May 25May 25 2 minutes ago, dcar00 said: just awful. what is rantanen doing? Looking longingly at the Dallas goal. Completely wrong player to play defense on while having a brain fart.
May 25May 25 Just now, C-Man said: All that good work down the fucking drain all started with Jake going brain dead.
May 25May 25 1 hour ago, C-Man said: Dave Jackson is fucking worthless as a rules analyst. Just terrible. He's literally the worst to do that job across every sport.
May 25May 25 You grind and grind, then the best player in hockey shows his quality. Like Messi in his prime. Just a game changer.
May 25May 25 They’re cherry picking near the blue line and keeep getting rewarded because our forwards aren’t possessing the puck and they can just pass it beyond the D.
May 25May 25 1 minute ago, crum said: down 4-1 in a game we are outskating them by a mile... terrible Lets hope for the same effort next game and a more commensurate result.
May 25May 25 Will anyone even check McDavid? That motherfucker is ultra comfortable Edited May 25May 25 by Iceman
May 25May 25 6 minutes ago, Iceman said: Will anyone even check McDavid? That motherfucker is ultra comfortable McDavid doesn't play near the boards that often. Trying to line him up for a hit is really tough because he cuts and shifts like a video game. Hitting him with any authority would really require a charging or boarding penalty. Those are dirty hits.
May 25May 25 A step behind everywhere today.First period was a smashmortion. I’ve liked the push since. Gave up the killer goal to McDavid at end of second and then gave up another because we were pushing.Effort is there. Nobody can finish. Rantanen has been dreadful at both ends.
May 25May 25 6 minutes ago, GoldAppleCorps said: McDavid doesn't play near the boards that often. Trying to line him up for a hit is really tough because he cuts and shifts like a video game. Hitting him with any authority would really require a charging or boarding penalty. Those are dirty hits. So. Edmonton doesn't have a problem with dirty plays. Dallas is just grabbing their ankles and taking it up the ass Edited May 25May 25 by Iceman
May 25May 25 i fear skating rantanen so much when we were 7/11 may be wearing on him.... hopefully wrong next game
May 25May 25 9 minutes ago, C-Man said: First period was a smashmortion. I’ve liked the push since. Gave up the killer goal to McDavid at end of second and then gave up another because we were pushing. Effort is there. Nobody can finish. Rantanen has been dreadful at both ends. he had a nice 3-4 game run and crickets before and crickets after.
May 25May 25 'Thought there might be some retribution for the Nurse hit' Not with this squad. Just chirp, chirp, chirp
May 25May 25 this is what I was referencing after EDM went pussy mode at the end of game 1. We need to start roughing some motherfuckers up or go down like pussies in 5. meaningless penalty...like the late holds called when game is out of reach.
May 25May 25 lol tiny bump gets a penalty. No wonder we don’t want to finish checks. Edited May 25May 25 by Pato del Muerto
May 25May 25 Oh so that is a penalty but not the bullshit from EDM in game 1...such horseshit. give em the series and lets get on with EDM/FLA so FLA can beat their ass.
May 25May 25 47 minutes ago, dcar00 said: this is what I was referencing after EDM went pussy mode at the end of game 1. We need to start roughing some motherfuckers up or go down like pussies in 5. meaningless penalty...like the late holds called when game is out of reach. the refs called game 1 straight up and the league witnessed the result they are desperate for a canadian team to win a title and the only way to give oil any hope of competing with mean machine (i.e., cats) is to flip this series 180 degrees to a track meet where the wind draws whistles so they can end the series as fast as possible if today's calls happen back here in game 5 i'm concerned how our crowd will behave regardless they are better than us 5 on 5 straight up no fuckery or shenanigans we are going to have to get faster on lines 3 and 4 if we want to go all the way it's been a great season, and a great run for 5 years, and it will continue
May 25May 25 6 minutes ago, Iceman said: The league will ask McDavid if he wants the Dallas win to stand. i never thought the nhl would get an nba-feel to it........
May 25May 25 56 minutes ago, dcar00 said: give em the series and lets get on with EDM/FLA so FLA can beat their ass. 21 minutes ago, texastroubadour said: series has the look of a 4-1 loss Quit being a bunch of little girls. It's 2-1.
May 25May 25 6 minutes ago, ztejas said: Quit being a bunch of little girls. It's 2-1. Stars have outscored the oilers in 1 of 9 periods. It could easily be 3-0.
May 25May 25 10 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said: we are going to have to get faster on lines 3 and 4 if we want to go all the way it's been a great season, and a great run for 5 years, and it will continue yep. for both the Avs and Edm we have to get faster. we are slow as fuck and having Roope out makes us even slower. since you can't really hit anyone now it is even more of a speed game. Guys like Benn are going to go the way of the dodo. it would be nice to know what happens to Jason Robertson when someone tells him the game is a playoff game. 9 minutes ago, ztejas said: Quit being a bunch of little girls. It's 2-1. This is what Pete should be telling his team.
May 25May 25 13 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said: Stars have outscored the oilers in 1 of 9 periods. It could easily be 3-0. please don't quote him if he is quoting me thank you
May 25May 25 35 minutes ago, dcar00 said: This is what Pete should be telling his team. Fair. 37 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said: Stars have outscored the oilers in 1 of 9 periods. It could easily be 3-0. That's fine - but it isn't. You can look as bad as you want in the losses and as bad as you want in the wins.
May 26May 26 I woke up still salty. I doubt the team ever was. That's how I feel about these ladies. IDGAF if the rules have changed, your opponent is playing old school shit and you don't even resist.
May 26May 26 if we resist we go to the box it's clear they're not going to the box no matter what they do the league is DESPERATE for a canadian winner advantage florida in size, speed, strength, skating, skill, everything they are the best team on the planet by far they may defend their title but they will not get to do so playing oil straight up some but not all of their advantages will be negated by zebras
May 26May 26 In retrospect, I feel a little better about yesterday's performance than Game 2. We were barely competitive in that game. After a lackluster first 20 minutes and an 0-2 deficit courtesy of the Oilers scoring two goals during a period of time when the Stars should've been playing a man up, the Stars brought it most of the rest of the game and dominated. We gave up the killer McDavid goal to end the second period (thanks Rantanen) and then Hyman picked off a ridiculous snow-bird goal to make it 4-1. It was basically over then. A soft-as-baby-shit penalty on Harley led to another Edmonton goal. (Refs only made the call as a half-assed attempt to ward off the Stars looking for frontier justice as retaliation fro Nurse's bullshit in G2. Shame on the refs for not seeing that the Stars didn't do any of that shit yesterday.) Otter was not great and I feel his concentration probably waned as the third period drug on. I still think Edmonton is better, especially if that's the Skinner they're going to get. He's liable to lose it at any moment though. Bring maximum effort tomorrow and try to steal one there. Turn it into a best-of-3. I'm prepared for this to all be over Thursday in Dallas. As I've said multiple times, there's zero chance McDavid doesn't hoist the Cup during his career. This might be the year. But Florida ain't gonna sit idly by and let him take it from them. I hope we can delay the party a bit -- if not completely spoil it.
May 26May 26 The ever rare 6-1 defeat where we outplayed them (60.5% win percentage in the "deserve to win o'meter"). 2-1 after 3 is probably the right result as Edmonton probably deserved game 1. I haven't read the rest of this thread since logging off pregame Friday, but the right time for retaliation was the last 5 minutes of game 2 and I'm still pissed we didn't do it. It would have been tough for the league to suspend one of our players and not Nurse. Now we are down 2-1 and don't have any margin for error or time for that bullshit. Pretty much have to win tomorrow night as I don't think we can pull off 3 straight. If Skinner plays like that maybe not much we can do, but we are running into the exact same issue we had last year in the playoffs which is flat out inability to finish. Rantanen/Duchene/Robo/Johnston flat out have to score goals. It's pretty simple. 2 goals on 33 high danger chances this series isn't going to cut it.
May 27May 27 Author 41 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said: the canes have given life to oil with last night's result very low expectations tonight Connor Brown is out and Roope likely in. If we come out and play like we don't want to lose and stay disciplined, I like our chances to make this a 3-game series.
May 27May 27 2 hours ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said: Connor Brown is out and Roope likely in. If we come out and play like we don't want to lose and stay disciplined, I like our chances to make this a 3-game series. We need bad Skinner tonight. And it would be really fucking nice is Jason Robertson would fucking do something. Interesting Robo factoid -- of the 15 career playoff goals he has scored, 11 have come on the power play. EDIT: bolded, italicized Edited May 27May 27 by C-Man
May 27May 27 Author 22 minutes ago, C-Man said: We need bad Skinner tonight. And it would be really fucking nice is Jason Robertson would fucking do something. Interesting Robo factoid -- of the 15 career playoff games, he has scored, 11 have come on the power play. even mediocre Skinner and some puck luck would do. the first goal feels pretty big tonight, but as we've seen, it's not a complete determinant, but it has been the last couple of games.
May 27May 27 constant reminder: it's been 32 years since the habs and pat roy beat the gretzkyings prior to 1993 us teams won 26 of the prior 65 prior to 1928 every winner was canadian since 1993 every winner has been usian 41% of nhl players are canadian the hockey hall of fame is in downtown toronto (it's extremely cool) the league office is yyz replays are yyz today, king charles gave the throne speech to the canadian parliament, the first by the monarch in person in 50 years the orange man has united an entire country, just not ours winning this series is a sisyphean task oh, one last stat, almost forgot 90% of nhl zebras are canadian
May 27May 27 Author 23 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said: constant reminder: it's been 32 years since the habs and pat roy beat the gretzkyings prior to 1993 us teams won 26 of the prior 65 prior to 1928 every winner was canadian since 1993 every winner has been usian 41% of nhl players are canadian the hockey hall of fame is in downtown toronto (it's extremely cool) the league office is yyz replays are yyz today, king charles gave the throne speech to the canadian parliament, the first by the monarch in person in 50 years the orange man has united an entire country, just not ours winning this series is a sisyphean task oh, one last stat, almost forgot 90% of nhl zebras are canadian
May 27May 27 At this level, precision has to be taken for granted. The Oilers have it, the Stars don't. I mean that Oiler passes are going rink-wide, across zones, and landing in stride on tape. Dallas finds their target, sends it off a step slow, and then it lands on a heel or just between the feet. The receiver has to stop, dig the puck out, and lose sight of the play. Simply, we're taking too long to execute. Even with their lethal speed, the Oilers are going just a bit faster. A couple of times, we've gotten them chasing. They can be had, but we've got to stop thinking and play instinctually as fast as possible. If the turnovers are going to happen anyway, let them happen at full bore - preventing the Oilers from cleanly attacking. The assignment was always to win at least one of this pair. Get home ice back and see what happens. That's still there (remember, we got destroyed by the Avs in the games they won. We won 4 games by barely being ahead), but we can't play timid. If we're not going to clamp down defensively on their talent (almost impossible), then send the puck into our offensive zone. Right now, we're doing not enough of either. Never give up until the handshake line, but tonight determines if we've got a series or just a nice season.
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