Pre-Game Talk: Party like it’s 1997 - Edmonton vs Dallas

[Canovin]

Did Bieksa just call out Elliott Friedman for his Oilers hate and predict an Oilers win in game 1?


Dallas is a good team, but they are no 2022 Colorado Avelanche, who was one of the best teams in the cap era. Dallas is getting wildly overrated. They're good, but they aren't that good.

Dallas is going to be a good team for 10 years. Can’t imagine how good they will be in another year or 2

 

[GrumpyKoala]

Skinner post game I just prove again that I have it in me to bounce back I did it time and time again.

Please Cleopathra got less carried than you and your .882 again.

 

[Stealth1616]

Not sure the status of Henrique but Ryan McLeod should not see the ice again these playoffs

 

[2for1PizzaPastuh]

Oilers in 7! Gotta believe.

 

[LTIR]

McLeod looked decent when he was on with Holloway and Kane.. If Henrique returns we may have better line combos.

Everyone needs to rest up.. Hopefully they give players 2 days off to heal

 

[McDrai]

Lineup for game 1:

Kane-McDavid-Holloway
RNH-Draisaitl-Hyman
Foegele-Henrique-Janmark
Brown-Carrick-Perry

 

[NegativeNelly]

I can't see how this will even be close with Skinner in net. We barely beat Vancouvers 3rd stringer and our #1 blew chunks and wasn't even tested in games 6 and 7. Shoot high glove or low blocker and you beat Skinner easily. Dallas will expose this and we are toast in 4.

 

[LTIR]

I know nothing about this version of Stars..
Great goalie, 2 good Dmen, Benn is physical, and score by committee?

I can't see how this will even be close with Skinner in net. We barely beat Vancouvers 3rd stringer and our #1 blew chunks and wasn't even tested in games 6 and 7. Shoot high glove or low blocker and you beat Skinner easily. Dallas will expose this and we are toast in 4.

So basically we are playing with house money then?? :/

 

[ThePhoenixx]

No quit. I’m glad we are here. This team isn’t a contender so getting this far is impressive. Hell with our roster I’ll be happy if we can take Dallas to 6.

Well, seeing as you picked LA and Vancouver to win, it would appear that you may have a slight bias going on.

The team is in the final four, yet they aren't a contender?

Sounds like some copium to me.

 

[McHelpus]

Im not ready for this man lol

 

[tiger_80]

This will be a tough battle.

Get to Oettinger early. His lows can be really low.

Slip Marchand into Derek Ryan's jersey.

 

[CycloneSweep]

Well, seeing as you picked LA and Vancouver to win, it would appear that you may have a slight bias going on.

The team is in the final four, yet they aren't a contender?

Sounds like some copium to me.

I mean i didn’t consider either LA or Vancouver to be contenders either. And hey, team keeps proving me wrong.
I expected LA was going to be hungry and show up and they were non existent. I think I even said after game 2, it’s going to be 4-1.
I thought we were going to beat Vancouver till like game 4/5. That’s when the doubt set in.
But sure okay.

 

[ThePhoenixx]

I mean i didn’t consider either LA or Vancouver to be contenders either. And hey, team keeps proving me wrong.
I expected LA was going to be hungry and show up and they were non existent. I think I even said after game 2, it’s going to be 4-1.
I thought we were going to beat Vancouver till like game 4/5. That’s when the doubt set in.
But sure okay.

I see you just chose Dallas in 4.

I gather you are also confident in that one as well.

 

[syz]

Stars are better than Vancouver at every position. Will be a tough series again.

 

[CycloneSweep]

I know nothing about this version of Stars..
Great goalie, 2 good Dmen, Benn is physical, and score by committee?


So basically we are playing with house money then?? :/

Great goalie. Great top pair. Tanev on the second pair has been shutting down elite players all playoffs. They have physicality with guys like Benn. At any given night any of their top 3 lines can look like a legit top line.

They don’t have a McDavid or Draisaitl but they are an overwhelming team because of the depth.

 

[tiger_80]

I mean i didn’t consider either LA or Vancouver to be contenders either. And hey, team keeps proving me wrong.
I expected LA was going to be hungry and show up and they were non existent. I think I even said after game 2, it’s going to be 4-1.
I thought we were going to beat Vancouver till like game 4/5. That’s when the doubt set in.
But sure okay.

I think Vancouver is a better team than generally given credit for. They did win the Pacific division and could take this series.

 

[CycloneSweep]

I see you just chose Dallas in 4.

I gather you are also confident in that one as well.

Oh no what I votes in a poll negates everything I have said. Cause polls are serious business.

I said that if McDavid has the same kind of series he just had then it’s most likely done in 4. If he gets healthy and plays like he can, we can win a few games and from there anything can happen.

I think Vancouver is a better team than generally given credit for. They did win the Pacific division and could take this series.

My thing is they played Nashville not great and were missing Demko. I didn’t expect us to play so many of those games as bad as we did though. Like Vancouver was hurt and struggling yet a few games we played like, the worst I’ve seen this team play in the playoffs. I also didn’t really think Skinner was going to be below 800 bad in the first few games either, which when that happen really made me think losing the series was possible.

 

[Not Canada Drai]

Which emotion are you feeling right now?

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Relief/Kyne

 

[BlackDogg]

Is Dallas banged up at all after their series?

 

[tiger_80]

Oh no what I votes in a poll negates everything I have said. Cause polls are serious business.

I said that if McDavid has the same kind of series he just had then it’s most likely done in 4. If he gets healthy and plays like he can, we can win a few games and from there anything can happen.


My thing is they played Nashville not great and were missing Demko. I didn’t expect us to play so many of those games as bad as we did though. Like Vancouver was hurt and struggling yet a few games we played like, the worst I’ve seen this team play in the playoffs. I also didn’t really think Skinner was going to be below 800 bad in the first few games either, which when that happen really made me think losing the series was possible.

The Oilers were probably out of rhythm after sitting for a week. Then Draisaitl got hurt in game one. and they sort of fell back in the series. Only the last two games they clearly outplayed the Canucks.

 

[Drivesaitl]

Conference Finals baby!!!!

 

[Soli]

Catch them off guard in game 1 and never look back. Let's go!!

 

[FlameChampion]

Hopefully its a closer series than some people are predicting. I like the matchup against Dallas better than Colorado personally.

Oettinger can be so hot/cold.

Hopefully our goaltending gives us a chance.

Being a true underdog may help the Oilers.

 

[bellagiobob]

I know. But we are a much worse team than we were that year in the playoffs too.

The black cloud never lifts with you.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

I'm not nearly as scared to play the Stars as I was to play the Avs in 2022

yes, Stars are the deepest team in the league, but they don't have the top-end game breaking skill Avs have

we need everyone pulling hard, don't beat themselves and we can win this