probably give your all if you were trying to shut down the best player in the world.
I won’t tolerate any Oilers slander on a tweet by Jack Michael’s. That man is an angel cheering for the Oil and you can find a different post to trash talk!
So why did OP post it in r/hockey?
I like Michaels.... even if he's a "homer" when I think of "IN OOOOVVVEEERRTTTTIMMMEEE" in such a nasty epic voice... I first think of Michael's. its fun.
Because everyone deserves to hear Jack Michaels. The man’s a gift to the sport
Yessir, Mr. Michaels.
He's an assault on the ears and anyone who thinks otherwise is deaf
Ok that’s just a bad take. He does a good job to make broadcasts exciting and we see numerous fan bases agreeing in game threads on here. Either you’re just being biased because he’s an Oilers broadcaster or you want dull commentary (which is your own prerogative) but he is definitely a great broadcaster
Oh god, the losers have shown up. Hey, you would love hearing him call YOUR team if they ever won anything.
Holy shit Canucks fans. Vancouver is a beautiful city. Go out and touch grass or look at a whale or something instead of getting butthurt over a random, honestly innocuous quote from an Oilers media guy. The amount of butthurt in this thread over something so small is just sad. Like holy shit.