Post-Series Talk: Edmonton Oilers Defeat the Vancouver Canucks, 4-3, advance to WCF

[Pure West]

Well sucked to lose this after such a great game 5 performance. I do think losing Boeser just before game 7 did suck a little enthusiasm out of the team at the start. It certainly did for me as a fan. No sour grapes here though. Oilers were the better team in games 6 and 7 and gotta give them credit for grinding out those wins without McDrai really taking over, particularly game 7. Contrary to the popular sentiment, I don't think they are DOA against the Stars.

Tough to take now but when you really break it down, losing this series in 7 to the cup favourites (or close to it) without our Vezina goalie and then losing our top goalscorer unexpectedly before game 7. Hell of a series, great playoffs and season.

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

because Stuart Skinner decided to suck ass for 3 games

and the Canucks had a miracle comeback in Game 1

He's still your starting goalie, and now you're facing Wyatt Johnston and Jason Robertson. I don't know why you guys are so cocky lol.

Congrats on the win, you were the better team in this one.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Yeah gave the Oilers way too much respect.

Game 5 was the blueprint, force the issue, take the body, force them to move it quick, but tonight reverted back to passive play. Expending all energy keeping the Oilers outside only to flip it out, change, and hand EDM's stars possession for another shift.

Credit to EDM though, their PK was massive all series & they played hard defensively when they had too.

I'm stunned they didn't do it Game 7

they need a horrific McLeod turnover in the 3rd to start to try...baffling

 

[Empoleon8771]

He's still your starting goalie, and now you're facing Wyatt Johnson and Jason Robertson. I don't know why you guys are so cocky lol

I mean the Oilers have a better chance of winning the cup than the Canucks at this point.

 

[LTIR]

The better team did not win.

The coach of the year got outccoached by an AHL coach/rookie

 

[wetcoast]

Oilers have been in our shoes before. They have fell short and knew what it would take to come back down in the series. They simply wanted it more. Hope it showed our guys what it takes to win for the up coming years.

Ya maybe but the lack of effort really sucks.

In too many offensive zone entries the only guy really skating was the puck carrier and sure the Oilers defended well but the Canucks made it look way too easy for the Oilers.

But maybe they were out of gas and had some nagging injuries......

 

[Senor Catface]

He's still your starting goalie, and now you're facing Wyatt Johntson and Jason Robertson. I don't know why you guys are so cocky lol.

Congrats on the win, you were the better team in this one.

I think we're just happy to win instead of conjuring up 100 excuses about why we didn't. If your goalie plays like an NHL goalie, I'm not sure it matters what string he is.

 

[eviohh26]

This one has to sting for Canuck fans. They had 2 opportunities to advance to the WCF and couldn’t get it done. They just ran out of gas.

Losing? Not so much. I expected to be bounced out by the Oilers. I had a bad feeling about tonight.

But watching that 1st 50 minutes? Yea that has me livid. Where the f*** was the will to win?

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

He's still your starting goalie, and now you're facing Wyatt Johnston and Jason Robertson. I don't know why you guys are so cocky lol.

Congrats on the win, you were the better team in this one.

yup Dallas will be tough and we will be the underdog

no one is cocky...but all we heard all season is Canucks fans crow about sweeping the Oilers in the regular season

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Mikeyev really needed to bury that chance in the first 10 minutes of the game. He was so close but man that guy simply can not finish no matter the situation.

 

[ujju2]

What a series. Hats off to the Canucks (and their fans) for a hell of a series and a season.

 

[StoveTopStauffer]

neither team had anything left in the tank at the end
this was always going to be an easy win for dallas

Oilers are battling a flu and it'll be done by the Dallas series. Not out of gas at all.

 

[thekernel]

GGs I think we all know Canucks win this series 8 times out of 10, we just ran into the games where their point shots went in and ours didn't. Them's the breaks

 

[Frank the Tank]

I imagine not many people had Bouchard significantly outclassing Hughes this series. Gregor vindicated (it's a rare event).

 

[ManByng]

It took the Oilers seven games to beat the Canucks on their third string goalie.

That's pretty funny.

Your “3rd string goalie” is better than half the goalies in the league incase you didn’t notice? He’s also your 2nd string goalie now having taken over from DeSmith! Give the guy some credit for being pretty damn good !

 

[Senor Catface]

What a series. Hats off to the Canucks (and their fans) for a hell of a series and a season.

Exactly! Great series. No hard feelings.

 

[Sergei Shirokov]

This one has to sting for Canuck fans. They had 2 opportunities to advance to the WCF and couldn’t get it done. They just ran out of gas.

Yeah. Honestly coming into today knowing Boeser was out it felt like we needed a miracle.

I think part of the slow start tonight was having basically 2 lines, and relying on Mikheyev as apart of it to step up which was never going to happen.

Brutal timing but the effort wasn't even there tonight so.. credit to EDM.

 

[bucks_oil]

Congrats to the Oilers and their fans. You guys were the better team tn, a deserved win. Good luck the rest of the way, was such a great series as a fan of one of the teams to watch, my team just ran out of gas. I'm proud of them for showing their heart in the 3rd, just too little too late. I said I couldn't cheer for you guys, and I won't, but I want you guys to prove to the rest of the league and Dallas, y'all ain't pushovers, make them earn every f***ing inch like u guys did us today and last game. Again congrats, see you guys next year

All class… much respect to, and some fear from, your team for next year.

 

[eviohh26]

GGs I think we all know Canucks win this series 8 times out of 10, we just ran into the games where their point shots went in and ours didn't. Them's the breaks

Bro we got outplayed and failed to show up. Quit making excuses. We simply didn't want it as bad as they did.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Losing? Not so much. I expected to be bounced out by the Oilers. I had a bad feeling about tonight.

But watching that 1st 50 minutes? Yea that has me livid. Where the f*** was the will to win?

Seemed they were devastated by the loss of Boeser. They should have rallied from it. Still confused how they came out that flat in a game 7 on home ice. This is where the leadership should have rallied the boys.

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

Your “3rd string goalie” is better than half the goalies in the league incase you didn’t notice? He’s also your 2nd string goalie now having taken over from DeSmith! Give the guy some credit for being pretty damn good !

The point is, when your elite starting goaltender goes down for the season, you're typically done 99% of the time.

Canucks were fortunate to get solid goaltending, but Silovs also let in several point shots with no screens that would have been stopped by Demko. It wasn't a a comparison.

In the end, they just aren't that deep of a roster, and the Oilers star players carried them to the finish line. Nobody is disputing that. Nevermind the Ian Cole factor.

 

[McFlyingV]

GGs I think we all know Canucks win this series 8 times out of 10, we just ran into the games where their point shots went in and ours didn't. Them's the breaks

Better team won. Oilers let the Canucks hang around too much in that series despite out playing them 5 out of 7 games.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1792773318510100751

 

[Mez]

oiler fans in here running down a canuck club that they barely beat
if vancouver sucks so badly what hope do you have against dallas???

lol what do you expect after the amount of shit talking between the fans? Hugs and kissed?

 

[Zanon]

Bouch is clutch. Quinn is great but let’s not pretend he was better than Bouchard this series

Bouchard was better. But Hughes was also banged up good by the Preds double-teaming him every chance they got.

 

[Sergei Shirokov]

The interesting part of the series is literally every game (aside from game 6) could've gone the opposite way with a bounce here or there.

Skinner was bad for EDM all series, Ian Cole was bascially playing for the Oilers, those 2 guys alone decided like 4 of the games.

Just sucks we didn't have Demmer/Boes but that's the way she goes, proud of the group that it came right down to the wire under those circumstances.