GDT: WCQF - Game #2 : Oilers host Kings on May the Fourth be with us @8pm MT | ESPN2, CBC, SN, TVAS, BSSC

[russ99]

A good start and the first goal is critical or we fold like a cheap suit mentally, as usual.

 

[syz]

A good start and the first goal is critical or we fold like a cheap suit mentally, as usual.

Strange comment given the Oilers have been getting scored on first all year and still winning. But agreed anyways, they should stop having to do that.

 

[PinSeeker]

A good start and the first goal is critical or we fold like a cheap suit mentally, as usual.

Not sure that is fair, they mounted a nice comeback in game 1 after being down 2-0.

I see a lower scoring affair, flip a coin on who wins.

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

I predict we play tremendously well and we lose in OT on a defensive gaff of some kind.

 

[tardigrade81]

I'm not nervous at all oddly enough. I'm calm as a May morning right now. I was furious after we lost game 2 to the Jets. I turned my TV off, tossed my remote on the carpet and went to bed knowing that there was no chance they were going to win and were likely to get swept. I'm rarely right about anything but was last year.

I mean... The team is better than last year but if we lose game 2 this year again, there's a 90% chance we won't win it. Regardless of what happens, I'm going to keep myself calm either way unlike the previous 2 years.

Well said! Best way to be!

 

[GMofOilers]

LA can’t keep up with the Oilers when we are rolling! LFG!

 

[alphahelix]

Oilers winless in playoff games called by Harnaryan Singh

Undefeated in playoff games called by Jack Michaels

WWW.CHANGE.ORG/BRINGBACKJACK

Lots of superstitious people in hockey but having said that I thought Harnaryan gave a solid call last game, maybe if he amps it up one more notch we can break the curse. Go crazy tonight and get the energy flowing!

 

[oXo Cube]

Need to crack Quick early. Oilers will win today as long as he doesn't steal it.

He might.

 

[LaGu]

hahaha. If I had a dollar for every time someone said this, only to then see the Oilers lose.

No need for "someone", if I would have gotten a dollar for every time I said this, only to see Oilers lose...

 

[Valhallis]

Is Ben back yet?

 

[xoczar99ox]

@Ginger Papa Fun fact! Todays GDT made my google news feed which has never happened before….Good luck I hope!

 

[Bobieque]

Is Ben back yet?

There are in Disneyland, but will attend game #3 and Game#4 in LA

 

[soothsayer]

The Oilers have the ability to absolutely blow the doors off LA tonight--I'm talking 7-1, 8-2 territory. But the defense need to transition and control gaps way better, at least long enough to allow the offense to put LA away by mid-2nd period. That Mike Smith needs to play miles better just goes without saying.

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Lineups are just a guess until NHL.com is updated

Evander Kane -- Connor McDavid -- Jesse Puljujarvi
Zach Hyman-- Leon Draisaitl --Kailer Yamamoto
Warren Foegele -- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Derek Ryan
Derick Brassard -- Ryan McLeod -- Zack Kassian
Darnell Nurse -- Cody Ceci
Duncan Keith -- Evan Bouchard
Brett Kulak -- Tyson Barrie


Mike Smith
Mikko Koskinen

Scratched: Devin Shore, Josh Archibald

Injured: Kyle Turris (upper body),



And please stay in your net Smitty
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Kings Projected Line up

Andreas Athanasiou -- Anze Kopitar -- Adrian Kempe
Trevor Moore -- Phillip Danault --Alex Iafallo
Carl Grundstrom-- Blake Lizotte -- Dustin Brown
Brendan Lemieux-- Quinton Byfield -- Arthur Kaliyev

Alexander Edler -- Matt Roy
Mikey Anderson -- Sean Durzi
Olli Maatta -- Jordan Spence

Jonathan Quick
Cal Petersen

Scratched: Tobias Bjornfot, Gabriel Vilardi, Lias Andersson, Troy Stecher, Austin Strand, Rasmus Kupari, Viktor Arvidsson
Injured: Mikey Anderson (upper body)

How to ruin May 4th in one video.

 

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I'm literally crying from laughing at the last two memes.

hahaha. If I had a dollar for every time someone said this, only to then see the Oilers lose.

You'd have 7 dollars.

I'm not nervous at all oddly enough. I'm calm as a May morning right now. I was furious after we lost game 2 to the Jets. I turned my TV off, tossed my remote on the carpet and went to bed knowing that there was no chance they were going to win and were likely to get swept. I'm rarely right about anything but was last year.

I mean... The team is better than last year but if we lose game 2 this year again, there's a 90% chance we won't win it. Regardless of what happens, I'm going to keep myself calm either way unlike the previous 2 years.

That was me after Game 3 last year. My wife sent me to bed early because she was fed up about my bitching.

Oilers winless in playoff games called by Harnaryan Singh

Undefeated in playoff games called by Jack Michaels

WWW.CHANGE.ORG/BRINGBACKJACK

Lots of superstitious people in hockey but having said that I thought Harnaryan gave a solid call last game, maybe if he amps it up one more notch we can break the curse. Go crazy tonight and get the energy flowing!

Hasn't Jack called all these games on the radio?

 

[Duke74]

It would be nice if Draisaitl showed up.

 

[brentashton]

Do the Oilers win tonight?

Ya baby!!

 

[Morpheus]

Let’s kick some ass tonite!!

 

[EchoesoftheEighties]

I'm going to this one so let's kick some ass

 

[midnightcopper]

Welcome to the dark side, friend.

I already feel apathetic about this series, and about the team. I'll be honest, I actually briefly dozed off in the third because the Oilers were generating nothing and woke up to see the Kings had taken the lead. I felt nothing. No surprise, no disappointment, nothing. Nothing in game 1 convinced me that this team is different from years past. Another game that was there for the taking in the late stages and they blew it because once again they couldn't generate any offense in the third period and the depth was once again non-existent.

You must resist KIJO...you must resist...

You must unlearn what you have learned...

 

[CycloneSweep]

I hope this team can show massive improvement from last year and manage to win at least one game. At this point that's all I am asking for. One win.

 

[Lacaar]

That was me after Game 3 last year. My wife sent me to bed early because she was fed up about my bitching.

Haha glad I'm not the only who's been sent to bed without my beer due to bitching about the Oilers

 

[Drivesaitl]

Just to note tickets seem to be on sale today (resales) relative to what they were before series started. Spotted tickets as low as 176bucks today. Some devaluation seems to have occurred. For those inclined to go the asking prices are much lower for game 2. Hopefully people get to see a much better result.

 

[OilersaretheMcBest]

Lets get louuuudddd againnn legooo boys

 

[Perfect_Drug]

Right now, I think our chance to win this series is 25%.
If we win tonight, it goes back up to 50%.
If we lose tonight, it's likely 0%.

I'm not nervous at all oddly enough. I'm calm as a May morning right now. I was furious after we lost game 2 to the Jets. I turned my TV off, tossed my remote on the carpet and went to bed knowing that there was no chance they were going to win and were likely to get swept. I'm rarely right about anything but was last year.

I mean... The team is better than last year but if we lose game 2 this year again, there's a 90% chance we won't win it. Regardless of what happens, I'm going to keep myself calm either way unlike the previous 2 years.

Nice work.
I'm not too worried. We outplayed them first game and deserved to win. Smith needs to dumb it down a bit.

You know, we outplayed the Jets last year too. Infact we LEAD most of those games.
We mostly outplayed the Hawks too.

The problem (just like the last 2 times) is they have the better goalie, and we lack the ability to 'lock it down'.

Even if we win this series, this is likely the only series we have a chance at winning (and its a slim chance at best). We are FAR FAR away from being a cup contender by virtue of having the worst goalie in the entire playoffs for a 3rd straight year.

Cinderella runs are done by teams with Carey Price in net. Or JS Giguere, or Duane Roloson getting insanely hot. Or Halak. In the rare occasion a young underscouted fresh goalie like Binnington, Cam Ward or Matt Murray will make runs.

Going into the playoffs with Mike Smith in net, was like those stacked Senators teams going into the playoffs with Patrick Lalime, or Ray Emery. Even when they were the favorites to win, they lost to the Leafs backed by CuJo.

We will be lucky to win a round against a shitty Kings team, because even a 'past-his-prime' Jonathan Quick is better than who we have in our net.



For the 3rd straight year, we are "out-goalied" in the 1st round.

 

[KlefDown]

still scared