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

[Little Psycho]

So 10pm and 10:30 est starts... f*** right off NHL schedulers. 1030 starts means 11 pick drop. Way to make sure no one sees the games except the diehards.

It sucks but that seems like a non western fan problem. No one wants an afternoon game in LA or Edmonton, won’t make it with all the traffic. Also the crypto is hosting other playoff games too.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Oilers in 1

 

[Czechboy]

It sucks but that seems like a non western fan problem. No one wants an afternoon game in LA or Edmonton, won’t make it with all the traffic. Also the crypto is hosting other playoff games too.

It is... but most Oiler games are not at 10 and 10:30... those are the outliers. But all our playoff games are every year and I hate it.lol During regular season... 7, 8 and 9 are more common start times with a few matinees too.

 

[GOilers88]

Big Save Dave over Skinner.

Alrighty then.

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

I can't understand why you are upset about this?!? You are being unrealistic IMO

It's a first round matchup, so there are 8 series to run, generally every other day.
The Eastern conference gets the early game and the Western conference gets the later game. Furthermore these two teams are the in the Mountain and Pacific time zones.

The above generally doesn't change until the conference finals

For reference, here is the TV schedule from 2023

1st-round schedule for 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs | NHL.com

Times, dates, TV information for 8 best-of-7 series

www.nhl.com

Note the times from the Edmonton/LA series. Note that the earliest start is on a Sunday
Edmonton [P2] vs. Los Angeles [P3]
Monday, April 17 10 p.m. Los Angeles at Edmonton SN, CBC, TVAS, ESPN
Wednesday, April 19 10 p.m. Los Angeles at Edmonton SN, CBC, TVAS, ESPN
Friday, April 21 10 p.m. Edmonton at Los Angeles SN, CBC, TVAS, TNT
Sunday, April 23 9 p.m. Edmonton at Los Angeles SN, CBC, TVAS, TBS
\Tuesday, April 25 TBD Los Angeles at Edmonton TBD
\Saturday, April 29 TBD Edmonton at Los Angeles TBD
\Monday, May 1 TBD Los Angeles at Edmonton TBD

That's when TV coverage starts not puck drop. Puck drop is probably about 15 minutes after that which means with an 8pm start the third period ends around 10:45pm. Not great when you are attending the game or you have kids that want to watch or need to go to work early in the morning.

They could easily have the eastern games start at 6:30 pm to get a 7:30pm start in the later games but we all must bow to our television overlords.

 

[Three On Zero]

That's when TV coverage starts not puck drop. Puck drop is probably about 15 minutes after that which means with an 8pm start the third period ends around 10:45pm. Not great when you are attending the game or you have kids that want to watch or need to go to work early in the morning.

They could easily have the eastern games start at 6:30 pm to get a 7:30pm start in the later games but we all must bow to our television overlords.

 

[M2Beezy]

Oilers will get frustrated early on in the series but emerge victorious winning the series in six hockey games. I feel McDavid will be a factor in this series

 

[Donuts]

1-3-1 wont last in 7 game series

Oil in 5

 

[Slats432]

Should the Oilers win this series?

 

[Ol' Jase]

To me Skinner is a low end starter, bottom 5 in the NHL. I wouldnt want him on a team that has to win now.

I'd even choose No Save Dave Rittich over him

Not a single stat this season bears that out, but you do you, I guess.

 

[Zalos]

Edmonton should be confident to beat the Kings at this point, but I still expect some issues for them, so Edmonton in 6.

 

[Ghetty Green]

Oilers fans and the rest of us have to listen to Hararayan Singh so we all lose

Why the hell is Jack Michaels not calling this series ?

Send Harnaryan to Winnipeg or Vancouver

Guess I'll have to stream the American feeds instead of watching on Sportsnet

 

[CupofOil]

You think the Oilers have good goaltending? They never learn should have signed a quality goalie.



Regular season means nothing. We all know in the Playoffs Skinner is a sieve.

Hellebuyck last playoffs. 1-4 .886 save pct.
Last years playoffs means everything and the regular season means nothing, right? Hellebuyck sieve?

 

[SettlementRichie10]

???
Even just looking at goal differential, there are 5 worse teams in the playoffs. Tampa, Vegas, Capitals, Islanders, Predators

The Kings are a paper tiger. They feast on bad teams and lose handedly to good teams.

This is well documented and discussed on the Kings forum. On no planet are the Kings as good as Vegas or Tampa Bay.

The Kings had 15 wins against playoff teams this year. Total. All season.

They are not a good team and there’s a strong chance they’re swept.

 

[Snubbed4Vezina]

Kings won't be able to slow down the Oilers which dooms them to a quick exit. I think they win one in LA but that's it. Oilers in 5.

 

[JKG33]

So 10pm and 10:30 est starts... f*** right off NHL schedulers. 1030 starts means 11 pick drop. Way to make sure no one sees the games except the diehards.

What if I told you the world doesn't revolve around the east coast?

 

[Lt Dan]

What if I told you the world doesn't revolve around the east coast?

Adding Morpheus for effect

 

[Czechboy]

What if I told you the world doesn't revolve around the east coast?

What if I told you most Oiler games don't start at 10 and 1030?

 

[JKG33]

What if I told you most Oiler games don't start at 10 and 1030?

Most Kings games do, and given this is a series involving McDrai I'm sure the NHL/Sportsnet wants to ensure they can have this as game 2 of the nationally broadcasted double header each night

 

[Czechboy]

Most Kings games do, and given this is a series involving McDrai I'm sure the NHL/Sportsnet wants to ensure they can have this as game 2 of the nationally broadcasted double header each night

And a 1030 start ensures a lot of people don't see it.

 

[Zirakzigil]

Start times make sense considering LA is an hour behind Edmonton. Starting earlier just makes it difficult on them.

 

[JKG33]

And a 1030 start ensures a lot of people don't see it.

What else are they gunna do? That's how it's always been when the western game is a national broadcast as a doubleheader.

 

[Little Psycho]

And a 1030 start ensures a lot of people don't see it.

Then they can watch the replay. If they want to watch it live they can make the time for it. We don’t all live under 1 timezone.

 

[olli]

Oilers in 5. Kings have been mid in the 2nd half and the they won’t be able to keep up with the oilers high octane deep offense.

 

[sxvnert]

Easiest matchup by a long shot.