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 OilFans
Messages: 2063
Registered: February 2006
Location: Edmonton
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  Game #5 Anaheim @ Edmonton
8:00PM SN, 630 CHED RadioScore Prediction
Login To Make Your Prediction2025-26P Regular Season| Monday, April 20, 2026 | Anaheim 3 @ Edmonton 4 | Win | | Wednesday, April 22, 2026 | Anaheim 6 @ Edmonton 4 | Loss | | Friday, April 24, 2026 | Edmonton 4 @ Anaheim 7 | Loss | | Sunday, April 26, 2026 | Edmonton 3 @ Anaheim 4 (OT) | Loss | | Tuesday, April 28, 2026 | Anaheim @ Edmonton | | Thursday, April 30, 2026 | Edmonton @ Anaheim | | Saturday, May 2, 2026 | Anaheim @ Edmonton |
Home Record: 1-1-0 Road Record: 0-1-1 Overall Record: 1-2-1
Home / Road Goals For: 8/7 Total: 15
Home / Road Goals Against: 9/11 Total: 202024-25 Regular Season| Sunday, December 29, 2024 | Edmonton 3 @ Anaheim 5 | Loss | | Friday, January 3, 2025 | Anaheim 2 @ Edmonton 3 | Win | | Tuesday, March 4, 2025 | Anaheim 6 @ Edmonton 2 | Loss | | Monday, April 7, 2025 | Edmonton 2 @ Anaheim 3 | Loss |
Home Record: 1-1-0 Road Record: 0-2-0 Overall Record: 1-3-0
Home / Road Goals For: 5/5 Total: 10
Home / Road Goals Against: 8/8 Total: 16 |
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tardigrade81
Messages: 4478
Registered: November 2022
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan
4 Cups
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Just win. Please
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HamBlaster
Messages: 1409
Registered: June 2007
1 Cup
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Honestly, Anaheim is so much better than the Oilers in this series. It's been close on the scoreboard in games, however the Ducks are crushing the special teams battle and have swung the 5v5 game in their favour as well now... and that's the deciding factor so far.
Too many players playing pretty blah for the good guys right now. I hope the Oilers are able to part ways with a lot of this team in the offseason.
And coaching? Do we even have a coach, or is it some dude that just stands on the bench with a blank face? You could put a cardboard cutout on the bench and it would have the same impact. Quenneville is animated and engaged with his players and the refs... and our guy just stands there and looks off into the distance. Knoblauch needs to be cut as well. Bring in Cassidy and see if that finally gets these guys to play some sort of effing system.
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tardigrade81
Messages: 4478
Registered: November 2022
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan
4 Cups
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| HamBlaster wrote on Tue, 28 April 2026 17:02 |
Honestly, Anaheim is so much better than the Oilers in this series. It's been close on the scoreboard in games, however the Ducks are crushing the special teams battle and have swung the 5v5 game in their favour as well now... and that's the deciding factor so far.
Too many players playing pretty blah for the good guys right now. I hope the Oilers are able to part ways with a lot of this team in the offseason.
And coaching? Do we even have a coach, or is it some dude that just stands on the bench with a blank face? You could put a cardboard cutout on the bench and it would have the same impact. Quenneville is animated and engaged with his players and the refs... and our guy just stands there and looks off into the distance. Knoblauch needs to be cut as well. Bring in Cassidy and see if that finally gets these guys to play some sort of effing system.
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Agreed. But either of these teams will get rolled by Colorado, Dallas or Minnesota.
Might even not make it past Utah/Vegas
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Every game is must win for Edmonton right now.
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Skookum Jim
Messages: 6108
Registered: March 2006
Location: Burnaby, BC
6 Cups
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New D pairings at the morning skate
Murphy Walman
Bouchard Nurse 😬
Emberson Ekholm
Dickinson and McDavid off ice.. GTD
Ingram back in the net.
McDAVID! Oh YEAH Baby!! (Thank you Lord!)
Tic-Tac-Tao!
Keep on Rockin' in the Free World
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Kr55
Messages: 12822
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
6 Cups
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| Skookum Jim wrote on Tue, 28 April 2026 11:44 |
New D pairings at the morning skate
Murphy Walman
Bouchard Nurse 😬
Emberson Ekholm
Dickinson and McDavid off ice.. GTD
Ingram back in the net.
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Hopes and prayers.
With how this team played all year, I have next to zero hopes of another long run, so maybe the best outcome for the long term is the org to be shocked with a 1st round failure.
Won't be mad of course if this team pulls it's collective head out of its rear and surprises us though.
"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: 4478
Registered: November 2022
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan
4 Cups
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Hopefully Nurse is gone next year
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Skookum Jim
Messages: 6108
Registered: March 2006
Location: Burnaby, BC
6 Cups
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| tardigrade81 wrote on Tue, 28 April 2026 10:56 |
Hopefully Nurse is gone next year
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If you could transplant Murphy's brain into Nurse you'd have a #1 D-man .. otherwise.. I think we're stuck with him until next year
McDAVID! Oh YEAH Baby!! (Thank you Lord!)
Tic-Tac-Tao!
Keep on Rockin' in the Free World
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Rocksteady
Messages: 644
Registered: March 2007
No Cups
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| OilFans wrote on Tue, 28 April 2026 02:00 |
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Uhh guys..
I don't have very much faith or fortitude here.
May be time to break out this emoji..
[Updated on: Tue, 28 April 2026 12:06]
The very definition of insanity is doing the exact same thing expecting different results.
Generally Disappointed.
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Rocksteady
Messages: 644
Registered: March 2007
No Cups
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| Skookum Jim wrote on Tue, 28 April 2026 12:16 |
Never give up never surrender
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I liked this on twitter.. it's awesome!
Sorry for the picture spam. I'll stop now.
The very definition of insanity is doing the exact same thing expecting different results.
Generally Disappointed.
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Skookum Jim
Messages: 6108
Registered: March 2006
Location: Burnaby, BC
6 Cups
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| Kr55 wrote on Tue, 28 April 2026 11:39 |
Damn. Did that ankle twist rob us of McDavid getting this game back together in time for a comeback? He was just awful before that ankle thing, but he's no stranger to a slow start. Maybe this year the hockey gods are just not allowing him to get rolling.
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McDavid with a bum ankle is still a force.. the hockey gods (refs) do impact the game.. he still gets mugged every shift and gets no calls.. they still have the infraction bar raised for him..
McDAVID! Oh YEAH Baby!! (Thank you Lord!)
Tic-Tac-Tao!
Keep on Rockin' in the Free World
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Skookum Jim
Messages: 6108
Registered: March 2006
Location: Burnaby, BC
6 Cups
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Dach back
McDAVID! Oh YEAH Baby!! (Thank you Lord!)
Tic-Tac-Tao!
Keep on Rockin' in the Free World
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Jay
Messages: 1307
Registered: January 2007
Location: Edmonton
1 Cup
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https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=56788
Probably no hard feelings.
I'll be watching tonight but this clearly isn't their year so a rest and reset is probably for the best. In the last 4 years they've played a full season(!!) worth of playoff games.
29/97 and 2 need a summer off. Ekholm and Nurse need a new address. Fire Lloyd Braun.
"Initiative comes to thems that wait"
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tardigrade81
Messages: 4478
Registered: November 2022
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan
4 Cups
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If McDavid is out we usually play well and step up so who knows
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Leia
Messages: 564
Registered: May 2003
Location: England
No Cups
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Honestly I'm thinking I'm a game time decision myself on this one. I'm getting over a chest infection and just gone back into work, I don't know if I can haul myself up for this one after the last few games.
I want to remain positive, but watching how they've been playing gives extra kudos to the Islanders and Oilers of the 80's who went to so many finals, as we just look shot. They are going to the well and it's just plain dry.
It's not helpful with McDavid's contract,but we've may find an early break and all our playerx get sick notes so no World Championship call ups, that next year we've got a full tank to make another big push.
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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Rocksteady
Messages: 644
Registered: March 2007
No Cups
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| Jay wrote on Tue, 28 April 2026 13:43 |
https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=56788
Probably no hard feelings.
I'll be watching tonight but this clearly isn't their year so a rest and reset is probably for the best. In the last 4 years they've played a full season(!!) worth of playoff games.
29/97 and 2 need a summer off. Ekholm and Nurse need a new address. Fire Lloyd Braun.
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I'm not with the fellow kids here was does Fire Lloyd Braun mean?
The very definition of insanity is doing the exact same thing expecting different results.
Generally Disappointed.
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Jay
Messages: 1307
Registered: January 2007
Location: Edmonton
1 Cup
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| Rocksteady wrote on Tue, 28 April 2026 14:12 |
| Jay wrote on Tue, 28 April 2026 13:43 |
https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=56788
Probably no hard feelings.
I'll be watching tonight but this clearly isn't their year so a rest and reset is probably for the best. In the last 4 years they've played a full season(!!) worth of playoff games.
29/97 and 2 need a summer off. Ekholm and Nurse need a new address. Fire Lloyd Braun.
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I'm not with the fellow kids here was does Fire Lloyd Braun mean?
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Oh it's just an old TV character that looks exactly like Kris Knoblauch. And his famous line was "serenity now...insanity later" which I imagine fits pretty well.
The serenity thing is great to a point but there has to be a time when you stand up for your team and show some passion. Seeing his press conference after last game and watching their PK this series and the way he runs the lines I think its time to move on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJVIX-4OyT0
"Initiative comes to thems that wait"
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oilfan94
Messages: 556
Registered: June 2006
Location: USA
No Cups
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| Jay wrote on Tue, 28 April 2026 16:54 |
| Rocksteady wrote on Tue, 28 April 2026 14:12 |
| Jay wrote on Tue, 28 April 2026 13:43 |
https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=56788
Probably no hard feelings.
I'll be watching tonight but this clearly isn't their year so a rest and reset is probably for the best. In the last 4 years they've played a full season(!!) worth of playoff games.
29/97 and 2 need a summer off. Ekholm and Nurse need a new address. Fire Lloyd Braun.
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I'm not with the fellow kids here was does Fire Lloyd Braun mean?
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Oh it's just an old TV character that looks exactly like Kris Knoblauch. And his famous line was "serenity now...insanity later" which I imagine fits pretty well.
The serenity thing is great to a point but there has to be a time when you stand up for your team and show some passion. Seeing his press conference after last game and watching their PK this series and the way he runs the lines I think its time to move on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJVIX-4OyT0
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You say old TV character and I just watched that episode the other day. Now I feel old.
George is getting upset!
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