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

[Paradise Circus]

Don’t cheer for the blue jays or will be cheering for the oilers sorry

 

[ChaoticOrange]

I live in Edmonton. The city was so prepared to lose this series. The cope was coming on strong. They didn't expect to win.

And yet

 

[VainGretzky]

Canuck fans after 3-2 series lead

 

[Cursed Lemon]

Vancouver made Edmonton look like Norris/Vezina/Selke candidates in those last two games, no excuse.

 

[Sergei Shirokov]

For all the talk of Hughes not being great, or whatever, this is how he goes out



He definitely wasn't at his best overall in this series but the baseline is still strong with him either way.

 

[jackjohnson]

Atleast they gave themselves a chance to still win the cup.

It’s infinitely higher than the Canucks chance right now.

Infinite to the power of zero is still zero.

 

[jackjohnson]

This guy has been wrong on every post, he is the Oiler's good luck charm keep it up, man

We will see about that once Dallas lits up Skinner like a Christmas tree.

 

[Czechboy]

For all the talk of Hughes not being great, or whatever, this is how he goes out



He definitely wasn't at his best overall in this series but the baseline is still strong with him either way.

Hope everyone noticed Bouch was second on that list. And ahead of Ek who carries him.

Hughes is amazing... I think he was hurt. I think he'll deseervedly win the Norris as well. I do wonder about small size and long playoff runs. I noticed him a lot more in the regular season slaughters.

 

[aufheben]

Hope everyone noticed Bouch was second on that list. And ahead of Ek who carries him.

Hughes is amazing... I think he was hurt. I think he'll deseervedly win the Norris as well. I do wonder about small size and long playoff runs. I noticed him a lot more in the regular season slaughters.

He’s not “ahead” of Ekholm that just shows they’re a strong pairing.

 

[North Cole]

lol. please do tell me more about astronomical odds. educate me.

or maybe just take the series win and good luck with dallas.

I'd rather hear more about how playing one extra game the series before led to their downfall. No gas in the tank after a 6 game 1st round, lmfao, shouldn't have chased the division banner so hard I guess.

We will take the series win, just like we did with Calgary.

 

[CrazyJoeDavola]

For all the talk of Hughes not being great, or whatever, this is how he goes out



He definitely wasn't at his best overall in this series but the baseline is still strong with him either way.

It's pretty clear he was banged up and hurt. Same with Petey. I don't understand why the media is going so hard at these two.

 

[Bank Shot]

For all the talk of Hughes not being great, or whatever, this is how he goes out



He definitely wasn't at his best overall in this series but the baseline is still strong with him either way.

Those kind of numbers will happen when you continuously put a guy on the ice when the puck is headed towards the offensive end.

Hughes had 70% offensive end starts to his shifts. The announcers even noticed this and mentioned how smart it was of Tocchet to let Hughes start his shifts when the puck was moving up ice so Hughes wouldn't have to "waste" his energy on defence.

So the chart says more about him being good at offence than defence.

The fact that Hughes spent more time 5v5 vs Ryan McLeod (40:27) than he did vs McDavid (39:52) really says something about the matchups Toccchet was trying to get for Hughes.

 

[Senor Catface]

Infinite to the power of zero is still zero.

It's good to see you are handling the loss with such dignity, at least.

 

[VainGretzky]

It's good to see you are handling the loss with such dignity, at least.

He reminds me of poker players on tilt going all in on 2-7

 

[eviohh26]

I would bet every single one of these Canucks fans in here cheer in the Toronto Blue Jays because they are "Canada's Team"...I know this because they all flock to Seattle to watch them play. So having that said...I would imagine you will all cheer on Edmonton now since they are "Canada's Team", right?

I don't mind the Blue Jays but they are not my favorite team. I grew up a Seattle fan due to Ken Griffey JR. And became a Oakland fan in my early teens.

Oakland is my #1. Then a toss up of Seattle/Toronto .

 

[Sniper99]

Oilers will play 4 more games. Thats the only difference. Their chances of winning a cup is as good as zero. Good luck

and you'll still whine and pout.

 

[94 Oil Drops]

Oilers barely beat the Canucks minus their starting goalie, their top winger, and with their franchise center having 1 goal in 13 games.

Fun series. But you're going to get smoked by Dallas, and you know it. Enjoy this while it lasts.

It took the 2 biggest Canuck MVPs to be out for the Oilers to beat the Canucks in 7 in a one goal game. Safe to say if the actual Canucks roster showed up, theyd win easy

Hopefully Stars in 4

Stars in 4

We weren't even supposed to be here, and everyone else hates your team, so it probably wouldn't have been us dunking on you.

Canucks out 2 key guys is huge. Take out Mcbaby and Drai, oilers would be shutout

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???

Edmonton barely beat Vancouver despite Vancouver invoking every excuse and counterfactual in the book!

The better team did not win.

How do you have 5 shots beyond the halfway point of the match in a Game 7 on home ice with Owen Wilson in the crowd?

You're playing against the freakin' Oilers, that titanium asteroid worth 10,000 quadrillion dollars would've been able to score on this defence with Skinner in the net. Canucks should be ashamed, they let the worst team in this entire playoffs beat them and not even show up until 3 minutes left. Pathetic.

Oilers barely beat an injury riddled Canucks team playing their 3rd string goaltender and without their leading scorer. Would’ve been nice to play Dallas with Thatcher Demko & Brock Boeser back to start game 1, Canuck Luck I guess.

They won with a template that has proven to be ineffective in winning championships. Anyone can luck out of a series, rarely can a team luck into a Stanley Cup

Hope Edm losses and Draistail leaves.

***

Well, to all the Canucks fans that have maintained a fair level of respect during these 7 games, I salute you! Your team certainly gave us a whole lot of trouble and (with the exception of game 6) they were in every game they played. It's too bad Boeser got a clot and missed the last game. That's a tough break for sure. He was fantastic and hope he recovers.

 

[Sniper99]

We will see about that once Dallas lits up Skinner like a Christmas tree.

you're one bitter little dude.

 

[Osakahaus]

Props to the Oilers, they didnt fold after a terrible ending to game 5. After they switched to Pickard, that changed the tone honestly. Oilers limited to the Canucks to only 3 goals at most, and they definitely brought their A game

now please win a conference finals game

 

[TheNumber4]

Is there any way for the NHL to change the Jack Adams result? After this series it's been proven that Tocchett is a fraud.

 

[Brookbank]

They’ll be the first one screaming about him being untouchable in the off season threads

Nope. The team structure is what gave a guy like Silovs a chance. But we will keep him. Instead of pawning him off to the Leafs or Oilers just to see him get shelled. This even happened with Devan Dubnyk in reverse. But getting away from Jasper Avenue was probably half the battle. I remember checking the schedule when they'd leave the bar open for Hall and the boys, getting pissed up at 3am. There wasn't a game the next day but the day after. I guess those nights helped land McDavid.

 

[Brookbank]

Hope everyone noticed Bouch was second on that list. And ahead of Ek who carries him.

Hughes is amazing... I think he was hurt. I think he'll deseervedly win the Norris as well. I do wonder about small size and long playoff runs. I noticed him a lot more in the regular season slaughters.

Pretty much the whole Vancouver media is giving Bouchard credit today.

I wonder where he ends up in a redraft today

 

[TheNumber4]

A critical mistake the Nucks made in this series is cheering their team on a first name basis.

Sure you want to get "PETEY" and "JT MILLER" going. But what about the other guys? So many guys could have made an impact but they felt left out and ignored by the Vancouver fanbase. Probably why the Nucks were dominated in possession. Some fanbases just don't know how to cheer their team.

 

[Czechboy]

Pretty much the whole Vancouver media is giving Bouchard credit today.

I wonder where he ends up in a redraft today

6th? Few risers taken after him. Dobson was also taken after him and that would be a great argument on who's better. I think Dobson would win it but just guessing. What a draft for D!

 

[WEMCHUD]

Not too sure how anyone can say the canucks deserved to win that series seeing as for the last 4 games of the series they had the lead for like 30 seconds when they pulled off the last minute game 5 win.