My overall impression of the Ducks-Oilers series, of which I watched most, but not all (missed Game 6 entirely), was that Anaheim played abysmal hockey most of the time. Their passes were not good, their PK inept, their PP almost as bad, and yet their stars (ick) - Getzlaf and Kesler - did just enough to drive them to the win.
Had Talbot not stood on his head most of the time, I suspect that they Ducks, as bad as they were (and they weren't good in the Calgary series either, just better than us), would have despatched them rather more quickly than they did.
The Oilers were good at times, as were the Flames. But they were inconsistent and spent too much energy in their good games, and not enough in their bad ones.
I don't see a great future for them unless they add a LOT more measured defense, and far better 6-9 forwards.
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