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Re: Review: Edmonton @ Dallas (Game #5) [message #835439 is a reply to message #835435 ]	Sat, 01 June 2024 07:43

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Skookum Jim wrote on Fri, 31 May 2024 22:02

Broberg.. oh man.. that guy is STEADY ! .. great game.. great revelation.. looks like our 3rd best D-man out there.. the benefit of mobility in the NHL..

and Perry.. took a huge lick.. and came back to be a factor.. the will to compete off-chart.. smart smart player..

Skinner made some really tough stops..

and... Nuge was awesome.. icon_nod

I know it's only 2 games in the playoffs BUT they are 2 games in the Western Conference finals! I think we are starting to see what the Oilers saw/hoped Broberg could become when they drafted him. Didn't play much in the NHL all year. Got called up in the playoffs and didn't play a single game in over a month. Comes in for kind of a must win game at home and is rock solid. Last night. A few early bobbles - he's young, it's the Western Freaking Conference finals - Coffey talks to him, he settles down. Rock solid, scores a freaking GOAL! He's big, skates like the wind, moves the puck really well, poised, calm, assertive, looks to know how to defend. Here is your home grown future replacement for Ekhlom when he ages out.

It's taken maybe a touch longer than they would have liked. Dmen at times do take longer than forwards especially wingers. I said it when he was drafted. If he pans out, I will take a big, minute munching, good defending, puck moving, good skating, control the game from the back end top 4 dman over a forward who can do the Michigan sometimes. Broberg looks impressive!

For the rest, that might be the best game I have seen the Oilers play from top to bottom in a long time.
- Away game against a good team, 10 shots given up through 40, 20 total through 60. The Oilers outshot Dallas every period including the 3rd when Dallas was down 3 and had no choice but to throw everything they had.
- The Oilers didn't give up a ton but it's physically impossible to not give up some good scoring chances to a very good team. When they did, Skinner was there and when the Oilers did give up a chance, it was 1. It wasn't multiple in a row. You get your shot and the rebound was gone.
- I would call that an extremely mature game from every line. They didn't force things. They didn't try plays that weren't there. They showed it on the broadcast a few times of how multiple Oilers forwards chose to do the right thing vs force things. 1 on 3 or 4 Stars, Oilers changing, rather than try a risky play that in the past got turned over, dump it in deep, force the goalie to freeze it.
- Every guy on the ice was doing their job. No cheating for offence, all guys defending, all guys trying to block shots. Great team game.
- Finding different ways to win. For the first 4 games, it's been 5 on 5. Last night it was the PP turning it on. Plus the PP ADAPTS! The second goal. Every team does the same thing. They bring the puck out slowly, a player drops back to get speed, puck gets dropped back to him, they try to enter the zone. With McD, the Oilers are probably the best at that play. So you could see the Stars getting ready for it and Bouch instead fires a 104 ft pass to Leon. catches the Stars and it's a 3 on 1 and Nuge rips it.
- Different guys are scoring every game! Different big names are scoring, different depth guys are scoring. Scoring from the defence.

Very, very impressive win for me. I am beyond excited for game 6. This series has been close most games and they have given themselves 2 games to win 1 game. But going home, with the energy of the crowd fuelling them, I expect McD and Leon to absolutely dominate the game. After the Vegas series, in the presser after they lost, McD looked like he witnessed his dog getting run over, Leon was almost crying. This is the chance to go to the Stanley Cup finals. What they have both wanted SOOOO badly. I think their team is better than the Stars. It's a team that is really good, it's not just those 2 and nothing. But I expect those two to play balls out because they will want it soooo badly. You can't win a series with just 2 guys dominating but you sure can win just 1 game. I expect them to basically win the game by themselves because what they have wanted so badly for years is right there for the taking.

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