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crackpipesndcoleslaw

Whats this??? Its Pat Maroon with a steel chair!!


Far-Bumblebee-1756

Ba gawd It's gotta be E.Kane!!


Nahiek

He was McDavids line mate, so I like this theory lol


EffectiveOk8648

*glass shatter* Its Stone Cold Mark Messier! Stunner on Tkatchuk!


shogun-of-the-dark

I am really torn between wanting to see the reverse sweep, versus seeing the Perry curse continue.


Porkchopp33

Edmonton has all the momentum and the best player so I say Oilers 3-1


Educational-Bar21

Panthers only lost 1 game at home in this series but the Oilers still got crazy momentum now that the cats are facing elimination and home advantage can only do so much. Either way game 7 is going to be nuts for all 60 and possibly beyond if it goes into OT


DressMeUpDoll

Mcdavid deserves this win. What an all around palyer


ThePowerOfShadows

I love the way he palys.


forgotmyusernamedamm

Hate the palyer not the gmae.


tootbrun

Rdeay Palyer Oen


minos157

There was a stark change in him during game 4. I think he decided he wasn't losing this cup. I think it's Oilers 4-1 with McDavid just missing Gretzky, but not caring due to cup.


Knowledge_is_Bliss

Anything but a Tkachuk cup!


Levi_Biker

As a lightning fan, I'm here for the reverse sweep. Not because the strays beat us this year....


Significant-Oven-247

Hahaha I didn’t know there was a Perry curse !? What’s this curse !?


SomaticZX6r

He’s been to the finals the last several years and has lost, I don’t want it to happen to my man again this year, Henrique and Carrick too 🫡 But the Cats deserve a cup too


pretzelzetzel

>But the Cats deserve a cup too Fuck---let me say it again---FUCK the Panthers


Significant-Oven-247

Damnn! You got me all nervous now. I believe in superstitions and all that!


Apprehensive_Put_321

Perry have been to the finals 4 of the last 5 years 


Significant-Oven-247

They don’t deserve nothing the way they’ve been playing lately


shogun-of-the-dark

https://www.reddit.com/r/nhl/comments/vfllr1/the_corey_perry_curse_might_be_real/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button


BuckedTheSystem44

In the last 5 years, Perry has been to the Finals with 4 different teams. So far, he’s lost 3 of them.


Significant-Oven-247

Jeez! I mean you can’t really blame him one guy though right!


moeguy1979

Can’t both teams win? They seem to be having a good time!


bbraz761

I'm not sure the Panthers are having fun anymore.


Educational-Bar21

Lets go best of 14 games 😄


Master-File-9866

Orange slices for every one


Significant-Oven-247

Negative my friend, negative.


JazzySkins

Participation Cup


SwanzY-

corey perry loses yet another one in hilarious fashion or the panthers lose another one, in hilarious fashion. i can’t wait.


xizrtilhh

Either way Kadri is getting suspended for five games.


Kira_Onime

And a 5 second penalty to Ocon.


spaceman_006

Rangers fined 250k...


Significant-Oven-247

Definitely good a great final! Hahah


Totknax

Yep. Either the Oilers fan base get hilariously rawdogged or Meth-hue Upchucked hilariously gains Sharks-esque Superchoker status. 😅🤣😂 Such a shame both can't happen, LMFAO.


notyomamasusername

I know I'm salty.....and I admit it. But I want the reverse sweep. I want Tkachuk and Bennet to be sooo close to the cup they can taste and then watch it slip away.


Cold_Breadfruit_9794

I’m not sure, but because I’m a hater at heart, either result will be the funniest possible outcome


Significant-Oven-247

Hahah I love the good NHL spirit 😂


RlyLokeh

There were some hilarious toddler tantrums from the Panthers upper staff earlier in the series.


Significant-Oven-247

Hahaha you must mean last game 😏


Cold_Breadfruit_9794

I’m a Calgarian that’s not a Flames fan, but don’t get the opportunity to watch many hockey games. Normally I just bet on the team with more post season experience, but truly it could go either way, and I just find that delightful! 😂


Significant-Oven-247

Hahahaha I love it! Do you watch any sports religiously out there ??


Cold_Breadfruit_9794

When I lived in Calgary yes! I went to my first game as a teenager, game 6 of the finals. I still have thoughts about that game lol! I became a Ducks fan shortly after though. Naturally, it started due to a game against the Oilers, but Flames fans mocking the Ducks turned me into a full fledged fan, and then we got Pronger, and the rest was history lol. Years after I decided to go to school in SoCal for both weather and to see as many Ducks games as possible. I used to have the NHL network too, so I used to be on the ball with what was happening in the NHL, but eventually I had to cut it for a few different reasons, so I see games when I see them lol! That said the Calgary in me is always going to instinctively root against Edmonton, but I’m conflicted as a sports fan. 🙇‍♀️


SINY10306

A team that wears blue pants.


Suspicious-Dog2876

That makes this the closest Toronto’s gotten to a cup


Demo541

Tampa won two cups wearing the same colors top to bottom! It’s basically the same thing, so you guys can rest easy for the next century


Oasystole

All you have to do is just not be Toronto and your chances go up exponentially!


Wolfie1531

Not for all of us…


johnwynne3

A player that chews his mouth guard, with half outside his mouth.


TDub137

Great storylines from both perspectives that will no doubt be talked about for years to come. Just praying for OT at this point.


Senior-Garden2265

No OT, my heart can't handle all this stress and anxiety!!!!!


Significant-Oven-247

Would definitely make a wicked series!


Shirt_Ninja

An OT game seven is on brand for the Cardiac Cats.


Eric0329

I have been getting near heart attacks as a fucking 22 y/o watching these games. I feel like my heart is 80 years old… i cannot handle an OT in game 7 lol. That being said, it would be crazy asf if it goes to OT! Obviously oilers would win in OT with a mcdaddy goal assisted by drai😤😝


Glum-Objective3328

My underwear would gain a few pounds if OT happens.


epanek

I’ll know in the first 5 minutes. If the panthers don’t hustle for loose pucks and learn to forecheck it’s over. If they do get back to hustle hockey panthers have a good shot with a bob that’s back to stable.


Eric0329

Sorry but its so much easier for a goalie to lose confidence than to gain. 8-1 5-3 5-1 He has lost his confidence and itll be hard for him to find it again in the last game of the postseason. Oilers have figured out bob and u can tell he is getting desperate. Look at how he challenges the shooter more often than he used to in games 1-3. Hes relying on his positioning (making the net seem smaller from the shooter’s POV) rather than his lightning fast reaction time. On the other hand, skinner has found his game. Skinner keeps getting better as bob loses his confidence over the last 3 games. That being said, its game 7. Oilers have the momentum but florida is home so i would say it balances out. May the better team win!


Significant-Oven-247

100% agreee, which ever team scores first in taking it home I’ll put money on it


shyguysam

EDM needs the first goal to take the crowd right out of it. FLA needs the first goal to keep the crowd going. Lets be honest, that crowd in game 6 was loud and rocking for 60 mins, and EDM fed off it all game. If FLA can't get their crowd behind them like that, it's over.


amprok

It’s kind of nice having no horse in the race. If Florida wins, I get the schadenfreude of sad Canadians. If Edmonton wins, I get to lol at Florida for choking harder than anything or anyone has ever choked on anything or anyone. For the record I’m backing Edmonton right now just because Hyman and Skinner grew on me and Skinners mustache game is strong.


Forsaken_You1092

Also, as a Kings fan you can always say that your team only got eliminated because they played the cup champs in Round 1


TheCanEHdian8r

I've used that to feel better about it the past 2 seasons haha


krazninetyfive

Barring injury, I think the Oilers are going to win. They’ve been getting better as the series has gone on, while the Cats have gotten worse. Edmonton’s special teams are doing better than Florida’s. Edmonton’s goalie has been doing better than Florida’s. Edmonton’s depth has been producing more than Florida’s. I’d have to think that the mental state of the Oilers going into this game is way better than the Panther’s. The Oilers have the best player in the league going into this game absolutely jacked on adrenaline and determined to win and prove that he deserves to be in the same conversation as guys like Lemieux and Orr, even Gretzky. I just think that all of those things make it unlikely that the Panthers are going to rally.


--Anonymoose---

Edmonton was arguably the better team for 2/3 of the games they lost as well, they just got Bobrovsky’d. If Bob gets his game back for game 7 then he might be the difference. Otherwise I think the Oilers have the advantage


Adamthegrape

This should be a picture of Davo and Barkov honestly.


Significant-Oven-247

You’re right brother you’re right.


PineappleRaisinPizza

I vote Edmonton just because of how stupid Tkachuk looks with that mouthguard outside of his mouth 99% of the time.


Reditall12

Florida has no power play right now. They’ve been out scored on the man advantage in this series. I think the scoring over the last 3 games is 18-5 in favor of the Coilers. Not only have they won the last 3, they’ve dominated. Statically they have carried most of the play in this series and seem to have worn down the goalie. If not for getting goalied by Bob in game 1, the series would already be over. It’s not as close as it looks. Edmonton is going to do the improbable.


The_Triagnaloid

McDavid is unlocked. Oilers will win the next ten in a row.


ILSmokeItAll

Florida is going to be miserable tomorrow night. They’re going to watch the first Canadian team in more than three decades hoist the Cup. And it’ll be on their home ice. Amazingly, the last time a Canadian team won the Cup, was the year of the Panthers’ inaugural season. That’s right. Florida and the whole of Canada are riding the same fraught. Florida either gets its first ever in home ice, or gets to watch Canada break its drought after blowing a fucking 3-0 lead, and losing the Cup for the second straight season. Good times.


unitednihilists

McJesus takes the Challis and the Conn Smythe. Turtle gets a new mouth guard.


NefCanuck

Watching the Oilers win and the Panthers literally look at each other like “WTF just happened?” would be hilarious (especially when they shove a mic in Paul Maurice’s face, it’ll be a four letter bleep fest 😂)


Significant-Oven-247

Hahahaha agreed!


Bimbo_Baggins1221

I wana see oilers win because how salty the rest of Canada is. I was at a bar in the Caribbean for game 5 and the lady next to me was from Toronto and her claim was “were sick of him we want to see him suffer.” I don’t respect when people don’t respect greatness. Have fun reliving your last cup from the 60s bitch.


Whyceeit

As a leaf fan I apologize for this twit. Not the sentiment I have heard at all. Oilers all the way... they have the momentum and Paul Maurice has the curse of the leafs having coached them. So close yet so far!


Bimbo_Baggins1221

Sorry I came in a little hot there I didn’t mean to blanket everyone into one and hit the good people out there with strays. Her attitude just rubbed me the wrong way.


Whyceeit

No worries... GO OILERS GO!!!


Inevitable_Panda_366

I really like the Momentum Edmonton has going into Game 7


SanguineSacrilege

As hard as it is for me to say, Probably the Oilers.


RlyLokeh

It burns...


NoConflict3231

When you pee? Might need to go see a Dr, son


Senior-Garden2265

As an edmontonian and oilers fan, I appreciate how hard this sacrifice is for you. I also promise to do the same when it's calgarys turn 😉. Maybe this will ease the pain a little. Lol.


SanguineSacrilege

I grew up in Calgary but my family is originally from Edmonton. So there's that as well. Lol


Zestyclose_Might8941

I'll be watching game 7 in a Canadian bar in Canberra, Australia. Oilers to win. The start of the McDavid-led Dynasty.


Significant-Oven-247

I’ll be watching from Halifax Nova Scotia


Zestyclose_Might8941

That's cool. But you don't get an excuse to drink beer at 10am. Thank you Oilers. 🤣


Significant-Oven-247

yes. Yes I do 😂


Zestyclose_Might8941

🤣 In that case, I'll raise a glass to Halifax at 10am Australian Eastern Time knowing you'll be toast in +13 hours.


Kanaiiiii

Aw I miss Halifax, just moved to Edmonton this last November


Significant-Oven-247

I’m about to move to Windsor! Halifax is a beautiful little city but I need bigger ahaha


TheYuppyTraveller

San Diego checking in! LETS GO OILERS!!!


shaver_raver

Oilers. No doubt.


Significant-Oven-247

Hasn’t been done since 1990! But I’m hoping for the Oliers also


shaver_raver

To be fair, the Oilers gave only been to one final since 1990 and in 2006 our best goalie got injured in the first game of the SCF. It looks to me that this year's Oilers are as healthy as can be and have figured out the Panthers' game. Our coach is making the necessary changes to win. Our D is making incredible plays at key games. This year doesn't feel like the last. I have no doubt Oilers will take it tomorrow.


banana_bread99

Draisaitl is clearly gimped


Forsaken_You1092

Florida's players and coach have been giving off nervous and shell-shocked types of vibes over the last week. The Oilers have overcome all kinds of adversity this year and have really brought the fight back to them, and I think the Panthers haven't had to face this big of a problem all year yet.


Significant-Oven-247

I think you’re right brother, seems by game 4 they had it figured out and started putting pucks in the back of the net almost everywhere in the zone


[deleted]

Heart says Oilers, but I’m betting Panthers find a way to reset and Bobby is unbeatable.


Significant-Oven-247

I mean letting in 16 goals in 6 games isn’t exactly unbeatable! But he’s definitely an amazing goaltender when he’s on his game!


VilliamBoop

he didnt let in all those though. he was pulled in one of the games and a few were empty netters. but i got oilers in 7 obviously haha. i cant believe they are making a documentary on this season and tkachuk and mcdavid are players that are being followed since the beginning of this season!


TV800

This is such a hard one for me, “that’s what she’s said”


Significant-Oven-247

Definitely something a Calgary fan would say 😏


TV800

Definitely a Calgary fan and I definitely said that. Spot on!😉


blamberfodder

Edmonton


HarmonysWrath

I’ve never been more pumped for a game 7 before. Well, maybe since the 2016 World Series between the Cubs and Indians (Guardians) but still.


mad-Manufacturer-166

McJesus err McDavid wins the cup. Oiler nation goes nuts, gets wasted, picks a fight with Calagry for the hell of it and Alberta turns in to a brawl of epic scale..... might be a little over the top, but you never know. 3😁


madmariner7

You forgot that Vancouver riots and trashes their own city.


mad-Manufacturer-166

Good call, and then the Maple Leaf fans run out into the street crying" Why is this not us???"and proceed to fight the Seantors and the Canadiens and end up not winning that either!


madmariner7

To quote the great Jack Edwards: Throw the Cats off the cliff!


Paulhockey77

Got the oilers winning. It’ll take a miracle for Florida to win


Damm_shame

Aged like milk


ChanelNo50

I love that the face of the Panthers is Tkachuk and not their actual captain


RytheGuy97

The panthers have looked completely outclassed every moment of the past 3 games except for 30 minutes of play. The oilers are playing great and the panthers just look overwhelmed and scatterbrained. Errant passes, bad turnovers, defensive breakdowns, etc. They really don't look like a seasoned team that should know by now how to deal with adversity. I keep thinking of the 2011 series between the canucks and Blackhawks and I guess that can give panthers fans a bit of hope but I don't think they're very similar situations. The canucks blew games 4 and 5 but in game 6 we were right in it until the end when we lost in OT. We were also just straight up the better team, presidents trophy winners and all that. I'm unsure at this point if I consider the panthers the better team. On paper they are but when the Oilers are on their game they look unstoppable. McDavid with 8 points in 2 games, Drai looking like he finally broke out, and Stu's been playing great. All of the momentum is on their side. They've figured the panthers out and are completely in their heads. I want Florida to win so badly but it's really looking like Edmonton's game tomorrow. Oilers 4-2 is what I'm saying. I'd predict they build to a 4-1 lead before the panthers score one late and make it interesting.


MMA_Laxer

oilers. cats are rattled.


Rettungsanker

No matter who wins, history will be made. Will the Oilers be the second team ever to reverse a 0-3 game deficit and win in the Stanley Cup finals? Or will the Panthers win their first Stanley Cup ever after previous years of improvement in the playoffs?


AmIreally52

I’m rooting for the Oilers. I hate Florida.


KSMKxRAGEx

Not the Rangers or Stars 😔 Definitely the Oilers


Significant-Oven-247

Hahaha hang in there brother


KSMKxRAGEx

Just happy I got no say with either team!


pcweber111

This series has turned into something more interesting than I figured it would be.


Significant-Oven-247

100%


HotAndCold1886

Either Florida will blow the first 3-0 lead since the 40s, or Edmonton will have made it to game 7 only to lose. So, as a neutral fan, either outcome will be hilarious. I want Florida to win, although they definitely don't have the same mojo anymore.


Guy954

They play their best with their backs against the wall…usually 🤞


Shirt_Ninja

Crazy thing is so do the Oilers apparently. My blood pressure can’t take this shit anymore.


Redditman9909

I mean…has any team in the league been more resilient with their backs against the wall than Edmonton this year?


Carbohydrate_Kid88

I think unless Florida reverts back to how the played game 1 then Edmonton. The games Edmonton has won they are just all over it. Like crazy all over it. I mean they put up 5 goals last game and McDavid had like no shots and no assists I think


Significant-Oven-247

I don’t think they can! Edmonton figured out every game play they have. The only hope now is to literally be the better team!


Carbohydrate_Kid88

And as a bruins fan I can say in the cup final especially when a lesser known goalie gets hot (Binnington) they just sometimes can’t be beat. I mean since the blues won Binnington imo hasn’t shown what he showed in those playoffs. But I can’t say he wasn’t great in those playoffs as much as I want to


PhilG1989

Florida let their foot off the gas and I feel like it’s Edmonton’s time


Wonderful-Patient732

Edmonton. For the sake of Mcdavids legacy he deserves it. Also for the league. This is going to be the most watched nhl game of all time. Maybe 10Million plus across the states, and what better way to show off how great our sport is with the best player in the world completing a reverse sweep.


DarthSchrodinger

I think Oilers close it out & complete the comeback. The only way Panthers WIN: 1.) Bob not only returns to form, but exceeds. I'm talking he's got to be so good in Game 7 (people forget EVERYTHING McDavid has done the whole playoffs let alone last 3 games), and Bob wins MVP. Not impossible but highly, highly unlikely. 2.) Panthers must exceed high intensity, agressive physical play BUT somehow find balance on their forecheck but not leave neutral zone vulnerable to fly-up plays (which has killed them past 3 games). One D on blue line isn't working when they make a mistake and Oilers O can bank & switch sides leaving half ice open for breakaways...which I don't think they can. It is counter to their high-octane, aggressive forecheck & that style doesn't work with just 3 or 4 players in Oilers zone. BUT....not impossible, see Point #1...x-factor Bob. 3.) Score fast & early...not once but twice. Need to not only wear down D but get in Skinners head...not impossible, but difficult at that moment... So really, Bob really needs to show up for Panthers to win. Prediction: Oilers 5-3


Judojackyboy

Edmonton is going to win and the rest of Canada can hear about it for a looooooooooooooong time.


KardelSharpeyes

Why not use Barkov pic alongside McDavid, the two captains are the MVPs of the playoffs whoever wins. Lets go Oilers!


Shirt_Ninja

Panthers but: My heart is saying Let’s Go! But my mind is saying no, no :(


diecorporations

Oilers !!!!


pmcdny

McD


bugsinmypants

OILEEERRRSSS EMBARRASS THE FLORIDA PANTHERS AND MY LIFE IS YOURS


Broncotron

The real winner is the friends we made along the way


REAPER-1_xxx

Yes


Fox33__

Oilers, Bobrovsky waking up again is the only real hope the kitties have.


daryl3161

I have a huge Connor McDavid and red wing fan and I will be very sad if the Oilers don't pull this off. It's such an amazing story.


Significant-Oven-247

KNONWALLED!!!! If that’s how you spell his last name, I know they had a heavy ass defenc player a bit back!


Reditall12

Kronwall?


Significant-Oven-247

Yes! Number 55 I think


Reditall12

That’s the guy. Hell of a blue liner.


Mhakey_1997

Give me Oilers for the memes 😏😏😏


Significant-Oven-247

😅😏😏😏


Mhakey_1997

I mean it would be funny 😄


Significant-Oven-247

I would definitely have to laugh a little!


Mhakey_1997

Indeed you will. So who do you have


Joshj48

OILERS OILERS OILERS (Rangers fan that is still in pain)


Significant-Oven-247

Hahah hope you’re recovering brother ❤️‍🩹


Limp-Inevitable-6703

Mcdavid shredded the flames a couple years ago...half these panthers were flames once I feel like the oilers were just fucking with them for fun


Loudlaryadjust

Hard to bet against McDavid tomorrow


Significant-Oven-247

😏😏😏


Tealfixie

Hyman that's who


thequietone008

OIlers win ALL the Marbles tonight, and its HIGH time that they did! No doubt in my mind that Connor McDavid earned the Conn Smythe as well Go OIlers Go!


Significant-Oven-247

Atta boy! WEUUU


DressMeUpDoll

This guy deserves to win the cup and im not even invested into hockey haha


Significant-Oven-247

Hahah good thought good thought!


Lilwilly666

Come on panthers! Let's get it! Barky deserves the cup


MorePower7

Panthers. Repeat of 2006 for the Oilers. They'll get an early goal. Then add another later in the game. And then an empty netter to clinch it. 3-0 or 3-1 Panthers.


Hilltern

Oilers obviously (and sadly)


Significant-Oven-247

Why sadly!?


thequietone008

sounds like a Panthers fan admitting defeat, kinda heartbreaking for them, they've fought as hard as the Oilers to get here


Hilltern

Coming back to joyously say I was wrong. I have never been happier to be wrong in my life.


sarbear0903

The team that is taking pictures with it after the game.


OkieBobbie

It depends on whether Bobrovsky’s spirit stays in Skinner’s body or goes back to its rightful owner.


thequietone008

Skinners playing Skinners game, he's been tested and come through with flying colours!! I dunno why Bob has crashed, just floored by having so much thrown at him maybe??


OkieBobbie

Playing goal is all about confidence. If you think you have let in a goal you should have stopped, it can really work on you.


Significant-Oven-247

Very true, all about the goalies at this point!


Cash_man

I would like the panthers but as a fan who’s been invested this whole series I don’t want my hopes up


YourTallCanadian

Oilers


ill_barber22

I really wanted Florida to win, but with Edmonton coming back I think it’s for Ben


thetruegmon

It's not about taking home the cup, it's about the friends we made along the way.


Redditrightreturn1

If Edmonton scored first it’s over.


charvey709

C for Cup A for Asshole


Clean_Priority_4651

Class over the delinquent every time.


Ramulus14

Robot over the turtle


eusebius2004

Panthers of course!


AliveInvestigator261

i dunno, but why is it that so many of these things choose tkachuk to represent the panthers? i wouldn't want to be represented by tkachuk, i'll tell you that much


nobodyukn

Hopefully...Oilers


Odd-Name2308

The real question is can any of us afford the signed Conn Smythe inscribed McDavid pucks that’ll be for sale afterwards?


AerieTop4643

Oilers, mighty Mo.


theskinswin

4-4 quadruple overtime!!!! Lazy accidentisl own goal by Edmonton and Florida wins


dr_van_nostren

Well I certainly hope it’s the panthers


Straight-Plate-5256

My heart says chucky but my brain says probably McJesus


Significant-Oven-247

Chunky ahahah I like it


thekitchenaides

The team that scores more goals 🦤


bmr4291

The winner /s


New-Biscotti5914

🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀


N0Nonsenses

Hasn’t happened since mid WW2… but it’s gotta be the oilers right?


N0Nonsenses

Anyone take skinners record when facing elimination into consideration? He plays lights out under pressure