[OOT] May 31, just one game.

[dino7c]

Oilers got a ton of bounces and still lost

[Aarongavey]

Originally Posted by Shazam

He plays without honour.

Someone should make a highlight package of the McDavid dives for YouTube.

[EldrickOnIce]

Originally Posted by Shazam

He plays without honour.

100% this

[Textcritic]

God, what a trash team.

[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Did the Flames have 60% of the scoring chances? IDK


Anyway not really relevant, Avs are their own team

They did.

Scoring chances were 39-19.

High Danger was 19-7.

But Flames let the Oilers stars build confidence in the comeback and it carried through the series. Flames also adjusted to try to stop the oilers stars and all it did was take them off their own game.

Of course the difference here is the Flames didn’t have a Mackinnon or a Makar.

But unless the Avs get better goaltending it might not matter. We all like to make fun of Mike Smith, but his career .927 save percentage in the playoffs is great and he’s proven he can bounce back from poor efforts.

[PaperBagger'14]

When Colorado almost blows a large lead in game 1

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

It's kind of a crime that Smith doesn't get the loss.

Once again. What a jerk.

[Otto-matic]

I love how the Oiler fans have been harping on Flames fans all week about how the goal was no goal and learn to read the rules!

Shoes on the other foot and they're all crying its the league wanting Colorado to win and this was a "interpretation" of the rule.

[flylock shox]

I'm pretty confident the Avs have a 10 or 11 goal game in them this series. Would love to see it.

[Cole436]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Woodcroft still thinks it's offside lol

Don't get me wrong, I am very happy the Oilers got screwed, however I think Makar is just insanely lucky he didn't touch the puck. I don't think that was intentional at all.

They got the call right by the letter of the rule, but that really doesn't feel like what the spirit of the rule is. It was the right call on a technicality, but I have a hard time not believing he didn’t intend to have possession or attempted possession.

If this had happened to the Flames we'd be livid right now.

[2macinnis2]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

They did.

Scoring chances were 39-19.

High Danger was 19-7.

But Flames let the Oilers stars build confidence in the comeback and it carried through the series. Flames also adjusted to try to stop the oilers stars and all it did was take them off their own game.

Of course the difference here is the Flames didn’t have a Mackinnon or a Makar. But unless the Avs get better goaltending it might not matter.

I think the Flames adjusted too late. I hate the idea of playing your top line vs McDavid. You need your best defensive players out vs McDavid… he can be slowed down and for the Flames when they finally adjusted and played Backlund or occasionally Jarnkrok against him, he wasn’t dominating play as much. The Flames probably should have won games 4 and 5. Playing the top line vs McDavid is what leads to this feeling of teams trading haymakers because it allows their best guys to go unchallenged defensively, which is exactly the game the Oilers want.

The Kings did it right, they just didn’t have the guns to take advantage when they could get chances.

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by Cole436

Don't get me wrong, I am very happy the Oilers got screwed, however I think Makar is just insanely lucky he didn't touch the puck. I don't think that was intentional at all.

They got the call right by the letter of the rule, but that really doesn't feel like what the spirit of the rule is. It was the right call on a technicality, but I have a hard time not believing he didn’t intend to have possession or attempted possession.

If this had happened to the Flames we'd be livid right now.

Not me

The league justifies it, it makes sense, and they won’t be deleting all of their relevant examples

Good call, and correct

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Cole436

Don't get me wrong, I am very happy the Oilers got screwed, however I think Makar is just insanely lucky he didn't touch the puck. I don't think that was intentional at all.

They got the call right by the letter of the rule, but that really doesn't feel like what the spirit of the rule is. It was the right call on a technicality, but I have a hard time not believing he didn’t intend to have possession or attempted possession.

If this had happened to the Flames we'd be livid right now.

Makar said it was intentional in his post game interview. Knew he needed to push the puck in to give Nichushkin time to get onside.

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by 2macinnis2

I think the Flames adjusted too late. I hate the idea of playing your top line vs McDavid. You need your best defensive players out vs McDavid… he can be slowed down and for the Flames when they finally adjusted and played Backlund or occasionally Jarnkrok against him, he wasn’t dominating play as much. The Flames probably should have won games 4 and 5. Playing the top line vs McDavid is what leads to this feeling of teams trading haymakers because it allows their best guys to go unchallenged defensively, which is exactly the game the Oilers want.

The Kings did it right, they just didn’t have the guns to take advantage when they could get chances.

Really you need to game plan for 2 matchups based on ice time they get

But guys like MacKinnon or Crosby head to head with McD is not that bad at all

[dino7c]

Lucky or not he doesn't touch the puck...it's onside

[OldDutch]

Bill Burr on Jimmy Kimmel tonight dumping on NBA game management by refs. Like the same story with where NHL are going.

“Its massaged to be exciting. Refs have too much power”

Wow

[Cole436]

Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache

Not me

The league justifies it, it makes sense, and they won’t be deleting all of their relevant examples

Good call, and correct

I feel the section about "attempting possession" means this should have been offside.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

They did.

Scoring chances were 39-19.

High Danger was 19-7.

But Flames let the Oilers stars build confidence in the comeback and it carried through the series. Flames also adjusted to try to stop the oilers stars and all it did was take them off their own game.

Of course the difference here is the Flames didn’t have a Mackinnon or a Makar.

But unless the Avs get better goaltending it might not matter. We all like to make fun of Mike Smith, but his career .927 save percentage in the playoffs is great and he’s proven he can bounce back from poor efforts.

who cares what he did 10 years ago? .907 in round two, .800 tonight

Only Oiler media would add playoff numbers with the Yotes from 10 years ago to make him look good

[sharkov]

If they lose this series, oiler fans will be mining this salt for years

[Elkyiv]

I hate that we have to wait a year for play off hockey. A year is a long time.