Series Talk: WCQF: Edmonton Oilers vs Los Angeles Kings | EDM Lead 3-1

[chaser17]

I got oil in 6. LA doesn't seem as strong as years past for whatever reasons. Talbot and Rittich aren't gonna keep shooters up at night either.

 

[kingsholygrail]

We used to have a dance off with the sharks fans.
Given this is year 3 of Kings-Oilers, need to come up with a GIF contest of some kind

Oilers in 4.

 

[Little Psycho]

Y'know, the Kings have gotta figure out the Oilers at some point.

Maybe it'll happen this year?

Do pigs fly?

 

[Coffey]

Hello again my warmer climate friends.
At this point I feel like we’re just buds and may the best team win.

 

[Czechboy]

Only way LA wins this is if they have the vision and balls to start Big Save Dave.

 

[Little Psycho]

Kings will win one in Edmonton.

Oilers will rough up the Kings, who have no answer for any physicality. Kings cave in on themselves and respond by playing even MORE ultra conservative hockey until Edmonton's superior game breaking talent wins out.

We have all seen this rerun before.

Tale as old as time! That’s consistency my friend

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Korpisalo was the only reason that series was close to begin with. If you think talbot is going to do better I got some diamonds to sell you.

Korpisalo completely fell apart in the second half of that series last year.

Talbot is having a solid year, he made the All Star game for a reason. I will take Talbot over Skinner every time in a series. Skinner will completely self destruct like he did last year. He’s already been overplayed this year, eventually he will run out of gas.

 

[Rudy Russo]

Kings in six

 

[syz]

Only way LA wins this is if they have the vision and balls to start Big Save Dave.

I will stop watching hockey if Dave Rittich stones the Oilers.

 

[SensFactor]

Oilers in 5 or 6....

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Why did you idiots have to tie the game?

 

[Team_Spirit]

Talbot played with these guys for years it's a huge upgrade vs Korpisalo, he could steal this one.

Oilers won the season series 3-1 but were outshot every game.

 

[Johnny Tomala]

Oilers in 5.

 

[Osprey]

At least if/when the Kings lose again, all the more if it's in fewer than 6 games this time, it'll look worse on Blake than a loss to Dallas would've (since you can excuse losing to the #1 seed, but not to the same team 3 years in a row) and maybe ownership will fire him. It'll be a good time, too, before Blake signs a new head coach to a multi-year contract, so a new GM could pick his own.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Talbot played with these guys for years it's a huge upgrade vs Korpisalo, he could steal this one.

Oilers won the season series 3-1 but were outshot every game.

Talbot will be fired up. He will forgive but will never forget.

 

[zar]

Talbot played with these guys for years it's a huge upgrade vs Korpisalo, he could steal this one.

Oilers won the season series 3-1 but were outshot every game.

Talbot is dangerous if he stops the first shot of the game.

 

[fsanford]

That's true but something looks off with Vegas. The Kings play a style that is tough to deal with in the playoffs, this won't be easy for the Oilers in the least.

Nah..The Kings had a nice start to season, got a bit of a dead cat bounce on coaching change. Other than that it's been pedestrian.

There were some close games in the past. Probably will be a few this time as well.

But Oil in 5 or 6 would not surprise me

 

[syz]

Korpisalo completely fell apart in the second half of that series last year.

Talbot is having a solid year, he made the All Star game for a reason. I will take Talbot over Skinner every time in a series. Skinner will completely self destruct like he did last year. He’s already been overplayed this year, eventually he will run out of gas.

Korpisalo fell apart because the Oilers realized they needed to start shooting at the top half of the net.

The actual thing the Oilers need to do this time is not go out and get dinged for a bunch of chippy slashing penalties for the first 3 games. They've had a habit of feeding the Kings powerplays early and it's almost cost them both series.

 

[Choralone]

Oilers in 5. Kings are entering the playoffs with all the momentum of a salted slug.

The Kings started the season on fire and have steadily cooled to sub-zero temperatures.

 

[CycloneSweep]

This game will be decided by Talbot.

Skinner is already broken down to Playoff Skinner. This past month he has been one of the worst goalies in the league.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

The best news for LA is that they no longer have the useless “regular season success only” coach in Todd McLennan. He costed his own team the series last year by failing to make any in-game and game-to-game adjustments. While Woodcroft was having his way with him behind the bench. New coach now, new hope.

 

[Matty Sundin]

Oilers know what to expect with their style. I don’t see it going over 5

 

[OilWagon]

LA had us in the first half of the 3rd, not gonna lie

 

[McSomnii]

Do pigs fly?

Anything can happen in these playoffs.

 

[6ix]

I don’t see much difference from years past. Kings will keep it close at even strength but oilers PP will be the difference.

Oilers in 6