The key to beating the Oilers is A contain the wonder twins the best you can.
B, get pucks deep and forecheck hard on the dmen.
It was pretty obvious last year in the SCF Florida did that hard games 1-3 and completely shut Edmonton down. They laid off the forecheck in Games 3-6 and Edmonton came back. Game 7 they were hard on the forecheck and won.
if you pressure the D you force the turnovers and they don't get the puck up to the wonder twins. The Oilers D are not making a short quick outlet pass to them as they are not back in the zone yet. They are lollygagging on the back check to get the stretch pass.
Oilers are soft hit them over and over and over, and they will turn it over. Don't change on the dump in every time forecheck hard cause a turnover, start the cycle and then go change.
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