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SCF: Florida Panthers vs. Edmonton Oilers

https://twitter.com/coachrevak/status/1799606705871044648
https://twitter.com/hockeydaily365/status/1799613788850909279

Goals off the rush, less than 10s after entry. Most of the goals in the playoffs be like that. Even better if the puck forces the goalie move laterally.
 
herman said:
McDavid is going to get punched in the jaw 'accidentally' during a hit and Draisaitl will get hacked in the Achilles 'accidentally' during a powerplay, and that will be the series.
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https://x.com/dafoomie/status/1799625342283575360
 
TheMightyOdin said:
We had zero chance if we had made it to a Florida series.
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I was hoping the Leafs faced Boston rather than Florida for that very reason.

Historically, Oilers have about a 15% chance of coming back from 0-2.
In this situation against a team as good as Florida, if Barkov is ok, I'd say it is below that 15% chance.
 
Fasstholes gonna feast. Starts at puck retrieval and shedding the first layer of the forecheck, and then attacking fast off the rush, or forechecking fast to generate turnovers in the OZ. Very few long possession sequences and like 3-4 passes max before a shot on goal.

And Florida is doing it after swapping out their premier 122 pt playmaker on the wing for a faasthole. Pure playmakers have no space in a playoff series ecosystem.
 
Panthers fans (and that one Oilers lady fan) should just start standing up when Ceci is on the ice
 
Must be nice having a team built around and committed to fast break offense. It also doesn?t require super expensive players (easier to put up points with odd-man rushes than the creativity and puck control required to breakdown a set DZ structure).
 
Oilers feeling that ?what do you have to do to score?? feeling the Leafs had last year with these Panthers .

The Bruins are pretty familiar with that feeling too. Lol
 
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Once again, the oilers main issues continue to shine through. Yes they've slowly improved. Yes they made it further than the Leafs (because their stars actually showed up for the first 3 rounds). But their problem continues to be defensive collapses and shoddy goaltending. Skinner has to make a play behind the net on the 2nd goal against last night. People point at Ceci, but he was playing the goaltender to gain control of the puck and make a play in either direction. Once Skinner nonchalantly mishandled it, Ceci had to adjust and he simply lost the race to the puck.

Like Toronto, the question remains, what will they do to shore up their goaltending and defense. I'd say their defense is ahead of Toronto in the process. Their goaltending on the other hand...
 
So we don't have to see Corey Perry win but we have to see Sam Bennett win. Lose lose situation
 
https://twitter.com/jasonyork33/status/1801459168471064979

Panthers did most of their damage off the rush, putting away goals on ~33+% of those chances. They backchecked aggressively and sprung breakaways by one touching outlet passes to different lanes, forcing the Oilers defense to sort and re-sort and basically never get set.

They did it with pace, and relentless pressure at both ends of the ice.

Babcock was a sociopathic bully, but tactically he had the right idea: push the pace, keep shifts hard and short, get behind the defense.

https://x.com/maclennan28/status/1801596963734843818
Like the Bruins and Lightning, the Panthers know how to take so many micro-infractions that refs have a hard time calling any.
 
OldTimeHockey said:
Once again, the oilers main issues continue to shine through. Yes they've slowly improved. Yes they made it further than the Leafs (because their stars actually showed up for the first 3 rounds). But their problem continues to be defensive collapses and shoddy goaltending. Skinner has to make a play behind the net on the 2nd goal against last night. People point at Ceci, but he was playing the goaltender to gain control of the puck and make a play in either direction. Once Skinner nonchalantly mishandled it, Ceci had to adjust and he simply lost the race to the puck.

Like Toronto, the question remains, what will they do to shore up their goaltending and defense. I'd say their defense is ahead of Toronto in the process. Their goaltending on the other hand...
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Can't wait for the 'we gotta trade Draisaitl to make cap space' rumors ... [/sarcasm]
They have about half the Leafs cap space with 1 more player to sign though, in fairness, their situation has significant differences making it harder to accurately compare.

Both teams are lacking in goal and dmen talent to play defense.
But the Oilers D can contribute offensively better than the Leafs.
They scored twice as many goals as the Leafs D (48 vs 24).
I'm sure they helped but you can't credit McDavid & Draisaitl with all of that dmen goal scoring.
 
https://x.com/sid_seixeiro/status/1801267815850160628
Pretty silly that Keefe knew that the playoffs were a different animal and needed a particular type of game, but for some reason, let them fart around in the regular season to rack up cap hit altering numbers.
 
https://x.com/Oil_Drop/status/1801506452064145773
This isn't even on Skinner. Those were all grade a++ chances because the Oiler forwards were late to nearly every puck in the other end of the ice.
 
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