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Originally Posted by dino7c
Excuses for what? they lost.
Fact is Dallas had a way harder road to the conference finals...taking on Vegas and Colorado took a lot out of them Vs. LA and Vancouver. It was an extremely fortunate bracket for the Oilers. Still Dallas outplayed the Oilers badly especially in game six but sometimes a team just gets all the breaks. Usually cinderella doesn't win the big prize in the end though.
Montreal was in the finals a few years ago...they certainly weren't the 2nd best team in the NHL. Nor were the Oilers IMO.
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If Demko had been healthy, the Canucks would have ended that series in 6 games or less. Him getting injured along with Boeser's injury before game 7 were the best things to happen to the Oilers in those playoffs. The stars aligned perfectly for them, and the chances of that happening again in a similar fashion this year are likely zero.