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 Kr55
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Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
6 Cups
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| CrusaderPi wrote on Thu, 02 May 2024 11:12 |
I'm trying to figure out how different this year's team is compared to the version we watched the last two years. I've settled on the defensive corp being better and the defensive support system being much improved. The Oilers looked downright competent holding a 1-0 lead on Sunday and wound down the time in the third yesterday very efficiently.
Is it unfair to say the Oilers blow at least one of those games last year?
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Vs last year one big difference is Hyman and Kane were both broken the entire playoffs. We didn't have the horses to have 2 lines attacking which makes us far easier to play against. Vinny has stepped up in a big way vs last playoffs, so we don't have an obvious D pair to try to run over. How much better Nurse/Ceci can play against high end offensive players still needs to be tested though. Skinners confidence wasn't already near zero to start the playoffs, so huge difference there too.
2 years ago drai and Nurse were both broken. Goaltending pretty consistently questionable. Avs were just way deeper too. For the LA series, I think LA played with way more speed and had more players peaking offensively with perfect timing for playoffs. The nothing to lose underdog hockey they played vs the Oilers, scared they might buckle under the pressure again, and choke like the 2 years before made an nice mix for a long series. No Ekholm too. Keith was getting walked in a lot of highlights of key goals against in those playoffs, including the last one that finished our year.
[Updated on: Thu, 02 May 2024 11:26]
"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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