NHL 2023-2024 Season - Arizona Stays Homeless
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Miguex
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The mantra is true. Offense will get you a lot of things, but defense wins championships. The Panthers are playing a system not super dissimilar to what the Wings played when they won their Cups in the 90's. And Tkachuk and Barkov are absolutely built for playoff hockey.
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Urlithani
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He's made some mistakes but his team is really letting him down and not winning puck battles. Just getting beat in their own zone on effort and leaving him out to dry.
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I don't even know how Holland thought it was a great move to sign Nurse to his current contract? Was it out of desperation to sign any right shot D so they won't leave the shit town that is Edmonton?
Ichu
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Haters from Vancouver - checked in and ready to keep on cheering for the Panthers!
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Needless
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I despise how the Oilers have been built overall. They lucked out with their current shitty team build by getting McJesus and Draisaitl after years of squandering their #1 picks . I actually feel sorry for those two having a crap team surround them (except for Bouchard and Ekholm).
A team like the Oilers should rightfully be exposed by a well-built team like the Panthers.
A team like the Oilers should rightfully be exposed by a well-built team like the Panthers.
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9.5 Mill for Nurse and they need to re-sign Bouchard soon.
Vancouver did the right thing buying out OEL - now he's one win away from the Cup! Go Panthers!
Penance
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Just complete breakdown on Oilers all around. No grit, no determination, no sense of urgency to win puck battles. They literally let themselves get beat to the puck then don't even have the will to fight the forecheck by taking away sticks, or slamming bodies. Just 70 iq plays all around. Soft ass team sucks they got to the SCF instead of Dallas.
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To be honest, I feel Canucks played Oilers better than the Stars.
I think the overall effective strategy against the Oilers is to forecheck hard (exploit Nurse and the rest of their bottom 4) and take away any time and space their fowards have.
Panthers are deeper than the Canucks and are playing a similar style against the Oilers.
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Valderen
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Oilers over-relied on their powerplay during the season and these playoffs to hide some of their shortcomings. Panthers shutting their powerplays just highlight all the facets of the game where Oilers are not good at.
If Oilers were scoring on their powerplay at their regular pace. They'd have 3-4 goals more in this series and we would have a totally different series.
If Oilers were scoring on their powerplay at their regular pace. They'd have 3-4 goals more in this series and we would have a totally different series.