Irezumi wrote:
Ham Sandwich wrote:
Irezumi wrote:
Ham Sandwich wrote:
Irezumi wrote:
Ham Sandwich wrote:
It’s kind of impressive how badly Edmonton is botching having one of the best players ever to play the game. Year 9 of McDavid and the best goalie they’ve managed to have in any of those years was the corpse of Mike Smith. Stuart Skinner now statistically with some of the worst playoff goalie numbers is history.
McDavid and Draisaitl played nearly 30 minutes in a game with no OT.
Can’t wait to see them eliminated again.
You will have to wait a bit longer, sorry for the inconvenience.
Just glad that series is over. Despite that series obviously going 7,
that really was a pretty boring series. Vancouver was painful to watch. I'd be nervous about building a winning core around EP and Hughes if I were a Vancouver fan, they were brutal.
Don't think it matters who won that series as I can't see either standing much of a chance against Dallas.
Each game was decided by one goal, aside from game six. Game one featured a Canucks comeback from being down 4-1. Game two went to overtime. Game four's winning goal crossed the line with 39 seconds left in the game. Game five won with 33 seconds left in the game.
If you don't find any of that interesting, you may not enjoy hockey.
Been a hockey fan for decades, love the sport. Close games yes, but much of that series was a chore to watch. Vancouver had 4 shots what 30 minutes into a game 7? Just dreadful.
Not to mention some of those games were only close because Skinner is awful.
All of these takes have aged poorly. Skinner played well tonight, the Oilers advance to the finals-it turns out they had a chance against Dallas.
Tell me about it haha. Skinner played really solid the last 3 games. Nurse really turned it around too after all that heat he was getting.
But even more than that for Edmonton they seem to be more bought in as ever as a team. They just shut everything down defensively, didn't allow anything down the middle, and hardly any rebuild attempts. Everything for Dallas was one and done and offense for them in general was a huge struggle. Big props to Edmonton for how they played as a team.
Dallas needs a real game breaker too. Love Robertson and Hintz, but they need someone who can take over a game otherwise they're going to find themselves as being the Rangers of the western conference.
It will be interesting to see how Edmonton goes against a phsyical AND skilled team in Florida. Should be a great series. Game 1 isn't until Saturday? jeeeeeeez