GDT: WCQF Game 6 - To Live or Die in LA | Puck Drop sometime between 8:15 & 8:30 MT | CBC, SN, ESPN2, BSSC/630CHED, AM570

[Ginger Papa]

Warning : Some images may be disturbing to those unfamiliar with Tool videos


For those who just want to listen with lyrics


We know the Oil won’t quit
’Cause we‘ve seen how they can play
But stifled and smothering
Fundamental style of the Kings
Slow starts leave our Team exposed
They need to start with more emotion
So frustrating how it goes
Now on the brink of elimination

The fight that fueled our Season then
Has been let go, we need it so
We cannot let this be the end
Battling our elimination

We know this Team has grit
’Cause we‘ve watched them throwing down
Need to score, shoot all Game
Raise the puck, aim much higher
To beat John Quick, fire it over
Play your hardest, now or never
To bring Game Seven, back to Rogers
Holding off elimination

The energy
That comes from these Playoffs really seem
To make the roller coaster worth it
Now find a way to win Game Six!

There was a time when we must admit
We thought we’d blow them away
Humbled but still believing
Our Boys will beat the Kings

We’ve seen them play enough to know
The danger of Leon, when he’s pissy
McDavid angry, he can impose
His Will to avoid elimination

OT losses have
A tendency to
Exaggerate any
Sense of fan‘s passion

Between HF sisters and brothers
Between devoted Oiler lovers

We know the Team won’t quit
Not a little, not one bit
Connor, Leon and Mr. Smith
Defense will play with grit
Our Boys & Ben, so close-knit
Heart & soul, all of it
From the Kings kick some shit
And win Game number Six!


Lineups as per NHL.com



Oilers projected lineup

Leon Draisaitl -- Connor McDavid -- Kailer Yamamoto

Evander Kane -- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Zach Hyman

Josh Archibald -- Ryan McLeod -- Jesse Puljujarvi

Warren Foegele -- Derek Ryan -- Zack Kassian

Brett Kulak -- Cody Ceci

Duncan Keith -- Evan Bouchard

Kris Russell -- Tyson Barrie

Mike Smith

Mikko Koskinen

Scratched: Devin Shore, Derick Brassard, Olivier Rodrigue, Philip Broberg

Injured: None

Feeling shame for a Game: Darnell Nurse


Kings projected lineup

Alex Iafallo -- Anze Kopitar -- Adrian Kempe

Carl Grundstrom -- Phillip Danault -- Trevor Moore

Brendan Lemieux -- Blake Lizotte -- Dustin Brown

Andreas Athanasiou -- Rasmus Kupari -- Arthur Kaliyev

Mikey Anderson -- Matt Roy

Alexander Edler -- Troy Stecher

Olli Maatta -- Sean Durzi

Jonathan Quick

Cal Petersen

Scratched: Tobias Bjornfot, Gabriel Vilardi, Lias Andersson, Jordan Spence, Quinton Byfield, Jacob Moverare, Austin Strand

Injured: Viktor Arvidsson (lower body), Drew Doughty (wrist), Sean Walker (knee)


And some Mascot fail GIFs to help offset the anxiety while we await puck drop:

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[iCanada]

Just win, baby.

 

[BarDownBobo]

The Oilers are a good enough team to win the next two games and advance to the next round, but the Oilers need to wake up tomorrow and decide that’s what they want to do. There’s a lot of anger towards management and coaching right now but we saw what the team they assembled was capable of over the last two months. For whatever reason the players in the room cannot bring the game that they did in that period. It’s insanely frustrating to watch and have no idea which team will show up: the team that looks capable of winning the West or the team that looks like they should’ve been in Tuesday’s lottery. Here’s to hoping the former is the one that shows up for this one.

 

[Shaquille Oatmeal]

I don't post often anymore but SEEK AND DESTROY!

 

[OfCorsiDid]

This feels like waiting for the whistle in a WWI trench so we can get cut down by the machine guns.

 

[McDavidKindaFast]

If they come out looking like they just spend the last 3 hours asleep in a giant ass hot tub again then the whole team needs to be shipped to the Ukrainian League

 

[29Beast97Mode]

Another slow start and we're done. Wasn't that one of the biggest issues with tippett? Not saying he didn't deserve to get fired but maybe that's a player problem and not a coaching problem.

 

[BertMcDrai]

@Ginger Papa great GDT as always!

@Drivesaitl I couldn't answer in the pre game thread cause it was closed...regarding your controller disconnected comment on McD...if I remember correctly McD was over a minute on the ice while Kempe was a shift fresher and only seconds on the ice...so I can admit you are right but with this context it's not as bad of a play as it seems.

@ALL This game screams OT again just like the jets series...hopefully this time with better outcome.

 

[Oilhawks]

Another slow start and we're done. Wasn't that one of the biggest issues with tippett? Not saying he didn't deserve to get fired but maybe that's a player problem and not a coaching problem.

It is a player problem. Tippett deserved to get fired for the actual coaching problems.

 

[Zerotonine]

My day just starting, FML 8 pm gonna take forever

 

[ThePhoenixx]

The Kings game plan is to come out really hard in the first period. The Kings know that when the Oilers "find their legs" near the end of the first period there will be a good chance they will be up a goal or two by then. They can then sit back, wait for mistakes and then come out really hard if the Oilers manage to score a goal.

Then after they score they will sit back and let the Oilers chase the game again. Rinse and repeat.

 

[EchoesoftheEighties]

Just f***ing win

 

[McDrai]

This feels like waiting for the whistle in a WWI trench so we can get cut down by the machine guns.

Pretty much. I'm 99% sure that LA finishes us off tonight, especially with them being at home with the crowd advantage.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Game 6 Day! Time to find that next level, because there's no tomorrow otherwise.

 

[94 Oil Drops]

This feels like waiting for the whistle in a WWI trench so we can get cut down by the machine guns.

The Kings when they see the Oilers out on the ice right before the opening face off:

 

[Tad Mikowsky]

If the Oilers don’t come out to play within the first couple minutes, it’s over. Straight up. They need to play desperate instead of f***ing sleepwalking like they have the past two games.

 

[McDrailers]

I’m going into tonight with a house money attitude. The pressure is all on LA. No Nurse sucks, not because I think he’s a game breaking.. more so now we have to rely on Bouchard/Keith to step up.

 

[Proko88]

Let’s go Oilers!!!! Take my energy!!!

 

[brentashton]

Fast start, get more than one shot in the first 5 minutes of play, no puck bobble goaltending, limit LAK puck posession time. If they can do this in the first 10 minutes, i think they will grow into the game confidently and get the win.

If the Oilers lose, it will become a significant turning point for the organization in management structure and team make up, I believe. It’s that critical at this point in the careers of LD, CM. But thats fodder for a different thread. Lets enjoy the Game 6 win tonight.

 

[Davo Ikinzom]

If the Oilers lose, it will become a significant turning point for the organization in management structure and team make up, I believe.

So, promotions all around?

 

[tardigrade81]

Just win. For the love of god. Just win

 

[Lacaar]

Same prediction until proven otherwise. there's only 3 outcomes.

1. Oilers win big.
2. L.A wins big
3. L.A wins close

Sucks when you only have 1 way to win a hockey game.
Even harder when you don't want to work as hard as the other team.

 

[Ritchie Valens]

Easily one of my top 5 Metallica songs.


Then I found this cover of an electric violin orchestra from a music school/camp. Sideshow Bob kind of butchers the guitar melody in the middle but all in all, beautiful cover of it. Cliff would be proud as it is his lyrics.

 

[brentashton]

So, promotions all around?

This org is so f***ed up organizationally in its mgt makeup and structure, but if they dont make it out of the first round, heads have to roll. But yes, your question could be what happens…its that comedic at times.

 

[Mav3rick07]

Sorry but I have no faith. This team has completely broken my confidence with them. Those "efforts" in game 4 and 5 were simply pathetic.

Maybe they'll surprise me.