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 Kr55
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Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
6 Cups
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| Hibernia wrote on Wed, 18 June 2025 05:14 |
It's clear a lot of people want to blame the goaltending or even the defence, but what happened to the forward depth this team showed in the first three rounds? Our forwards really didn't make a dent in Florida's team D this year. They rarely had sustained pressure like we're used to seeing. They hardly got any chances in the slot, like we're used to seeing. Basically, the Panthers shut the Oilers down. At no point in the series did I feel like Bobrovsky was stealing anything. In fact, half the time he looked shaky to me, but the Oilers couldn't capitalize on second chances. I don't recall a single "Did you see that?" from Cuthbert after a Bob save in the series.
The Oilers were never in this series. Even the two games they won in OT they had to fight their way back into those games. Despite having the what in the long run may be considered the two best players in the series, this Florida team was a way better team. Three forward lines that could've been the top line on any team. Paul Maurice may have been right, this was a better team than they won with last year.
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For sure. Our forward depth slammed into a wall in the finals. Almost all our forwards really. We had to be a one line team again because McDavid and Drai could be double/triple teamed on their own lines and their wingers couldn’t do a single thing with the extra space that would give them. We don’t have wingers that can actually carry pucks and make heads up plays. We have guys that need McDavid or Drai to do 90% of the work with the puck. It’s a problem against a team that plays a relentless and smart defensive game. Totally different challenge than what we faced in the first 3 rounds and we didn’t have the horses to overcome it. Corey Perry put the rest of our wingers to shame these playoffs, and arguably the entire season. That’s a huge problem.
Special teams need to be called out too. Our terrible PK made us scared to play on the edge. While our PP being inept in key moments made Florida more and more fearless. Huge difference from last year, probably a big reason we couldn’t get to game 7. There were opportunities to put game 2 further out of Floridas reach on the PP and we just choked it. Both special teams coaches should be canned.
In the end, we keep hoping that 2 or 3 elite talents can always overcome poor forward depth, mediocre defense and not having a legit NHL starting goalie. And it’s crazy how close we came 2 years in a row, but both times we ran into a properly built hockey team that was able to just smother our elite guys and expose how crappy the rest of our team is. It sucks, but if our org is honest with themselves, they would admit they have been screwing up since they drafted McDavid, and they didn’t really deserve better.
[Updated on: Wed, 18 June 2025 08:33]
"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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