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 Kr55
Messages: 12884
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
6 Cups
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| Jay wrote on Tue, 21 April 2026 06:37 |
| Kr55 wrote on Mon, 20 April 2026 23:00 |
Whew! Nice comeback by the depth guys
Ekholm saved that goal at the end messing up the guys shot with a stick check.
McDavid Drai and Bouch owe themselves a big night in game 2. Especially McDavid who was trying to hero mode skating directly into ducks and losing the puck every time all night long. Same stuff he did in OT in the Olympic gold medal game.
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Draisaitl had 2 assists and that line was by far their best. Not sure you can ask for much more from 29 in his first game back. Beast mode to get the winner.
Bouchard I thought was ok but not great. Obviously a glaring mistake trying to make a pretty tricky play off the boards for the Ducks second goal.
Mcdavid was awful. I'm shocked someone didn't pull him aside (or maybe they did after the game) and remind him that this isn't novice. You can't just try to skate through the whole team on every shift. You have linemates. It looked like he was more concerned with playing keep away and trying to dangle as many ducks players as possible than actually playing the game. Agree with another poster that said that was his worst playoff game I've seen. Not sure I've seen a worse game from him period.
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Yeah I shouldn't have grouped Drai with those 2 guys. Drai's zone entry jumping through 2 Ducks, including their best D, created the GWG too.
Good news is, McDavid and Bouch have done this slow start, totally off their game, thing many times before, and they always bounce back. Ducks just wasted their chance to win a game with McDavid being a non-factor.
"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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