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

[butterfly]

Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates

Good way of looking at it, but I disagree that each game is independent in sport.
There's an emotional component that impacts the team who has already won 2 and the team that has lost 2.
The argument I'm making is that it's not like a roulette wheel and I think historical statistical data would support that.

How so? I’d love to see the data.

Some teams get swept and some get to 2-3. Why would you attribute that to emotion, rather than randomness or skill?

[Paulie Walnuts]

Originally Posted by butterfly

How so? I’d love to see the data.

Some teams get swept and some get to 2-3. Why would you attribute that to emotion, rather than randomness or skill?

Sweeps aren’t that easy.

This one just felt like a long series and it going 3-0 was amazing but probably not expected. I think that impacted the last few games and how we viewed things.

It gets corrected tomorrow.

Florida wins the cup in Edmonton.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce

Yeah well, ever since the flying elbow to the head Barkov hasn't been the same

I think Ekblad is hurt from when an Oiler fell on his ankle and I think Tkachuk has a bad hand or shoulder. That’s their 3 best players outside of Bob.

For the oilers, Drai, Kane and Nurse are all hurt.

But that’s advantage Edmonton because mcdavid is healthy and that’s all that matters. It’s live and die with mcdavid.

[direwolf]

Was just watching the National on CBC News and they devoted about 15 minutes to spewing a bunch of Oiler propaganda, basically saying that all of Canada is behind them.

Disgusting.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

It’s a 2 day break. They get 2 days off play tomorrow.

69 hours is closer to three days than two.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

69 hours is closer to three days than two.

Yeah, if they don't take a morning skate or do anything else to prepare on game day.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Jay Random

Yeah, if they don't take a morning skate or do anything else to prepare on game day.

If you want to counter pedantry with pedantry.

[trackercowe]

Originally Posted by direwolf

Was just watching the National on CBC News and they devoted about 15 minutes to spewing a bunch of Oiler propaganda, basically saying that all of Canada is behind them.

Disgusting.

Yet I have read that ratings are only slightly up north of the border. They're up significantly down south, since Americans love their starpower. McDavid draws viewers in the US, but the Oilers are not "Canada's Team".

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

If you want to counter pedantry with pedantry.

I'm countering pedantry with reality.

When normal people say they are getting two days off, they mean two whole days, not 48 hours between shifts.

[Paulie Walnuts]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

69 hours is closer to three days than two.

It’s 2 days. Not hours.

Learn how the calendar works.

[Inferno]

Originally Posted by direwolf

Was just watching the National on CBC News and they devoted about 15 minutes to spewing a bunch of Oiler propaganda, basically saying that all of Canada is behind them.

Disgusting.

One of the days between game 4 and 5 I was watching CBC News during lunch and they switched to an interview with Pissy. I changed the channel and waited atleast 10 minutes and switched it back. It was an interview with Skinner.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Jay Random

I'm countering pedantry with reality.

When normal people say they are getting two days off, they mean two whole days, not 48 hours between shifts.

Sports is always spoken as days between games. Not days off before they go for a workout or a skate.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

It’s 2 days. Not hours.

Learn how the calendar works.

Two days is 48 hours. Learn how a clock works.

[Paulie Walnuts]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

Two days is 48 hours. Learn how a clock works.

Ok keyboard warrior. Maybe go make some friends in real life instead of arguing with everyone you can on a message board.

It’s a 2 day break. Dumbass.

Wednesday and Thursday. Friday is not an off day.

Some people.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

Sports is always spoken as days between games. Not days off before they go for a workout or a skate.

It is always spoken of as FULL, 24-HOUR days between game days. Not time elapsed between the last minute of one game and the first minute of the next.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

Two days is 48 hours. Learn how a clock works.

Even granting your silly assumption (which nobody does), 69 hours is LESS than three days. Go buy a calculator.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Jay Random

It is always spoken of as FULL, 24-HOUR days between game days. Not time elapsed between the last minute of one game and the first minute of the next.

Yep. 69 hours between games is what I said.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

Yep. 69 hours between games is what I said.

You said that was three days off.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Jay Random

Even granting your silly assumption (which nobody does), 69 hours is LESS than three days. Go buy a calculator.

Go buy some glasses and learn to read.

[trackercowe]

Oilers win a couple and we start turning against each other... Please let it end tomorrow, otherwise this is going to be the endless summer nights from hell.