Pre-Game Talk: Series Discussion: Round 2 Oilers vs Knights

[Da McBomb]

Bring on the Knights!

Discuss!

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[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Looks like Vegas is betting the Oilers win….

 

[Ninety7]

Not discounting the knights at all

But I think LA could be our toughest series

They claw and claw.

 

[Da McBomb]

You know there are gonna be ALOT of Oiler fans in Vegas

 

[Spawn]

f*** Vegas and f*** the league for once again turning a blind eye to a team committing blatant camp circumvention by hiding a player (Stone) on LTIR in order to make deadline additions (Barbashev, Blueger and Quick) only to have said LTIR'd player magically healthy and ready to play for game one of the playoffs.

Bunch of cheaters. No respect to that team. Even if they win this series they can rot in hell.

 

[La Bamba]

I just got back from Vegas this morning but it looks like I might have to head back

 

[McXLNC97]

You know there are gonna be ALOT of Oiler fans in Vegas

Depending on the schedule...might need to plan a trip down to Vegas soon

 

[KCC]

Pro's:

-No shot Eichel can contain McDavid all series
-if both are split up who will slow down Draisaitl?
-EDM's depth scoring needs to continue and I think it can. Their third line will give Vegas fits
-Skinner just needs to be average.

Cons:

Need to figure out their own zone. Too passive, not winning enough battles and too many turnovers at times. Basically if they get pressured enough they tend to crumble pretty badly. That can't continue.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Depending on the schedule...might need to plan a trip down to Vegas soon

Sounds like a good idea!

 

[Tarus]

It'll be a relief to get back to non-trap hockey.

Not sure how this one will shake out. Oilers did well against them in the regular season and Vegas's goaltending has been a mess all year, but I guess we'll see.

 

[syz]

Honestly I'm more afraid of a healthy Mark Stone than I am of Kopitar and Danault combined. He looks (as expected) like somebody who could have and should have been forced to play some regular season games.

 

[Da McBomb]

Honestly I'm more afraid of a healthy Mark Stone than I am of Kopitar and Danault combined. He looks (as expected) like somebody who could have and should have been forced to play some regular season games.

Screw Mark Stone and his ugly face

 

[Drivesaitl]

Not sure what the Knights are gonna do for goaltending. Looks pretty questionable. Knights seem to have to dominate games to Win. They ain't gonna have a lot of luck with that against the Oilers.

I'd be more worried facing Dallas.

 

[OILFAN FOREVER]

Brossoit vs Skinner in round 2 of the playoffs. Wouldn't have thought that last year. Vegas is a good team but I feel like if we play our best we are a better team. That's the thing though, some nights we play our best and some nights we don't. We have to stay out of the box and have to improve our defensive play. I said Oilers in 7 against LA and will stick with that same prediction vs the Knights.

 

[Petey But Really Jim]

I think this is going to be really fast, high event, flawed hockey, and it’s going to make for incredible theatre. I’ll give the most non-committal commitment ever of how I think it will go:

Oilers in six.

 

[EchoesoftheEighties]

Oil in 6

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Need @Cloned Pole.

 

[Cloned]

Gonna be bold and say Oilers in 5.

I think LA was a tougher matchup.

 

[oXo Cube]

Split McDavid and Draisaitl back up. We let a hot goalie convince us that it wasn't working when it was.

RNH-Bjugstad-Hyman on the other hand absolutely does not work.

 

[NashtoNowitzki]

For the love of God play kostin more.

 

[Lay Z Boy GM]

Oil in 4

 

[Leonardlizard]

When do we think this will start?

 

[Dieseloil]

You know there are gonna be ALOT of Oiler fans in Vegas

I’m thinking of going down, it’ll be cheaper than trying to go here, and a lot of fun.

 

[Petey But Really Jim]

When do we think this will start?

Day after last possible game seven, if Vegas isn’t blocked by anything that night arena wise.

 

[Leonardlizard]

I'm in Vegas Monday through Wednesday so guess Im packing a jersey