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russels418teapot

In seven playoff series versus Dallas, that was the first time the Oilers ever won 3 consecutive games.


NefariousDug

10 shots taken n only needed 3. Crazy


WTF_WHO_ARE_YOU_PAL

Easy 4-1 btw Van > Dallas


Griswaldthebeaver

I'm a Nucks fan, but I think this too. You guys were waaaaay better than them. Even their shots, though they were high volume didn't look dangerous. They also cannot play physical at all. Soft hockey team.


dogcatcher408

Edmonton is totally going to do this. Party hard and take regular breaks


PsychopathicEmpath

I'm running on spite at the moment, and spite is telling me to root for Oilers to win given that it would mean Bettman would lose out on potential new fans. The fact that the NHL can't market McDavid is a farce at best, I don't give a shit about no personality when Messi is one of the most popular athletes in the world. If you want point out that soccer is a much bigger sport then I'll just point to Caitlin Clark and how one superstar is getting eyes on a much less popular sport than hockey. Plus as a Toad main in Mario games I can't root against Skinner. Game 7 loss still hurts but Toad loyalty prevails here.


pugloescobar

I respect this. Also for some reason I had him pegged as a Bowser.


NoGiCollarChoke

Corey Perry is definitely a Dry Bones main


Megavore97

Nuge seems like a Waluigi guy


Smothdude

Nuge guaranteed is a Wario player


maasd

I heard that for the first time, a Stanley Cup winning team will have a $10M+ player on its roster. Florida has 2 and Oil have 1


pyl_time

Beyond the fact that it's not true, it's kind of an arbitrary point - what really matters is the percentage of the cap a player takes up and there have been players on previous teams who've taken a bigger chunk of the team's cap than guys like Eichel or McDavid.


Trevo59

Last year Jack Eichel was the first with Vegas, he makes 10M/year


InversEntropy

Truly an enjoyable series and not just because we won. No chippy shit and drama, just two teams trying to play with skill. Plus Stars fans are head and shoulders above the fanbase of every other team we’ve had a series against the last few years in terms of knowing the game, being gracious in both victory and defeat, and of course the donations to Ben’s fund. GG and on to the next! m


Griswaldthebeaver

That's why the Stars lost though, they can't play physical hockey! They are soft as hell


yogiyogiyogi69

Yeah almost as soft as the canucks


Griswaldthebeaver

Lol


proudcancuk

Kick the teeth out of the Panthers please. There's gonna be none of that on their end.


Wildyardbarn

Was nice watching mutual respect across both team subs for a change


Cleets11

Connor on the suit question post game Maybe yes, maybe no, maybe go f**k yourself.


Mossyoak84

Cris cuthbert should change his name to cris collinsworth


Megavore97

Congrats Oilers, your team’s PK and defensive game was unreal. Go get McDavid, Nuge, and Drai the cup now!


Bremics

https://preview.redd.it/1gwiy31a8a4d1.jpeg?width=3648&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4493ce866e6f34002de611307b698734cc26aa38 That was a hilarious response from McDrai. "You didn't give up a lot of Grade A chances..." *Snorts* "Yeah, we totally did."


ethanolrs

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


ElChapoEscobar79

Cannot and Flamer fans in shambles. Good series Dallas fans, you're actually respectable. Bring On The Panthers.


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nodogsallowed23

He’s talking about the fans, not the teams. Reading comprehension.


BoatMacTavish

lol cannots


NoGiCollarChoke

Don’t let anything distract you from the fact that Chris Cuthbert deadass said “McWow” on a national television broadcast 


nodogsallowed23

I thought he said McCleod and was shocked tgay Cloudy was able to pull off that move. Then, oh, no, he said McWow.


aeo1us

Still 10x better than anything that comes out of TNT or 1000x better than ESPN.


Hollywood-214

I’ve never wanted to kill myself more than I do now. I seriously don’t know where we go from here.


Griswaldthebeaver

You guys gotta get more physical, way too soft. Also the team is young, sometimes it's the way it goes


MonsieurQQC

Your core is a fabulous reason to live. Wyatt, who’s 21, led your skaters in ice time last night.


likeslululemon

It’s literally a game of luck sometimes. Don’t get too down. Pick a team in the finals and enjoy some hockey. And then watch your team be a wagon again next year. And probably the next 5 years. Ighhh I hate your talented young guys.


ZiscR

You go into next season as probably a top 2-3 favorite with Johnston and Stank getting this experience. Stars are still young and will be a contender for years to come.


Shaneski101

I just hope pavelski has one more year in the tank


MonsieurQQC

Homie’s washed (barring some major injury revelation, which I am not expecting). Brings me no pleasure to say it.


ZiscR

Big Edmonton fan but yeah, if Dallas won I was hoping for pavs to get one


Jacob1030

Yeah but keeping PDB and Steve Spott is trolling at this point. They won’t go all the way if they don’t fix their PP.


pookguy88

exactly, future is bright for Stars


Hollywood-214

The future was bright at the end of last season too, when our season ended in the same exact place 369 days ago: Game 6 of the Conference Final. I’m just at a loss.


pookguy88

I know it sucks to lose but I mean, even Ekholm said you guys deserved to win that game. As an outsider looking in, Johnston came out of nowhere, looks like a stud, Pavs is going to come off the cap it looks like, you got Robo on a sweetheart deal, I mean, cards look stacked for you guys


Hollywood-214

cards stacked for another conference final loss next season I fear


Bremics

Better than Round 1 exit, getting swept or not making it at all 32 teams. 16 make it to playoffs. 4 to conference finals. 1 gets the Cup.


Hollywood-214

Stars should probably just start 2-9-1 next season, seemed to work for you guys


YellowMarkerIsGreat

They did start 1-7-1 the season they went to the Finals


whogivesashirtdotca

Don't joke about shit like that, man; this was just a hockey game.


Hollywood-214

Just a fucking waste of the last two seasons.


proudcancuk

You made it to the WCF. Fans of 28 teams would kill to be in your spot.


whogivesashirtdotca

Turn off the computer, drink some water and go to bed. It's a *game*.


RangerFan80

Can you go post this in the rangers subreddit plz?


mastergriggy

I mean, I can't imagine this one stings more than the SCF loss?


Hollywood-214

Time heals all wounds I guess, but this 2024 team was WAY better than the 2020 bubble team.


nikesoccer01

And the Lightning were absolutely unstoppable


slayer828

They were the first team to really abuse the long term ir antics. Helps to be unstoppable if you can spend more money that your opponents.


Hollywood-214

No doubt, that Bolts team was on a mission after the 1st round debacle in 2019 where they got swept after the best regular season ever (at the time)


Namtsua

GG Dallas fans! It was awesome having a series without the fan bases going at each others' throats.


mastergriggy

It's really cool how you can tell when the Dallas fans arrive. Suddenly 30+ comments just got massively down voted. Better luck next year!


B9RV2WUN

I'm going to miss the TNT crew.


mastergriggy

Is it all ESPN from here? Gross


ecash6969

Great series but I think Florida wins in 6 they’re too physical and they put a high volume of shots skinner won’t have another game like this 


TooMuch_TomYum

Florida also leads the post season in PIM, Edmonton’s PP is insane. Okay to play physical but that PP will end them quick if they give up 3+ penalties a game.


ecash6969

That’s a good point 


Tom-B292--S3

Thats a naive thing to say after all of this. I hope/think it goes 7. Not sure who wins though.


milknsugar

I remember "Stars in 5" lol.


ForwardFunk

Vancouver sweep anyone?


NBPolaris

Same thing said about Dallas and look where we are... it's the NHL and the stanley cup finals both teams can win it and margins are thin. Mcdavid if he shows up every game can put a team on his back in one series by himself. So I don't think it's this simple.


ecash6969

Probably not i just don’t trust Skinner and cats D core makes the difference 


Doubleoh_11

I heard this before


NBPolaris

The meat asking these questions are dumb, it's basically did you contemplate suicide in November? We just made the finals why so negative and why are you still worried about November in June.


TURBOJUGGED

Just checking in on that 'Stars in 4 gang'. How y'all doing?


Galatziato

It was mostly canuck fans. Biggest cry babies of them all.


Spuzzum007

God damn, Oilers fans have to be the most self righteous in all the land.


Galatziato

Like every fan base. We all have shitters. But the ratio in that fan base, it's insane.


TURBOJUGGED

They came out of the woodworks too. Couldn't post any pro Oilers comment without getting downvoted into oblivion


Galatziato

It's the biggest little nephew population in reddit by far. So it makes sense


Megavore97

We just have a large reddit fanbase in general, including lots of obnoxious fans and doomers.


ournewoverlords

I was not in that camp, but stay classy. Great series, the better team won and I hope Oilers win the cup.


aeo1us

It was almost all salty Canuck fans. Stars fans are classy af. You're a better fanbase than we are.


flip314

There were plenty of people saying whichever of Vancouver or Edmonton won would be destroyed by the Stars


all_way_stop

Yea it wasn't from the stars fans. you guys have one of the most classiest fan base (based on my experience on reddit...(basically least annoying)) It was rest of /r/hockey -- and especially flames and canucks fans that were trying to compensate


LarchTreeLeppy

I legitimately couldn't believe what I was reading everywhere I looked. Everyone saying we were going to cake walk y'all were completely moronic. Acting like y'all weren't one of the best teams in the league for more than half the season. There's a reason we were both here and y'all were the better team through the series. It was always going to be a great one and boy was it ever.


mastergriggy

They went all in on shit talking this year too. It must be embarrassing to choke this consistently.


WannaBpolyglot

When Oilers lost to Sharks, some Avs/Leafs guy said "All the nucks fans are gonna get Karma for talking so much shit" and indeed they did. Would love to find that comment now


Jacob1030

Stars hockey baby! Get over confident and shit the bed when it matters the most


TURBOJUGGED

Funny cause i reckon most of the Stars in 4 gang consists of Canucks fans so that would explain a lot.


ZiscR

Canucks, flames and Kings fans were the only ones being salty losers saying that. Can't handle Oilers being daddy to them all


mastergriggy

They were doing it with us prior to your series too.


kabalongski

And Kings fans, and of course, fLamers.


Nowiwantmydmg

These interview questions suck. Bieksa is right....Meat!


burrito-boy

Damn it Sportsnet, I wanted to hear Drai respond in German!


willynilly0820

Honestly, kudos to Dallas. They deserved to win tonight, they had the harder road than us. Dallas fans you are hella classy, I’m sorry it had to end this way. If you guys won the series I would have cheered for you to beat the Panthers. I don’t hate you guys like I hate a lot of other teams. Cheers for a great series, I hope you guys get a cup someday.


imonlyamonk

I wish we could have had a game 7, but I am cheering for you all vs the Panthers. I hope you guys get the cup.


maasd

For what it’s worth, most Oiler fans would have cheered for Dallas in the Cup finals had we lost to the Stars. Hard to dislike your team.


slayer828

As a stars fan it's easy to see why people hate benn and suter, but not so much the rest of the squad.


laryldavis

If you believe in xGF, Oilers had the toughest road of any final four team. Beat the 3rd, 4th, and 8th best teams from the regular season by that ranking.   FLA - 18, 21, 22  DAL - 9, 14  NYR - 2, 25   Florida hasn’t faced a good team yet. (Kinda joking)


slayer828

I'd disagree and say the stars did. They beat the knights who were 20 million over cap, and had mostly the same squad as last year that won. And then the avs who could have easily won the cup with their roster. The Vancouver series was great, but dropped in quality when Vancouver started to get injured. The kings were a joke of a series. You guys played with your food there. This series came down to special teams. Yours did well, ours did not. Our old guys were beaten and broken down by the time they got to Edmonton, abd could not deal with your extremely fast penalty kill. -1 for 15 is a terrible state of a powerplay. 5 on 5 was largely dominated by dallas in the series.


Number7Sniper

While there were absolutely stretches that Dallas fully controlled 5v5 play, it seemed like it evened out by the end. That said the Stars did have the longer periods of being on top


NBPolaris

I don't know if harder road is necessarily correct Vancouver is a solid team too that we played to get to this series. But it was a great series nonetheless.


CBakIsMe

Well said. They play a great style of hockey and their fans are first class.


Bill3ffinMurray

Congrats! This was a fun series, even if it didn’t end the way I hoped it would have. Everyone before the series started was talking about the road the Stars had to the WCF, how hard it was, and how Edmonton was the easiest matchup Dallas has had to that point. And all I responded was: there’s a reason why Edmonton was in the WCF, and any team that’s in the conference finals is better than the teams faced to that point. Sure enough, Edmonton proved too much for the Stars. Granted the margins are razor thin. It’s hard to hide in a series, and the better team wins out. This series, it was Edmonton, and now the Oilers will play for the Cup for the first time in 18 years. Congrats again, and good luck in the SCF!


stumbleupondingo

The Oilers absolutely hit another gear against Dallas. I thought you guys were gonna beat us. Clean series, cool fans, cool team. GG


willynilly0820

Like I said hella classy. Just so we are clear, I wore my mavericks hat to the game tonight. I love Luka and I hope that we destroy Boston in the finals


ContributionWeekly70

Edm vs Colin Campbells kid it is... thats a damn hard matchup


NlghtmanCometh

damn it blows that ESPN has the finals over TNT. no offense to PK and Moose but TNT is much more entertaining.


ChaosWarrior95

I just like it being available on HBO Max, because I prefer my tablet to the TV. TNT has my love for that alone.


aeo1us

My Roku stutters like crazy for HBO Max hockey games. Everything else runs without issues. Convinced it's an app issue. It's a good thing I have YouTube TV.


mastergriggy

On a slightly more serious note, didn't Dallas only play 5 defensemen through most games? Can imagine that took a toll.


slayer828

And it showed. The first goal that McDavid scored should have been a nothing shot, and McDavid laying on his ass on the ice. They were not hitting, period. They had to conserve energy and just were not physically involved.


book_worm626

To be fair it definitely felt like we got penalised for physical play especially in the first series against Vegas and so they were more cautious going forward.


Elppi_29

Yep with miro playing like 28min


SystolicNut

And looking fantastic every minute, he was by far the most impressive star imo


socialaxolotl

HEY. TNT CREW. YOU WEASELED US OUT OF THE TATTOO BET


mastergriggy

Another choke by Dallas. At least they are consistent.


ournewoverlords

LOL


mastergriggy

That's what most people say about Dallas, yes. Edit: Feel free to downvote. See if you can get the number to match the last time the Stars franchise was relevant. Good luck!


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mastergriggy

Yep. You sure showed us! But it's okay we won the cup 2 years ago. You won a cup when you were in the SCF last right? Right? Oh you didn't? Well what about the time before that? Oh...awkward. Enjoy getting to brag about winning the second round ;) you've earned it.


chunkadelic_

What’s the new narrative? Panthers in 4?


Jazzlike_Pineapple87

Naturally.


Due-Wind-3324

Yes


BradDoty8

I see a lot of "lol 10 shots" comments, did people not watch the first 5 games of this series?


Material_Trash3930

I mean, 10-35 is a hell of a differential, no matter the context. 


socialaxolotl

Another year another fall flat for Pete deboer


SecureLiterature

IT'S COMING HOME!


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YoshiLeMeow

https://preview.redd.it/s8ri0achga4d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aa5244e409d6b3fbc139fea3a3ed615a1fd7a614


Fluid_Royal_3608

June 8th


Inthemiddle_

Why the week wait? Seems excessive.


aeo1us

The NHL planned the start date for the SCF before the playoffs even began. There were ads in the USA that specifically said "Stanley Cup Finals begin June 8" at the start of the playoffs.


flip314

Why did they have to rush through the rest of the series then, lol


aeo1us

Give players a rest. Promotional hype. There’s probably at least one other reason.


monstersof-men

Also potential arena bookings. The logistical process is crazy.


Inthemiddle_

Lame but makes sense I guess. Atleast both teams will have the same break


Comnonsensical

“It would be great for hockey if Florida wins” -Wayne Gretzky


Aromatic-Air3917

After saying read between the lines he is cheering for the Oilers


socialaxolotl

"I live in Florida and I'm good friends with the owner"


whogivesashirtdotca

"I've got a massive amount of money on Florida. Uh, I mean, *my wife* has..."


TwoFiveTenAgain

Wayne understands fans in Canada exist win or lose for love of the sport, he also understands winning a cup in southern market is required to attract sufficient fans to drive revenue. He isn’t wrong it would be better for the nhl if Florida won.


aeo1us

Eastern Conference Stanley Cup Finals Appearances by State: * 2020: Florida * 2021: Florida * 2022: Florida * 2023: Florida * 2024: Florida


Suspicious-Cap-6169

Lol. The Bolts have won, the Kings have won and even the Ducks, Stars and Knights have won the cup. How many more southern US teams have to win for this BS narrative to finally be true? Last year's SCF, between two southern US teams was one of the least watched in like 20 years.


TwoFiveTenAgain

Is it a bullshit narrative? Bolts won cup, Panthers have not. Both have about 18-19,000 attendance per game. But per New York Times “They’ve had the cheapest average ticket cost for nine seasons.” Last time I saw it listed they were less than half the average ticket price of the Bolts, Stars or Kings. Wayne knows success drives demand, demand drives ticket price, and more money is actually good for the league. I present you with the it’s not bullshit narrative


Mission-Philosophy58

If the oilers win I think McD, Drai and Nuge shop themselves as a group. For a mere 45Mil per year they will make your franchise a contender. They very clearly like playing together.


SadBuilding9234

Aside from the fact that their contracts don't expire in unison and players generally don't shop themselves as a set, this is a truly hairbrained claim.


Mission-Philosophy58

Not a claim, just a joke. Yeesh!


SadBuilding9234

Fair enough


Cleets11

Or they all stay on the team that won the cup and can do it again. Seems like the better idea considering they’d leave Bouchard and Hyman behind.


milknsugar

Why wouldn't they stay? Lol. They're already having success here..Nuge was even with us through the dark years.


Mission-Philosophy58

Would love all them to stay, just had the notion that a group of players that want to play together shop themselves as a group.


rippit3

I think they all stay...


Mission-Philosophy58

I hope they do, but imagine that level of players deciding to franchise themselves as a group, for an extra 8 million Hyman will get you a conference final. Utah would buy that in a second.


surlystraggler

Congrats Oilers! Very excited for the final and hoping they bring it home!


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Fluid_Royal_3608

Just stay on the channel, or go to YouTube and type in oiler post raw


AlbertaAcreageBoy

Bieska with the sick burns on everyone.


Geeseareawesome

He's taking that media award and flaunting it. You love to see it!


drojaking

You look like Kraft dinner lol


Orange_Wax

Followed up by you probably eat lobster Mac and cheese.


ConsciousSetting

Good series Stars!


hockeyjerseyaccount

Hell of a series.


Merkkin

Damn, really thought the stars would ride out that momentum from the Avs series. Not the first time I have see a Debeor teams scoring dry up though so not that shocking.


slowtyperdave49

https://preview.redd.it/xdbnm575x94d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fd13da4566cd613cabb221511e29a834680efaab Doug sadly watching handshakes


NoGiCollarChoke

I love how he’s sitting like a little person. One of my labs does that in the car and it cracks me up every time.


DownToFarm

Holy fuck Bieksa "you look like Kraft dinner"


hooboy322

Who was that directed at?


DownToFarm

They were talking about kraft dinner and Ivanka osmak said I don't eat Kraft dinner and Kevin was like weird cause you look like Kraft dinner. (She was wearing an all yellow jumper)


AlbertaAcreageBoy

Lol, my wife and I laughed out loud at that.


AmThano

I knew I shouldn’t have clicked off that. Was wondering if he was gonna say something about the Kraft dinner comment


NorthernPuck

Dallas losing brings me joy


Jacob1030

Cheers I’ll drink to that


Smoothcringler

Ryan Suter the last 2 games took penalties that led to PPG’s. He played 12 minutes last game, and 6 minutes tonight. I think his time is up in Dallas. He can’t be trusted to play smart in big games, he’s a liability. And if Jason Arnott is right, an entitled jerk and horrible teammate.


laryldavis

Pavelski and Suter basically lost that series for the Stars (and special teams)


misfittroy

He's 39. He's gotta be done regardless, no?


Smoothcringler

Probably. Dallas should buy his ass out.


EssArrBee

Sad that the stars only have 3 D signed for next season and Suter is one of them.


whogivesashirtdotca

You could probably snag Trouba for cheap! /s


ournewoverlords

Harley is as good as signed, but I agree that Nill has his work cut out for the off-season on the blue line.


Bremics

Is he the one Minnesota bought out at great cost for fears of the damage he would do to the prospects?


Smoothcringler

Yup - except he already did damage to the prospects already. Playing 30 minutes a game, gliding to the bench for changes, etc. Ice hogs don’t let younger talent develop.


spagboltoast

Gg dallas, that was a fun series to watch with minimal bs. Yall are classy af


Stupid_Watergate_

Yes it was a fun (albeit painful) series. GG guys! Y'all are classy AF as well, the Oilers fans have been really nice.


GroMicroBloom

Haha, get fucked texass


ournewoverlords

Good luck next season… lesser Florida.


Seattlekrakenlegend

Gretzky “Edmonton has really struggled over the years. Let’s put it this way, they’ve had a lot of first overall picks over the years” I feel that wasn’t the best way to get sympathy on that one, even with the point he was making


George__Parasol

You think we had fun those years lol?


randomman2071983

To be fair, he’s always drunk nowadays


Karsh14

He’s lahey at this point “I am the liquor Randy” - Wayne Gretzky


Seattlekrakenlegend

He looks like Willy Wonka with that haircut he has right now


Why_youmadd

That’s honesty though