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Post by AmeriCanVBfan on Jun 22, 2024 9:13:35 GMT -5
The Oilers are about to force a Game 7 after falling behind in the series 3-0. Game 7 on Monday will be must-watch TV. You would've thought they were done but the last game is the toughest to win. This is what I love about sports. Instead of the mindset being "Oh no! We have to win FOUR games in a row!", it's just "We have to win the next game." Hoping the Oilers have enough in the tank to complete the comeback.
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Post by bbg95 on Jun 22, 2024 9:38:34 GMT -5
The Oilers are about to force a Game 7 after falling behind in the series 3-0. Game 7 on Monday will be must-watch TV. You would've thought they were done but the last game is the toughest to win. This is what I love about sports. Instead of the mindset being "Oh no! We have to win FOUR games in a row!", it's just "We have to win the next game." Hoping the Oilers have enough in the tank to complete the comeback. Yeah, we'll see. If this game was in Edmonton, I would give Florida no shot. But since it's in Florida, I think it could go either way. I was surprised that Edmonton fell behind 3-0 on the first place, so I'm not totally shocked that they've come back. McDavid is having a historically great postseason with 42 points, trailing only the two greatest hockey players of all time in Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux. Draisaitl had been a no-show for most of the Final, but he had a big assist to open the scoring in Game 6. He's supposed to be the Messier or Jagr or Malkin to McDavid's Gretzky or Lemieux or Crosby, so they need him to show up. They actually won without McDavid even taking a shot on goal, but I don't think they'll be able to get away with that in Game 7. It will be fun to watch. Either Edmonton ends the Canada drought and finishes a 3-0 comeback for the first time since World War 2 or Florida wins its first Stanley Cup.
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Post by AmeriCanVBfan on Jun 22, 2024 12:34:30 GMT -5
You would've thought they were done but the last game is the toughest to win. This is what I love about sports. Instead of the mindset being "Oh no! We have to win FOUR games in a row!", it's just "We have to win the next game." Hoping the Oilers have enough in the tank to complete the comeback. Yeah, we'll see. If this game was in Edmonton, I would give Florida no shot. But since it's in Florida, I think it could go either way. I was surprised that Edmonton fell behind 3-0 on the first place, so I'm not totally shocked that they've come back. McDavid is having a historically great postseason with 42 points, trailing only the two greatest hockey players of all time in Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux. Draisaitl had been a no-show for most of the Final, but he had a big assist to open the scoring in Game 6. He's supposed to be the Messier or Jagr or Malkin to McDavid's Gretzky or Lemieux or Crosby, so they need him to show up. They actually won without McDavid even taking a shot on goal, but I don't think they'll be able to get away with that in Game 7. It will be fun to watch. Either Edmonton ends the Canada drought and finishes a 3-0 comeback for the first time since World War 2 or Florida wins its first Stanley Cup. A historic finish no matter how you slice it.
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Post by bbg95 on Jun 24, 2024 19:21:52 GMT -5
Game 7 about to start. Let's go. Also, very cool that Alanis Morrissette sang both anthems.
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Post by bbg95 on Jun 24, 2024 19:38:46 GMT -5
1-1 already midway through the first period. This game is living up to the hype so far.
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Post by bbg95 on Jun 24, 2024 21:48:25 GMT -5
Florida is up 2-1 and less than four minutes away from staving off the biggest collapse in NHL history and winning its first Stanley Cup.
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Post by bbg95 on Jun 24, 2024 22:02:45 GMT -5
Florida gets it done. Edmonton just looked completely gassed at the end.
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Post by bbg95 on Jun 25, 2024 0:44:57 GMT -5
Connor McDavid becomes the sixth player and second skater to win the Conn Smythe for a losing team. He deserved it, as his 42 postseason points are the most of any player named not Wayne Gretzky or Mario Lemieux. Bittersweet, but Gretzky and Sidney Crosby didn't win their first Stanley Cup Final either.
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Post by AmeriCanVBfan on Jun 25, 2024 8:04:24 GMT -5
Florida gets it done. Edmonton just looked completely gassed at the end. Yeah, they looked like they had NOTHING left in the tank. And the puck stayed in the corner for what seemed like an eternity while time ran out.
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Post by AmeriCanVBfan on Jun 25, 2024 8:08:38 GMT -5
Connor McDavid becomes the sixth player and second skater to win the Conn Smythe for a losing team. He deserved it, as his 42 postseason points are the most of any player named Wayne Gretzky or Mario Lemieux. Bittersweet, but Gretzky and Crosby didn't win their first Stanley Cup Final either. I started laughing when the announcers started wondering if Bobrovsky might win the Conn Smythe. I thought, "There's no way the NHL is giving the award to someone who was on the brink of the worse collapse since WWII!" As much as I still have the scars from all the times the Oilers knocked the Jets out of the playoffs, I am rooting for McDavid.
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Post by bbg95 on Jun 25, 2024 11:07:12 GMT -5
Connor McDavid becomes the sixth player and second skater to win the Conn Smythe for a losing team. He deserved it, as his 42 postseason points are the most of any player not named Wayne Gretzky or Mario Lemieux. Bittersweet, but Gretzky and Crosby didn't win their first Stanley Cup Final either. I started laughing when the announcers started wondering if Bobrovsky might win the Conn Smythe. I thought, "There's no way the NHL is giving the award to someone who was on the brink of the worse collapse since WWII!" As much as I still have the scars from all the times the Oilers knocked the Jets out of the playoffs, I am rooting for McDavid. Yeah, also Bobrovsky had a .906 save percentage. That is...barely good enough to win the Stanley Cup with a great team if you're lucky. Even Marc-Andre Fleury was a little better in 2009 at .908. And no one thought he should have won the Conn Smythe when Malkin had 36 points and Crosby had 31. Granted, they were on the winning team unlike McDavid, but he had a historically great postseason, and the award is for the whole postseason, not just Game 7.
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Post by WI FIB on Jun 25, 2024 13:48:21 GMT -5
That sequence that led to the Panthers' second goal was as demoralizing as it gets. Edmonton had it in the Florida zone and was applying tons of pressure, with a puck nearly going into the net. About 10 seconds later, Florida scores the series-winning goal.
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Post by nowhereman on Jun 25, 2024 18:38:40 GMT -5
In personnel moves Darcy kuemper got traded to LA for Pierre luc dubois. Jacob markstrom got traded to New Jersey and Linus ullmark to Ottawa. Almost said buffalo.
NHL draft on Friday and Saturday.
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Post by bbg95 on Jun 25, 2024 19:34:30 GMT -5
Good ratings for Game 7, as it averaged over 7.5 million viewers in both the US and Canada (i.e. over 15 million viewers between the two countries).
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Post by bbg95 on Jun 25, 2024 19:37:09 GMT -5
That sequence that led to the Panthers' second goal was as demoralizing as it gets. Edmonton had it in the Florida zone and was applying tons of pressure, with a puck nearly going into the net. About 10 seconds later, Florida scores the series-winning goal. Yeah, I was mostly neutral but was slightly leaning toward Edmonton, and I sighed when that happened. The Oilers scored immediately after the first Florida goal (which was on a ridiculous deflection), so I thought they might rally again, but it never happened.
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