SCF: Florida Panthers (A3) vs Edmonton Oilers (P3) - PANTHERS WIIIIN 4-2!!!

[BigThief]

Originally Posted by Rhett44

As much as I hate McDavid, laying the blame on him is crazy. Look at the 2 rosters, outside of McDavid the Panthers are better at every position.

This isn't basketball. One player cannot win you a cup.

One goal, one assist, -7 in the last four games.

[OldDutch]

Originally Posted by Rhett44

As much as I hate McDavid, laying the blame on him is crazy. Look at the 2 rosters, outside of McDavid the Panthers are better at every position.

This isn't basketball. One player cannot win you a cup.

Multiple things can be true at the same time. Your right FLA is overall much deeper. Second that McDavid, who has taken a mantle of “best in the world”, has now not influenced a game when it mattered the very most, going on several years now.

A goal and assist in 4GP is great if your on the 3rd line. Dude was defanged and limp when a team built around him needed him the most.

[CactusJack]

Originally Posted by woob

Man say what you will about Skinner because he’s an Oiler, but I really enjoy his post game interviews. Such a refreshing change from the typical player interview.

I actually like Skinner and think he’ll be decent once he gets ran out of Edmonton. The pressure on him there has to been insane with the lack of defensive support he gets and the Captain shaking his head in disgust after literally every goal he lets in. He also comes across as a pretty good dude and is one of very few Oilers that wouldn’t have made me wretch seeing hoist the Cup if they had somehow pulled this off… still ecstatic they didn’t though!!!

[DeluxeMoustache]

Reinhart sets a record for most goals scored on an empty net with more than 5 minutes left in the game

Hahaha

[Flames Fan, Ph.D.]

Originally Posted by Coach

For anyone that's ever been part of a team of anything, I can't imagine just sitting there like the loser of all losers as your other loser teammates file in. Can you even look them in the face? Do you think there's hugs of tears for a hard fought loss that was oh so close? Lol.

Not only that, but those penalties he took to get ejected were on purpose. He didn’t even have the decency to remain on the ice with his teammates. He bailed on them.

[FlamesDraftPrognosticator]

Originally Posted by BigThief

One goal, one assist, -7 in the last four games.

Hahaha McMinus when it counts!

[Rhett44]

Originally Posted by OldDutch

Multiple things can be true at the same time. Your right FLA is overall much deeper. Second that McDavid, who has taken a mantle of “best in the world”, has now not influenced a game when it mattered the very most, going on several years now.

A goal and assist in 4GP is great if your on the 3rd line. Dude was defanged and limp when a team built around him needed him the most.

I honestly credit Florida for this. You could tell they had a strategy for him and it worked. I credit their defenders and coaching.

It also doesn't help when your coach has to play you 30 minutes a night because the rest of your team is so bad.

Still though, McDavid is an Oiler. And therefore is a loser.

[dino7c]

Knob made some odd decisions...switching back between goalies and shuffling deck chairs on the bottom lines looked desperate.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by OldDutch

Multiple things can be true at the same time. Your right FLA is overall much deeper. Second that McDavid, who has taken a mantle of “best in the world”, has now not influenced a game when it mattered the very most, going on several years now.

A goal and assist in 4GP is great if your on the 3rd line. Dude was defanged and limp when a team built around him needed him the most.

yeah the guy choked big time

Marner gets chased out of town for his performance in the last few games of the Panthers series. If you are the best player in the game you shouldn't be shut down like that

[3rd liner]

I’m driving home from my Tuesday night shinny in the 17th Ave. area. If I see any soaked Oilers jerseys walking in the rain and I’ll make sure that we’re rolled down the window and laugh at them.

[OldDutch]

Originally Posted by dino7c

yeah the guy choked big time

Marner gets chased out of town for his performance in the last few games of the Panthers series. If you are the best player in the game you shouldn't be shut down like that

Spoiler alert: He isn’t.

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

I started watching game 4 when Florida was up 3-0, and witnessed the collapse. I started watching tonight when they were up 4-1, but this time I turned the TV off after Perry scored. I will not be watching game 6

Didn't watch a minute of the game tonight. Totally worth it

[Paulie Walnuts]

Reinhart had 4 goals tonight. Marner has 4 in his last 24 playoff games. One excels the other is a ghost.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

Reinhart had 4 goals tonight. Marner has 4 in his last 24 playoff games. One excels the other is a ghost.

Who said anything about Reinhart? you are always looking for an angle
Its just funny that Marner is chased out of town and McDavid was shut down by a great team no fault of his own

played the same team
Marner is gonna do GREAT somewhere IMO. Guy has world class skill, pressure in TO is legit

[3rd liner]

Missed the third due to shinny but I’ll watch the PVR now. I hope there is all closeup of s***bag Perry’s face immediately after the game.
And POS Kane’s. Oh wait he was in the dressing room already.

[SuperMatt18]

It's in no way McDavid's fault.

Whenever a team lacks depth, the stars get blamed for not being able to perform.

You had Barkov, Reinhart, Forsling being hard matched against McDavid because they knew they didn't have to worry about the other lines.

That is two Selke finalists, and one of the best defensive d-men in the NHL. Tough to find space against those guys.

At 5v5 in this series:

With McDavid - 52.0% xGF
Without McDavid - 42.0% xGF

The big thing is they also got PDO'd with McDavid on the ice at 5v5 - 3 GF 8 GA on .873 PDO (.830 save percentage).

But I hope the Oilers media fixates on McDavid being outscored 8-3 at 5v5, blame it on him, and run him out of town.

[bc-chris]

i'm sooooo happy right now!!!


IMG_8029 by bc-chris, on Flickr

[trackercowe]

Originally Posted by bc-chris

i'm sooooo happy right now!!!


IMG_8029 by bc-chris, on Flickr

Out of thanks... Damn. I've been waiting for this all playoffs long.

[bc-chris]

human tears by bc-chris, on Flickr

[united]

Originally Posted by united

The Panthers had a 5.5-hour flight across two time zones and still out-attempted and out-chanced the Oilers at 5-on-5. Oilers get twice as many power plays with the Panthers’ fourth line taking the unforced overtime penalty and game over.

They’ll be okay.

The Panthers were, in fact, okay just as expected...and it wasn't a particularly close series. The Panthers somehow had the powerplay advantage in just 1 of 6 games, but didn't need it as they cruised everywhere else.

5v5 attempts: 355-291 Panthers
5v5 xG: 17-13 Panthers
5v5 goals: 16-10 Panthers

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