[PST] Second Round: Anaheim (1st pacific) vs Edmonton (2nd pacific)

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Weitz

I don't think you can say Couture was 60%. That is a reach. Don't really know how Thornton played with that injury.

The last Ducks loss was against the Oilers. They have played them well and won the season series.

What breaks did they get in beating the Sharks?

Game 3 Winner was a ridiculously bad turnover and a backhand I would see in my beer league

Game 5 Turned on a McDavid hit what was about 4 hours late...he goes to the box there and the Oilers don't get two PPs and enter the third down 3-1

[Weitz]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Game 3 Winner was a ridiculously bad turnover and a backhand I would see in my beer league

Game 5 Turned on a McDavid hit what was about 4 hours late...he goes to the box there and the Oilers don't get two PPs and enter the third down 3-1

Sharks still didn't score a goal, so whats the point? No reason to show they lose that game otherwise.

You are going to complain about a missed call? Really? Should we go back and look at all the calls missed in game 1/2/3/5/6 against the sharks?

[Zoller]

Honestly, I wasn't impressed with the Ducks in games 2 and 3. They were far and away the better team in Game 1. And Game 4 was close

Seeing as the Flames were probably the better team in 2 of the 4 games, I could see Edmonton actually winning this.

[Vinny01]

Originally Posted by Zoller

Honestly, I wasn't impressed with the Ducks in games 2 and 3. They were far and away the better team in Game 1. And Game 4 was close

Seeing as the Flames were probably the better team in 2 of the 4 games, I could see Edmonton actually winning this.

Vatanen and Fowler should be back for the Ducks which changes things. I think Edmonton keeps this series close but Anaheim is really coming together right now

[McG]

I wasn't impressed with the ducks in the first round, but then again, they did exactly what they had to do and won in 4 games.

I wasn't that impressed with the greasers in the first round either, but again, they did exactly what they had to do.

Will the ducks be rusty or healthy? Oilers showed that they could be distracted.

Ducks in 5.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Weitz

...The last Ducks loss was against the Oilers. They have played them well and won the season series...

I don't think this is especially meaningful. Nashville won only one of their six games against Chicago, and that was way back in the beginning of October.

[verda13]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Game 3 Winner was a ridiculously bad turnover and a backhand I would see in my beer league

Game 5 Turned on a McDavid hit what was about 4 hours late...he goes to the box there and the Oilers don't get two PPs and enter the third down 3-1

In no way was that hit late..

[CGY12]

Originally Posted by Weitz

I don't think you can say Couture was 60%. That is a reach. Don't really know how Thornton played with that injury.

The last Ducks loss was against the Oilers. They have played them well and won the season series.

What breaks did they get in beating the Sharks?

The turning point in that series was late in the 2nd period of game 5 when with 1 second left in a Oilers PP Burns inexplicably basically pitch forks the puck from behind the net 30 feet over the glass. It was so bad that it looked like he was doing it intentionally. One of the worst plays I've seen by a defensemen this season. The oil had nothing going on at that point and he put them on another PP which the Oil scored on to make it 3-2 going into the 3rd and giving them life. Had he not made that bone head play the Sharks go home up 3-2 in the series.

[Groot]

Ugh, I have to be in Edmonton for 2 days for work, watching this game at the bar here, pray for me.

Here's some quotes I've heard already tonight..
"The Oilers are simply too big and too fast for the Ducks, nothing they can do to stop us"
"The team deserves this"
"All these years of hard-work are finally paying off, Oilers in 5"
Unrelated
"Some couple in Quebec won $55 million in the lottery. Classless french-speaking pieces of ****, it's not fair".

[3rd liner]

I really don't know who to go with in this series. All I see is players I hate. Perry, Bieksa, Kesler vs. Kassian, Lucic and the Greasers. Nobody wins unless they just beat the holy hell out of each other and Nashville makes quick work of them. That is the only good thing that can happen here.

[Crumpy-Gunt]

It feels strange to be cheering for Kesler.

[vegasbound]

Getzlaf!

[CaptainYooh]

I couldn't watch the game. Turned it on while working out and turned it right off after 10 minutes. I wanted both of them to score a ton of goals on each other and lose. Not gonna watch any more games of this series.

[GordonBlue]

I read that Drai is first player 21 or younger to have a 4 point playoff game since Gretzky.
didn't think it would be that rare.

[Sainters7]

Originally Posted by FlamesFan?101

If you're a hockey fan, you'd want to see the world's best player as much as possible regardless of who they play for. Sucks that he plays for rival, but McDavid is a historic player. Be thankful you're alive to witness greatness, this is like witnessing Gretzky/Orr/Lemieux back in their day.

Matthews was a rookie, playing a tougher team, and had a better first round. Matthews is going to be better than McDavid, just watch

[Jason14h]

Originally Posted by Sainters7

Matthews was a rookie, playing a tougher team, and had a better first round. Matthews is going to be better than McDavid, just watch

Matthews was also also a first overall pick and generational player. Ovy and Crosby comparison.

People were enjoying watching Matthews too.

[MRCboicgy]

Originally Posted by Sainters7

Matthews was a rookie, playing a tougher team, and had a better first round. Matthews is going to be better than McDavid, just watch

Actually, I would have ventured to say Washington was an easier team to play against than San Jose. Matthews didn't have Vlasic and Braun draped over him, because Washington's D-men, while having an amazing top 5, allow a lot more open ice and don't try to smother the opposition's best player. Crosby will have a ton of room out there.

[Toonage]

This is as close as I can stand seeing the Oilers get to the cup. Ducks need to cut them off at the knees, now.

[belsarius]

Hate to see the Oilers win, but it was very satisfying to watch the Ducks lose on a fluky deflection goal just like they kept killing the Flames with.

Nice to see McDiver is still in full form, the 2-1 goal was a PP on a penalty that it seemed Anaheim got away with 3 times a game on Gaudreau but don't you touch the golden boy.

Not really impressed with the flow from either team, Anaheim looked rusty and Edmonton looked disorganized, interesting to see how the rest of the series plays out.

In the end though Edmonton got the puck luck and got the job done to take home ice away. Begrudgingly giving credit where credit is due. Really hope Bennett can come close to what Draisatl has accomplished.

[Calgary14]

If Gibson keeps giving up rebounds like that the Ducks have no hope. Kesler needs to be better at pushing McDavid but not going too far and taking dumb penalties. And the Kesler pregame interview about how he has some tricks up his sleeve to contain McDavid was comical, too bad he can't actually follow through on that. I saw McDavid do the fake line change and it seemed to work, surprised it's not more common?