How about them Oilers
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I got the under for next game I don't think 8 to 9 goals a game is going to happen 3 times in a row.
The Panthers looked gas except for a few players, the Oilers speed finally coming around.
I think a miracle happens and a game 7 occurs, but my heart may not be able to take that game.
Let's go Oilers.
The Panthers looked gas except for a few players, the Oilers speed finally coming around.
I think a miracle happens and a game 7 occurs, but my heart may not be able to take that game.
Let's go Oilers.
Indeed... Mcdavid goin super Mcjesus, 8 pnts last 2 games, only needs 5 more to break Wayne's all time single season playoff record.... Already broke the assist record
Hockey God's seems to be shining a light on oil town
Get ready Canada, Edmonton bringing home Lord Stanley 🤯
Good for Edmonton 👍👍. It'll be a real shame doing what they've ( Edmonton ) up until now only to blow it in game 7. I thought the Oilers were done in gm 5. Boy was I wrong lol. Happy to be wrong in this case. You just know that Florida is gonna come out in a rage game 7. Can you see Florida going down 4 straight? That's the question..
McDavid and Draisaitl are far too good not to have their names edged on the Stanley cup. Can't ignore those 2.
McDavid and Draisaitl are far too good not to have their names edged on the Stanley cup. Can't ignore those 2.
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Holy fuck....
Monday night we may see the biggest comeback, and simultaneously the biggest choke, in SCF history.
Either way, I'm here for it.
Monday night we may see the biggest comeback, and simultaneously the biggest choke, in SCF history.
Either way, I'm here for it.
This thread has been pretty fun watching all the haters eat a lot of crow. I don't know maybe throwing a water bottle around can help make that better 
All that aside though, it seems to me that the Oilers have learned in each series how to beat the other team and frankly the absolute closest series was vs the Canucks. The Oilers defense vs Florida has gone from turnovers to full on shut down. Stuart Skinner has gotten better and better and now is well ahead of Babrovsky, arguably the best goalie in the NHL. When was the last time any team scored a power play goal against the Oilers. Add in the best hockey players in the world today in McDavid and Draisaitl and now the full supporting cast playing as if they are possessed, they are proving that statement, the Oilers Best beats anyone's Best. I think they will win on Monday in the same way as the last few games. Only the second team in nhl history to come back in a final from 3 to 0 and I believe the only team to ever come from last (or was it 2nd last) in the first quarter of the regular season to a 7th game final.
A team with one Swede one German one American and the rest Canadians on the starting roster. Team of Destiny I say. Bring that Cup Home!
Go Oilers!
All that aside though, it seems to me that the Oilers have learned in each series how to beat the other team and frankly the absolute closest series was vs the Canucks. The Oilers defense vs Florida has gone from turnovers to full on shut down. Stuart Skinner has gotten better and better and now is well ahead of Babrovsky, arguably the best goalie in the NHL. When was the last time any team scored a power play goal against the Oilers. Add in the best hockey players in the world today in McDavid and Draisaitl and now the full supporting cast playing as if they are possessed, they are proving that statement, the Oilers Best beats anyone's Best. I think they will win on Monday in the same way as the last few games. Only the second team in nhl history to come back in a final from 3 to 0 and I believe the only team to ever come from last (or was it 2nd last) in the first quarter of the regular season to a 7th game final.
A team with one Swede one German one American and the rest Canadians on the starting roster. Team of Destiny I say. Bring that Cup Home!
Go Oilers!
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I'm not nearly so convinced that Florida will get their heads right and win game 7. "Momentum" is not what I'd call it, just psychology.
Edmonton going through that series with Vancouver, all nervy tough games, and after I figured that would mean the Oilers wouud overmatch Dallas, and they did.
So then Edmonton drops 3 in a row, what was that - tiredness? Injury? No. Maybe the problem is they relaxed, told themselves "no worries, we got this", so instead it got them.
Complacency is the killer, always. Even letting it creep in to put you off your game just 1% is enough to lose.
So, then Florida had Edmonton's head in the guillotine, and Edmonton wriggled free of it in game 4, pure desperation, but maybe that is what was needed to fight back hard enough, because they blew Florida right off the ice.
The Panthers tell themselves "Fine - it's just one game, they're too talented to get swept, so let them have it. We'll get the next one".
Soon as Florida failed to smarten the fuck up again in game 5, they and their coach still telling themselves "don't worry, plenty of breathing room left, we got this" - so I knew they'd lose game 6 too.
My guess is now the Panthers probably complete the collapse in their own building by losing game 7.
Why?
Edmonton can now says they redeemed themselves, and play like the first three games never even happened - as if they dominated the Panthers the whole time (not escaped death 3 times).
But the Panthers are coming off three games that are already haunting them. They were complacent, they failed to confirm the kill 3 times in a row, because they (players and coach) kept telling themselves "no worries, we've got this, still plenty of breathing space".
And now that breathing space is gone, complacency replaced by the suffocating feeling of guilt and panic. Nobody will count those 3 wins they got at the start, and say "well, 3 wins 4 losses is not bad".
No matter what they say on camera, they have to know that if they lose, they will be legendary losers, worse than if they got swept. They will be wearing a bag over their heads the rest of their careers. Their wives will leave them. Their kids will get paternity tests hoping that it proves they're bastards.
So I do not consider this a coin flip - even though on paper the Panthers have technically as much chance to win this thing as the Oilers do. It's not about momentum, it's about morale.
The Oilers' test of character was game 4 and 5 - proving they were not just lucky to be there at all. They passed.
The Panthers' test of character is to reset their troubled minds, and play like a winning team should with only one game to decide it all, and not like one that walked in swaggering but will crawl out weeping.
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I was happy to be in Edmonton when they won last week! Go Oilers! Let’s go Canada! 🇨🇦
There is all this, plus the Oilers playing their Best, which beats the other's best.
But a game 7 like this one, woo eee, I for one am already prepping the beer, chips, pizza and maybe a burger to add a bit of protein, and have my *Believe* sign up by the TV.
