Stanley Cup: Florida Panthers [ATL1] vs Edmonton Oilers [PAC2] - Florida wins 4-3

[Saqe]

Originally Posted by FanIn80

I wonder if Tkachuk is hurt? He played 26 shifts last night, which is very close to what the other top Panthers played, except his minutes were only 5th most among forwards. ~13 total, ~11 at 5v5. Lots of under 20secs shifts. His last three shifts were 19, 10 and 9 seconds (in that order). There was 27 seconds left in the game when he came off after being out there for 9 seconds.

Wow, you're right. Only 14 minutes of ice time. I wonder if it's a matchup thing.

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers

It was obviously coming too. Bennett has just laid into him on the boards, circled back for seconds and Drai knew it. Embarrassing.

So obvious

I still can’t believe the embellishment call on Marchment last series (who wasn’t engaged in the play, and you could see the whiplash like effect on his body) .. and then the stripes letting Leon embarrass them like this

[Paulie Walnuts]

Calgary was the last team that felt like most Canadians cheered on.

It was 10 years since the last Canadian team in a final. It was led by Jarome Iginla. It was also authentic not made up and forced on us like the teams after.

None of cup runs by a Canadian team has felt that way again.

Go Panthers USA USA

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by Kipper_3434

In 04 I would say 75% of Oilers fans wanted a flames cup. Only they old hard-core guys from the 80s were cheering for Tampa. Way easier to cheer for the rag-tag underdog flames than the whiny lottery snobs though.

Yeah even some of my Oilers buddies told me they were cheering on the Flames in 04. Good for them but not something I could do with the tables turned.

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by FanIn80

I wonder if Tkachuk is hurt? He played 26 shifts last night, which is very close to what the other top Panthers played, except his minutes were only 5th most among forwards. ~13 total, ~11 at 5v5. Lots of under 20secs shifts. His last three shifts were 19, 10 and 9 seconds (in that order). There was 27 seconds left in the game when he came off after being out there for 9 seconds.

I don’t know about total ice time, but obviously there is some matching involved with last couple of shifts. Not normal circumstances opponent wise, so I wouldn’t read in to it as a normal situation

His last 2 shifts, they were clearly trying to match Barkov against the Edmonton wonder twins

The Oilers started their final 5 unit at 17:32, and pulled Skinner at 17:44. Not a single other Oiler saw the ice after that

Although Perry got a lot of camera time, which was hilarious. *You’re not seeing the ice again tonight, pal

It’s not practical for Maurice to play the same way, just letting 5 guys play the full 2-1/2 minutes

So the second last shift, Bennett and Mikkola also had a 10 second shift. Quick rest for Barkov.

[Slava]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Yeah even some of my Oilers buddies told me they were cheering on the Flames in 04. Good for them but not something I could do with the tables turned.

So weird to me. I’ve talked to some Oilers fans and asked them if they were cheering for the Flames in 2004, and of course they weren’t. Would a Yankees fan cheer for the Red Sox? Would a Michigan fan support Ohio? It’s preposterous. That’s just not how rivalries work!

[Buff]

Pulled out my Mathew Tkachuk Friendship Tour t-shirt to wear on game days during the final round.

I was running errands yesterday and I saw several Oiler t-shirts and jerseys out and about. As I was walking down the aisle in Canadian Tire and Oiler fan, probably in his 50s, looked at my shirt, got a disgusted look on his face and said "Oh, F#$k you!".

All I could do was grin. I wished I was chewing on a mouth guard at that moment.

[dino7c]

Canadian tire is Oilers central for some reason

[Bill Bumface]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Canadian tire is Oilers central for some reason

It's typically across the parking lot from Boston Pizza.

[Inferno]

My sister told me this morning she saw a segment on one of the Winnipeg news stations yesterday and pretty much everyone they interviewed were cheering for Florida because of Maurice.

[Paulie Walnuts]

I didn’t watch. Can some give a recap of why the shots totals for Florida as so low ? They have been the best at getting shots and suppressing shots all playoffs and season.

How did Forsling look?

[iggy_oi]

Is there any video of that high stick call against the panthers? I was out watching the game with friends last night and in real time it looked like a legit penalty but in the one quick replay I saw it looked like the stick blade didn’t touch the visor.

[Paulie Walnuts]

Originally Posted by Slava

So weird to me. I’ve talked to some Oilers fans and asked them if they were cheering for the Flames in 2004, and of course they weren’t. Would a Yankees fan cheer for the Red Sox? Would a Michigan fan support Ohio? It’s preposterous. That’s just not how rivalries work!

My uncle in Edmonton, he treats both the Oilers and Flames as Alberta’s team.

I don’t get it. He cheers for us and the Oilers. He gets behind Canadian teams as well.

This has spilled over to my mom. She will always back a Canadian team. She hates the Americans lol. She loves being a Canadian. It’s crazy for me. She was texting me the Canadian flag yesterday before the game lol. Went to give her a high five that the Oilers lost and she say NO!

It’s sickening behaviour.

[GreenLantern2814]

It does occur to me that if the Oilers win a championship, the ownership group might actually rethink the way they build teams…

If the Panthers win, they’ll think “we had a championship core and an idiot GM wasted it.”

[GioforPM]

Friend of mine said Fla fans were booing the Canadian anthem. Anyone else hear this? I had sound off in the intros.

[EVERLAST]

I guarantee we see Oilers try and start crashing Bob. This is so the M O of greasy people.

Honestly the desperation is gonna be crazy to watch. If they're diving and snapping back heads already it makes me wonder who's encouraging it.

Seriously. HOF player on the bench and these are the shenanigan levels they'll stoop to?

The cats were flat flat flat and they couldn't beat them. They entirely beat themselves.
Watching the body language was like watching us the first time Otteranger was stopping everything and guys were just gutted.

Florida is just gonna get better and better each shift each game and if Edmonton really wakes them up.....ha ha ha .

[Zary's-Mustache]

Spittin chiclets found the edmonton flasher and interviewed her....

I had to turn it off after 30 seconds from 2nd hand embarrassment and cringe factor but holy stay classy edmonton.

[blankall]

Originally Posted by Itse

Based on my understanding of Canadians, the most important thing to most Canadian fans each year is that The Wrong Canadian team does not win.

Is there any sports league, where any fan would support their rival team winning a championship out of some geographic closeness brotherhood?

Would Man United fans be excited to see Man City win it all? Would the Red Sox love to to see the Yankees win, because they are both in New England?

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by Itse

Based on my understanding of Canadians, the most important thing to most Canadian fans each year is that The Wrong Canadian team does not win.

I’m happy to hear we’ve made that clear overseas.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by iggy_oi

Is there any video of that high stick call against the panthers? I was out watching the game with friends last night and in real time it looked like a legit penalty but in the one quick replay I saw it looked like the stick blade didn’t touch the visor.

Ekholm lifted Verhaeghe’s arm and then Bouchard leaned his visor into the stick blade.