WCQF: PAC(2) Edmonton Oilers vs PAC(3) Los Angeles Kings | No Goods win 4-3

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by JackIsBack

Character aside, Kane, for just over 2.1 million, is a great signing.... he has 22 goals, 39 points in just over a half season, that's comparable to adding a Lindholm for less cap hit - something the Oilers' desperately needed and requiring nothing they didn't have (cap space and assets). The big questions was, could the room and leadership handle it, and since they had neither to start with, it couldn't do any damage, a gamble all other NHL teams were not willing to take, and righteously so. I think the Oilers were the only team that Kane could have made better with little or no risk of making worse, you can't break something more, once it's broken, it's broken, and the Oilers were certainly that halfway through this season.

No one ever debated that Kane was going to be a good hockey pick up.

But it never will negate the fact that he's a #### guy and no other teams would bite on a contract for the guy because it would be an indictment on their team's integrity and culture.

Not a problem for the spineless Oilers though.

Whoever thinks people bash the acquisition from a hockey standpoint are completely missing the point.

Long rants to defend/justify it are even sadder.

[Cole436]

As much as I want LA to pull this off, I don’t feel good about this game. If LA doesn’t strike first and strike hard, this has a 5-1 Oilers win all over it.

[Dan403]

Originally Posted by Cole436

As much as I want LA to pull this off, I don’t feel good about this game. If LA doesn’t strike first and strike hard, this has a 5-1 Oilers win all over it.

I don't need this kind of negativity in my life.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by Cole436

As much as I want LA to pull this off, I don’t feel good about this game. If LA doesn’t strike first and strike hard, this has a 5-1 Oilers win all over it.

Six hours before puck drop, and you already know how the game is going? All righty then.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Rutuu

One of the great forgotten story lines of Gm 1 is the fact that Victor Arvidsson missed game 1 after suffering an injury against Seattle last week.

Pretty fortunate for the Oilers to face the Kings with a significant loss like that...and they still got out chanced 5v5.

Oiler's media by tomorrow: "Got'em right where we want them, if the refs would make the right calls"

And their best dman out

Rebuilding team missing two of their best players beat the Oilers 7 years after drafting McDavid with their 4th first overall

[dino7c]

When posters say "I hate to say it but something something Oilers amazing"

they are full of ####

[Shazam]

Gee I think the Oilers are going to poop the bed and Smith is going to completely unravel right from puck drop. He's under a ton of pressure right now, something he deals with extremely poorly.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by dino7c

When posters say "I hate to say it but something something Oilers amazing"

they are full of ####

I hate to say it, but their ability to find new and hilarious ways to lose is the one thing that makes the Oilers amazing.

…

You're right, I'm full of ####. I didn't hate to say that at all.

[JohnnyB]

Originally Posted by JackIsBack

Character aside, Kane, for just over 2.1 million, is a great signing.... he has 22 goals, 39 points in just over a half season, that's comparable to adding a Lindholm for less cap hit - something the Oilers' desperately needed and requiring nothing they didn't have (cap space and assets). The big questions was, could the room and leadership handle it, and since they had neither to start with, it couldn't do any damage, a gamble all other NHL teams were not willing to take, and righteously so. I think the Oilers were the only team that Kane could have made better with little or no risk of making worse, you can't break something more, once it's broken, it's broken, and the Oilers were certainly that halfway through this season.

Kane is a perfect example. Capable of putting up good stats in the regular season, but a terrible person to add to your team in terms of character needed for team success. The Sharks made it to the conference finals with Kane in 2019, but he only contributed 8 points and was a -4, on a team that actually had some great leaders. That's the best of his playoffs experience. Now he's on a team where the only real leader with a history of success is Kieth, and he's not even playing a central role.

We'll see how those guys hang together when the going gets really tough.

[midniteowl]

I love to say it....


E=NG, so E not going to beat LA.

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by dino7c

When posters say "I hate to say it but something something Oilers amazing"

they are full of ####

Everything before the word "but" is horseshirt.

-Eddard Stark

[calumniate]

Not sure if posted yet - locker room hero gets medical exemption

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article...eturn-to-team/

[Cecil Terwilliger]

I hope he gives the whole team covid and they get swept. What a ####ing degenerate POS.

[thefoss1957]

Game 2 is HUGE for the Oil.



"In NHL best-of-seven series, the winner of Game 2 has gone 381-150 -- winning 71.8 percent of the series. Game 1 winners have gone 367-164 -- a 69.1 percent winning percentage.

Teams that have won both games to go up, 2-0, have gone 254-37 -- 87.2 percent."


from: https://www.nhl.com/news/the-importa...ame-2/c-418677



That is for all game 2's, losing both at home, I would think, is much worse.

[midniteowl]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

I hope he gives the whole team covid and they get swept. What a ####ing degenerate POS.

They might give it to their opponents! If I'm LA player, I'll be pissed.

[Reggie Dunlop]

Game Over if there's an early Smith meltdown... Kostin'Em coming in cold will yield equal disaster.

[Enoch Root]

Right wing depth...

Puljujarvi
Yamamoto
Ryan
Kassian

LOL

[stemit14]

Prediction:

Smith let’s in 3 goals on 10 shots within the first 15 minutes. Gets pulled but not before barking at his teammates for screening him. Koskinen goes in and let’s in another goal on his first shot. Crowd rains down sarcastic cheers when he stop a puck from center ice on his first save of the game.


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[midniteowl]

Originally Posted by stemit14

Prediction:

Smith let’s in 3 goals on 10 shots within the first 15 minutes. Gets pulled but not before barking at his teammates for screening him. Koskinen goes in and let’s in another goal on his first shot. Crowd rains down sarcastic cheers when he stop a puck from center ice on his first save of the game.


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I seriously have similar dream last night, it would be hilarious when it comes true.

[Saqe]

So if Smith lays another egg will this be his last game in the league?