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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Looking at the current roster construction for each team:
Karlsson - Eichel - Stone vs. Draisaitl - McDavid - Perry: Advantage Oilers
Saad - Hertl - Dorofeyev vs. Kane - RNH - Hyman: Push
Barbashev - Roy - Smith vs. Frederic - Henrique - Brown: Advantage Vegas
Pearson - Howden - Olofsson vs. Podkolzin - Janmark - Arvidsson: Push
McNabb - Theodore vs. Nurse - Bouchard: Push
Hague - Pietrangelo vs. Walman - Klingberg: Advantage Vegas
Hanifin - Whitecloud vs. Kulak - Emberson: Advantage Vegas
Hill vs Pickard/Skinner: Advantage Vegas but it's pretty slight based on Hill's recent form.
I'd say for Forwards it's pretty close, but the Oilers have the two best forwards in the series, so that gives them the advantage. Vegas has 5 guys that are pretty effective centers though (Eichel, Hertl, Roy, Howden, Karlsson).
Defense is a clear advantage for Vegas and hopefully they can slow down 29 and 97.
Goaltending for both teams is a bit inconsistent, but Hill is the most proven and hopefully can find his A game.
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I respect your opinions but WTF is with the bolded? I am hoping that was just a typo. Fixing the defense comparisons:
McNabb - Theodore vs. Nurse - Bouchard: Huge Ad Vegas
Hague - Pietrangelo vs. Walman - Klingberg: Big Ad Vegas
Hanifin - Whitecloud vs. Kulak - Emberson: Gigantic Ad Vegas
The advantage Vegas has in this series is arguably the best D in the league, vs a pretty lousy D. The series comes down to two questions, IMO:
1) can Vegas contain McDavid and Draisaitl sufficiently (I believe they can with that D)
2) Can Eichel and Stone run a successful PP? If so, they win the series.