| Round 1 vs LA Part IV [message #842661] |
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 CrusaderPi
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...but actually Part XI
Schedule is out. Hope everyone likes late games!
Game 1: Oilers at Kings, Monday, April 21, 10 p.m. ET; ESPN2, SN, TVAS 2
Game 2: Oilers at Kings, Wednesday, April 23, 10 p.m. ET; TBS, Max, SN, CBC, TVAS
Game 3: Kings at Oilers, Friday, April 25, 10 p.m. ET; SN, CBC, TVAS 2, TNT, truTV, Max
Game 4: Kings at Oilers, Sunday, April 27, 9:30 p.m. ET; SN, CBC, TVAS, TBS, truTV, Max
Game 5: Oilers at Kings, Tuesday, April 29, TBD *
Game 6: Kings at Oilers, Thursday, May 1, TBD *
Game 7: Oilers at Kings, Saturday, May 3, TBD *
Please do not feed the bears. Feeding the bears creates a dependent population unable to survive on their own. Bears.
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NZ Oiler Fan
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| CrusaderPi wrote on Thu, 17 April 2025 14:29 |
...but actually Part XI
Schedule is out. Hope everyone likes late games!
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Sigh...and only one (potentially 2) of them on a Fri or Sat when I could sleep in the next day.
Gotta love being an Oilers fan living in Atlantic Canada, right Mike?
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CrusaderPi
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I don't understand why the season didn't end on Tuesday so they could start everyone on the weekend to make it easier for people to, you know, watch the games. Doesn't seem like the league cares about that part of their marketing machine.
Please do not feed the bears. Feeding the bears creates a dependent population unable to survive on their own. Bears.
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Leia
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| NZ Oiler Fan wrote on Thu, 17 April 2025 11:36 |
| CrusaderPi wrote on Thu, 17 April 2025 14:29 |
...but actually Part XI
Schedule is out. Hope everyone likes late games!
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Sigh...and only one (potentially 2) of them on a Fri or Sat when I could sleep in the next day.
Gotta love being an Oilers fan living in Atlantic Canada, right Mike?
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I like to book time off work just after Easter, all the kids have gone back to school so places are nice and quiet if I want to visit. However, it also means that next week I don't have to worry about being dog tired in work after getting up at 2 or 3am to watch the games.
If we get it done quickly I won't have to be tired at work for some time....
Take me home, country road
to the place where I belong
to Alberta, to see the Oilers
take me home, country road
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AndersonRules
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Part I - Oilers in 7
Part II - Oilers in 6
Part III - Oilers in 5
So ...
Part IV - Oilers in 4?
Dare to dream ...
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tardigrade81
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This could be the toughest series against LA we have played. I fully expect to win but won't be a cake walk like last year. I'm thinking this goes 6 or 7 games
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Kr55
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Pretty bummed we lost Ekholm to start the playoffs
McDrai and Skinner. Leave this to you fellows. We should still be able to beat the Kings if we get solid performances from key guys. The real hard stuff comes after the Kings.
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
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oilfan94
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On the Kings hfboards there is a lot of talk about targeting the known injuries on the Oilers players. I get that you want to play hard and finish checks, but I hate all the intent to injure talk that so many fans have, that seems to be pretty common now days. Makes me feel more justified for having never actually signed up there and left Oilfans as the only fan forum I post on.
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Kr55
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| oilfan94 wrote on Fri, 18 April 2025 10:02 |
On the Kings hfboards there is a lot of talk about targeting the known injuries on the Oilers players. I get that you want to play hard and finish checks, but I hate all the intent to injure talk that so many fans have, that seems to be pretty common now days. Makes me feel more justified for having never actually signed up there and left Oilfans as the only fan forum I post on.
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I’m sure they also considered Nurse’s grazing stick across the back of Byfield’s helmet as attempted murder 
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
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oilfan94
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| Kr55 wrote on Fri, 18 April 2025 12:19 |
| oilfan94 wrote on Fri, 18 April 2025 10:02 |
On the Kings hfboards there is a lot of talk about targeting the known injuries on the Oilers players. I get that you want to play hard and finish checks, but I hate all the intent to injure talk that so many fans have, that seems to be pretty common now days. Makes me feel more justified for having never actually signed up there and left Oilfans as the only fan forum I post on.
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I’m sure they also considered Nurse’s grazing stick across the back of Byfield’s helmet as attempted murder
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Oh yeah, according to them someone should knock Nurse out of the league. In their eyes even McDavid is a dirty player. Not sure how the same people complain that these players are dirty and therefore should be injured. Doesn't that just make the Kings dirty players at that point?
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Skookum Jim
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| Kr55 wrote on Fri, 18 April 2025 09:19 |
| oilfan94 wrote on Fri, 18 April 2025 10:02 |
On the Kings hfboards there is a lot of talk about targeting the known injuries on the Oilers players. I get that you want to play hard and finish checks, but I hate all the intent to injure talk that so many fans have, that seems to be pretty common now days. Makes me feel more justified for having never actually signed up there and left Oilfans as the only fan forum I post on.
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I’m sure they also considered Nurse’s grazing stick across the back of Byfield’s helmet as attempted murder
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I actually saw the replay of the Nurse "attempted murder" of Byfield for the 1st time during another game recently (turned the LA game off after the 1st) .. from what I had read I expected it to be a lot worse.. looked to me like Byfield really sold it.. you could tell the contact didn't have a lot of force.. there was an unnatural time delay from the contact, to Byfield grabbing his head and "writhing in pain" ..
For comparison, there was a cross check to the neck of J. Skinner by Tucker off a face-off during the St, Louis game that was deliberate and not in the heat of the moment.. that I thought was far worse than Nurse's and the guy didn't even get a phone call from the league.
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NetBOG
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Tons of disrespect for the Oilers to feed on. All the TSN and NHL Network talking heads have the Kings winning easy. Ignoring#3 and #5 on the all time Playoff PPG chart are suiting up for the Oilers.
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nullterm
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| NetBOG wrote on Fri, 18 April 2025 14:59 |
Tons of disrespect for the Oilers to feed on. All the TSN and NHL Network talking heads have the Kings winning easy. Ignoring#3 and #5 on the all time Playoff PPG chart are suiting up for the Oilers.
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That’s assuming the refs give us power plays. We’ll have to see how much “game management” goings ons.
Illegitimi non carborundum.
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Kr55
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| nullterm wrote on Fri, 18 April 2025 23:19 |
| NetBOG wrote on Fri, 18 April 2025 14:59 |
Tons of disrespect for the Oilers to feed on. All the TSN and NHL Network talking heads have the Kings winning easy. Ignoring#3 and #5 on the all time Playoff PPG chart are suiting up for the Oilers.
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That’s assuming the refs give us power plays. We’ll have to see how much “game management” goings ons.
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Just a warm up of what we would expect in round 2
"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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Skookum Jim
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| Kr55 wrote on Fri, 18 April 2025 22:47 |
| nullterm wrote on Fri, 18 April 2025 23:19 |
| NetBOG wrote on Fri, 18 April 2025 14:59 |
Tons of disrespect for the Oilers to feed on. All the TSN and NHL Network talking heads have the Kings winning easy. Ignoring#3 and #5 on the all time Playoff PPG chart are suiting up for the Oilers.
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That’s assuming the refs give us power plays. We’ll have to see how much “game management” goings ons.
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Just a warm up of what we would expect in round 2
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Pretty funny, they actually brag about the con..
I tried to find out actual powerplay minutes (PP and PK) for each team.. you can find total penalty minutes for and against.. but some can be fights.. misconducts.. and off setting calls.. I wanted to see how much total time each team spent on the PP and PK .. better yet .. home and away as well.. but those numbers are nowhere to be found.. for me anyway... it should be easy to parse through it.. let me know if anyone else can find it somewhere.
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PlusOne
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| Skookum Jim wrote on Sat, 19 April 2025 15:28 |
| Kr55 wrote on Fri, 18 April 2025 22:47 |
| nullterm wrote on Fri, 18 April 2025 23:19 |
| NetBOG wrote on Fri, 18 April 2025 14:59 |
Tons of disrespect for the Oilers to feed on. All the TSN and NHL Network talking heads have the Kings winning easy. Ignoring#3 and #5 on the all time Playoff PPG chart are suiting up for the Oilers.
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That’s assuming the refs give us power plays. We’ll have to see how much “game management” goings ons.
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Just a warm up of what we would expect in round 2
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Pretty funny, they actually brag about the con..
I tried to find out actual powerplay minutes (PP and PK) for each team.. you can find total penalty minutes for and against.. but some can be fights.. misconducts.. and off setting calls.. I wanted to see how much total time each team spent on the PP and PK .. better yet .. home and away as well.. but those numbers are nowhere to be found.. for me anyway... it should be easy to parse through it.. let me know if anyone else can find it somewhere.
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Natural Stat trick has that data on the teams page;
https://www.naturalstattrick.com/teamtable.php?fromseason=20 242025&thruseason=20242025&stype=2&sit=pk&sc ore=all&rate=n&team=all&loc=B&gpf=410&fd =&td=
You can use the filters to see actual PP/PK mins, home/away, etc.
You can also look at game states, IE, winning, losing, up or down by one, etc.
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| CrusaderPi wrote on Thu, 30 January 2020 12:21 |
und(i)sputed O.L.F.N Heavybra(i)n Champ(i)on of the Woooooooooooooooooorld. Plus. One.
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Skookum Jim
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Location: Burnaby, BC
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| PlusOne wrote on Sat, 19 April 2025 14:47 |
| Skookum Jim wrote on Sat, 19 April 2025 15:28 |
| Kr55 wrote on Fri, 18 April 2025 22:47 |
| nullterm wrote on Fri, 18 April 2025 23:19 |
| NetBOG wrote on Fri, 18 April 2025 14:59 |
Tons of disrespect for the Oilers to feed on. All the TSN and NHL Network talking heads have the Kings winning easy. Ignoring#3 and #5 on the all time Playoff PPG chart are suiting up for the Oilers.
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That’s assuming the refs give us power plays. We’ll have to see how much “game management” goings ons.
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Just a warm up of what we would expect in round 2
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Pretty funny, they actually brag about the con..
I tried to find out actual powerplay minutes (PP and PK) for each team.. you can find total penalty minutes for and against.. but some can be fights.. misconducts.. and off setting calls.. I wanted to see how much total time each team spent on the PP and PK .. better yet .. home and away as well.. but those numbers are nowhere to be found.. for me anyway... it should be easy to parse through it.. let me know if anyone else can find it somewhere.
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Natural Stat trick has that data on the teams page;
https://www.naturalstattrick.com/teamtable.php?fromseason=20 242025&thruseason=20242025&stype=2&sit=pk&sc ore=all&rate=n&team=all&loc=B&gpf=410&fd =&td=
You can use the filters to see actual PP/PK mins, home/away, etc.
You can also look at game states, IE, winning, losing, up or down by one, etc.
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Thanks! Its great.. you can even download CSV files !
Here's What I extracted.. I've got PK minutes (Total + Home + Away), PP minutes (Total + Home + Away),. PP Advantage (Total + Home + Away) .. with ranking for each category.. currently listed byn highest differential between PP differential at home - the PP differential on the road .. looks like the Leafs get the most PP advantage at home vs. when on the road.
LA Kings had 44 minutes more of PP advantage at home vs on the road..
Oilers had 11 more minutes at home vs. the road.
PK minutes (Ranked by Lowest) PP minutes (Ranked by Highest) PP Advantage Minutes
Team Total Rank Home Rank Away Rank Diff % Rank Total Rank Home Rank Away Rank Diff % Rank Total Rank Home Rank Away Rank Diff Rank
Toronto Maple Leafs 385 19 150 6 236 32 22.3% 1 350 24 177 26 174 19 0.9% 24 -35 25 27 10 -62 32 89 1
Utah Hockey Club 414 31 188 21 226 31 9.1% 6 380 13 207 7 173 20 9.2% 7 -34 24 19 14 -53 31 72 2
Pittsburgh Penguins 364 13 153 7 211 25 16.1% 2 372 19 191 15 181 15 2.8% 19 8 15 39 6 -30 23 69 3
Detroit Red Wings 298 3 141 3 157 3 5.3% 13 378 16 215 6 163 26 13.6% 3 80 2 74 1 6 5 67 4
Ottawa Senators 378 16 178 14 200 20 5.7% 11 439 1 241 1 199 2 9.6% 5 61 4 62 2 -2 10 64 5
Philadelphia Flyers 328 6 142 4 186 11 13.6% 4 364 20 190 18 174 18 4.4% 14 35 6 48 3 -13 15 60 6
Florida Panthers 410 28 204 30 206 21 0.5% 24 385 9 220 4 165 25 14.5% 1 -25 21 16 17 -42 25 58 7
Montreal Canadiens 424 32 198 29 226 30 6.5% 10 388 8 207 8 181 13 6.7% 9 -36 26 9 20 -45 27 54 8
Carolina Hurricanes 411 29 197 28 214 26 4.0% 16 413 3 224 3 189 8 8.3% 8 2 17 27 11 -24 22 51 9
Minnesota Wild 330 7 140 2 190 12 15.3% 3 352 22 175 27 178 16 -0.8% 29 23 10 35 8 -13 14 48 10
New York Rangers 406 26 196 27 210 24 3.3% 17 349 25 191 16 158 28 9.4% 6 -57 31 -5 27 -52 29 46 11
Boston Bruins 384 17 191 24 193 14 0.4% 25 396 6 220 5 177 17 10.9% 4 13 12 29 9 -16 16 45 12
Los Angeles Kings 398 24 182 16 216 27 8.4% 7 345 26 178 24 167 23 3.1% 18 -53 29 -4 26 -48 28 44 13
Anaheim Ducks 400 25 207 31 193 16 -3.4% 29 397 5 226 2 171 21 13.9% 2 -4 18 19 15 -23 21 42 14
Colorado Avalanche 352 11 167 11 185 10 5.0% 14 383 10 203 11 181 14 5.7% 11 31 7 35 7 -4 11 39 15
San Jose Sharks 414 30 195 26 219 29 5.7% 12 382 11 199 12 183 12 4.1% 16 -31 22 4 23 -35 24 39 16
Columbus Blue Jackets 360 12 163 10 198 19 9.7% 5 305 30 151 32 154 29 -1.2% 30 -55 30 -12 29 -43 26 32 17
Vancouver Canucks 391 21 181 15 209 23 7.1% 8 379 15 188 20 191 6 -0.7% 27 -12 20 7 21 -18 19 25 18
St Louis Blues 314 4 153 8 160 5 2.2% 19 324 29 171 28 154 30 5.3% 13 11 13 17 16 -7 12 24 19
Chicago Blackhawks 384 18 191 23 193 17 0.8% 22 301 31 159 30 141 32 6.0% 10 -83 32 -31 32 -52 30 21 20
Calgary Flames 374 14 183 17 190 13 1.9% 20 400 4 205 10 195 3 2.4% 20 26 9 21 13 5 7 17 21
Edmonton Oilers 340 9 172 12 168 8 -1.0% 28 351 23 183 21 168 22 4.2% 15 10 14 11 19 -1 9 11 22
Nashville Predators 407 27 190 22 217 28 6.7% 9 372 18 178 23 194 4 -4.4% 31 -34 23 -12 28 -22 20 11 23
Seattle Kraken 315 5 155 9 160 4 1.6% 21 391 7 198 13 194 5 1.0% 23 76 3 43 5 34 2 9 24
Buffalo Sabres 391 22 195 25 196 18 0.4% 26 380 14 193 14 186 11 1.9% 22 -11 19 -1 25 -10 13 9 25
Vegas Golden Knights 278 1 138 1 140 1 0.7% 23 297 32 152 31 146 31 2.0% 21 19 11 13 18 6 6 8 26
Dallas Stars 377 15 184 18 193 15 2.5% 18 417 2 207 9 210 1 -0.8% 28 40 5 23 12 17 4 6 27
New York Islanders 295 2 147 5 148 2 0.2% 27 381 12 190 17 191 7 -0.2% 26 86 1 43 4 43 1 0 28
Washington Capitals 394 23 187 20 206 22 4.9% 15 358 21 169 29 189 9 -5.6% 32 -36 27 -18 30 -18 17 -1 29
Winnipeg Jets 337 8 176 13 161 6 -4.7% 30 342 28 177 25 165 24 3.6% 17 5 16 1 24 4 8 -4 30
New Jersey Devils 391 20 210 32 180 9 -7.7% 32 343 27 181 22 162 27 5.5% 12 -48 28 -30 31 -18 18 -11 31
Tampa Bay Lightning 349 10 184 19 165 7 -5.4% 31 378 17 189 19 188 10 0.3% 25 29 8 5 22 23 3 -18 32
[Updated on: Sat, 19 April 2025 22:04]
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benv
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[Updated on: Sat, 19 April 2025 18:42]
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nullterm
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| benv wrote on Sat, 19 April 2025 09:51 |
| NetBOG wrote on Fri, 18 April 2025 15:59 |
Tons of disrespect for the Oilers to feed on. All the TSN and NHL Network talking heads have the Kings winning easy. Ignoring#3 and #5 on the all time Playoff PPG chart are suiting up for the Oilers.
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Intereting. On ESPN it's all Oilers with 27 of 29 pundits picking an Oiler win:
Sean Allen: Oilers in four
Blake Bolden: Kings in seven
Brian Boucher: Oilers in seven
John Buccigross: Oilers in six
Ryan Callahan: Oilers in six
Cassie Campbell-Pascall: Oilers in six
Sachin Chandan: Kings in seven
Chris Chelios: Oilers in five
Ryan S. Clark: Oilers in seven
Linda Cohn: Oilers in five
Ray Ferraro: Oilers in seven
Leah Hextall: Oilers in six
Emily Kaplan: Oilers in six
Tim Kavanagh: Oilers in four
Don La Greca: Oilers in six
Peter Lawrence-Riddell: Oilers in six
Steve Levy: Oilers in seven
Vince Masi: Oilers in five
Victoria Matiash: Oilers in five
Sean McDonough: Oilers in five
Mark Messier: Oilers in six
AJ Mleczko: Oilers in six
Mike Monaco: Oilers in five
Dominic Moore: Oilers in four
Arda Öcal: Oilers in six
Kristen Shilton: Oilers in seven
P.K. Subban: Oilers in six
Bob Wischusen: Oilers in seven
Greg Wyshynski: Oilers in six
Consensus pick: Oilers (27 of 29 picks)
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I want the ESPN Kool-Aid!
Illegitimi non carborundum.
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NetBOG
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Location: Parts Unknown
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| benv wrote on Sat, 19 April 2025 10:51 |
| NetBOG wrote on Fri, 18 April 2025 15:59 |
Tons of disrespect for the Oilers to feed on. All the TSN and NHL Network talking heads have the Kings winning easy. Ignoring#3 and #5 on the all time Playoff PPG chart are suiting up for the Oilers.
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Intereting. On ESPN it's all Oilers with 27 of 29 pundits picking an Oiler win:
Sean Allen: Oilers in four
Blake Bolden: Kings in seven
Brian Boucher: Oilers in seven
John Buccigross: Oilers in six
Ryan Callahan: Oilers in six
Cassie Campbell-Pascall: Oilers in six
Sachin Chandan: Kings in seven
Chris Chelios: Oilers in five
Ryan S. Clark: Oilers in seven
Linda Cohn: Oilers in five
Ray Ferraro: Oilers in seven
Leah Hextall: Oilers in six
Emily Kaplan: Oilers in six
Tim Kavanagh: Oilers in four
Don La Greca: Oilers in six
Peter Lawrence-Riddell: Oilers in six
Steve Levy: Oilers in seven
Vince Masi: Oilers in five
Victoria Matiash: Oilers in five
Sean McDonough: Oilers in five
Mark Messier: Oilers in six
AJ Mleczko: Oilers in six
Mike Monaco: Oilers in five
Dominic Moore: Oilers in four
Arda Öcal: Oilers in six
Kristen Shilton: Oilers in seven
P.K. Subban: Oilers in six
Bob Wischusen: Oilers in seven
Greg Wyshynski: Oilers in six
Consensus pick: Oilers (27 of 29 picks)
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Not sure where you got that.
Sean Allen: Kings in six
Blake Bolden: Kings in seven
John Buccigross: Kings in seven
Ryan Callahan: Kings in six
Cassie Campbell-Pascall: Oilers in seven
Sachin Chandan: Kings in seven
Meghan Chayka: Oilers in six
Ryan S. Clark: Oilers in seven
Linda Cohn: Kings in seven
Rachel Doerrie: Kings in seven
Ray Ferraro: Kings in seven
Emily Kaplan: Oilers in seven
Tim Kavanagh: Kings in five
Peter Lawrence-Riddell: Kings in seven
Steve Levy: Kings in seven
Vince Masi: Oilers in seven
Victoria Matiash: Kings in six
Sean McDonough: Kings in seven
Mark Messier: Oilers in six
Mike Monaco: Oilers in six
Arda Öcal: Oilers in six
Kristen Shilton: Oilers in six
Bob Wischusen: Kings in seven
Greg Wyshynski: Oilers in six
Consensus prediction: Kings (14 of 24 picks)
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benv
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| NetBOG wrote on Sat, 19 April 2025 13:46 |
| benv wrote on Sat, 19 April 2025 10:51 |
| NetBOG wrote on Fri, 18 April 2025 15:59 |
Tons of disrespect for the Oilers to feed on. All the TSN and NHL Network talking heads have the Kings winning easy. Ignoring#3 and #5 on the all time Playoff PPG chart are suiting up for the Oilers.
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Intereting. On ESPN it's all Oilers with 27 of 29 pundits picking an Oiler win:
Sean Allen: Oilers in four
Blake Bolden: Kings in seven
Brian Boucher: Oilers in seven
John Buccigross: Oilers in six
Ryan Callahan: Oilers in six
Cassie Campbell-Pascall: Oilers in six
Sachin Chandan: Kings in seven
Chris Chelios: Oilers in five
Ryan S. Clark: Oilers in seven
Linda Cohn: Oilers in five
Ray Ferraro: Oilers in seven
Leah Hextall: Oilers in six
Emily Kaplan: Oilers in six
Tim Kavanagh: Oilers in four
Don La Greca: Oilers in six
Peter Lawrence-Riddell: Oilers in six
Steve Levy: Oilers in seven
Vince Masi: Oilers in five
Victoria Matiash: Oilers in five
Sean McDonough: Oilers in five
Mark Messier: Oilers in six
AJ Mleczko: Oilers in six
Mike Monaco: Oilers in five
Dominic Moore: Oilers in four
Arda Öcal: Oilers in six
Kristen Shilton: Oilers in seven
P.K. Subban: Oilers in six
Bob Wischusen: Oilers in seven
Greg Wyshynski: Oilers in six
Consensus pick: Oilers (27 of 29 picks)
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Not sure where you got that.
Sean Allen: Kings in six
Blake Bolden: Kings in seven
John Buccigross: Kings in seven
Ryan Callahan: Kings in six
Cassie Campbell-Pascall: Oilers in seven
Sachin Chandan: Kings in seven
Meghan Chayka: Oilers in six
Ryan S. Clark: Oilers in seven
Linda Cohn: Kings in seven
Rachel Doerrie: Kings in seven
Ray Ferraro: Kings in seven
Emily Kaplan: Oilers in seven
Tim Kavanagh: Kings in five
Peter Lawrence-Riddell: Kings in seven
Steve Levy: Kings in seven
Vince Masi: Oilers in seven
Victoria Matiash: Kings in six
Sean McDonough: Kings in seven
Mark Messier: Oilers in six
Mike Monaco: Oilers in six
Arda Öcal: Oilers in six
Kristen Shilton: Oilers in six
Bob Wischusen: Kings in seven
Greg Wyshynski: Oilers in six
Consensus prediction: Kings (14 of 24 picks)
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Skookum Jim
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Tony Brar relays from Knoblach.. says no Kane for game#1, same for Stetcher.
Frederic is a possibility for game#1
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NZ Oiler Fan
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| Skookum Jim wrote on Sun, 20 April 2025 22:12 |
Tony Brar relays from Knoblach.. says no Kane for game#1, same for Stetcher.
Frederic is a possibility for game#1
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Kulak potentially out too due to his wife due to give birth. 3 of our top 6 D out. What could possibly go wrong? 
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Jay
Messages: 755
Registered: January 2007
Location: Edmonton
No Cups
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| NZ Oiler Fan wrote on Mon, 21 April 2025 07:24 |
| Skookum Jim wrote on Sun, 20 April 2025 22:12 |
Tony Brar relays from Knoblach.. says no Kane for game#1, same for Stetcher.
Frederic is a possibility for game#1
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Kulak potentially out too due to his wife due to give birth. 3 of our top 6 D out. What could possibly go wrong?
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And ekholm is 36 and his body breaking down could be seen coming from a mile away. It just boggles my mind that this team thought they could afford to let an up and coming guaranteed top 4 d man for the next decade plus walk for a second rounder. And then sign klinger for almost 2mil. Hard to overstate how badly the katz oilers have botched the completely underserved gift that is mcdrai.
Anyway hopefully 29 and 97 can work a few more miracles this spring.
"Initiative comes to thems that wait"
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Jay
Messages: 755
Registered: January 2007
Location: Edmonton
No Cups
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Also why isn't Kane playing? At the deadline they couldn't figure out if they could spend his money because he was ready to play before the playoffs.. And now he isn't ready for game 1 but maybe game 2 after 10 months?
This seems to me like more oilers bumbling. Going way out of their way to make sure it doesn't look like they were circumventing instead of just bringing him back for the playoffs like other teams do.
"Initiative comes to thems that wait"
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| Jay wrote on Mon, 21 April 2025 08:30 |
Also why isn't Kane playing? At the deadline they couldn't figure out if they could spend his money because he was ready to play before the playoffs.. And now he isn't ready for game 1 but maybe game 2 after 10 months?
This seems to me like more oilers bumbling. Going way out of their way to make sure it doesn't look like they were circumventing instead of just bringing him back for the playoffs like other teams do.
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I would say they are saving draft picks, Just cause the NHL never changes the rules for the Oilers
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Kr55
Messages: 11350
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
6 Cups
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| Iamheretoday wrote on Tue, 22 April 2025 11:31 |
| Jay wrote on Mon, 21 April 2025 08:30 |
Also why isn't Kane playing? At the deadline they couldn't figure out if they could spend his money because he was ready to play before the playoffs.. And now he isn't ready for game 1 but maybe game 2 after 10 months?
This seems to me like more oilers bumbling. Going way out of their way to make sure it doesn't look like they were circumventing instead of just bringing him back for the playoffs like other teams do.
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I would say they are saving draft picks, Just cause the NHL never changes the rules for the Oilers
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Avs did a 1 game hold off with Landeskog, so I guess it would be totally fair for us to bring back Kane now, if he is actually ready.
"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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Jay
Messages: 755
Registered: January 2007
Location: Edmonton
No Cups
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Friedman saying that the NHL is unofficially cracking down and wants detailed explanations from teams if the player doesn't play game 82 but wants to play R1G1. So the oilers felt they had to sit Kane out game 1 to make sure it looked legit.
In other news Tkachuk expected to play game 1 tonight for Florida.
"Initiative comes to thems that wait"
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Kr55
Messages: 11350
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
6 Cups
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| Jay wrote on Tue, 22 April 2025 15:28 |
Friedman saying that the NHL is unofficially cracking down and wants detailed explanations from teams if the player doesn't play game 82 but wants to play R1G1. So the oilers felt they had to sit Kane out game 1 to make sure it looked legit.
In other news Tkachuk expected to play game 1 tonight for Florida.
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lol, of course he is.
Only had to send this gif via e-mail to get the league off their back about Tkachuk's groin injury
[Updated on: Tue, 22 April 2025 15:48]
"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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