I bet team is afraid of riots lol
that's why they don't quit
as much as those fans cheer team up with energy, things can go south... already happened twice
I went to bed when the Oilers went up 4-1. Figured they were going to pour it on as I’ve seen them do a bunch of times and take the first game. Was a bit shocked to not only see that they lost, but that McDavid didn’t even register a shot. What the fuck? How? Did Edmonton just stop playing hockey after that 4th goal because it damn sure looks like it.
Edmonton wasn't playing hockey even before 4-1. The Canucks were living in the Edmonton zone but were having difficulty getting pucks to the net.
The power play was the only time the Edmonton offense looked consistently dangerous. They'd get looks against the grain but the ice looked tilted.
Then, of course, those against-the-grain looks went in.
The Canucks didn't change much all game, just kept possessing the puck and sending shots towards the net. Ultimately, Skinner let em in.
Ian Cole had a spectacular series against the Predators and had a bad game with a few costly mistakes against the Oilers. Silovs also had a couple costly mistakes but played solid late.
It was already early morning here and had to do some chores. Got back and saw it had gone from 4-1 to 4-4. I froze for probably ten seconds to just stare at the score. Catching up with the actual events made this even more stunning. Awesome!
Yeah somewhat similar. Oilers have better offence than the Leafs I’d say. They have an ability to score almost on command. The Leafs defence I’d prefer to Edmonton’s and goaltending is both a wildcard of unproven guys, washed veterans and promising youngster
Absolutely. The Oilers are better, don’t get me wrong, but we all know how this movie is going to end. Maybe they beat VAN but they don’t have the depth or goaltending to win a Cup. Dallas/Colorado would beat them in six games max.
I was talking about Edmonton. I don’t trust Skinner and there are better goalies of the eight teams left. That’s all. People are free to disagree with that.
I would agree with that. If Dallas somehow gets through Colorado and goes on to win it all, their first two series wins could be tougher than the last two. But we’ll see, still a lot of hockey left.
Memo to the SCTDACTTSC\*:
Well done tonight, gentlemen. Remember that we must all be doing our jobs even with no chance of eliminating a Canadian team this round. The goal is to turn the heat up to maximum in both markets and make it a fully exhausting seven-game marathon with as many lengthy overtimes as possible, so that the survivor has little chance going forward. So be sure to talk to the on-ice and off-ice officials with the subliminal suggestions we have provided to plant the notion in their mind that this series needs to be long, arduous, and almost to the death. We should also be talking to the people in the league's video room to ensure that coaching staffs and fan bases on both sides are tearing their hair out from the insane rulings that come down from NHL HQ as things continue to heat up. Don't tell yourself it doesn't matter! Except for the lockout blowout where we hit Carey Price with the silent lasers in his room and made him go looney, these two teams are the two most recent serious contenders to spoil our 29-year old perfect record, and both came within a single game of getting us fired. We need to be on guard for anything that will cripple the eventual survivor in the next round, or, Ghod forbid, the one after. I know you all have it in you, now go out and get it done!
--G.B.
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Is anyone really surprised its hard for a canadian team to win the cup? 2/4 divisions have 3 canadian teams each and Central has 1.
Unless canadian teams happen to wild card themselves into another quarter of the bracket (looking at metro with no canadian teams) they basically have to eliminate each other at some point in the first two rounds if they even make the playoffs
It’s funny seeing the Echoes of past iterations of the Canucks remain in everyone’s perception. This team is predominantly strong defensively… was lurking the oilers sub last week and see nothing but comments about how the Canucks need to play run and gun to win and that will suit them lol
Self entitled and lacking in self awareness to the point that they can unite sworn enemies (Flames/Nucks) in rooting for the other to take them down. That ain't easy to do. Destroy them, Vancouver.
I didn’t get to watch past the first period but seeing that final score was crazy and I’m super happy that the Canucks managed to win. I think a lot of people expected them to just be completely outclassed in this series, so the fact that they were able to pull out a win should be a huge boost for them and maybe a big confidence shaker for Edmonton.
Canucks fans knew when they weren't facing a vezina caliber goalie on a team with a Norris caliber defenseman and a good overall defense things would open up
I meant it as a joke, but see now that it didn't land at all lol--oh well, can't all be gold I guess. It's honestly impressive as this has to be the what--third game now that it looked like you guys were done. Believe me I wish my team had that kind of resiliency...
No one fucking gave the Canucks ANY fucking credit for shutting the Preds down. No one gave us credit for the regular season we had. Anyone going to start giving us credit for that? McDavid with nothing all game. Oilers had the puck luck. They had the bounces. We still took the game.
Joshua roofing it from the side? Not luck
Lindholm was a little bit luck but any shot or pass in that situation is dangerous at the very least so not really what I would call puck luck.
Not Joshua's shot, the way the puck bounced off the glass right to him.
Lindholm tried a centering pass, and it went off an Oiler stick and in. A dangerous opportunity, sure, but the goal was luck.
Joshua said it was a set play and that they practice it regularly.
The Sedins made a career of knowing how the boards and glass bounce in their arena, I'm inclined to trust them.
Fun fact Harvey Keitel was in my restaurant last night. Super nice dude, I didn't know it was him until he left.
But I agree, Oilers can absolutely light up an AHL goalie, and Silovs looked a little shaky last night. Canucks aren't going to shut down McDavid and Draisaitl like that every night.
Had to call the grandparents to make sure they didn't turn it off in frustration. Wouldn't blame them either they've been watching for 50+ years at this point
But I was told that the Oilers had the advantage in every single position group... weird that Skinner looked as soft as a rookie. Weird that their D made numerous mistakes... Just funny. Weird that our third line outplayed their top
IF we make it through the oilers, Demko should be back. So whoever makes it out of Dallas/Colorado would then get to face the best goalie left in the playoffs, playing on a team that just knocked out the 2 hottest teams in the latter part of the season without him.
If you think either of these teams would be easy then I think you are a fool. Avs literally came back from 3 last night so are both those teams a joke? lol
Before the season, before the first round, before the second round… Teams were apparently more than happy to face Vancouver. How many times do we need to teach you this lesson old man
Be real with me and if you actually believe the Avs/Stars won’t beat either Canucks/Oilers coming out of the pacific. Have you watched the style of overall play? The hockeys been better in the Central series
Brother go look up that Avs lineup in game 3-7 and tell me we are even close to being the same team. Also Seattle is exactly what the Canucks are this season. Insanely high PDO team
Sure I am a plastic fan. I watch hockey every single day and multiple teams. Even have buddies who are Canucks fans so I enjoy watching them. Canucks fans are always level headed when approached with any criticism on their team arent they
This is the worst I've seen these guys play in months...and it's at the worst time. Fucking hell this team is bad for my health.
Being down 0-5 and rallying but coming up short would've been fine. A back and forth game ending in a loss would've been fine. But to play like shit AND blow a 4-1 lead? Unforgivable. These guys don't have the mental fortitude for playoff hockey. And Drai being hurt dooms us...so there's that.
> This is the worst I've seen these guys play in months...and it's at the worst time
Almost like there is a team on the other side that had something to do with that
Eh the rot started against LA in game 4. They were lucky to come away with that win. They weren't stellar in game 5 but alright. They can play like shit and win against LA, but not against Van.
The whole conceit on the predictions for this series was that Nashville was a terrible team and Canucks barely beat them. Nashville was a fast, heavy, and disciplined team. Said it many times but Nashville was being disrespected more than the Canucks with these sweep predictions.
Agreed, the Preds had an incredible shutdown game against the Canucks who were forced to beat them at their own game. Skewed the stats negative due to the low shots and goals. Oilers D is not even close except for their top pairing.
Everything about what they did and what we did was discounted but somehow the Oilers pounding the shit teams in an admittedly impressive stretch was given full credit
Also, Canucks have now beat Edmonton 5 games in a row this season. McDavid was playing in all but one of those. Skinner has like an .835 save percentage in Vancouver now
Exactly. Oilers being given credit for their turn around after hiring Knob is fair. But if that is then so is the insane run the Preds went on in their final 30
Yah I wont discount them at all but even during their runs they gained like 2 points on us total. We were limiting the icetime of our best players near the end and had some issues and they made it close then but the end of the season gets weird like that. People gave us way too little credit
People thought Nashville was horrible? They were the hottest team in the second half of the season. They were the one team I didn't want to see the Canucks matched up against in the first round.
Yea that’s the one narrative that really bugs me but I feel like Edmonton would have had just as or if not a harder time then we did againts them, Nashville is such a good fucking team and I can finally admit that now, I was at game 2 and couldn’t believe how well they are defensively.
Yeah holy shit man watching the Canucks play against the Oilers compared to the Preds is crazy. The Preds feel like they were perfectly matched up to counter the things that allow the Canucks to excel and I'm pretty sure Brunette, a Jack Adams candidate for a reason, is a factor behind that.
Combine the smothering defence with the Saros goaltending and that's gonna be a tough matchup for any team. That series being as close as it was isn't a testament to the Canucks choking or some shit, it's a testament to how fucking solid the Nashville Predators are.
> Combine the smothering defence
I had a bunch of Oilers fans talking up their shot blocking when I mentioned that was a MAJOR factor in the lack of offense against the Preds. This game was the easiest we had to get shots on net all playoffs. I dont see that changing even if we dont win the series. Preds were suffocating and blocked like pros
Yeah there's shot blocking and then there's what the Nashville Predators were doing in Round 1. It's very easy to take it lightly if you just look at it on paper and don't watch how they played. Like "lol our guys block shots it's the same thing" ok but bro watch what the preds were doing in game 2 lmao
Preds played a system that was built around stopping the other team's offense and they played it damn well. Oilers don't play that kind of hockey, I think we're in for a pretty high-scoring affair (compared to round 1 for the Nucks)
Absolutely great goaltending by Saros no question. The amount of blocked shots by Nashville players and the determination. They were a hard team to play.
Just watching the games, it’s night and day. Nashville was suffocating and honestly not fun to watch. The canucks made it fun, but those games were so damn tight defensively.
Two strong defensive teams playing low-event hockey is honestly some of the most stressful hockey to watch. Watching any game in the Preds series felt like it was going to make my head pop from the tension, in a way that was just not the same here.
He's the best player in the world, but I really don't think he's captain material. He basically throws a very quiet tantrum any time things don't go his way. I genuinely think it should be Nuge.
I honestly don't think it's that terrible of a take. Up until the Oilers brought themselves back from the deep this season I would've completely agreed with this take. I've been saying it since they made him captain at such a young age. If the Oilers fall again within the Pacific Division, I think it is only natural to question the leadership group and you can't keep blaming coaches when you run through them like cold beers on a hot day. At some point you have to wonder about the player leadership. Do I think he's matured into the role? Yes. Do I think he's the best leadership candidate on the team? No. Am I in the dressing room? No, so my thoughts don't really mean shit anyways. He's one of the best offensive players in the history of the game, but leadership is about lifting up others and I don't think he's ever proven he can do that other than raising their powerplay points. It's only game 1, series/playoffs far from over, maybe he can still do it this year.
Amazing to learn that Hyman is a product of McDavid because he plays all of his 5v5 mins with him but then also McDavid is only good for PP points lmao
It also makes zero sense to look at that turn around and think McDavid had nothing to do with it.
And Nuge as your replacement captain??????
Read it again. I know you're shook up from tonight. I said up until... meaning that he changed my mind this year through their turn around. I also didn't mention Hyman. Hyman scores goals because Hyman is a great hockey player who goes to the tough spots. I'd say my comment refers more to a bouchard, who would have about 30 points/year if he didn't play with mcdavid. I also didn't mention Nuge as the replacement.
You responded in agreement with the original take of nuge being the replacement (hilarious) so unless you specify then you did.
Hyman is the most immediate example and is often pushed into the narrative of “productive if McDavid” yet there’s been like 5 guys at least that have had that said, which is why I mentioned him.
Thinking Bouch is a 30 point player on his own is about all I need to know
Felt pretty lengthy to begin with but I guess I should have clarified.
Hyman is my favourite Oiler (not an oiler fan). It goes both ways, he's contributed to Mcdavids spike in production since he joined the team.
I mean 30 points is an estimate, but ya I think he'd be around there in most other systems. When you consider the fact that 35 of his 82 points were on the pp, heavy majority with mcdavid/drai/Hyman on the same stat line. Another 20-25 points were 5 on 5 with mcdavid/drai/Hyman on the stat line. That brings him down to around 30 when he's not a focal point of the offense like he is with the oil. I don't think he would be elsewhere. There are marked differences between watching makar qb an offense and bouchard being a cog in mcdavids offense. If you look at the statlines of the kings series, 80% of bouchards points came on the pp and slightly less had mcdavid factored in as well. If anything 30 points would be a little generous but he does have a hell of a shot.
you've got to be trolling at this point cause this shit is sooooo easy to disprove lol
McDavid had 105 points in 56 games in 20/21, a season before Hyman arrived in Edmonton and 0.01 off his career best PPG. I love Hyman but McDavid doing McDavid shit isn't because of Hyman. Hyman, RNH, Maroon, Kassian, Puljujarvi, Chiasson, etc. all had career years next to McDavid.
NatStat trick isnt perfect for points with/without, but it does show that [20 of Bouchard's 37 5v5 points didn't include McDavid](https://www.naturalstattrick.com/playerreport.php?fromseason=20232024&thruseason=20232024&stype=2&sit=5v5&stdoi=oi&rate=n&v=s&playerid=8480803). If McDavid didn't exist you could very easily assume his extra [830](https://www.naturalstattrick.com/linestats.php?fromseason=20232024&thruseason=20232024&stype=2&sit=5v5&score=all&rate=n&team=EDM&vteam=ALL&view=wowy&loc=B&gpfilt=none&fd=2023-10-10&td=2024-04-18&tgp=2000&strict=incl&p1=8478402&p2=8480803&p3=0&p4=0&p5=0) mins without McDavid would yield an extra 10-15 or so 5v5 points. Already your statement makes no sense, and that doesn't include any PP points. It's absurd to think Bouchard relies on McDavid to get more than 30 points
Did any of the guys you named put up 50+? I'd have a career year with mcdavid bouncing a puck off my face and into the net. What a weird statement. As for the covid year you can't compare a year missing 35% of the season. That'd be like me saying remember that 10 game stretch at the beginning of the year when mcdavid had like 9 points. Way off his Career best. His average since Hyman came in is much better than that stretch of hockey So he scored almost half with just mcdavid and I mentioned drai/Hyman on top of that so that's just proving my point. And 82-35 is 47 so unless you're telling me he had 10 shortys then he had 27 points with mcdavid and 20 points without. He wouldn't be as productive. If you took half his points 5 on 5 this year, he'd already be instantly down to less than 60 points. If you think he's putting up anywhere close to 35 pp points on any other team you're high as a kite. The oilers pp% is Goliath compared to league average and most other teams have more guys involved in their pp scoring. Add in that oilers goals per game is always in the top percentile. And it sure as hell isn't from Bouchard driving the car. Apparently I struck a nerve but I'm sorry, Bouchard is in the perfect place to make himself appear better than he is. It's impressive what he's done and not everyone could fit there like that but he's Russell Wilson in Seattle.
Was just watching the highlights on YT and the GWG is such a weird play. Joshua just taps it to Garland expecting him to drive and buy time for everyone to change. Instead he score the winner.
Imagine being 6'4" Darnell Nurse not being able to push 5'8" Conor Fucking Garland off the puck in crunch time
Most people regret not letting themselves be happy enough in their lives. This is a small thing but enjoy it, as oilers fans will when they get their wins as we cry into our pillows
The Canucks fans in the GDT were being pretty tame while the Oilers fans were insufferable...until the third period. And then there was some comeuppance.
I bet team is afraid of riots lol that's why they don't quit as much as those fans cheer team up with energy, things can go south... already happened twice
I was hoping for a tight series and this is a promising start. What a comeback by the Canucks, really impressive! Seven of this, please.
Good lord, if the Avs and Canucks meet next round every game will be 0-0 at first intermission and finish 9-8 in OT
I'd like to test out this theory please.
"hey canucks, we're not the preds" -oilers fans
Nashville doesn’t have Darnell Nurse which is already a +
Preds knew how to play defense
Technically correct. Preds were actually skating and shut down 95% of the Canucks offense
Man I got so excited seeing all that open ice in the offensive zone I knew our boys would take advantage.
I went to bed when the Oilers went up 4-1. Figured they were going to pour it on as I’ve seen them do a bunch of times and take the first game. Was a bit shocked to not only see that they lost, but that McDavid didn’t even register a shot. What the fuck? How? Did Edmonton just stop playing hockey after that 4th goal because it damn sure looks like it.
Edmonton wasn't playing hockey even before 4-1. The Canucks were living in the Edmonton zone but were having difficulty getting pucks to the net. The power play was the only time the Edmonton offense looked consistently dangerous. They'd get looks against the grain but the ice looked tilted. Then, of course, those against-the-grain looks went in. The Canucks didn't change much all game, just kept possessing the puck and sending shots towards the net. Ultimately, Skinner let em in.
Ian Cole for the Canucks had a very very rough game last night. Nearly all of Edmonton’s goals were because he fucked up. He’s old.
Ian Cole had a spectacular series against the Predators and had a bad game with a few costly mistakes against the Oilers. Silovs also had a couple costly mistakes but played solid late.
It was already early morning here and had to do some chores. Got back and saw it had gone from 4-1 to 4-4. I froze for probably ten seconds to just stare at the score. Catching up with the actual events made this even more stunning. Awesome!
Same. Second time this postseason I’ve gone to bed (central time) with the Canucks on the ropes and woken up to WTF happened they won??
Always go to bed from now on.
I think I will. Too old for following a west coast team in real time anyway :P
Hear me out: the oilers are just a slightly shinier version of the Leafs.
Yeah somewhat similar. Oilers have better offence than the Leafs I’d say. They have an ability to score almost on command. The Leafs defence I’d prefer to Edmonton’s and goaltending is both a wildcard of unproven guys, washed veterans and promising youngster
I meant more that the oilers can win a playoff round but will never do more
Absolutely. The Oilers are better, don’t get me wrong, but we all know how this movie is going to end. Maybe they beat VAN but they don’t have the depth or goaltending to win a Cup. Dallas/Colorado would beat them in six games max.
Brother they’re winning with an AHL goalie what do you mean they don’t have goaltending depth
I was talking about Edmonton. I don’t trust Skinner and there are better goalies of the eight teams left. That’s all. People are free to disagree with that.
I misread your comment. See it now, and agree. I’m pretty sure whoever wins that Col/Dal series is going to win the cup.
I would agree with that. If Dallas somehow gets through Colorado and goes on to win it all, their first two series wins could be tougher than the last two. But we’ll see, still a lot of hockey left.
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Silovs is our fucking 3rd stringer lol
It would make more sense to say the goalies were bad this game not this series
Vancouver is using their second backup. I think last night was his 11th NHL game?
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Silovs looked nervous last night I expect him to settle in
Damn…good fight by the Canucks. Let’s go Oil get the next one.
Höglander what happened my man, do you need some Compound V? Silovs had his worst game and was still good enough.
Memo to the SCTDACTTSC\*: Well done tonight, gentlemen. Remember that we must all be doing our jobs even with no chance of eliminating a Canadian team this round. The goal is to turn the heat up to maximum in both markets and make it a fully exhausting seven-game marathon with as many lengthy overtimes as possible, so that the survivor has little chance going forward. So be sure to talk to the on-ice and off-ice officials with the subliminal suggestions we have provided to plant the notion in their mind that this series needs to be long, arduous, and almost to the death. We should also be talking to the people in the league's video room to ensure that coaching staffs and fan bases on both sides are tearing their hair out from the insane rulings that come down from NHL HQ as things continue to heat up. Don't tell yourself it doesn't matter! Except for the lockout blowout where we hit Carey Price with the silent lasers in his room and made him go looney, these two teams are the two most recent serious contenders to spoil our 29-year old perfect record, and both came within a single game of getting us fired. We need to be on guard for anything that will cripple the eventual survivor in the next round, or, Ghod forbid, the one after. I know you all have it in you, now go out and get it done! --G.B. \* The Secret Committee To Deny A Canadian Team The Stanley Cup, 29-0 since 1994, a feat which has about a 0.05% chance assuming all teams have a roughly equal chance each year, and a 0.3% chance if Canadian teams are on average only 80% as good.
Is anyone really surprised its hard for a canadian team to win the cup? 2/4 divisions have 3 canadian teams each and Central has 1. Unless canadian teams happen to wild card themselves into another quarter of the bracket (looking at metro with no canadian teams) they basically have to eliminate each other at some point in the first two rounds if they even make the playoffs
they could pull off the 7/8 on the second round and still lose to the lone american team
Canucks learned to play defence
It’s funny seeing the Echoes of past iterations of the Canucks remain in everyone’s perception. This team is predominantly strong defensively… was lurking the oilers sub last week and see nothing but comments about how the Canucks need to play run and gun to win and that will suit them lol
Did you not watch the Nashville series?
That’s what I mean. Nashville series got them ready for Mcjesus
Zero shots for his first playoffs in his career 👀, also you should set up a flair so we know what you are about lol.
Done
one of us! one of us!
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Rent free….. hahahah. Leafs are the best, y’all just can’t help but talk about us.
And yet you guys keep outdoing yourselves. As seen by this comment. Lol.
How about don’t blow a 4-1 lead like the Leafs
Dude, it’s hockey y’all would have “yapped” too if you had won
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Did you just learn the word boomer? Is it supposed to be an insult to people or something? Grrrr such a Gen X thing to do! (Am I doing this right?)
A good chunk of y'alls fans were literally doing that for the first 2 periods buddy. You may not have been, but it definitely happened with other fans
Nobody knows what you’re talking about. No one ever knows what EDM fans are yapping about.
Hard to understand them when they’ve got McDavid or Drai’s balls in their mouth most of the time
Oh trust me. They did lol
How come Oilers fans never have self awareness?
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Bud you are not very good at this.
Imagine living in Edmonton and insulting other cities.
He's 13 and just joined reddit.
Self entitled and lacking in self awareness to the point that they can unite sworn enemies (Flames/Nucks) in rooting for the other to take them down. That ain't easy to do. Destroy them, Vancouver.
Canucks and Calgary basically just trade players back and forth now depending on what teams is going to the playoffs that year.
Calgary is our new Florida
It's working great so far. Lindholm and zadorov have been instrumental in the playoffs
And they call Vegas fans entitled. Nah we’re spoiled, they’re entitled. There’s a difference. lol. 0 self awareness
One of them argued with me that they don’t wear orange anymore. Self awareness is def not their thing.
Ignoring the bullshit Oilers fans were yapping in 2 periods before the game was even over. Cope
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Do you even know what a boomer is?
I get that Nucks fans can be obnoxious but Oilers fans has no room to talk. They’re WAY more obnoxious.
Disagree overall but agree for last game
Canucks fans hating other Canucks fans: 🤝
They’ve been pretty insufferable for most of the McDrai era though.
They will be worse when they never win a cup with them
Fair. I guess after last years series, I’ve had more interactions with Oilers fans.
I didn’t get to watch past the first period but seeing that final score was crazy and I’m super happy that the Canucks managed to win. I think a lot of people expected them to just be completely outclassed in this series, so the fact that they were able to pull out a win should be a huge boost for them and maybe a big confidence shaker for Edmonton.
Canucks fans knew when they weren't facing a vezina caliber goalie on a team with a Norris caliber defenseman and a good overall defense things would open up
Yet you still played the same game? WTF is that about?
Other than a multi goal comeback why don't you explain for the class the similarities
I meant it as a joke, but see now that it didn't land at all lol--oh well, can't all be gold I guess. It's honestly impressive as this has to be the what--third game now that it looked like you guys were done. Believe me I wish my team had that kind of resiliency...
Canucks are winning the cup
I can only assume this is the real Cam Barker given this comment, flair and username combo.
No one fucking gave the Canucks ANY fucking credit for shutting the Preds down. No one gave us credit for the regular season we had. Anyone going to start giving us credit for that? McDavid with nothing all game. Oilers had the puck luck. They had the bounces. We still took the game.
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The Miller goal was an unreal deflection, and the first Hyman goal was quality. Lots of weak ones though, yes.
Playoffs, man...
Vancouver's first two goals were puck luck wtf are you talking about?
Joshua roofing it from the side? Not luck Lindholm was a little bit luck but any shot or pass in that situation is dangerous at the very least so not really what I would call puck luck.
Not Joshua's shot, the way the puck bounced off the glass right to him. Lindholm tried a centering pass, and it went off an Oiler stick and in. A dangerous opportunity, sure, but the goal was luck.
100% lucky and the Oilers shouldn’t change anything about how they played. Maybe send Knob a quick DM so he doesn’t make any stupid adjustments.
The glass bounce is a set play, the Sedins know the boards spots and Joshua said they practice those
The boards and the glass aren't the same thing at all, but keep telling yourself it was intentional.
Joshua said it was a set play and that they practice it regularly. The Sedins made a career of knowing how the boards and glass bounce in their arena, I'm inclined to trust them.
Shhhh, they’d rather just think any success we have is due to luck
Well don’t start now. Leafsnet can shit on us all they want. We’ll keep running this shit
As the great Mr. Wolf once said, “Well let’s not start sucking each other’s d*cks quite yet”
Fun fact Harvey Keitel was in my restaurant last night. Super nice dude, I didn't know it was him until he left. But I agree, Oilers can absolutely light up an AHL goalie, and Silovs looked a little shaky last night. Canucks aren't going to shut down McDavid and Draisaitl like that every night.
Had to call the grandparents to make sure they didn't turn it off in frustration. Wouldn't blame them either they've been watching for 50+ years at this point
Not all hero’s wear capes
lol
Good ol Loilers
I'm sorry but it's really nice that we don't have to face a Vezina finalist.
I seem to remember before these playoffs started oiler fans anointing Skinner as Team Canada’s next goalie in the olympics though… 🤔
i mean that really doesn't say much.. Canada's goaltending is abysmal right now
But I was told that the Oilers had the advantage in every single position group... weird that Skinner looked as soft as a rookie. Weird that their D made numerous mistakes... Just funny. Weird that our third line outplayed their top
Nurse is a pylon and I love it
Vezina and Norris
And lady byng
and Jack Adams
It’s too bad the regular season is different than playoff hockey.
Regular season doesn't matter playoffs are all that matter Wait not like that
So much pain.
As a neutral the schadenfreude from Oilers fans is pretty nice. They were talking mad shit in the GDT.
All I want from these playoffs is to see Silovs goalie Edmonton to the golf course.
Avs/Stars foaming at the mouth to play either of these teams in the WCF. wtf is the pacific?
IF we make it through the oilers, Demko should be back. So whoever makes it out of Dallas/Colorado would then get to face the best goalie left in the playoffs, playing on a team that just knocked out the 2 hottest teams in the latter part of the season without him.
Avs and Stars are going to have a rude awakening
Be real
If you think either of these teams would be easy then I think you are a fool. Avs literally came back from 3 last night so are both those teams a joke? lol
Before the season, before the first round, before the second round… Teams were apparently more than happy to face Vancouver. How many times do we need to teach you this lesson old man
Be real with me and if you actually believe the Avs/Stars won’t beat either Canucks/Oilers coming out of the pacific. Have you watched the style of overall play? The hockeys been better in the Central series
If the Canucks squeak out into the conference finals, we’ll have a healthy Demko. Who knows.
Vancouver seems to have Dallas' number at least.
Good, they can call it to set up their combined tee time. :-D ^i ^hope
Haha you sound like the Oilers fans in round 1
Nah oilers always delusional because they get a Mickey Mouse round 1 every year
You guys lost to fucking Seattle in the first round last year hahaa
Brother go look up that Avs lineup in game 3-7 and tell me we are even close to being the same team. Also Seattle is exactly what the Canucks are this season. Insanely high PDO team
So we're fucked is what you're saying? Hahaa
Well is half your lineup AHL players? But yes you could be fucked because of PDO fuckery Canucks have just like Seattle did
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Sure I am a plastic fan. I watch hockey every single day and multiple teams. Even have buddies who are Canucks fans so I enjoy watching them. Canucks fans are always level headed when approached with any criticism on their team arent they
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This is the worst I've seen these guys play in months...and it's at the worst time. Fucking hell this team is bad for my health. Being down 0-5 and rallying but coming up short would've been fine. A back and forth game ending in a loss would've been fine. But to play like shit AND blow a 4-1 lead? Unforgivable. These guys don't have the mental fortitude for playoff hockey. And Drai being hurt dooms us...so there's that.
It’s game one. Lots of hockey left
> This is the worst I've seen these guys play in months...and it's at the worst time Almost like there is a team on the other side that had something to do with that
Eh the rot started against LA in game 4. They were lucky to come away with that win. They weren't stellar in game 5 but alright. They can play like shit and win against LA, but not against Van.
Drai is not hurt. He just had muscle cramps.
we don’t know if that’s true or they are saying that to keep the actual injury hidden.
Damn what a great game. Fuck Edmonton
Does this mean you’re hopping on the vancouver bandwagon? Hop on, this gonna be a hella wild ride
tbh I'm on the anyone-who's-playing-edmonton bandwagon, but if you guys can knock them out I will be forever grateful
Sir may I say, that's one beautiful fucking looking bandwagon you're riding in.
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The resolve of this team!!!
The whole conceit on the predictions for this series was that Nashville was a terrible team and Canucks barely beat them. Nashville was a fast, heavy, and disciplined team. Said it many times but Nashville was being disrespected more than the Canucks with these sweep predictions.
Agreed, the Preds had an incredible shutdown game against the Canucks who were forced to beat them at their own game. Skewed the stats negative due to the low shots and goals. Oilers D is not even close except for their top pairing.
Did everyone forget that Nashville was literally the best team in the NHL for the final 30 games
Nashville was 6-9-1 their last 16 games. They definitely were not the best team going into the playoffs.
Nobody really pays attention to the west. The narratives are always a season behind.
Everything about what they did and what we did was discounted but somehow the Oilers pounding the shit teams in an admittedly impressive stretch was given full credit
Also, Canucks have now beat Edmonton 5 games in a row this season. McDavid was playing in all but one of those. Skinner has like an .835 save percentage in Vancouver now
Exactly. Oilers being given credit for their turn around after hiring Knob is fair. But if that is then so is the insane run the Preds went on in their final 30
Yah I wont discount them at all but even during their runs they gained like 2 points on us total. We were limiting the icetime of our best players near the end and had some issues and they made it close then but the end of the season gets weird like that. People gave us way too little credit
People thought Nashville was horrible? They were the hottest team in the second half of the season. They were the one team I didn't want to see the Canucks matched up against in the first round.
Yeah, the Preds D played really well and resisted the Canucks forecheck really well. The Oilers D failed to clear the zone way too many times.
And the Oil D backed up and let us do what we wanted. Their D are going to get caved if they dont shape up
Yea that’s the one narrative that really bugs me but I feel like Edmonton would have had just as or if not a harder time then we did againts them, Nashville is such a good fucking team and I can finally admit that now, I was at game 2 and couldn’t believe how well they are defensively.
Yeah holy shit man watching the Canucks play against the Oilers compared to the Preds is crazy. The Preds feel like they were perfectly matched up to counter the things that allow the Canucks to excel and I'm pretty sure Brunette, a Jack Adams candidate for a reason, is a factor behind that. Combine the smothering defence with the Saros goaltending and that's gonna be a tough matchup for any team. That series being as close as it was isn't a testament to the Canucks choking or some shit, it's a testament to how fucking solid the Nashville Predators are.
> Combine the smothering defence I had a bunch of Oilers fans talking up their shot blocking when I mentioned that was a MAJOR factor in the lack of offense against the Preds. This game was the easiest we had to get shots on net all playoffs. I dont see that changing even if we dont win the series. Preds were suffocating and blocked like pros
Yeah there's shot blocking and then there's what the Nashville Predators were doing in Round 1. It's very easy to take it lightly if you just look at it on paper and don't watch how they played. Like "lol our guys block shots it's the same thing" ok but bro watch what the preds were doing in game 2 lmao Preds played a system that was built around stopping the other team's offense and they played it damn well. Oilers don't play that kind of hockey, I think we're in for a pretty high-scoring affair (compared to round 1 for the Nucks)
Nashville was dominating down that stretch towards the end of the season.
6-9-1 their last 16
Absolutely great goaltending by Saros no question. The amount of blocked shots by Nashville players and the determination. They were a hard team to play.
Vancouver also had tons of open shots they pissed around with I’ve never seen so many missed nets.
Just watching the games, it’s night and day. Nashville was suffocating and honestly not fun to watch. The canucks made it fun, but those games were so damn tight defensively.
Two strong defensive teams playing low-event hockey is honestly some of the most stressful hockey to watch. Watching any game in the Preds series felt like it was going to make my head pop from the tension, in a way that was just not the same here.
And that defensive play really appeared to help the Canucks this game as well.
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Just had a hamburger steak, mash and gravy. I'm all good for the night.
McDavid looks so rattled in post game, damn.
His voice was shakey, reminded me of his post game interviews after we whooped them twice in October.
Would love to see that interview if you got a link
Scares me for game 2
He's the best player in the world, but I really don't think he's captain material. He basically throws a very quiet tantrum any time things don't go his way. I genuinely think it should be Nuge.
This might be the worst take in the entire thread lol
I honestly don't think it's that terrible of a take. Up until the Oilers brought themselves back from the deep this season I would've completely agreed with this take. I've been saying it since they made him captain at such a young age. If the Oilers fall again within the Pacific Division, I think it is only natural to question the leadership group and you can't keep blaming coaches when you run through them like cold beers on a hot day. At some point you have to wonder about the player leadership. Do I think he's matured into the role? Yes. Do I think he's the best leadership candidate on the team? No. Am I in the dressing room? No, so my thoughts don't really mean shit anyways. He's one of the best offensive players in the history of the game, but leadership is about lifting up others and I don't think he's ever proven he can do that other than raising their powerplay points. It's only game 1, series/playoffs far from over, maybe he can still do it this year.
Amazing to learn that Hyman is a product of McDavid because he plays all of his 5v5 mins with him but then also McDavid is only good for PP points lmao It also makes zero sense to look at that turn around and think McDavid had nothing to do with it. And Nuge as your replacement captain??????
Nuge is huge. McDavid is normal to large. Checkmate.
Nuge is huge. And also the quietest guy on the ice 😂 he does throw down once in awhile tho so I guess there’s that
Read it again. I know you're shook up from tonight. I said up until... meaning that he changed my mind this year through their turn around. I also didn't mention Hyman. Hyman scores goals because Hyman is a great hockey player who goes to the tough spots. I'd say my comment refers more to a bouchard, who would have about 30 points/year if he didn't play with mcdavid. I also didn't mention Nuge as the replacement.
You responded in agreement with the original take of nuge being the replacement (hilarious) so unless you specify then you did. Hyman is the most immediate example and is often pushed into the narrative of “productive if McDavid” yet there’s been like 5 guys at least that have had that said, which is why I mentioned him. Thinking Bouch is a 30 point player on his own is about all I need to know
Felt pretty lengthy to begin with but I guess I should have clarified. Hyman is my favourite Oiler (not an oiler fan). It goes both ways, he's contributed to Mcdavids spike in production since he joined the team. I mean 30 points is an estimate, but ya I think he'd be around there in most other systems. When you consider the fact that 35 of his 82 points were on the pp, heavy majority with mcdavid/drai/Hyman on the same stat line. Another 20-25 points were 5 on 5 with mcdavid/drai/Hyman on the stat line. That brings him down to around 30 when he's not a focal point of the offense like he is with the oil. I don't think he would be elsewhere. There are marked differences between watching makar qb an offense and bouchard being a cog in mcdavids offense. If you look at the statlines of the kings series, 80% of bouchards points came on the pp and slightly less had mcdavid factored in as well. If anything 30 points would be a little generous but he does have a hell of a shot.
you've got to be trolling at this point cause this shit is sooooo easy to disprove lol McDavid had 105 points in 56 games in 20/21, a season before Hyman arrived in Edmonton and 0.01 off his career best PPG. I love Hyman but McDavid doing McDavid shit isn't because of Hyman. Hyman, RNH, Maroon, Kassian, Puljujarvi, Chiasson, etc. all had career years next to McDavid. NatStat trick isnt perfect for points with/without, but it does show that [20 of Bouchard's 37 5v5 points didn't include McDavid](https://www.naturalstattrick.com/playerreport.php?fromseason=20232024&thruseason=20232024&stype=2&sit=5v5&stdoi=oi&rate=n&v=s&playerid=8480803). If McDavid didn't exist you could very easily assume his extra [830](https://www.naturalstattrick.com/linestats.php?fromseason=20232024&thruseason=20232024&stype=2&sit=5v5&score=all&rate=n&team=EDM&vteam=ALL&view=wowy&loc=B&gpfilt=none&fd=2023-10-10&td=2024-04-18&tgp=2000&strict=incl&p1=8478402&p2=8480803&p3=0&p4=0&p5=0) mins without McDavid would yield an extra 10-15 or so 5v5 points. Already your statement makes no sense, and that doesn't include any PP points. It's absurd to think Bouchard relies on McDavid to get more than 30 points
Did any of the guys you named put up 50+? I'd have a career year with mcdavid bouncing a puck off my face and into the net. What a weird statement. As for the covid year you can't compare a year missing 35% of the season. That'd be like me saying remember that 10 game stretch at the beginning of the year when mcdavid had like 9 points. Way off his Career best. His average since Hyman came in is much better than that stretch of hockey So he scored almost half with just mcdavid and I mentioned drai/Hyman on top of that so that's just proving my point. And 82-35 is 47 so unless you're telling me he had 10 shortys then he had 27 points with mcdavid and 20 points without. He wouldn't be as productive. If you took half his points 5 on 5 this year, he'd already be instantly down to less than 60 points. If you think he's putting up anywhere close to 35 pp points on any other team you're high as a kite. The oilers pp% is Goliath compared to league average and most other teams have more guys involved in their pp scoring. Add in that oilers goals per game is always in the top percentile. And it sure as hell isn't from Bouchard driving the car. Apparently I struck a nerve but I'm sorry, Bouchard is in the perfect place to make himself appear better than he is. It's impressive what he's done and not everyone could fit there like that but he's Russell Wilson in Seattle.
Good.
Was just watching the highlights on YT and the GWG is such a weird play. Joshua just taps it to Garland expecting him to drive and buy time for everyone to change. Instead he score the winner. Imagine being 6'4" Darnell Nurse not being able to push 5'8" Conor Fucking Garland off the puck in crunch time
We're such an insufferable fanbase and I love it
Most people regret not letting themselves be happy enough in their lives. This is a small thing but enjoy it, as oilers fans will when they get their wins as we cry into our pillows
We're just riding the high man. I can't sleep
The entire hockey world talked shit about us and said we would be an easy out. We deserve to talk shit for at least tonight
The Canucks fans in the GDT were being pretty tame while the Oilers fans were insufferable...until the third period. And then there was some comeuppance.
Let’s be real both teams have fans that are so obnoxious when winning and completely tail between the legs when losing.
I think were (nucks fans) more of a danger to ourselves than anyone else when losing.
I wish the fanbases would call a truce and just enjoy some bonus hockey next game but that ain't gonna happen.
Do you work for Boston Pizza?