WCSF: Flames vs. Oilers-Battle of Alberta

[Hack&Lube]

Originally Posted by Buff

I hope Smith scores on his own net.

An Oiler smith self scoring is a BoA tradition.

[shadowlord]

Playoff stats with Oettinger thrown in to show how much better Oettinger is vs Smith.

GAA

Markstrom 1.53
Oettinger 1.81
Smith 2.29

Advantage: Calgary


Save Percentage

Oettinger 0.954
Markstrom 0.943
Smith 0.938

Advantage: Calgary


Shots Faced

Oettinger 285
Smith 260
Markstrom 192

Advantage: Calgary


Shutouts

Smith 2
Oettinger 1
Markstrom 1

Advantage: Edmonton


No matter how well Smith is playing, he's inferior to Oettinger except for shutouts & shots faced. But Markstrom is better than Smith in every category except for shutouts.

If Calgary plays the same style vs Edmonton as it did versus Dallas, there will be more Flames scoring.

[dissentowner]

I don't expect Draisaitl to escape game 1 without being too injured to continue after the Flames physicality. The Oilers have poor D and Mike Smith in net, this one is over in 5 at the most for the good guys! GFG!

[Stampede2TheCup]

Originally Posted by bc-chris

here we go.....


IMG_8025 by bc-chris, on Flickr

I think it’s a good omen that the first one on the right already seems destined to fall. GFG!!!

[WhiteTiger]

If the Flames show up and play their game...They take this in 5

[MisterJoji]

Originally Posted by Rising_Oil_Prices

I didn’t say it wasn’t going to be tough.. 7 games I said.



As well, McD has 7 points in 4 games this year vs the Sutter Flames. That’s even a little higher percentage than his lifetime stat.

Gaudreau has 8. Lol.

[calgaryred]

Still feel gross inside after losing game 7 ot in 1991

[EldrickOnIce]

31 years?
These were annual occurrences when I was a kid and I assumed they always would be.
LFG

[GordonBlue]

One thing that is huge is the fact that there will be very little travel. Nice change for teams out west.

[kyuss275]

No ottenger , no boxed out d, draisital playing on one leg, I think flames take this in 5 . Wouldn’t be surprised if they sweep. After playing Dallas defensive game , it will feel like pond hockey for flames in offensive zone. Go flames!!!

[Erick Estrada]

No matter how well Smith plays he won't be able to maintain the level Oettinger did for a full series. It can only get easier to score going forward. Flames just have to ensure that they can play just as well defensively against Kane, McDavid, and Grumpy Pants.

[Tsawwassen]

"Watch a BOA game with Steve Dangle" will be happening.

[GranteedEV]

For all the talk about Oettinger/Smith, I am pretty stoked to be facing Nurse/Bouchard/Keith/Barrie/Russell/Kulak rather than Orr-mode Heiskanen and Lidstrom-mode Klingberg

Of course McDavid is a tough matchup. But I feel Backlund has had more success vs him than against MacKinnon, and Kylington was a difference-maker against him as well.

[Tsawwassen]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

This felt a lot like the series against Vancouver in 1989, and it set the table for the Flames run.

A similar table was set against the Canucks in 2004 for that Flames run.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Rising_Oil_Prices

I didn’t say it wasn’t going to be tough.. 7 games I said.

As well, McD has 7 points in 4 games this year vs the Sutter Flames. That’s even a little higher percentage than his lifetime stat.

Now do Johnny. Then do Tkachuk. Hint - it’s higher than 7.

[Northendzone]

Originally Posted by Acey

Cuthbert to call

i have to admit i have really grown to enjoy Ball and Millen.

Of course in a perfect world, Don Wittman would be available to make the call.

[Saqe]

I want to see an epic beatdown of the Oilers and I think it will happen. They struggled with the Kings who are just a weaker version of the Stars talent wise and completely outmatched regarding experience, which is the reason why the Stars were able to hang with the Flames. Essentially the whole Dallas team had cup finals experience from couple years back whereas the Kings were icing a bunch of rookies.

[dammage79]

Flames in 4. If the Flames can execute even 75% of the effort they did in the Stars series they're going to steam roll Edmonton. Smith can't do what Oettinger did.

Their D core is a pale comparison to the Stars D core.

I fully believe that if the Flames were a sword and Sutter was the blacksmith, the Stars series was what quenched the steel.

[nfotiu]

Originally Posted by Rising_Oil_Prices

I didn’t say it wasn’t going to be tough.. 7 games I said.

As well, McD has 7 points in 4 games this year vs the Sutter Flames. That’s even a little higher percentage than his lifetime stat.

Mcdavid averaging a point and half a game doesn't seem particularly worrisome. That sounds like the recipe for a lot of 5-2 Flames wins to me.

[Geeoff]

Hopefully, this is more of a massacre of Alberta.