Series Talk: WCSF Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers. (Series tied 3-3)

[Leonardo87]

Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers
WCSF

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[Three On Zero]

It’s a free platform for racism on hockey twitter these days

Twitter/Reddit are cesspools in general

 

[SupremeTeam16]

Note to Oilers' fans. This episode is sponsored by the Bayside Oceanfront Resort. The ocean is a very large body of water.

Hopefully it’s very large. Need lots of space for tankers now that we’re tripling the amount of crude we’re dumping out the other end of TMX.

Hopefully none of it ends up in the Straight of Georgia, that would be really terrible.

 

[Rowlet]

I mean, they did though. 2006 there were riots on Whyte street and things were literally set on fire: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmo...onton-rogers-riot-playoffs-business-1.4046048

It's always hilarious to me when Oilers fans and especially Avs fans (Colorado sports riots in 4 consecutive years when their teams WON the finals) chirp Canucks fans over riots.

 

[Bank Shot]

And the Oilers still ended up in 9th place.
A good lesson for the Oiler players and a few fans that the season is 82 games. Not half a season.
I thought the rest of your post was pretty balanced and fair.

A good lesson for Canucks fans is that teams don't maintain 12.5% shooting at 5v5.

Canucks had a very hot run, but the team has returned to normal shooting % in the last half of the season and the playoffs.

If your team is shooting abnormally high over the course of a season, expect it to end at some point.

Canucks haven't been the same team since the shooting % dried up obviously.

 

[PuckG]

It's always hilarious to me when Oilers fans and especially Avs fans (Colorado sports riots in 4 consecutive years when their teams WON the finals) chirp Canucks fans over riots.

Chirping the Canucks over riots is and always will be a classic.

Pretending like Edmonton and Vancouvers were comparable is insane so it’s best to not bring up riots at all.

 

[Rowlet]

Chirping the Canucks over riots is and always will be a classic.

Pretending like Edmonton and Vancouvers were comparable is insane so it’s best to not bring up riots at all.

I don't really care, a lot of fans get weirdly high and mighty about it as if their own fans wouldn't dare be anything other than upstanding citizens when they've rioted too.

 

[Zippgunn]

I haven't been this excited about a hockey series as I am for this one in decades. Reason one is, although I am a Canuck fan I will be rooting for the Oilers (who I don't detest at all) should they win this. Reason two is the emergence of Arturs Silovs who I have followed for what seems like forever now and who I think is poised for a huge series. Dare I say Dryden-esque. Reason three is that I can't even begin to predict the outcome of this series there are so many possibilities. The Oilers have been mercurial all year, one game bad the next game amazing. Ditto their goaltending. If Silovs continues to shine and Teddy Blueger and co can keep the Oilers PP production to a dull roar the Canucks have a real chance. If Petey rejoins the human race it changes everything as would if the Oilers goaltending doesn't match up with the Canucks. I suspect there will be blowouts for both teams. Going to watch the series with a devout Oilers fan who lives nearby and is without sight and who wisely doesn't drink. I do (and will) and will almost certainly provide biased and slightly intoxicated additional PBP as I do with him sometimes. Might be a headache or two down the road...

 

[CokenoPepsi]

Damn still a day to go hype

 

[PuckG]

I don't really care, a lot of fans get weirdly high and mighty about it as if their own fans wouldn't dare be anything other than upstanding citizens when they've rioted too.

Once again, not comparable situations but whatever justifies it in your head…

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

The Vancouvers Canuck in 4

 

[nergish]

Regular season awards mean nothing come playoff time.

McDavid whispers this to himself every night before bed...

 

[Royal Puck]

I think this series will come down to power plays. If the Canucks can keep the Oilers on 5v5 they get the edge.

Every fan has blinders on when it comes to their team, but outside the oilers big 3 the canucks have a much better forward core and D.

Evander Kane will either be the best thing since sliced bread or complete trash. People forgetting this guy is one of the most bi-polar players in the league? Zadorov will smash him. Joshua will smash him.

I just find it hilarious people think this is a cake walk for the oilers… any single team that played Nashville would’ve had a low event series. Canucks grinded it out.

Now hopefully we don’t all have to stare at McPouts face constantly.. face of the league and the dude looks like someone who would’ve hung out in the cafeteria in high school with his tighty whighties stretched over his forehead.

 

[Killer Orcas]

Damn still a day to go hype

Yup weird sitting around waiting this long. Worst part I'm off for a week at least the dogs happy lots of walks.

 

[HolyGhost]

oilers in 5 so agree to disagree

Vancouver D is better and take away the Dynamic Duo from the Oilers and remove all goals they were in on? That is an interesting stat

 

[Duffalufagus]

He gets mentioned in the same sentence because he was the best D in the league this year.
Maybe West coast games are past your bedtime or you had homework to do?
Now get back under your bridge.

No GM in the league is taking Hughes over Makar.

 

[HolyGhost]

There is one and ONLY one wild card. Vancouver's goalie situation and if Demko does not come back

No GM in the league is taking Hughes over Makar.

But you do take Hughes over Nurse or Ekholm

 

[K1984]

I think this series will come down to power plays. If the Canucks can keep the Oilers on 5v5 they get the edge.

Every fan has blinders on when it comes to their team, but outside the oilers big 3 the canucks have a much better forward core and D.

Evander Kane will either be the best thing since sliced bread or complete trash. People forgetting this guy is one of the most bi-polar players in the league? Zadorov will smash him. Joshua will smash him.

I just find it hilarious people think this is a cake walk for the oilers… any single team that played Nashville would’ve had a low event series. Canucks grinded it out.

Now hopefully we don’t all have to stare at McPouts face constantly.. face of the league and the dude looks like someone who would’ve hung out in the cafeteria in high school with his tighty whighties stretched over his forehead.

Posts like this are my favorite to read. Laughed throughout.

 

[Coffey]

Almost 100 pages (and surely will be) without a single game played.

This is what hockey fans do, bros!

 

[Dieseloil]

I think this series will come down to power plays. If the Canucks can keep the Oilers on 5v5 they get the edge.

Every fan has blinders on when it comes to their team, but outside the oilers big 3 the canucks have a much better forward core and D.

Evander Kane will either be the best thing since sliced bread or complete trash. People forgetting this guy is one of the most bi-polar players in the league? Zadorov will smash him. Joshua will smash him.

I just find it hilarious people think this is a cake walk for the oilers… any single team that played Nashville would’ve had a low event series. Canucks grinded it out.

Now hopefully we don’t all have to stare at McPouts face constantly.. face of the league and the dude looks like someone who would’ve hung out in the cafeteria in high school with his tighty whighties stretched over his forehead.

Yawn

 

[Zippgunn]

There is one and ONLY one wild card. Vancouver's goalie situation and if Demko does not come back


But you do take Hughes over Nurse or Ekholm

Demko can't even take a shot in practice yet, he's not coming back. Nor is DeSmith, unless Silovs suddenly turns into the "3rd string inexperienced AHL backup" that way too many people who should know better (including Kevin freakin' Bieksa!) have been calling him. This guy is no greenhorn and has seen real pressure. I'm betting he remains tough to beat and his fate largely lies in the hands of his teammates.

 

[Dust]

I think this series will come down to power plays. If the Canucks can keep the Oilers on 5v5 they get the edge.

Every fan has blinders on when it comes to their team, but outside the oilers big 3 the canucks have a much better forward core and D.

Evander Kane will either be the best thing since sliced bread or complete trash. People forgetting this guy is one of the most bi-polar players in the league? Zadorov will smash him. Joshua will smash him.

I just find it hilarious people think this is a cake walk for the oilers… any single team that played Nashville would’ve had a low event series. Canucks grinded it out.

Now hopefully we don’t all have to stare at McPouts face constantly.. face of the league and the dude looks like someone who would’ve hung out in the cafeteria in high school with his tighty whighties stretched over his forehead.

I think the depth is actually remarkably similar when you look at the numbers.

 

[nergish]

Demko can't even take a shot in practice yet, he's not coming back. Nor is DeSmith, unless Silovs suddenly turns into the "3rd string inexperienced AHL backup" that way too many people who should know better (including Kevin freakin' Bieksa!) have been calling him. This guy is no greenhorn and has seen real pressure. I'm betting he remains tough to beat and his fate largely lies in the hands of his teammates.

Yeah, exactly. I get that nobody follows our team as closely as us homers do...

But Silovs is a highly skilled, bizarrely flexible, 6'4 goaltending prospect who was hand-selected and trained by the goalie guru Ian Clark. He is raw, but he is good.

Could things fall a part for him? Absolutely. But not every team has a Silovs tbh.

 

[Zippgunn]

Yeah, exactly. I get that nobody follows our team as closely as us homers do...

But Silovs is a highly skilled, bizarrely flexible, 6'4 goaltending prospect who was hand-selected and trained by the goalie guru Ian Clark. He is raw, but he is good.

Could things fall a part for him? Absolutely. But not every team has a Silovs tbh.

It sure seems to me that there is a legion of Canuck fans who are waiting for Silovs to slip up so that their man Demko can regain his goalie crown for the Canucks no matter how well he's recovered from his injury. If the team gives up on Silovs after one stinker they are toast because none of their other goalies are going to cut it against this offense.

 

[BWJM]

Now hopefully we don’t all have to stare at McPouts face constantly.. face of the league and the dude looks like someone who would’ve hung out in the cafeteria in high school with his tighty whighties stretched over his forehead.

Something we can all agree on.

 

[Regal]

A good lesson for Canucks fans is that teams don't maintain 12.5% shooting at 5v5.

Canucks had a very hot run, but the team has returned to normal shooting % in the last half of the season and the playoffs.

If your team is shooting abnormally high over the course of a season, expect it to end at some point.

Canucks haven't been the same team since the shooting % dried up obviously.

Canucks haven’t been the same team, no, but the 5v5 shooting percentage regressing has coincided with a greater focus on the defensive game and a better overall possession team. Since February the Canucks were 4th in the league in 5v5 xGF% mainly due to the 2nd fewest xGA in the league in that time frame.

The Oilers outscored the Canucks by a good amount, but the Canucks also gave up less than the Oilers by a lesser but still fair amount, and not just because of goaltending. Not saying you have necessarily but I think too many have focused on the shooting percentage and haven’t realized they’ve still been playing strong hockey for the most part 5v5. Oilers have been the better 5v5 team the back half of the year, but the difference isn’t huge.