Series Talk: WCQF: Edmonton Oilers vs Los Angeles Kings - EDM Defeats LA 4-1

[GMofOilers]

Over 1000 hats were thrown onto the ice last night. That’s a lot of hats. Lol

Yup it was crazy, threw mine!

 

[bucks_oil]

Some pretty weak ass calls all night.

Let em' play.

Agree, it was very inconsistent... but on our first power play I think the refs felt bad for making that call (it was pretty weak) and then decided not to call any of the three guys who got unprovoked shots in on Nuge, even knocking his helmet off. Nuge can be known to dig in and battle in front but all he did was stand there and take it... he was definitely turning the cheek there to draw a 5-3... no dice.

So poor initial call and then you got away with one... seems to be how the game is managed these days.

We also had Nurse and Ceci out there for you to make it interesting at the end... you're welcome.

 

[bucks_oil]

McDavid has definitely been their best player despite Draisaitl's play. But the idea that the Oilers are a one line team is just not true. adding Henrique has allowed Nuge to play with Draisaitl. Combine those two with Foegele, who has suddenly found his goal scoring touch and you have a well balance second line. The third line is McLeod, Perry and Kane. They might not score a lot but they can certainly cause a lot of chaos.

Wasn't it Holloway with Perry and McLeod? Kane with Carrick and Janmark? I suppose they were shuffling a bit.

Anyway, it is nice to finally have some semblance of NHL-level depth. Will be interesting to see if Ryan or Brown draw in at some point.

 

[snag]

Yup it was crazy, threw mine!

It wasn't the hard hat was it?
LOL.....I sure hope that one was from way up front.

 

[BaileyFan]

I get that, but I also don't think Oiler fans are really talking shit for winning either.
I know I'm not.

We blew up the Flames 2 years ago and we were like a pig in shit with the chirps lol

It’s more like any chirp you guys could make would be something that we agree with and has already been said on our board.

 

[snag]

There is literally no heat between Kings and Oiler fans in this thread.
Like I said previously, the fanbase is tired of facing each other and we don't even have bad blood.

I will say, I think after all those years of facing Dallas...we know that score.

 

[Fourier]

Wasn't it Holloway with Perry and McLeod? Kane with Carrick and Janmark? I suppose they were shuffling a bit.

Anyway, it is nice to finally have some semblance of NHL-level depth. Will be interesting to see if Ryan or Brown draw in at some point.

Last night as a threesome Kane/McLeod/Perry played 12:37 as a line 5 vs 5. Holloway played just a little over a minute with McLeod and Perry. Holloway primarily played with Janmark and Carrick., around 7 minutes of his roughly 9 5 vs 5 minutes. That said I have no doubt there will be a fair bit of shuffling going forward.

 

[Osprey]

The worst part for LA was how bad they were defensively. Giving up so many passes through the high danger area & tap-ins right around their crease.

Mikey Anderson was especially bad. I would move Gavrikov up to play with Doughty. That top pairing needs to be as good as it can be against the Oilers' top line.

I would think they go back to Talbot again give him a chance to rebound.

That's what I expect. I doubt that Hiller wants to throw Talbot under the bus for a team collapse and signal panic after only one game. I won't be surprised if Rittich starts Game 3 if Game 2 is anything like Game 1, though.

 

[kingsholygrail]

There is literally no heat between Kings and Oiler fans in this thread.
Like I said previously, the fanbase is tired of facing each other and we don't even have bad blood.

There's no heat because it's not a competitive series.

 

[bucks_oil]

There's no heat because it's not a competitive series.

It's still early... someone is going to do something dirty (my money on Danault) and then we'll all remember how much we hate playing each other.

 

[Mr Kot]

It wasn't the hard hat was it?
LOL.....I sure hope that one was from way up front.

This is the hat I threw

 

[McFlyingV]

Wasn't it Holloway with Perry and McLeod? Kane with Carrick and Janmark? I suppose they were shuffling a bit.

Anyway, it is nice to finally have some semblance of NHL-level depth. Will be interesting to see if Ryan or Brown draw in at some point.

Holloway only ended up playing like 2 shifts with Perry and McLeod, the rest was with Carrick and Janmark. It was Kane-McLeod-Perry for most of the game.

 

[snag]

This is the hat I threw

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[SettlementRichie10]

We told you dummies this Kings team was absolutely awful.

 

[CrazyJoeDavola]

 

[Coffey]

There's no heat because it's not a competitive series.

It’s more like any chirp you guys could make would be something that we agree with and has already been said on our board.

Ahh even if it was competitive, which it definitely still can be... I don't hate the Kings fans on this board.
I already said earlier in the thread, may the best team win lol

 

[Czechboy]

Any suspension coming for that knee?

 

[snag]

It's still early... someone is going to do something dirty (my money on Danault) and then we'll all remember how much we hate playing each other.

I am just waiting for Perry to be what we all hated for so long so we can have a turn at loving him...

 

[MessierII]

We told you dummies this Kings team was absolutely awful.

It’s 1 game dude lol

 

[tkb81]

There is literally no heat between Kings and Oiler fans in this thread.
Like I said previously, the fanbase is tired of facing each other and we don't even have bad blood.

i can assure you I have blad bood ... f*ck the oil

 

[BaileyFan]

It’s 1 game dude lol

Tell me you haven’t watched a Kings game all season without telling me.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Tell me you haven’t watched a Kings game all season without telling me.

Nurse/Ceci did their best though.

 

[SettlementRichie10]

It’s 1 game dude lol

It’s now actually an 83 game sample size.

We know our team. You guys keep acting like we’re trying to trick you or something.

 

[chris kontos]

Mikey Anderson was especially bad. I would move Gavrikov up to play with Doughty. That top pairing needs to be as good as it can be against the Oilers' top line.

That's what I expect. I doubt that Hiller wants to throw Talbot under the bus for a team collapse and signal panic after only one game. I won't be surprised if Rittich starts Game 3 if Game 2 is anything like Game 1, though.

These are good ideas, however, the people running our team are assholes.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

It’s now actually an 83 game sample size.

We know our team. You guys keep acting like we’re trying to trick you or something.

We have over a decade of PTSD of the Oilers shooting themselves in the foot.