GDT: WCSF GM01 | Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers | Wed. May 8th | 7pm PST | SNP/CBC | In Arturs We Trust

[syz]

Connor McDavid is bobbling pucks uncontested now. This game is cursed.

 

[Lawzy]

f***ing idiotic is what it is

They also did it both games we lost at home in the first round, lol.

 

[SimpleJack]

Whoever wins DAL/COL is gonna absolutely destroy whoever wins EDM/VAN.

The top 4 teams in the West were all on one side of the bracket, or at least the top 3. I suppose you can debate between EDM/WIN.

 

[State of Hockey]

Not Drai again in the playoffs.

 

[ACLEVERNAME]

Where's McDavid?

 

[SwordsgoneWild]

Going to be a wild 3rd.

 

[TheUnusedCrayon]

Canucks with more high danger chances but scoring on themselves will help kill ya.

 

[PlushMinus]

Silovs was fantastic in the 1st round, can't go away from a goalie playing as good as he was.

Probably DeSmiths turn to get a run tho.

Yes - Tocchet doesn't need DeSmith to be fantastic - he just needs him to be Casey DeSmith.

Was that how the quote went in round 1 when they put him in net and immediately lost??

 

[McClelland]

Why would they need elite goaltending when they’ve been the better team this period? They just don’t need terrible goaltending

Dont give up yet, 2 more lucky bounces and we have a game.

 

[Zirakzigil]

Where's McDavid?

In Vancouver apparently

 

[Three On Zero]

Weren’t Edmonton fans chirping the low shots in the Nashville series? So far this series isn’t much better

 

[ijuka]

Connor McDavid is bobbling pucks uncontested now. This game is cursed.

He's playing?

 

[jackjohnson]

You're paying Tyler Myers 6 mil per...

And not sure how that's on Nurse...

Myers is better than Nurse, especially at 6 mil

 

[Angry Little Elf]

Drai being hurt is huge

 

[Summer Rose]

 

[JKG33]

This looks kinda like david vs goliath, how did van even win the division?

Also petersson might be the worst top 6 player in the west despite being one of the highest paid

Canucks with Demko are a wagon.

But EP40 is just Swedish Mitch Marner

 

[Sergei Shirokov]

He was NOT fantastic. Predators had very very few scoring chances. He made very few mistakes though.

Silovs was very good, Nashville was probably better defensively than Van that series & he made every huge save.

Yes - Tocchet doesn't need DeSmith to be fantastic - he just needs him to be Casey DeSmith.

Was that how the quote went in round 1 when they put him in net and immediately lost??

Responded with a 35+ save win.

 

[Lawzy]

Hope Draisatl is alright.

 

[GeoRox89]

Whoever wins DAL/COL is gonna absolutely destroy whoever wins EDM/VAN.

The top 4 teams in the West were all on one side of the bracket, or at least the top 3. I suppose you can debate between EDM/WIN.

Let’s let someone win that series first before declaring the rest of this, please. Signed, a fan of one of those teams that doesn’t like how cursed that statement sounds

 

[AlainVigneaultsGum]

Pretty even game so far.

Hope Drai is alright.

 

[PromisedLand]

Hughes being a fraud is being exposed clearly

 

[Bond]

If the Canucks had Demko this wouldn’t even be a game lol

 

[jackjohnson]

As we saw two years ago, Colorado matches up really well with the Oilers. Makar is one of the few defenders that can reign in McDavid. And they have the firepower to keep up with Edmonton. Other than that, Rangers are similar but I don't trust Fox on McDavid quite as much. And Dallas is all about grinding it out. Edmonton might struggle in that kind of series. Their defensive group isn't as good as Colorado and can't put as much transition pressure on Dallas.

Edmonton is toast either way if they even get to conference finals. They are without Drai now too

 

[11Messier]

Did Drai get hit or something. I didn't see anything where he could have possibly got hurt.

 

[Brookbank]

Kills me man. I still don't think we would've been favoured but this is so winnable if he'd been here.

Having an injury prone starter is hopeless. Demko costed us a playoff spot in 2021 with his injuries. Gotta move on from him