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 OilFans
Messages: 1532
Registered: February 2006
Location: Edmonton
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Login To Make Your Prediction2023-24P Regular Season| Thursday, May 23, 2024 | Edmonton 3 @ Dallas 2 (OT) | Win | | Saturday, May 25, 2024 | Edmonton 1 @ Dallas 3 | Loss | | Monday, May 27, 2024 | Dallas 5 @ Edmonton 3 | Loss | | Wednesday, May 29, 2024 | Dallas 2 @ Edmonton 5 | Win | | Friday, May 31, 2024 | Edmonton 3 @ Dallas 1 | Win | | Sunday, June 2, 2024 | Dallas 1 @ Edmonton 2 | Win |
Home Record: 2-1-0 Road Record: 2-1-0 Overall Record: 4-2-0
Home / Road Goals For: 10/7 Total: 17
Home / Road Goals Against: 8/6 Total: 142022-23 Regular Season| Saturday, November 5, 2022 | Dallas 6 @ Edmonton 2 | Loss | | Wednesday, December 21, 2022 | Edmonton 6 @ Dallas 3 | Win | | Thursday, March 16, 2023 | Dallas 1 @ Edmonton 4 | Win |
Home Record: 1-1-0 Road Record: 1-0-0 Overall Record: 2-1-0
Home / Road Goals For: 6/6 Total: 12
Home / Road Goals Against: 7/3 Total: 10 |
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Mike
Messages: 1392
Registered: August 2005
Location: Moncton, New Brunswick
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LFG!!!!
Hope 97 is feeling a bit better as he was quite obviously sick and probably nursing something. Leon still being Leon. The D, specifically Nurse and Ceci looked better apart - let's keep it that way.
'I'm not a big "rock em sock em" guy, but I liked Carrick those last 2 games - if he can continue the relentless and hard punishing forecheck, he can make those D start to hear footsteps. Also don't be shy to finish your check on Benn.
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Oscargasm
Messages: 5911
Registered: May 2009
Location: YEG
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Riiiiiise and shiiiine OilFans. Pour a coffee and breath in the Musty aroma to welcome game 1 of the WESTERN CONFERENCE FINAL!
Lets Must'in Gooooo
Survivor CHAMP S52 | S66
OG's #MUSTWIN Scale
Category 1 - Lightly Musty
Category 2 - Moderately Musty
Category 3 - Considerably Musty
Category 4 - Severely Musty
Category 5 - Incredibly Musty
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tardigrade81
Messages: 2201
Registered: November 2022
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan
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We have a game 1 to win tonight, fellas!!!
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inverno76
Messages: 2332
Registered: September 2005
Location: Prince Albert, Saskatchew...
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McDavid is hopefully over the strep infection or illness, and has enough drugs in him to play through the CMI (sports hernia?) he’s been managing. Going to need our top two lines to be elite and Skinner to return to competent if we want to get this job done.
Everyone has us as underdogs which feels good.
LFG and prove the naysayers wrong.
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NZ Oiler Fan
Messages: 1182
Registered: October 2006
Location: Kensington, PEI
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Finding it tough to get excited for the game. My wife is in the ICU with pneumonia in both lungs after having an appendectomy last week.
Hard to focus on anything other than her right now. Needless to say our trip to AB is canceled.
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cpcos
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Registered: March 2013
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Oh man…. I wish you all the best and God help your wife for a quick recovery…. Prayers from my side…
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Oscargasm
Messages: 5911
Registered: May 2009
Location: YEG
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Thoughts and prayers to your wife, NZ. More important than any game. The Must is on its way, friend
Survivor CHAMP S52 | S66
OG's #MUSTWIN Scale
Category 1 - Lightly Musty
Category 2 - Moderately Musty
Category 3 - Considerably Musty
Category 4 - Severely Musty
Category 5 - Incredibly Musty
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Oscargasm
Messages: 5911
Registered: May 2009
Location: YEG
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Per Knoblauch, same lineup as the Oil rolled out game 7 vs Vancouver
93/97/18
55/29/91
37/71/10
13/39/28
14/2
25/73
27/5
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Roope Hintz OUT for game 1 for the Stars.
Survivor CHAMP S52 | S66
OG's #MUSTWIN Scale
Category 1 - Lightly Musty
Category 2 - Moderately Musty
Category 3 - Considerably Musty
Category 4 - Severely Musty
Category 5 - Incredibly Musty
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 Kr55
Messages: 10700
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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| Oscargasm wrote on Thu, 23 May 2024 10:26 |
Per Knoblauch, same lineup as the Oil rolled out game 7 vs Vancouver
93/97/18
55/29/91
37/71/10
13/39/28
14/2
25/73
27/5
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Roope Hintz OUT for game 1 for the Stars.
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Let's GOOO!
Hope your wife recovers soon NZ Oiler Fan!
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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RDOilerfan
Messages: 3908
Registered: January 2016
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Hopefully Henrique will be ready to go for game 2. I saw clips of their practice and it looked like he was skating pretty hard and he took Kane's spot because he doesn't practice. If they can get Henrique back and he slides into the 3rd line to hopefully help that line pick it up, that would be a big addition.
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NZ Oiler Fan
Messages: 1182
Registered: October 2006
Location: Kensington, PEI
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Thanks for the well wishes guys. She was doing a bit better just now when I left.
Fingers crossed for both things!
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kungpaobenji27
Messages: 340
Registered: August 2003
Location: Irving, Texas
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| NZ Oiler Fan wrote on Thu, 23 May 2024 12:02 |
Thanks for the well wishes guys. She was doing a bit better just now when I left.
Fingers crossed for both things!
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Great to hear! Hope it's a safe recovery and a good time watching the Oilers strive for that SCF birth!
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welcometotheOC
Messages: 637
Registered: April 2010
Location: Also, sadly, Cowtown
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Great to hear! Our thoughts are with you as well. Too bad about the trip, but not so important for you now of course.
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RDOilerfan
Messages: 3908
Registered: January 2016
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People seem to talk a lot about how McD and Leon are playing hurt. They are still doing well but they aren't 100%. I am not saying that is incorrect.
Both the Kings and Canucks have basically employed the tactic of hacking, wacking, hooking, holding and at times having a guy almost on their backs, yet they still are both almost 2 pts per game and sit 1-2 in playoff scoring with a pretty healthy lead on 4th place Tkachuk. So if they are hurt, why don't they take some skates off like Kane does? Even if they can't make the injury worse, rest and recovery is always a good thing. Yet I don't think McD has missed a single practice and Leon maybe 1 back in the Kings series. Those guys play the most out of the forwards and take the most abuse so I don't think anyone would think them taking extra rest is a bad thing even if they are healthy.
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tardigrade81
Messages: 2201
Registered: November 2022
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan
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Maybe I should be a little bit more worried than I am. I know Dallas has a very deep team, and they have a hot goalie and it will be a very tough game. But Edmonton is also playing very good, and if Skinner can play well in Nat, think this series is ours. We need to come out fast and strong tonight in Dallas and shut the fans up fast. Hopefully we can score a couple of quick goals. I don’t think Dallas is a team that plays well from behind, so if we can get an early lead and don’t take our foot off the we should be OK
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oilfan94
Messages: 398
Registered: June 2006
Location: USA
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| tardigrade81 wrote on Thu, 23 May 2024 15:35 |
Maybe I should be a little bit more worried than I am. I know Dallas has a very deep team, and they have a hot goalie and it will be a very tough game. But Edmonton is also playing very good, and if Skinner can play well in Nat, think this series is ours. We need to come out fast and strong tonight in Dallas and shut the fans up fast. Hopefully we can score a couple of quick goals. I don’t think Dallas is a team that plays well from behind, so if we can get an early lead and don’t take our foot off the we should be OK
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I'm the opposite. There is a part of me that is just hoping the Oilers don't get embarrassed like against Colorado. I guess that's just how I prepare myself in case they do lose (but I do believe they can win, and that they have a much better shot than they did against Colorado in 2022).
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tardigrade81
Messages: 2201
Registered: November 2022
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan
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| oilfan94 wrote on Thu, 23 May 2024 21:47 |
| tardigrade81 wrote on Thu, 23 May 2024 15:35 |
Maybe I should be a little bit more worried than I am. I know Dallas has a very deep team, and they have a hot goalie and it will be a very tough game. But Edmonton is also playing very good, and if Skinner can play well in Nat, think this series is ours. We need to come out fast and strong tonight in Dallas and shut the fans up fast. Hopefully we can score a couple of quick goals. I don’t think Dallas is a team that plays well from behind, so if we can get an early lead and don’t take our foot off the we should be OK
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I'm the opposite. There is a part of me that is just hoping the Oilers don't get embarrassed like against Colorado. I guess that's just how I prepare myself in case they do lose (but I do believe they can win, and that they have a much better shot than they did against Colorado in 2022).
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PTSD. Colorado is a team that just owns us. Dallas is tough, but I would much rather go against them than Colorado
Please don’t let us get embarrassed. We will be known for the team that makes the conf final and gets embarrassed. I just don’t see it happening. This goes 6 or 7 games
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RDOilerfan
Messages: 3908
Registered: January 2016
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| oilfan94 wrote on Thu, 23 May 2024 14:47 |
| tardigrade81 wrote on Thu, 23 May 2024 15:35 |
Maybe I should be a little bit more worried than I am. I know Dallas has a very deep team, and they have a hot goalie and it will be a very tough game. But Edmonton is also playing very good, and if Skinner can play well in Nat, think this series is ours. We need to come out fast and strong tonight in Dallas and shut the fans up fast. Hopefully we can score a couple of quick goals. I don’t think Dallas is a team that plays well from behind, so if we can get an early lead and don’t take our foot off the we should be OK
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I'm the opposite. There is a part of me that is just hoping the Oilers don't get embarrassed like against Colorado. I guess that's just how I prepare myself in case they do lose (but I do believe they can win, and that they have a much better shot than they did against Colorado in 2022).
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Colorado a couple of years ago was a stacked team.
The Oilers went into that series with:
Smith and Koskinen as their goalies. No offense to those guys but I think Skinner Pickard are better.
Their defense was: Nurse Ceci - Keith Bouchard, Kulak Barrie.
Ekholm is better than what Keith was at his age.
Bouchard is 2 yrs older, more experienced and way better.
Desharnais is an upgrade defensively over Barrie.
So their defense is way better.
They have a better coach.
Their depth players that are different consisted of Kassian, Yamo, JP, Archibald.
Janmark, Holloway, Brown, Carrick, Perry are better than those guys.
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Kr55
Messages: 10700
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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| tardigrade81 wrote on Thu, 23 May 2024 13:35 |
Maybe I should be a little bit more worried than I am. I know Dallas has a very deep team, and they have a hot goalie and it will be a very tough game. But Edmonton is also playing very good, and if Skinner can play well in Nat, think this series is ours. We need to come out fast and strong tonight in Dallas and shut the fans up fast. Hopefully we can score a couple of quick goals. I don’t think Dallas is a team that plays well from behind, so if we can get an early lead and don’t take our foot off the we should be OK
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Don't think we can avoid Skinner being a huge factor in this series. Dallas will get their chances. Lots of crafty veteran players that will find ways.
Canucks young guys were not able to rise to the moment once the clinching was in sight. Dallas vets will just keep on grinding.
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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tardigrade81
Messages: 2201
Registered: November 2022
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan
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| Kr55 wrote on Thu, 23 May 2024 22:22 |
| tardigrade81 wrote on Thu, 23 May 2024 13:35 |
Maybe I should be a little bit more worried than I am. I know Dallas has a very deep team, and they have a hot goalie and it will be a very tough game. But Edmonton is also playing very good, and if Skinner can play well in Nat, think this series is ours. We need to come out fast and strong tonight in Dallas and shut the fans up fast. Hopefully we can score a couple of quick goals. I don’t think Dallas is a team that plays well from behind, so if we can get an early lead and don’t take our foot off the we should be OK
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Don't think we can avoid Skinner being a huge factor in this series. Dallas will get their chances. Lots of crafty veteran players that will find ways.
Canucks young guys were not able to rise to the moment once the clinching was in sight. Dallas vets will just keep on grinding.
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I still think we score. Dallas goalie is solid, but he was pretty average in regular season with a .905 save percentage. He isn’t impossible.
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Kr55
Messages: 10700
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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| tardigrade81 wrote on Thu, 23 May 2024 16:22 |
| Kr55 wrote on Thu, 23 May 2024 22:22 |
| tardigrade81 wrote on Thu, 23 May 2024 13:35 |
Maybe I should be a little bit more worried than I am. I know Dallas has a very deep team, and they have a hot goalie and it will be a very tough game. But Edmonton is also playing very good, and if Skinner can play well in Nat, think this series is ours. We need to come out fast and strong tonight in Dallas and shut the fans up fast. Hopefully we can score a couple of quick goals. I don’t think Dallas is a team that plays well from behind, so if we can get an early lead and don’t take our foot off the we should be OK
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Don't think we can avoid Skinner being a huge factor in this series. Dallas will get their chances. Lots of crafty veteran players that will find ways.
Canucks young guys were not able to rise to the moment once the clinching was in sight. Dallas vets will just keep on grinding.
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I still think we score. Dallas goalie is solid, but he was pretty average in regular season with a .905 save percentage. He isn’t impossible.
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Yeah. Think we will get our goals. Main concern for me is how many we allow.
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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benv
Messages: 596
Registered: May 2006
Location: Edmonton
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Weird coincidence: both these teams blew 3 goal leads in game 1 of round 2, but came back to win the series anyway.
Bold prediction: if either team gets a 3 goal lead tonight, they will hold it.
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watchman
Messages: 1394
Registered: October 2019
Location: River City
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...our "depth" requires McLeod to stop his stick-checks and fly-bys. Same with Foegele. 
...this time, it's for real (isn't it?).
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Suomalainen
Messages: 897
Registered: May 2002
Location: Boulder, CO
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Lots of game 1 road wins in the pro sports playoffs. Keep the trend going.
19/23 ESPN analysts think the Stars win (Messier shouldn't count because of course he's picking Edm/NYR final).
97.
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