“The best player won the series for them,” said Sutter.

[Zenos]

I'd say with average goaltending Cgy wins this series.

It's not like Edmonton received particularily above-average tending either. Smith was very beatable in this series.
Gaudreau, Tkachuck, Lindholm, Mangiapane, Tofoli, etc. just didn't get it done when it mattered most. Edmonton's top guys did.

 

[crazyfisherman]

Yea the 1st, and 2nd, and 3rd and 4th and 5th and so on. And the worst player in the series played 60mins a night

 

[Ol' Jase]

This is the coach who watched his top line get mismatched starting in the second period of Game 2 and did absolutely nothing about it for the rest of the series.

 

[sportsdynasty]

McDavid makes everyone around him better. Those players aren't scoring nearly that many points on any other team, all esle being equal.

Draisaitl centres his own line and is a prolific scorer without McDavid. Kane was the leading scorer for the Sharks. Try again.

 

[Ezekial]

Other than game 1 the better team was clearly Edmonton. Led by two of the best hockey players in the world.

 

[PostBradMalone]

I haven't hear the story here. Are they actual Cowboys cheerleaders? Who paid for their tickets? Were they supposed to be a distraction or a motivator? Who were they cheering for?

Yes.

 

[Aceboogie]

Ill say this, McDavid had some very average moments this series. I dare say this wasnt a great series by his standards.

Moreso on the PP, where he was trying to force passes to Draisaitl. There was a reason the Oilers PP was like 1-15 through the first 4 games.

At evens, he had moments where he was more easily contained than usual. Wasit game planning? Trying to do too much?

If he gets back to his usual self on the PP, the points are going to increase even more

 

[redgrant]

If you swapped McDavid & Draisaitl with Tkachuck, Gaudreau & Lindholm, the Flames would’ve won in 5.

Maybe, but that still is not one player.

 

[Skate2Stick]

And this mentality of losing to one player is why the Flames lost.

 

[redgrant]

Mcdavid was the first to admit he had a poor game by his standards last night. So... Maybe Sutter is referring to drai and his domination on one leg?

I don't know how he could imply mcdavid beat them when drai utterly owned them. Hell Hyman and Kane were scoring at will.

 

[crazyfisherman]

Ill say this, McDavid had some very average moments this series. I dare say this wasnt a great series by his standards.

Moreso on the PP, where he was trying to force passes to Draisaitl. There was a reason the Oilers PP was like 1-15 through the first 4 games.

At evens, he had moments where he was more easily contained than usual. Wasit game planning? Trying to do too much?

If he gets back to his usual self on the PP, the points are going to increase even more

I feel calgary adjusted well defensively on mcdavid in the last 2 games, backlund was really good this series. key was other players stepped up in those and contributed in a major way and markstrom was an absolute pumpkin

 

[PROGFAN66]

A good coach would find a way to shut him down.

Calgary couldn't contain both Leon and Connor. However, I heard from one of the analysts say that one way to at least to attempt to contain McDavid would try to trap or clog him in the neutral zone.

I was seeing that Draisaitl would start the rush and then pass to McDavid with speed letting him gain entry. It was a nice adjustment the Oilers use when they are both paired.

The only way to stop McDavid would be tackle him seriously.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

It’s kind of a strange comment when McDavid acknowledged himself that he played poorly in the fifth game. Especially when Draisaitl put up 4 assists in that game including doing the heavy lifting on McDavids OT goal.
Draisaitl was far and away the best player on either team in that clinching game.

 

[sandybridge]

Maybe he meant Drai?

I think he meant Smith ...

 

[jetsforever]

A good coach would find a way to shut him down.

Maurice did but he isn't a good coach
Sutter didn't but he is

 

[Hasbro]

After watching the Avalanche Blues game:

“The worst player won the series for them,” said Sutter​

 

[Bertuzzzi44]

Sour grapes. He’s tipping his hat to McDavid not the Oilers.

 

[thaman8765678]

The only way to stop McDavid and Oilers speed was to play tight checking like the first period of game 5.

But as soon as the second period started they went back to river hockey.

If you blow three 2 goal leads, it means you are not playing solid defensively.

 

[BoldNewLettuce]

If you swapped McDavid & Draisaitl with Tkachuck, Gaudreau & Lindholm, the Flames would’ve won in 5.

Then the opposite can be said?

The Flames lost because Tkachuk and gaudreau suck.

The truth is Calgarys goaltending and defense was poor and the 5 on 5 dominance was gone.

Basically their whole gamelan was in shambles.

 

[Eltuna]

I would say it was more Markstrom than McDavid. Looking into the numbers Calgary outshot and out chanced the Oilers by a pretty good margin. They badly lost the PDO battle though.

Having watched most of the series it didn’t feel like Calgary was playing as good as their numbers suggest however.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

The obligatory, "this is a misuse of the phrase sour grapes" post. Sour grapes doesn't mean sore loser, it means diminishing something you couldn't attain. Meaning if Sutter said "I didn't want to win the series anyway". That would be sour grapes.

 

[Sweetpotato]

I haven't hear the story here. Are they actual Cowboys cheerleaders? Who paid for their tickets? Were they supposed to be a distraction or a motivator? Who were they cheering for?

A bar called Cowboys in Calgary, sent their employees as distractions and free advertising lol

 

[Wretched Oil]

A bar called Cowboys in Calgary, sent their employees as distractions and free advertising lol

Heh, that makes sense I was having a tough time figuring it out

I would say that is wasn't free advertising, but probably still worth it in the end

 

[Sweetpotato]

Heh, that makes sense I was having a tough time figuring it out

I would say that is wasn't free advertising, but probably still worth it in the end

I guess they paid for the tickets so fair enough lol

 

[PensPlz]

Sour grapes. He’s tipping his hat to McDavid not the Oilers.

Who should he be tipping his hat to? Mike Smith?

McDavid, Kane, and Draisaitl couldn't be stopped. The rest of the Oilers were between average to dogshit.