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

[Sergei Shirokov]

8 months of Canucks fans swearing that the Oilers' injuries and puck luck to start the year didn't matter and look where we are now...

Hey you did beat us by one goal in game 7 without 2 of our 4 best players.. I guess we can both play that game this year.

Good series though, GL against Dallas.

 

[BIeucheeseWithWings]

Bouchard was alright, but if I needed a healthy defenceman for a playoff run, I take Hughes 10 times out of 10. He’s just that much better

Nah, bro. THIS ain't it.

 

[Bizzare]

He's relatively better without either of those two than they are without him. Like 58% xGF.

That's how good he and Ekholm have been this post season.

Playing with them so much, and having a high ozone start % is a massive benefit. Oilers used him to his strengths.

 

[eviohh26]

The Canucks were getting extremely impressive goaltending from a 3rd stringer. Not otherwordly but remarkable given the situation. And Tocchet still couldn’t put a game plan together to get more than 18 shots a game vs Nashville/Edmonton.

What would have you done differently as a coach to get the 12M $ man going? Not sure Tocchet it at fault. Players need to play.

 

[GOilers88]

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???

What? Almost everyone has tipped their cap to Vancouver for a good series.

 

[Three On Zero]

Oilers were the much better team in this series by the stats. If anyone lucked out to have this series go 7 it was the Canucks.

Except they weren’t, it was a pretty even series

 

[thekernel]

Oilers were the much better team in this series by the stats. If anyone lucked out to have this series go 7

It's okay to admit that Edmonton got extremely lucky

 

[CycloneSweep]

What is he like when he’s not on the ice with Mcdavid and/or Drai?

his expected goals against doesn’t really change, his expected goals for goes down but that’s to be expected when you are playing with 3/4 liners instead. Still a positive player.

 

[syz]

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It's okay to admit that Edmonton got extremely lucky

Something something score effects and whatever else every Canucks fan on this forum repeated ad naseum all season.

 

[Nostradumbass]

Hey you did beat us by one goal in game 7 without 2 of our 4 best players.. I guess we can both play that game this year.

Good series though, GL against Dallas.

I'm sure this asterisk will be remembered for decades.

 

[eviohh26]

What sucks more than losing this series is watching Pettersson play. He needs to show up next year or that contract is going to sink this team .

 

[Senor Catface]

And Tocchet still couldn’t put a game plan together to get more than 18 shots a game vs Nashville/Edmonton.

I imagine it's probably one of the lowest shots per game averages of all time in the playoffs. Top 10 I would bet.

 

[Sniper99]

Oilers were fortunate the Canucks had 2 of their best players out.

Thats life homie.

 

[BurnabyJoe7]

Was a good series. Not having demko was a blow to the Canucks but silovs ended up being their best player so it's difficult to quantify how much of a difference demko would have been. It sucks not having BB for game 7 but it was one game.

The oilers had a one-legged Drai against the flames 2 years ago when they lost to the avs. Good teams find a way to overcome injuries and the Canucks replacement for Demko came through. The rest of the team simply wasn't good enough.

Oilers aren't going anywhere with the Skinner we saw in this series. Hopefully he can turn it around against the stars but I expect to see Pickard or even Campbell next round at some point.

 

[McJC]

Great series guys. Maybe next year.



At least you guys have other things to do than watch hockey.

 

[eviohh26]

Great series guys. Maybe next year.



At least you guys have other things to do than watch hockey.

I just finished upgrading my gaming pc. I know what ima be doing this off season

 

[GreeningOil]

We're going to find out if the Oilers got an easy bracket this round. Hopefully it'll be more entertaining than Colorado-Edmonton for Oilers fans.

One team had to go through the last 2 Cup champs. One team had to go through 2 teams with virtually no playoff success the last 10 seasons.

Says the Leafs fan?

 

[Nostradumbass]

Oilers were fortunate the Canucks had 2 of their best players out.

No, Petterson was playing. It just seemed like he was out.

 

[Sergei Shirokov]

I'm sure this asterisk will be remembered for decades.

We dont forget, Otto kicked it in after-all

 

[Grifter3511]

Oilers were the much better team in this series by the stats. If anyone lucked out to have this series go 7 it was the Canucks.

Idk man. People were showing me stats saying canucks were the better team tonight, so idk if I can really trust that stats guy anymore.

 

[Sergei Shirokov]

No, Petterson was playing. It just seemed like he was out.

Pettersson's been 5th best since like March. But Bouchard outplayed him so.. good for EDM.

 

[Akrapovince]

This is why you need to play a full 60 minutes. If there were 10 more minutes the Canucks tie it.

But if there were 10 less minutes Canucks would have been shut out.

 

[eviohh26]

Idk man. People were showing me stats saying canucks were the better team tonight, so idk if I can really trust that stats guy anymore.

Stats are stupid. Canucks were better for like 8 minutes.

 

[Divine]

Says the Leafs fan?

Yes, Boston had more playoff success than both the Oilers opponents combined in their last 10 seasons. The same with Florida and the same with Tampa Bay.

 

[GreeningOil]

Yes, Boston had more playoff success than both the Oilers opponents combined in their last 10 seasons. The same with Florida and the same with Tampa Bay.

They still lost plenty easy to Florida