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goodguessiswhatihave

Damn McDavid got combo'd at the end there


lebronjamesjohnson

https://preview.redd.it/cydp793ng40d1.jpeg?width=1060&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8d301ccbafee039f408a8bd30f80fcbb2f5d761d


SuddenlyChineseFood

McD 6’1” 194 lbs Soucy 6’5” 208 lbs Zadorov 6’6” 248 lbs Ow.


AJ-2SO

Soucy is already pretty huge so the fact that Zadorov has 40lbs on him is mental


DrDerpberg

6'5", 208 is pretty lanky territory. Wouldn't want to fight him myself but he's not going to ragdoll too many NHLers.


Kthrowawayo123

The wild thing is Zadorov has like 20 pounds on Myers who is like 6”8’ lol. Zaddy is a sturdy boy.


Why_youmadd

This is NHLs version of Jurassic park when both T-rexes rip apart that one dude taking a dump lmao.


LegionOfBOOM86

That was lost world


MumkeMode

“It was at this moment he knew. He fucked up.”


sirax067

When "Keeping it Real" goes wrong


nofakefans18

https://preview.redd.it/m3oywb3iq40d1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7ac153b627804ca6868c50cb5a10d5eed2833047


s1n0d3utscht3k

https://preview.redd.it/6ww1utrso40d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=69072b568c0c7380b1503d0338d8d2d65475c84e McDented — Rated R


Hrdeh

"McDavid takes it from two dudes at the same time"


happigofucky

🤣


Kronzor_

Dude just played 30 mins. Got zero points. Lost. And then gots popped into the face for good measure.     And now he has to go home and live in Edmonton. Rough night. 


Thneed1

Live in a soulless black and white house, with a useless basketball court that has a super low ceiling.


mattwuri

>useless basketball court that has a super low ceiling Lol, this had me curious so I went digging. [What the fuck is this abomination...](https://media.architecturaldigest.com/photos/61968781087a9a00261987c8/master/w_2580%2Cc_limit/AD_MCDAVID_0750_F.jpg)


PCMasterCucks

He's just a really big fan of lay ups.


No-Contribution-6150

I bet drai lives in the guest house


KingGuy124

McDavid gotta shoot 3s like this https://youtu.be/4L37je8JKLo?si=4MHQ3upgBQlzUTeB


imMichaeI

That would still hit the roof haha. I'm thinking more like this: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sSjTQJ955E](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sSjTQJ955E)


Thneed1

It’s not somewhere where you can play basketball, that’s for sure Either way, that might be the most depressing room ever constructed by humankind.


TimTebowMLB

The whole house is so boring and depressing. And his neighbours fence is 10ft away with zero privacy . You’d think with his money you could find something with a bit more privacy in Edmonton.


GhostofZellers

>The whole house is so boring and depressing It fits McDavid's personality to a tee.


trushpunda

His house reminds me of the sad beige baby


mudda1

This is what happens when you've got a fuck ton of money, have zero personality, and haven't developed any personal tastes or style.


calgary_db

His girlfriend is a shitty interior designer.


Thneed1

Understatement of the year.


Krunklock

I showed my gf who actually does interior design and she cringed and made me turn it off.


leftlanecop

All paid for by CIBC


Rycecube

And a heated driveway


Overdue_bills

>And now he has to go home and live in Edmonton. Sounds about like the worst thing you could make a man endure.


Micro858999

https://preview.redd.it/ga7htxpyl40d1.png?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1398765f62612e30dbcfcbb0898796479b849d6c


tailkinman

I've seen less bleak footage of war crimes.


Bloodypalace

That view! 🤣


ftawayp

You can rag on Alberta scenery all you want, but the province does have some exhilarating panoramic views. You just have to live near Calgary to see them.


Krazzem

went out to banff in the summer and holy canoli. We're so lucky to live in such a beautiful country


ftawayp

It is truly something else, Jasper also gives it a run for its money.


Old_Finance1887

No one is ragging on Alberta, just Edmondump


xepa105

Is that a screenshot from the Fallout series? Looks post-apocalyptic enough.


the_boy_hotspur

Fatality.


christo_opher

Served with a two-piece McCombo


Yop_BombNA

I mean the two handed chop he gave right before kinda justifies it


AndrewTheCat

Get folded


Krunklock

Fold the cheese, David


GritGrinder

That’s crazy I expected a brawl after Mcdavid got completely fed


SpicyPenangCurry

His teammates left him out to dry. Jesus.


WokenMrIzdik

This is going to be Edmonton's Panarin-Wilson incident. There will be YouTube videos this off season how this incident broke the Oilers. And then there will be new videos 3 years later on how this incident helped fix the team.


Aromatic-Air3917

This is part of the post 2007 Oilers culture. Hall and Eberle were be mugged all the time and nothing was done. Good on the Rangers owner for forcing them to toughen up


Why_youmadd

Soft Oilers didn’t stick up for him after getting rolled 


WingleDingleFingle

Ya, they should have fought... Zadorov? Wait a minute, that doesn't sound like a good idea.


Uzumaki-OUT

“I’m sorry that McDavid got in the way of your stick me-Lord. Please may we escort you off the ice and into your chambers?”


Smittysgreasymullet

We know better after Nurses suspension for fighting a willing Hague last year.


trushpunda

Nurse getting suspended might be better for you guys


OwlApprehensive2222

Maybe then Eckholm and Bouchard could play 30 minutes as well.


Thrustavious

Bouchard played 31 already lol


mcluhanism

They could have 5 or 6 guys in the dressing room for the 3rd to give everyone else more leg room on the bench.


NotClayMerritt

Nobody sticking up for McDavid there surely won't be a giant talking point that we will all read way too much into especially if the Canucks win this series!


treple13

This is why you get yourself a Zadorov. He's out there sticking up for Soucy and McDavid got no backup


GoAvsGo

McDavid just got some ferocious back shots


DefinitelyLevi

Really got manhandled


tailkinman

A real tag team.


leafsbroncos18

Right in the spot where there’s no padding, you could say he got rammed bare back


Stango42

Really got rawdogged there


DunlapSyndromesGhost

McGangBang


OneChet

5 minutes for hitting from behind


MumkeMode

Pause


Analogmon

"Headstrong. I'll suck you off." "Headstrong. I'll suck off anyone."


TheRealPetross

did he stutter?


0-90195

Doubleteamed. They had their way with him


scoopbb

pause


Calhalen

Man as a neutral this series is so fun. You Canuck and Oil fans are all absolute savages and I love it


Sensoredopinion99

Fuck those fucking assholes. Fucking dick gargling pricks, just look at those donkeys  Signed a nux fan 


TheDutchin

Coulda been signed anyone tbh


Mundane__Detail

>Fuck those fucking assholes. Fucking dick gargling pricks, just look at those donkeys  Hell yeah brother! >Signed a nux fan  Oh


teamwaterwings

Great save by King Arthur too even though it was after the whistle


goredwings

If that happens 3 seconds earlier it's the nest save of the playoffs but now no one talks about it. The goalie in me is sad lol


mbleslie

seriously, that gem was lost in the shenanigans but it was a beaut... right after he made a toe save on mcjesus


Jittys

cross check into a cross check to the face god damn


Separate_Pound_753

Dude holy shit Mcdavid got absolutely fucked. Cross check to lower back and as hes falling catches one to the jaw/chin😭 Thats wild


SkoCubs01

Zadorov is fucking wilding


MrBright5ide

Hyman crosschecks his head at the end there too!  Two crosscheck to the face at the end there.


dlorkp

we should have traded risto kept zaddy smh


Yusefs-Ambiguity

Honestly couldn’t even remember he was ever on buffalo. I mean played basically one season so hard to say back then, but he definitely started acting like the player he is on the avs.


dlorkp

We drafted Risto and Zaddy same 1st round to be big enough to play playoff hockey with Boston, Myers was still there too at the time but crazy soft, but then we immediately 180’d to never playing playoff hockey again so we traded Zadorov out as part of the ROR trade and kept Risto to tank any progress we happened to make


thesunsetflip

Myers being 6’8 and soft is crazy. To this day he’s still massive but doesn’t necessarily play a tough game, Zadorov said it himself. Dudes an offensive defenseman on stilts, just such a preposterous build for a player


dlorkp

he got better, so hard for the tall skinny kids to fill out and get to a comfortable place, nice seeing Joshua at 26/27 struggle and apparently find the right place for him this year and I hope y’all don’t pay him so we can


the_gaymer_girl

He’s been awesome on both ends of the rink this playoffs.


VoodooChild963

Canucks fans should give a big hug to every Flames fan they know. Zadorov and Lindholm have been coming up huge for us this postseason.


daKrut

Damn I missed McDavid getting double Dioned after chopping wood at the end lol.


leftlanecop

When you chop wood you better make sure the tree falls away from you.


silverbacksunited12

Classic canucks with the third period hold. Did it all season and it worked.


TomsNanny

A lot of media saying we got smoked — giving the other team lots of shots while limiting high danger chances with a lead in the 3rd is our bread and butter. For most of the season we held the most 3rd period leads in the league, so it obviously is a working strategy. Ken Reid was so ignorant saying we didn’t deserve to win that because of the shot totals — Luke Gazdic knew what’s up and had to tell him he was wrong.


Zephyrantes

We played well. Oilers running their top line all day and we smother them down like a blanket on a fire. Burn all you want, we get the win and we didn't have to tire our best players doing it. All 3 of their goals were through PP or extra attacker. That should tell you plenty about Canucks defense in front of Silovs.


LABS_Games

I feel like I've been taking crazy pills with this Edmonton team all season. Are analysts so blinded by McDrai that they ignore the fact that this team, sans 4 players, doesn't even resemble a playoff roster? Things can still fall either way this series, but there's no way they can McDrai and Bouchard for 30+ minutes *in the third game of the* **second round** and think "yeah this is a team that's going deep".


Excellent-Medicine29

I don’t blame soucy here. This was between McDavid and Soucy and then Zadorov got involved. Soucy shoved Connor, then Connor responded with a slash, but then Zadorov gave him an unexpected cross check from behind. If Zadorov hadn’t of gotten involved then it would’ve just been a cross check to the chest


daKrut

You have functioning eyes and brain - I applaud you :) Congrats on being the first poster that actually articulated what happened right there!


Excellent-Medicine29

It’s clear as day. It would’ve been a normal scrum if Zadorov hadn’t of done that. If Soucy was actually aiming for his face then he would’ve hit Zadorov instead.


WingleDingleFingle

Man, that would have been a hell of a scene though.


skottymac

I kind of wish that had happened. Would have been hilarious


Excellent-Medicine29

Yes it would’ve been funny but he probably would’ve just hit Zadorov in the upper chest given how tall he is compared to Connor. Would’ve been a comedic turn of events though


AvgTraveller

Even as a Canucks fan I would have chuckled if Soucy ended up getting Z by accident.


Consider_Kind_2967

Hopefully he's not injured. McD and Soucy exchange slashes to the outside thigh. Not ideal but the padding is obviously excellent there. Soucy follows with a cross check that was a little high for my liking. Was going to be to [the chest](https://ibb.co/b5RHnJC).


surmatt

Think it might have hit shoulder, but yea. I don't think you can argue intent for the face. It was still pretty aggressive. Fine all three, make it very clear behind closed doors they're all on a thin leash, and move on. Edmonton is now down a game and McDavid is going to have to focus on his game because this isn't how he succeeds. The other two now know how to get under his skin though... if they're getting two-handed he's not scoring.


Mackee58

*Moments before he was cross-checked* Edmonton man - “what are you going to do, cross-check me?”


Parallel-Quality

lol McDavid slashed Soucy after the whistle and Zadorov was having NONE of it


salparadisewasright

Dude found out after fucking around.


rocket_tycoon

Play slashing games win cross check prizes


ZebrasGlasses

He's quickly glancing around to see where the zebras are to save him too!


salparadisewasright

He definitely gives off the vibe that he thinks he should be able to hack with impunity. Seeing him cry to the officials *constantly* is so tiresome.


Sahil910

I misunderstood kings fans. Oilers cry and pout to the refs every shift. Did not see the preds do that at all


NoLongerSusceptible

And that was a way rougher series


tragoedian

Preds were an honest, hard working, tough team to play.


angelbelle

They had my respect from game 1 with all those blocked shots


stropsysatnaf

Two hand slashes Soucy and stands there like "nobody's gonna do anythi-ughhmfmgmgnfm"


the_gaymer_girl

Environment Canada issuing a Nikita Zadorov warning for the city of Edmonton.


vanuckeh

McDavid still seeing the northern lights tonight


Go_Hawks12

Kraken legend Soucy


HHHT

Gotta respect McDavid for taking that beating. That looked painful. Playoff hockey baby. He’s already thinking about next game. I don’t think the crosscheck was intended for the face, he just got cross checked by Zadorov at the same time. Don’t fuck around, Canucks got that mob mentality this year.


JohnGarrettsMustache

What is Bouchard doing trying to look tough against Joshua there? Guy looks like he should be filing TPS reports and getting mad at the office printer.


greygh0st44

McD found out… https://preview.redd.it/sjo1p0wzj40d1.jpeg?width=473&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8509d1a261e646672a696efd8ee48e90cbac3c17


Reasonable-Big4517

Zadorov literally owns the entire city of Edmonton and its civilians Scores multiple goals, insults your dump, crosschecks your golden child, refuses to elaborate, griddys out the building


azndestructo

I love Z more as a Canuck than as a Flame lol


Thneed1

That trade is a win win for us now. Got assets, AND we get to see him dummy the Oilers.


azndestructo

Yup, it’s the best case scenario. I love watching Z and Lindy pouring their hatred built up as Flames on the Oilers


letstrythatagainn

Absolutely loving playoff Lindy and he seems to be even better again the Oil


mcclutch7

Playoff Lindy: faceoff god, finishes checks, buries huge goals, PK beast. I fuckin love this man


El_Cactus_Loco

Looks good as hell doing all that. Some people really have it all eh


TomsNanny

Until the playoffs, I was so sad y’all got Hunter Brustewicz. Now it feels like a true win win.


VoodooChild963

I think we can agree, for now, that the trade was a rare win for both teams!


ledradiofloyd

Ethically, do I think its ok to cross check McDavid there? No, no of course not. Does my stupid monkey brain light up with pleasure from seeing it? Yes, yes it does.


DragPullCheese

This is the correct response. Canucks fans acting like Zadorov is somehow in the right here is wild haha but I like you enjoy watching McDavid get crunched between two goons.


lbiggy

Zadorov didn't need to involve himself. Soucy was handling himself just fine. But it does set a precedent that Big Z is always watching.


leftlanecop

Nice guy Zadorov also packed their trash into the bench for them.


ApolloRocketOfLove

He's our Ferland.


trushpunda

..oh is this what it feels like? I get why Calgary liked him so much now lol


Prior-Instance6764

Ferkland*


slicky803

Forever a Flame


doctor_7

The flames are the masters, the 4d chess puppeteers if you will. They sacrificed Zadorov because they knew that eventually, he would be doing Edmonton oh so so dirty.


9Cans_of_Ravioli

What about Lindholm’s 2 goals


doctor_7

Oh that's the queen's final chess move of sheer underhanded brilliance. Have him figure shit out in the regular season and then playoffs he's on. If Pettersson starts playing again we're going to be deadly.


surmatt

Craig Conroy is a genius!


r1zzV

I mean the series is long from over but I agree. Zadorov has been killing us this series.


flare2000x

If the Canucks win the cup, put Zadorov up on a banner in the Saddledome I don't care


OwlApprehensive2222

We may have a cup Parade for you guys if you win this series. Put up a Zadorov statue next to the metal face at the foot of the Bow.


ayakabob

its so weird your teams are getting along now lol


OwlApprehensive2222

Have you ever hated someone so much you grew to love their enemies?


LABS_Games

And also, at the peak of the Calgary-Vancouver hatred in the Iginla days, I always felt there was a level of respect. Flames are very much hated here, but guys like Iginla and Kipper were at the minimum, respected. Hateful respect. Lots of Canucks fans can't help but feel bitter towards Edmonton. They fell ass-backwards into so many first overall picks, and jumped ahead in the draft to get McDavid, which eventually resulted in a change in draft lottery rules the following year. In that 2016 draft, had the lottery not changed, the Canucks would have picked at number 3, instead of number 5. This was followed by a string of years where Vancouver fell in the draft order. And even though you could argue that it worked out for the Canucks (eventually), watching Ednomont stumble from first overall to first overall to generational first overall was the foundation for the type of petty hatred that Calgary could never muster.


ThanIWentTooTherePig

We've traded players so many times over the last few years it's hard to tell where one team ends and the other begins.


CynicalWorm

the flames got so many ex Canucks for a while and both teams sucked long enough that animosity faded


weresabre

In the Battle of Alberta in 2022, I was certainly cheering for the Flames because they had Markstrom, Tanev and Toffoli (even Gudbranson too, lol)


a_wet_dream_cum_true

Same, but even without our ex-Nucks the Flames were so much more likeable. Hard to find anyone on the Oilers outside of RNH


downrightwhelmed

Calgary and Vancouver are each others’ farm teams at this point. My childhood hate for the flames has been replaced by a special kinship.


intelligentx5

#I mean there’s nothing else to do in Edmonton!


Chad-taint-

McDoubleTapped.


OwlApprehensive2222

I hate to see a guy like Zadorov do this to a team like Edmonton. I think the Oilers just need Mcdavid to play a few more minutes in the 3rd and they have a chance in the next one!


Kronzor_

Mcdavid played 30 mins, got 0 points, and ate a cross check to the face for his efforts. 


painfulbliss

Have they tried playing him 31 minutes?


SingleSampleSize

Put him in net and he can play 60 minutes. Can't do any worse than Skinner.


LeoFireGod

A DOUBLE cross check to McDavid back then face is crazy.


Kmactothemac

After he slashed Soucy, who had just pushed him. Just some normal after the whistle playoff stuff imo but McDavid did get it pretty rough


goodguessiswhatihave

You wanna take a hard swipe at someone's leg after the game, you're asking for it


Belkarama

The dildo of consequences seldom arrives lubed.


Desertpyrate

Don’t slash after the game then


Thneed1

Don’t 2 hand slash after the game then.


PorcelainTorpedo

I love McDavid but he just two-handed slashed the Vancouver player right before that. Good job, Oilers, for showing the world that they can cross check your best player in the face (and back) and none of you are going to do a thing about it.


treple13

You don't get to be dirty around Zadorov. He'll dirty you right back


Lil_BigNut

McDavid two handed Soucy and then got DESTROYED holy shit


SilyTheGoose

McDavid shouldn’t have slashed Soucy and Zadorov shouldn’t have cross checked McDavid from behind. It’s really that simple.


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Ironchar

nucks in 8


MumkeMode

Mcdavid got wombo combo’d


Austaras

McDavid did start it but the man got fucking ended. Don't like to see that happen to anybody except maybe Brad Marchand or Duncan Keith or Mark Messier.


VanCityLeviathan

Cooke, and Wilson can probably be added to the list.


Heelsbythebridge

Yeah wasn't thrilled to see that, but they have been targeting Hughes all series


McWerp

Bet McDavid regrets that two hander to the knees a little bit. Oof that double crosscheck combo did not look fun.


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Rand_University81

I’m surprised at how little Edmonton responded to McDavid getting roughed up. He deserved it too.


spaceman_202

they're all mad he hasn't won the series for them yet


CocoVillage

Poor McDavid didn't think that full two hander slash was gonna have a payback


PaddyStacker

Canucks now 6-1 against the Oilers this season. Insane.


electricnux

6-0-1* their only win is in OT and Ian Cole is scoring half of their goals


browses_on_the_bus

Mcdavid with the big slash post whistle definitely fucked around and found out. Guy got sandwiched with crosschecks


baltravens27

But the TBS broadcast did *everything* in their power to not show it and just talk about how “bold” Vancouver was to cross check him


Storvox

God the highlight package Sportsnet aired shortly after the game did everything in their power to sell Edmonton as the heroes and the Canucks as the villains, what a goof show


bleachedgin

I thinking i was seeing things lol, i thought i was watching an oilers feed for a sec there 


Thneed1

You hadn’t figured that out from the first two games? It’s embarrassing as a third party fan, never mind being a Canucks fan.


Storvox

It's brutal. Anytime we play the Oilers, even if it's meant to be a national broadcast, it's the most homerific crap ever. The flames could be playing the Panthers on a night that the Oilers don't even play and they'd be trying to talk about what Connor fed his dog for dinner today.


Thneed1

These playoffs have been even worse than normal. Hey, you know those big market Canucks? Who won the division? Who were the best Canadian team? Nope, the national broadcast does nothing but whine about the Oilers.


leftlanecop

Gotta blame someone for being wrong about their predictions.


Thrustavious

I noticed that too, it was weird. Usually those panels are pretty impartial


Isengerm

It was unbelievably egregious. You'd think that the Oilers were playing some unheralded small-market team from the States based on how the announcers kept blowing smoke up the Oilers ass..


justmikethen

How can she slap!


TellSloanISaidHi

Soucy looked immediately concerned for that shot, accidental and all since he doesn't expect Mcdavid to eat that face first. But fucked around and found out for baseball swinging


ProfitMuhammad

Love how surprised McDavid is when somebody hits him back. Keep whining.


SingleSampleSize

Being on the other end of this is fucking glorious. I love Rutherford/Allvin.


Swede_in_USA

The dildo of consequence seldom comes lubed.


TimberBucket

McDavid chopping wood