Who Wins Game 7? - Edmonton or Vancouver

[jackjohnson]

I just visited Vancouver for the first time a week ago and it was a nice city so I'm pulling for them but they looked so bad this game lol

I think Oilers have adjusted a bit to their game too

Canucks just didnt have the same energy or played with the same intensity when they are in Edmonton. They play a lot different at home

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Vancouver hopefully

 

[FissionFire]

Voted Edmonton because I can’t pick against McDavid, but my vote guarantees that Vancouver will win now because I can never pick right.

 

[Chips]

Recency bias says Edmonton, but I’ll vote Vancouver because I’m hoping for the most chaotic outcome


Everybody kinda expects the oilers to go deep, and pre season nobody outside of Vancouver thought that team would be particularly good, let alone as good as they’ve been.

If would be kinda funny if they win in the grand scheme lol.




What’s both teams season record against Dallas? However this series plays out I expect Dallas in the final

 

[Yorkshire Leaf]

Anyone who doesn't think McDavid and Draisaitl are playoff performers either doesn't watch hockey or is a troll. Full stop.

You are right, they are great play off performers any way you look at it but it is still fair to point out (often when Oilers fans are crowing about having the two best players in the world) that thus far that it hasn’t translated into the play off success their play deserves, obviously this is down to some factors outside their control but still it is valid to point it out. Other great play off performers have done so and won the cup.

I know subtly and nuance aren't in great supply on HFBoards but it can both be true that they are great play off players but they probably should have been able to translate it into a cup or at least a SCF.

 

[The Pale King]

I think whichever team wins this series is going to absolutely roll over the Stars.

I hope you're right, I would love to see a Canadian team win the Cup again but I have the exact opposite impression. I think the Stars are looking extremely dangerous and balanced right now whereas both of the teams in this series have identifiable and exploitable flaws.

 

[Duder54]

You are right, they are great play off performers any way you look at it but it is still fair to point out (often when Oilers fans are crowing about having the two best players in the world) that thus far that it hasn’t translated into the play off success their play deserves, obviously this is down to some factors outside their control but still it is valid to point it out. Other great play off performers have done so and won the cup.

I know subtly and nuance aren't in great supply on HFBoards but it can both be true that they are great play off players but they probably should have been able to translate it into a cup or at least a SCF.

It's almost as if hockey were a team sport, eh? To put any blame at all on the shoulders of a couple of players due to the inability of management to address team needs year-after-year is, frankly, a ludicrous take.

 

[Yorkshire Leaf]

It's almost as if hockey were a team sport, eh? To put any blame at all on the shoulders of a couple of players due to the inability of management to address team needs year-after-year is, frankly, a ludicrous take.

Exactly, that why focusing on individual players statistics is a futile exercise, there are so many variables that make up a team. Conversely you can't exclude those two players from the failings of the team, they are part of the team that has failed (believe me Leafs fans know about failure), they are also partly culpable, you cannot exonerate them completely and some blame must lie with them.

I agree the management failure is the key component but there have been numerous changes of management and supporting cast around them and nothing seems to change. Perhaps this year.

 

[GrkFlyersFan]

I thought Edmonton would win in a short series. I still think Edmonton ends up winning. But this series has proven that what Vancouver did in the regular season was real. They won the Pacific for a reason, and not just because Edmonton got off to a slow start.

 

[Petey But Really Jim]

Oilers fan living in Vancouver here. I just paid $733 for a lower bowl ticket here. Fingers crossed for an Oilers win and a night that doesn't end with me being punched out.

if edmonton wins i guess i can be a tiny bit happy for you specifically cause you're like in it in it

 

[JoVel]

I hope Oilers dominate the game and lose due to awful goaltending.

 

[Sniper99]

How are they the good guys? A team with Kane, Perry and Nurse and McDavid dives

Did Zadorov get nominated for the Lady Byng? Give us all a break.

 

[Satire]

Canucks going to come out with the best effort of the series for sure. The Vancouver barn is something else too... I'm not going to bother voting because it's honestly a coin flip, but my heart wants the Oilers to win.

I agree with many of the posters. Either team is going to have a rough ride against Dallas.

 

[trojansoilers]

Edmonton is going to beat someone in Game 7.
The question is are they beating Vancouver or are they beating themselves.

 

[archangel2]

If Skinner starts again? Vancouver 5-2

 

[scoopscj]

Oilers. Canucks looked lost in game 6. I wish both teams could win. Great series.

 

[ijuka]

Well, I think Oilers have been better in 5 games and Canucks in 1, so assuming the goalie difference isn't massive, my money would be on Oilers.

 

[Dion TheFluff]

I picked Florida and Edmonton as my cup finalist so im sticking with that.

 

[Filatov2Kovalev2Bonk]

Going with Vancouver b/c I really want a 1994 rematch between NYR and VCR.
That said...Edmonton is crazy powerful so this could get out of hand real quick. Canucks get in quick please.

 

[Johnny Tomala]

Oilers will win Game 7, I have to stick with my prediction of them winning the series.

 

[thegazelle]

I pick Edmonton, not only because I am an Oilers fan, but because Vancouver has not been able to dominate Edmonton in any game. Edmonton, however, was able to dominate Vancouver in last night's game and expose some weakeness/shortcomings and capitalize on mistakes.

That said, I think more pressure will be on Edmonton as the favourites going into the series, despite the Canucks regular season record.

On the flip side, the "advantage" part of home ice advantage cannot be discounted. Playing in a familiar rink in front of perhaps one of the best playoff crowds this playoffs (I'd say Dallas and Vancouver have the best and most engaged crowds in-arena this playoffs) - teams can and do derive energy from their crowds. Also, on a silly level, the alternating wins in this series would naturally have a Canucks win, to keep the pattern going. Hardly scientific though.

Regardless of the outcome, there is nothing sweeter than a game 7 between two Canadian teams in the playoffs

 

[Leonardo87]

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

Doesn't really make sense to highstick someone intentionally in a tie game, but maybe Soucy said mean things to him. Soucy was the one who got suspended for crosschecking McD in the face so a little bit more than mean things, maybe that's just McJesus taking a # (Which I can atleast respect)...

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