Pre-Game Talk: Schlop Schlop Schlop

[gordonhught]

1-0 Edmonton


Milgram Experiment being performed. Can a whole population be brought to accept a ludicrous call against the Edmonton Oilers, just because some officials say it is so (and Ron McLame).

No sociology you bookworm.


Social psychology

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

4-1 Oilers. Book it.

 

[McDrai]

Master Jay dissects what went wrong in game 1 and the boys play a much better game this time around. 4-2 good guys.

 

[Gordy Elbows]

Stay hydrated everyone

Or don't. Whatever

Hydrate…the air in Denver is thinner and drier than here.

 

[BlackDogg]

Welcome to Denver...

The Referee is High City

 

[CycloneSweep]

Boys need to at least pretend they can play defence while McDrai do their thing.

 

[McJC]

Protect the house and clog up the neutral zone. Hoping the boys can go for the split

 

[Rengorlex]

I'd bet that whoever wins this game wins the series.

 

[PaPaDee]

Pretty critical game. Lose another, and I it becomes a very difficult series to win.

 

[MessierII]

Pretty critical game. Lose another, and I it becomes a very difficult series to win.

That’s the playoffs. The next game is always bigger than the last.

 

[walktheboulavard]

I am predicting a dub. I trust Woodcroft will make the proper adjustments and implement a game plan to contain the Avs. Last game was combination of facing new opponent with different strategy/play style and the Oilers shooting themselves in the foot.

 

[walktheboulavard]

One of the filthiest hype videos I've seen.

No one man should have all that power - I would imagine this was running through Darryl Sutter's mind as he was game planning for the Oilers.

 

[Niten Ichi Ryu]

Seems like alot of fans on social media are expecting a mirror result of the last series. Flames win game one 9-6, then the Oilers won the next game, and 3 more to win the series. Colorado win game one 8-6, so the expectation now is that what happened in game 2 last series, will happen again in game 2 of this series, because the game one's in both series are almost identical. But one key difference, the opponent

Of course I want the boys to get the W tomorrow, come back home all tied up. But just have a gut feeling they will have to overcome an even bigger hurdle of adversity this round, and fight back down 0-2.
Game 3, at home, would be the turning point, and their momentum could be undeniable in taking the next four

If we're going to look for a series to mirror that scenario; just last year, Colorado was up 2-0 vs Vegas. Game three in Vegas was the turning point, and the Knights ended up winning the next four and the series 4-2
If we lose tomorrow, it's far from over

 

[gordonhught]

The Referee is High City

Would probably call a fairer game.

 

[MessierII]

Seems like alot of fans on social media are expecting a mirror result of the last series. Flames win game one 9-6, then the Oilers won the next game, and 3 more to win the series. Colorado win game one 8-6, so the expectation now is that what happened in game 2 last series, will happen again in game 2 of this series, because the game one's in both series are almost identical. But one key difference, the opponent

Of course I want the boys to get the W tomorrow, come back home all tied up. But just have a gut feeling they will have to overcome an even bigger hurdle of adversity this round, and fight back down 0-2.
Game 3, at home, would be the turning point, and their momentum could be undeniable in taking the next four

If we're going to look for a series to mirror that scenario; just last year, Colorado was up 2-0 vs Vegas. Game three in Vegas was the turning point, and the Knights ended up winning the next four and the series 4-2
If we lose tomorrow, it's far from over

I don’t think either way this series isn’t going at least 6 games.

 

[VainGretzky]

The Oilers scored some pretty goals last game their goalies were really not at fault for them, Smith, on the other hand, was letting long-range unobstructed shots he was just brutal. Clean up the defense coverage and we got this series.

 

[Ninety7]

We can skate with these guys

Let’s go boys

 

[dsi]

Seems like alot of fans on social media are expecting a mirror result of the last series. Flames win game one 9-6, then the Oilers won the next game, and 3 more to win the series. Colorado win game one 8-6, so the expectation now is that what happened in game 2 last series, will happen again in game 2 of this series, because the game one's in both series are almost identical. But one key difference, the opponent

Of course I want the boys to get the W tomorrow, come back home all tied up. But just have a gut feeling they will have to overcome an even bigger hurdle of adversity this round, and fight back down 0-2.
Game 3, at home, would be the turning point, and their momentum could be undeniable in taking the next four

If we're going to look for a series to mirror that scenario; just last year, Colorado was up 2-0 vs Vegas. Game three in Vegas was the turning point, and the Knights ended up winning the next four and the series 4-2
If we lose tomorrow, it's far from over

Or it could be like the finals in 2006 where the Oilers lost a close Game 1, then got blown out 5-0 in Game 2. Came back to win Game 3 at home but then lost the 4th to go down 3-1 in the series.

I want to be optimistic because Woodcroft is very good at making adjustments between games. In my opinion Game 2 is going to be the most important game, as we will see how well they can adapt for the rest of the series, as was the case in the Game 2s of the previous two rounds.

 

[Captain Fantastic]

Or it could be like the finals in 2006 where the Oilers lost a close Game 1, then got blown out 5-0 in Game 2. Came back to win Game 3 at home but then lost the 4th to go down 3-1 in the series.

I want to be optimistic because Woodcroft is very good at making adjustments between games. In my opinion Game 2 is going to be the most important game, as we will see how well they can adapt for the rest of the series, as was the case in the Game 2s of the previous two rounds.

Yeah, this team has a shown a lot of fight and it's hard to count them out. If they blow game 2 though, I'd expect to see some new recruits in the line-up for game 3 . If injured Nurse and Smith crap the bed again, they can take a scratch for their troubles. Pulijarvi needs to show something ..damn.
Kadri ripping Smith's mask//helmet off and no pushback from the Oil doesn't sit well with me. He needs to be given a message every game to not f*** around .