OOT Scoreboard 2023-24 playoffs

[Billdo]

And he’s somehow done it so quietly.

Yeah, what's wild about that almost 3 points per game is that you're not hearing about him being dominant. He's so damn good, it kinda blows your mind when you think about how skilled the league is now and how much better than most players he is.

 

[HBK27]

I had to do some searching and found that the guy was Guffman, but his profile no longer exists.

Ha - yeah, that's the guy. Was one of the biggest tools I've come across on these boards. Interesting that he's no longer on here.

On an unrelated note, one of my kids has a player on his baseball team with the last name Duffy and I'm disappointed they don't refer to him as Duffman.

 

[Cheddabombs]

This is Rico's year, I believe!

 

[Its Always Sundstrom]

This is Rico's year, I believe!

 

[Camille the Eel]

Home team loses first 4, home team wins game 5. Took the higher seed a couple of games get their legs under them + the goalie to settle in.



Greatest player ever I don't care what people say lol

Of his generation anyway. His era in the game. Comparison: Bobby Orr in his day. Very similar talents actually, it’s a good comparison for those who watched both of them play.

 

[Bleedred]

I’ve been saying for the last year the Oilers are gonna win the cup soon. It took Ovechkin a while before the Capitals won the cup. He was already 6-7 years older than McDavid and had been in the league about 4 years longer than McDavid has now by the time he finally won the cup.

He won’t go cupless. I think he’ll win one in the next 3 years. Could even be this one.

 

[My3Sons]

Of his generation anyway. His era in the game. Comparison: Bobby Orr in his day. Very similar talents actually, it’s a good comparison for those who watched both of them play.

Don't you mean more like Ben Lovejoy during his Devils tenure?

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

Does anyone see a common thread? I surely don’t. A variety of play styles here.

 

[Dialamo]

This is Rico's year, I believe!

He is gonna win with the Oilers this year, then he signs with us in the offseason and wins with us in 2025. Manifest it into my veins!

 

[jkrdevil]

I’ve been saying for the last year the Oilers are gonna win the cup soon. It took Ovechkin a while before the Capitals won the cup. He was already 6-7 years older than McDavid and had been in the league about 4 years longer than McDavid has now by the time he finally won the cup.

He won’t go cupless. I think he’ll win one in the next 3 years. Could even be this one.

Because of the bracket the Oilers are going to walk to the conference final and the other side could be pretty beat up.

 

[Camille the Eel]

I’ve been saying for the last year the Oilers are gonna win the cup soon. It took Ovechkin a while before the Capitals won the cup. He was already 6-7 years older than McDavid and had been in the league about 4 years longer than McDavid has now by the time he finally won the cup.

He won’t go cupless. I think he’ll win one in the next 3 years. Could even be this one.

It's going to be interesting to see them play someone truly competitive in the next round or after. I was not impressed with them at the end of the 3d period last night, trying to close out the series. They were very loose defensively and with an inch or two on a pass across the crease this game could have been tied in the last minute. The Oilers looked like we do when trying to defend a 6 on 5.

Their goaltending and their defense is suspect to me. I would like to see them win but I don't see this team as superior to Denver or Dallas or maybe Vegas in a series. Superior to Vancouver or Nashville, okay, no question. But they will need to score their way to beating either Denver, Dallas or Vegas and I don't think they match up well as to defensive strength against any of those three clubs.

In short, as usual, as in all previous seasons, they still look top heavy to me, built from the forward end in, instead of the goalie out. Superior at forward even, given McDavid and friends. But that is not commonly a successful design for the playoffs.

 

[Better Call Sal]

Lmao, this got a good laugh out of me.

 

[Oneiro]

Any of DAL, VGK and COL can give EDM a very hard time.

They are still too top heavy. Draisaitl, McDavid, Bouchard and Hyman account for most of the scoring.

Danault was a ghost in this series but I highly doubt Hintz, Lekhonen, etc will be.

 

[Bleedred]

It's going to be interesting to see them play someone truly competitive in the next round or after. I was not impressed with them at the end of the 3d period last night, trying to close out the series. They were very loose defensively and with an inch or two on a pass across the crease this game could have been tied in the last minute. The Oilers looked like we do when trying to defend a 6 on 5.

Their goaltending and their defense is suspect to me. I would like to see them win but I don't see this team as superior to Denver or Dallas or maybe Vegas in a series. Superior to Vancouver or Nashville, okay, no question. But they will need to score their way to beating either Denver, Dallas or Vegas and I don't think they match up well as to defensive strength against any of those three clubs.

In short, as usual, as in all previous seasons, they still look top heavy to me, built from the forward end in, instead of the goalie out. Superior at forward even, given McDavid and friends. But that is not commonly a successful design for the playoffs.

I agree with a lot of this. I didn't think they played well at times against LA and for ending that in the gentleman's sweep, there were a couple of games (including last night) where it looked like they were going to lose it. I thought they gave up too many goals.

I've been on record saying that Stuart Skinner is the most underrated goalie in hockey, because a lot of people talk like he's some bum. He's really no worse than Adin Hill who won the cup as a starter last year. He might even be better than him. A lot of people talk about him like he's Dan Cloutier though.

But he needs to tighten up just a little bit next round. They can't keep winning games while giving up 3 or 4 goals.

And next round they're going to face potentially Demko (if he's back) or Saros. That's quite a bit of an upgrade from the jobber tag team of Talbot/Rittich.

 

[guitarguyvic]

Being forward top heavy and just average on D is really detrimental in the playoffs. A better team will simply focus on and shut down the top guys, and their top guys combined with depth will be too much for your average D to contain.

I actually think edmonton’s goaltending is ok, but I don’t even know who is in their bottom 6. Is Henrique playing there?

Their top players are so good they could pull off a cup this year, but I’d think they need those bottom six players and d-men to be heroes and play way over their heads For the next 6 weeks.

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

Lmao, this got a good laugh out of me.

V E Z I N A I N B I O

 

[Dialamo]

Lmao, this got a good laugh out of me.

With the performance of our goalies this year, it is clear they didn't get enough Vezina.

 

[britdevil]

 

[MadDevil]

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Quadruple OT game incoming.

 

[Goptor]

Quadruple OT game incoming.

Game cancelled due to power outage.

 

[guitarguyvic]

Is there anymore evidence needed that the leafs are mentally soft than the fact that they have lost like 70% of their home playoff games in this era? Crazy.