Quote:
Originally Posted by stemit14
Agreed. But what do they need to beat them? I will say the oilers are a team seemingly designed to be easier and easier to beat as the playoffs go on. They play their top players a crazy amount of minutes so they get worn down. And they rely heavily on their powerplay. The first round sees tons of powerplays - maybe even more than typical regular season games but then fewer and fewer powerplays are called as the playoffs go along.
What is the anti-Oiler piece that LA needs to beat them in the first round? I personally think they could use more scoring and/or a 2nd/3rd line centre that has strong possession numbers. They also need Doughty back and at the top of his game.
|
One thing they need is steadier goaltending.
Quick was the best one they had but he went back and fourth from good game to bad game. Korpisalo was ass for most the series, and Talbot wasn't much better. Rittich was fine in the 1-0 loss but wasn't good the last game.