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Harris1st
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JimmiC
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fLyiNgDroNe
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On May 31 2022 21:30 JimmiC wrote: The avs in 5. Avs in 6. | ||
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QuanticHawk
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EVERY DAY WILL BE CLF 2 SHIT POSTERS 1 CUP NO MERCY FOR UR LIVER | ||
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JimmiC
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fLyiNgDroNe
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Harris1st
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First game vs Flames 6 : 9 First game vs Avs 6 : 8 This is normal, it's just the Oilers process | ||
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Flaccid
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On June 01 2022 05:56 QuanticHawk wrote: 2 SHIT POSTERS 1 CUP THIS WOULD BE THE FINALS THAT A FUKT YEAR LIKE 2022 DESERVES. MAKE IT SO. | ||
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Flaccid
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fLyiNgDroNe
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On June 04 2022 11:51 JimmiC wrote: Damn are the Rangers going to ein the honor of bring destroyed by the avs in the finals? MSG too stronk, wait for the series to arrive in Florida. | ||
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QuanticHawk
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fLyiNgDroNe
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Oilers in these playoffs are 65 - 59 GF/GA (+6) McDavid is +15. The next best in EDM is Kulak with +7. Imagine being the best player in the world and having your GM balancing the game for you by adding Smith. My condolences go to Flaccid. | ||
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Harris1st
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 A bit confused about the goal where Smith was just pushed into his goal. I thought for sure it would be disallowed | ||
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Flaccid
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On June 07 2022 14:28 fLyiNgDroNe wrote: if you still don't get how good McDavid is and how bad Oilers are Oilers in these playoffs are 65 - 59 GF/GA (+6) McDavid is +15. The next best in EDM is Kulak with +7. Imagine being the best player in the world and having your GM balancing the game for you by adding Smith. My condolences go to Flaccid. Sub in Smith with any replacement-level goalie and that series is probably 2-2 right now. Game three was the real killer, where Edm had like 70% of the scoring chances and yet we'd get a Mike Smith muffin immediately after every Edm goal. McDavid skews the team stats by playing 50 minutes a night, imo. The bottom six isn't that bad - at least not as bad as previous years. I think they're a slightly deeper defence and consistent goaltending away from being good enough next time. | ||
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JimmiC
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QuanticHawk
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On June 07 2022 22:24 Flaccid wrote: Sub in Smith with any replacement-level goalie and that series is probably 2-2 right now. Game three was the real killer, where Edm had like 70% of the scoring chances and yet we'd get a Mike Smith muffin immediately after every Edm goal. McDavid skews the team stats by playing 50 minutes a night, imo. The bottom six isn't that bad - at least not as bad as previous years. I think they're a slightly deeper defence and consistent goaltending away from being good enough next time. yea goaltending is the big culprit. I still think most other teams are a little deeper but they also don't have McGuber and Draistl | ||
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Flaccid
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On June 07 2022 23:04 JimmiC wrote: I thought smith played alright in the series. When you check the stats Avs had way more high danger chances and shots in general than the Oil. He has some softies but over all he was fine. Oilers probably should have had game 3, game 4 was close but 1 and 2 were all avs. https://www.naturalstattrick.com/game.php?season=20212022&game=30320 That's fair. Though I'd argue that no team can expect to go deep in the playoffs when at least one softie is a given in every game. If anything, it's a testament to the Oilers' offence that they made it to the conference finals despite bleeding shitty goals in what is typical much more tightly defended, lower scoring hockey. I am convinced that the opposition's book on Smith read: "Just fire everything on net. From everywhere. Worst case scenario, he surrenders a couple of muffins. Best case scenario, he surrenders a couple of muffins AND we inflate his SV% enough that they keep starting him." Scenario two certainly played out. Plus the narrative that he is "a battler" - the kind of thing the smooth-brains in the Oilers exec like to look at as a positive rather than indicative of a goalie constantly fighting to get back in position after doing something bad. Don't get me wrong, I like Mike Smith and I wanted him to succeed. But he was a momentum-sucking black hole all playoffs. My postmortem on the 2021/2022 Oilers would say something about how, in the Avalanche, the Oilers finally found an opponent that could prevent them from outscoring their mistakes. The Oilers can usually count on a number of golden rush opportunities each game and the speed of the Avs defense allowed them to cut this down significantly. Already, their transition game was severely limited by the ineffectiveness of Darnel Nurse who, I assume, has to have been carrying some sort of injury into the playoffs. They rely heavily on him (have had to almost exclusively since the death of Oscar Klefbom) to create those quick transitions and they just didn't exist this series. Colorado showed why they are a more complete team and why they have been competitive year over year. Ideally, this would demonstrate to the Oilers' exec what needs to be changed for next year. But, in reality, that network of good ol' boys will still favour "saw him good" over things like analytics and career trajectories and keep doing things like pinning your post season hopes on the ghosts of Mike Smith and Duncan Keith. I don't think the Oilers need to do anything too drastic in the offseason. Ideally, Smith and Keith would retire, but hahaha, wishful thinking. I hope they don't bother chasing Evander Kane. He's gonna want way too much money now that he has benefitted from the McDavid bump and it's not worth it. They need a little bit of defensive depth - but some of that can come from within. Evan Bouchard can help share the puck-moving load provided he's not constantly saddled with Duncan Keith as a partner. The game slows to a crawl every time the puck touches Keith's stick and that plays against the Oilers' strengths. Plus Broberg might be ready for regular shifts in the NHL. My offseason list would be: 1) Find a reliable, at-least-league-average starter to give you consistent goaltending. I like Stuart Skinner and think he can easily play as the regular backup. 2) Re-sign some free agents, such as Yamamoto, Poolparty, and Kulak. They are all good, effective players. 3) If there is defensive depth available at a good price, sure. That's really it. Holloway will be in the NHL next season, that's another top 6 player, most likely. No need to think you need a bunch more talent in the top 6. Oh, and 4) Sign Jay Woodcroft to a 50 year coaching contract and make him grow a mustache. | ||
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