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  • Steve Dangle, Adam Wylde and Jesse Blake discuss how thyey believe the Vancouver Canucks have been able to grab the series lead over the Edmonton Oilers. Is it entirely on Stuart Skinner?
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  • @djfrankie
    @djfrankie Před 14 dny +114

    Because Canucks are a hockey team, and Oilers are a hockey line.

  • @coltonnaslund
    @coltonnaslund Před 14 dny +84

    Canucks have consistantly won games all year while getting outshot. It is kind of just our plan at this point

    • @floyd2222
      @floyd2222 Před 14 dny +15

      The obsession with SOG is weird to me; every time you shoot the puck towards the net, you are giving up possession of said puck in the offensive zone. If a high % scoring chance is not there, instead of padding the goalie's stats, and likely causing the play to turn back down ice towards your end, why not keep possession, play for a better shot - even if that means, "on paper", you were outshot in the game? I do understand that traditionally, SOG is an indication of play domination, but it is way more nuanced than that. How many shots get blocked and then often lead to a rush down the other way? Offensive zone TOP and SOG should be looked at in conjunction with each other. Also, shitty goaltending is shitty goaltending.

    • @danielmaloney946
      @danielmaloney946 Před 14 dny +5

      @@floyd2222 Yes- comparing the number of goals to the number of shots without looking any deeper is moronic. The hardest job a goalie can do is play for a team like the Oilers where there are long stretches in the other end and then they give up a series of odd-man rushes and giveaways. Not a lot of shots but a lot of scoring chances relative to number of shots.

    • @tygher
      @tygher Před 14 dny +1

      Anyone else annoyed with the constant editing of shot totals? Up. Down. Up. Down. I can imagine a group of people debating the calibre of each shot. While they’re at it why don’t they remove every ‘shot’ that actually just a pass to the goalie to get a faceoff in the opposing zone? The Canucks don’t care about shots on goal. They appear to have a shooting strategy where they attempt to make the best shot available only if it’s available. If it’s not why turn the puck over? Like you said, getting outshot seems to be a plan.

    • @Eleutherios1
      @Eleutherios1 Před 14 dny

      Ya earlier in the season when they were putting up the most offence was actually with much less shots.. hence all the PDO talk. They would get out to a big lead in the 1st/2nd period and then just kind of shut it down.

    • @leftcoaster67
      @leftcoaster67 Před 14 dny +1

      Rope a dope hockey?

  • @avah3643
    @avah3643 Před 14 dny +43

    It's always "The Canucks are lucky" and "The oilers are playing badly" and never "The Canucks are playing well."
    I don't think they made it to round 2 by chance.

    • @louisstabile1182
      @louisstabile1182 Před 14 dny +7

      Winning the Pacific, beating the red hot Preds (who btw, could have gone to WCF imo). People still don't understand how they do it. Four good lines for starter.

    • @Xyy2387
      @Xyy2387 Před 14 dny

      Who cares. Let them cope however they want.

    • @billMcKenzie-eh4tk
      @billMcKenzie-eh4tk Před 14 dny

      Bias - colors all comments & ignorance of 1 side, highlights the Bias

    • @wummrs
      @wummrs Před 14 dny

      @@louisstabile1182I’m a Canucks fan, but our fourth line sucks. We have 3 good lines.

    • @alexandermacdougall7873
      @alexandermacdougall7873 Před 14 dny

      ​@@wummrs Better than the oilers, who have 1

  • @TheLivewire18
    @TheLivewire18 Před 14 dny +58

    The Canucks have been good all season. People slept on them because they had a 3 week slump and “they don’t have playoff experience.”
    But the team has been doing this all season.
    Their center depth is just insane. Combined with a superstar dman, and strong role playing bottom defenders and wingers, they don’t really have any holes.
    If Demko comes back, the jolt they need to go all the way

    • @appletree13
      @appletree13 Před 14 dny +3

      Honestly we might not even need Demko. Silovs is playing like mad.

    • @arkine11
      @arkine11 Před 14 dny +2

      Demko is their top goalie for sure, but Silovs has managed to win games for Canucks already as a rookie. Examples are game 6 shutout vs Preds, and Game 3 vs Oilers, especially the 3rd period. That's pretty damn impressive

    • @louisstabile1182
      @louisstabile1182 Před 14 dny +3

      Even if they win the cup, people will still think they've been lucky and blaming the goaltending.

    • @coryr6359
      @coryr6359 Před 4 dny

      well, they got outshot in games 6 and 7 and played like arse. hows that "logic" holding up now?

    • @TheLivewire18
      @TheLivewire18 Před 4 dny +1

      @@coryr6359 Did you forget the part where their leading playoff scorer was diagnosed with blood clots?
      Did you miss the part where they had to shorten their center depth to 2 in an effort to replace him?
      Did you even watch the games? Stop trying to be snarky. You’re bad at it.

  • @chrisdranfield3828
    @chrisdranfield3828 Před 14 dny +20

    Keep in mind through first 4 games against Nashville Saros who is supposed to be vezina level goalie had 85 sv %.
    The Canucks don’t shoot a lot.

    • @floyd2222
      @floyd2222 Před 14 dny +1

      I only saw Saros play this year in the series against Van. My gawd, the dude is rebound city?! He could not control the puck after the initial save? I was surprised, made him look very avg IMO, and you feel like you can come back and score in bunches?

  • @nathancjarrett
    @nathancjarrett Před 14 dny +25

    I had Canucks vs Jets in the WCF, so I'm less surprised about Vancouver doing well than I am about the Jets collapse. Canucks look like a better team to me. Edmonton is a bunch of offense, and more often than not those Juggernaut offenses that chew up bad teams in the regular season end up struggling in the postseason when they face better Defenses and Goaltending.

    • @TheErnie1964
      @TheErnie1964 Před 14 dny

      Yeah I was disappointed that the Jets got bumped I thought they were going against Vancouver in the Western conference final as well. Well anyway go Canucks go. It would be fun to watch Vancouver beat the rangers this year

    • @nathancjarrett
      @nathancjarrett Před 14 dny

      @@TheErnie1964 Canucks-Rangers playoff hockey was the first hockey I ever watched. I was a Texas kid who was intrigued by this new sport I'd never watched before. Dallas had just got a team, but I didn't even know about them yet. The next year I became a Stars fan.

  • @Eleutherios1
    @Eleutherios1 Před 14 dny +24

    On Silovs holding the stick. Don't see how you could call that. The oiler player is
    1 In the crease
    2 Contacting the goalie
    3 On top of the goalie
    4 Impeding the goalie from playing the puck in the crease.
    5 For most of the play the puck was underneath Silovs anyways.

    • @floyd2222
      @floyd2222 Před 14 dny +2

      I am one of those weirdos who only watches Steve D after a Leafs loss - so entertaining. A particular highlight of the post season was the rage reading of that one IT promo thingy, OMG, so funny. I do find it odd that Steve seems to have zero interest/confidence in the Canucks? He is definitely Leafs obsessed - hmm, does that mean he is not really a real hockey fan? On the other hand, I have really enjoyed Adam's live reactions to the Oilers-Canucks series, he seems to really just love a great game, surprising comeback or goal or hit! Go Canuckleheads Go!!!

    • @arkine11
      @arkine11 Před 14 dny +2

      and most importantly, the refs really can't even see that in a struggle for the puck in front of the net.

    • @emperoralvis6559
      @emperoralvis6559 Před 14 dny +2

      Even if it was a penalty, so what? Silovs stopped a goal and they have to work to generate another.

    • @andrewzelitt
      @andrewzelitt Před 14 dny

      @@arkine11good album.

    • @Statsy10
      @Statsy10 Před 13 dny

      I'm a Canucks fan and I can tell you that you are 100% wrong on this. Not only should it have been a penalty, but possibly a penalty shot considering the level of chance he was taking away. Interestingly, unlike hockey orthodoxy, you'd probably prefer facing a PS to an Oilers powerplay at the moment. Lol

  • @kendo207
    @kendo207 Před 14 dny +29

    Because the Canucks are good!

  • @trevorwiazek5594
    @trevorwiazek5594 Před 14 dny +7

    Just imagine if Pettersson started to play better....

  • @burnabymike
    @burnabymike Před 14 dny +14

    The Oilers are built like the Leafs - a core of high-powered superstars and then little else. The Oilers have ONE line, and that line is better than any line the Canucks have... but the Canucks have 4 lines that can score.
    When are the Oilers scoring? On the power play where the McDavid line powers up. 5 on 5, the Canucks have been better, and their defense and goaltending are keeping them in games.

    • @RodelIturalde
      @RodelIturalde Před 14 dny +1

      Nah, Oilers are build differently. Mainly because their high-powered superstars can score goals in the playoff. The Leafs high-powered superstars can't.

    • @burnabymike
      @burnabymike Před 14 dny

      @@RodelIturalde Well, if you're going to get technical.... ;-)

  • @leechap3
    @leechap3 Před 14 dny +6

    The SoG in the 3rd period were 22-3 or something ridiculous like that, but I heard the high danger chances were one apiece.

    • @emperoralvis6559
      @emperoralvis6559 Před 14 dny +2

      Exactly. Canucks defence gives the Oilers offence nothing.

  • @arkine11
    @arkine11 Před 14 dny +8

    Canucks: Better goaltending, even with their rookie goalie. Silovs carried that third period by a lot. We all know goaltending is huge in the playoffs for a deep run.
    Canucks: More depth. All lines are producing. Another thing that is huge in the playoffs.
    Canucks: More physical. This is one thing they really lacked in 2011 which screwed them vs Boston. Now they have it, and once again, big part of doing well in the playoffs.
    Canucks: Better defense. Edmonton is much better than they were a few years ago but still not a top defense team.
    Oilers: More star players, better top line. This is all they really have though, and they rely too much on their top 6 players. You can see this by the team stats in the playoffs. Edmonton have several players in the top 10 points and goal scorers. Canucks have none.

  • @williamm1981
    @williamm1981 Před 14 dny +34

    Ian Clark has a "no white" policy for goalie equipment for this exact reason.

    • @SmellyWetYeti
      @SmellyWetYeti Před 14 dny +1

      Grant Fuhr has entered the chat.

    • @dannycarlow8204
      @dannycarlow8204 Před 14 dny

      So they just don't listen to him? Sorry but they actually showed either Silovs or DeSmith on tv with white lacing on their glove while wearing their black uniforms in the last game they wore them before the playoffs. Obviously not a policy.

    • @williamm1981
      @williamm1981 Před 14 dny

      @@dannycarlow8204 Canucks goalies are not allowed to wear all white pads, blockers or gloves. they are allowed to have white laces.

    • @dannycarlow8204
      @dannycarlow8204 Před 14 dny

      @@williamm1981 I don't think there is any goalie that wears all white everything. You don't really need a rule. It's more common sense than anything. The laces of the glove were the object of discussion during the broadcast because that's the only part of the glove you can see through. Black laces are also common sense.

    • @wellyforpm
      @wellyforpm Před 13 dny

      No, clark has a no black pads policy because it contrasts with the white net.

  • @Eleutherios1
    @Eleutherios1 Před 14 dny +10

    This is a reality check. Sure .. penalties are part of the game.. but the main game of hockey is 5 on 5 hockey.. so Imagine a series where both teams are perfect angels. Neither team takes any penalties and no penalties is the right call. Who wins, Vancouver VS Edmonton. Vancouver wins.. likely easily. Vancouver is a hockey team, a really good hockey team. Edmonton is a 5man powerplay unit.. a really good 5 man powerplay unit.

  • @UnhingedCanadian
    @UnhingedCanadian Před 14 dny +23

    Paying drai and McDavid wouldn’t be a problem if someone didn’t *cough* sign nurse for $9.2m till end of 2030

    • @Neon002121
      @Neon002121 Před 14 dny +7

      Ekholms current cap hit is $6 million. Stunning difference. He’s paid 66 percent as much and has to be at least twice as effective.

    • @brianhum8765
      @brianhum8765 Před 14 dny

      That's what happens when you hire Ken Holland who was very quickly proven to be not very good at navigating the salary cap in Detroit as soon as it hit as he loves anchoring himself to average players with unnecessarily long/big contracts.

    • @remimk
      @remimk Před 13 dny

      Damn 9.2 for him?? Thats almost as bad as our 11.5 till 2032

    • @UnhingedCanadian
      @UnhingedCanadian Před 13 dny

      @@Neon002121 easily twice as good not close.

  • @tmol
    @tmol Před 14 dny +12

    they're right.
    Canucks should be up 3-0 if Ian Cole wasn't a secret agent for the oilers

  • @macrost8935
    @macrost8935 Před 14 dny +4

    Honestly Skinner is making Samsonov look like a Vezina candidate

  • @Canuck-Fiend
    @Canuck-Fiend Před 14 dny +7

    The funny thing is ceci nurse are just bad, ian cole is just having a bad stretch of 3 games. Last series he was phenomenal

  • @ML-my8qq
    @ML-my8qq Před 14 dny +9

    Die hard Oilers fan here. I’m nervous to start Pickard but there isn’t really another option right now.

    • @floyd2222
      @floyd2222 Před 14 dny +2

      Honest opinion from a Canucks fan, who wants the Canucks to win. What if you start Pickard and he sucks? Then for game 5 you have two goalies that the Canucks think they can beat. From what all of the Oilers and media have been saying, apparently Skinner is a pretty good goalie - I think I would start Skinner in Game 4, he may finally play well, get some bounces and get some more offensive support. If the Oilers can win with him in G4, series is tied at 2 and you still have 2 goalie options going forward. If Skinner stinks after P1, or even P2 in G4, you have to pull him? I don't know, it is a tough call for the Oilers, for sure...

    • @arkatheistcc2353
      @arkatheistcc2353 Před 14 dny +3

      It's not just your goaltending. You have 1 forward line. No defence. Your 2nd line had 16 min. 3rd and 4th under 10. And your defence is a joke.

    • @ML-my8qq
      @ML-my8qq Před 14 dny

      @@arkatheistcc2353 Ya they need to split Connor and Leon up. The oilers D aren’t bad minus the Nurce Ceci combo. They should play Stecher in place of Ceci at least for a game. Oilers are probably up 3-0 in this series if Skinner makes a god damn save.

    • @ML-my8qq
      @ML-my8qq Před 14 dny +1

      @@floyd2222 I think Pickard goes in tonight and at the very least gives Stu a breather until Game 5 to kind of reset mentally.
      If any pro hockey team goes into a playoff game thinking they can’t beat a goalie then they’ve lost the game already. The Oilers are scoring like 4 goals a game and drastically out shooting Vancouver. They are getting offence. They just aren’t getting goaltending.

    • @arkatheistcc2353
      @arkatheistcc2353 Před 14 dny +1

      @@ML-my8qq not really, if you look at van all year, this is how we played low shots high goals. Oilers were always gona have a problem with us. And alot of thr goals, we're a result of bad defence, not goaltending.

  • @RUmlas
    @RUmlas Před 14 dny +2

    If you look at the bench minor for edmonton, it was 37 for initiating contact with Zadorov.

  • @thomasm4388
    @thomasm4388 Před 14 dny +4

    The canucks are a much deeper team. Just compare third lines and performance. The canucks are also throwing the oilers around physically.

  • @kaldwindrew7752
    @kaldwindrew7752 Před 14 dny +2

    I love these guys. They are one of the reasons I started to like the rest of the league and not just my team. Now I have started to expand my hockey listening and who I follow. These guys really bring up some good points but I think they do miss some things. The Hockey PDO podcast is a favorite of mine, and they break down a lot of what the Vancouver Canucks are doing well. Other comments have mentioned that the Canucks 5v5 play is better than the Edmonton Oilers play. The Vancouver forecheck creates quality scoring chances.
    They are okay with only putting 18 shots on goal as long as they are getting good scoring chances. Coupled with Stuart Skinner's play and the pairing of Darnell Nurse and Cody Ceci the Canucks are just doing exactly what they want and it's given them a series lead so far.

  • @chrisdranfield3828
    @chrisdranfield3828 Před 14 dny +6

    Zadorov can’t be considered a deadline acquisition in was November.

  • @PeterDixon734
    @PeterDixon734 Před 14 dny +12

    A good coach can do wonders for a team.
    And Big Z.
    Zaddy and Lindy are quite familiar with the soilers and their dirty tactics. They know how to play against them.
    I wouldn't be shocked to find out that this was strategized long before Allvin acquired them - he knew his team would run into those clowns in the post season and sniped a couple of warriors who did battle with them before.

  • @Canuck-Fiend
    @Canuck-Fiend Před 14 dny +4

    The holding the stick call was one that the officials would never be able to see, that one was so dificult to catch

  • @docdrac
    @docdrac Před 14 dny +11

    NHL reffing and NHL Dept of Player Safety are the biggest jokes in professional sport. The NHL rulebook itself is laughable in its vaguary, which looks like it's been left intentionally vague, especially in comparison to the women's league and even minor league hockey.

  • @kw9377
    @kw9377 Před 14 dny +3

    I think it was someone on the oilers bench pushing or punching zadorov when he tried to leave was the penalty

  • @billk516
    @billk516 Před 14 dny +24

    Oilers is only scary when they decide to play 3 players 30 minutes a game😂

  • @mitchapalooza1
    @mitchapalooza1 Před 14 dny +3

    You could ALSO make an argument the Canucks could be up 3-0. Saying the Oilers "could" be up 3-0 is garbage analysis I'm sorry Steve. Love that a how are the canucks up 2-1 video is just 15 minutes of dissecting the Oilers roster. lol

  • @jackboyon2315
    @jackboyon2315 Před 14 dny +3

    That’s y Canucks record at the end of regular season is not good just above 500 because Tocc is mixing the line and see what’s working or not

  • @nicholaslouie7590
    @nicholaslouie7590 Před 14 dny +2

    Canucks are deeper, better 5 on 5 and have elite goaltending.

    • @emperoralvis6559
      @emperoralvis6559 Před 14 dny

      You know it’s a depth problem when Linus Karlsson looks better than Corey Perry

  • @dougstewart3243
    @dougstewart3243 Před 14 dny +6

    Silovs is killing you guys

  • @misternewoutlook5437
    @misternewoutlook5437 Před 14 dny +1

    The Canucks are farming perfectly with their Abbotsford talent. In fact, Canuck fans in the lower mainland are starting to go to those other "Canuck" games. Silovs is thriving in the Canucks system. They have something going here and its going well. They have Nils Aman and Linus Karlsson coming up. Rick Tochett is just feasting on the options.

  • @darcyferrier775
    @darcyferrier775 Před 14 dny +1

    Canucks were tied for 1st with the highest shooting percentage in the NHL this season, and now you're surprised??

  • @shaunchappell784
    @shaunchappell784 Před 14 dny +9

    A mobile smash mouth defence style, hot goalie, take liberties with opponents key player and capitalise on opponets mistakes.
    Or in other words Stanley cup winning hockey.
    Saved you all 18 mins

    • @floyd2222
      @floyd2222 Před 14 dny +1

      hahahaha, nice take!

    • @appletree13
      @appletree13 Před 14 dny +2

      And far more physicality than the Oilers are prepared for.

    • @ajbolt7
      @ajbolt7 Před 14 dny +1

      And better 5v5 play than the opponent

  • @ryanalex106
    @ryanalex106 Před 14 dny +4

    Think ya gotta go Pickard for game 4

  • @joescott4778
    @joescott4778 Před 14 dny +1

    The Oilers are a one-line team with spotty goaltending and sub par defending ability.
    In short, a paper tiger

  • @RobDucharme
    @RobDucharme Před 14 dny +1

    2:15 What constitutes a trade deadline trade nowadays? Big Zed was a Canuck by late November and Lindholm was traded in late January. Trade deadline was March 8. Sorry if I'm being picky, but let's use the right wording when describing stuff like this.
    3:28 "Toronto" speaking positively about the Canucks? Neat!
    5:30 That was my reaction.. lol
    10:34 As a Canucks fan, I'm telling Oilers fans that look, the Canucks are under very little pressure to win this series, thanks in part to the unreasonable expectations the hockey media and odds makers put on the Oil to plow through the Canucks. Canucks are having fun. Canucks fans are having fun. Their bluechip forward is locked up long term (hopefully Petts actually is injured to some limiting extent, and he isn't just choking). Their cap hell is coming to an end with the new management regime. Meanwhile the Oilers have TWO all-world players who need to win now, or itchy feet may set in sooner than the Oilers think. If they don't make it to the big dance this year, they absolutely have to make a blockbuster trade to acquire a Vezina-nominated level goalie. They are running out of time.
    11:22 Not a winnable argument, given the BALANCED depth the Canucks have. Unless the argument is, "Silovs isn't allowed to be this good" then ok, understood.
    16:25 Agreed. I said it the moment I realized it'd be Oilers vs Canucks. This is going to be a banger of a series. But NOOOOOOO, the talking heads were all, "Welp, Oilers are gonna roll over them like they're pylons." Shots on goal don't mean much if you aren't getting enough quality chances. No Soucy tonight, so maybe this is their shot to get in close.
    I expect the Oilers to win tonight. Handily? Meh, maybe. They do have to make this a statement game at home. Canucks haven't lost on the road so far in these playoffs and were among the best for winning on the road this season. It's up to the Oilers to change the narrative.

  • @jg6693
    @jg6693 Před 14 dny +2

    Hill was Vegas 3rd stringer last year too

  • @metalshorrorhouse-kd1ih
    @metalshorrorhouse-kd1ih Před 14 dny +1

    Simple, Oilers have had no secondary 5x5 scoring and subpar goaltending. As much as I hate the Canucks they’re also playing well.

  • @Tonn142
    @Tonn142 Před 14 dny +1

    Comes Down to Goaltending, playing way better 5v5, and attention to details defensively

  • @El_Jim
    @El_Jim Před 14 dny +1

    The roughing on Kane was for kicking Zadorov with his skate...

  • @wainber1
    @wainber1 Před 14 dny

    Steve, starting a bit after the 10:00 mark, mentions the Leafs‘ Samsonov-Woll tandem. Whether, assuming Pickard starts the Tuesday Eastern Time Canucks-Oilers‘ game for the Oilers, he will be for his team a Joe Woll still remains TBD.

  • @Ispy10101
    @Ispy10101 Před 14 dny +1

    Why would they stay? The team has goalie, defense and depth problems that need to be addressed first.

  • @stef9801
    @stef9801 Před 14 dny +7

    Literally two words - Stuart Skinner. I love him but he cooked us.

    • @mikerai4249
      @mikerai4249 Před 14 dny

      cooking flick of the wrist

    • @kw9377
      @kw9377 Před 14 dny +1

      Well Ian cole is the oilers mvp in the series, he costed canucks 4 goals himself..

    • @Ryan-ve7le
      @Ryan-ve7le Před 14 dny +1

      I love him too.. as a Canucks fan

    • @CzarrIV
      @CzarrIV Před 14 dny

      His glove hand is weighed down from his watch

    • @emperoralvis6559
      @emperoralvis6559 Před 14 dny

      More to it than just your goalie

  • @timmie2k3
    @timmie2k3 Před 14 dny

    I like how after the Canucks dominating the Oilers the entire season, finishing at the top of their division people, and eliminating the Predators (one of the best teams in the league down the stretch) people are still surprised the Canucks are beating the Oilers. If Demko was playing it'd be 3-0 in the series and wouldn't even be particularly close. But everyone loves to talk about how the Oilers are not winning.

  • @Eclipse_Coffee
    @Eclipse_Coffee Před 13 dny +1

    1:00 silovs was simply making sure derek ryan didn't lose his temper and spear another player in the balls and get away with it

  • @gordonmacdowell8117
    @gordonmacdowell8117 Před 14 dny

    There were two Oilers on the bench throwing punches at Zadorov, after he hit Kane in there. They only penalized one of them. In the big ruckus after the game, Hyman came roaring in to cross check Zadorov in the face and he needed stitches. No fine or suspension. Soucy should have been suspended, but McDavid didn't even get a fine by the big two hander and most East Coast hockey media cut a few seconds off the clip so you don't see the slash and assume McDavid was protecting a puppy behind the net or something.

  • @GoatrTheGoalie
    @GoatrTheGoalie Před 14 dny +6

    GO CANUCKS GO baby

  • @jackboyon2315
    @jackboyon2315 Před 13 dny

    The disrespect from this guys to Canucks, by saying Canucks just got lucky for winning games this series but even in regular season oilers did not win one single game

  • @Orangejuicer297
    @Orangejuicer297 Před 14 dny +11

    I think the Canucks are only up 2-1 on Edmonton because of the poor officiating in game 2. The Canucks would be up 3-0 as they are the better team, more well rounded, better star players and better forwards, defense, goaltending, coaching staff.

  • @Cheapshot420420
    @Cheapshot420420 Před 13 dny

    just for accuracy sake, zadorov was acquired well before the deadline

  • @distortedsoul27
    @distortedsoul27 Před 13 dny

    To say that the Oilers whiffed massively on the Nurse contract is a tremendous understatement. Holy cow! That WCF series against the Avs he got entirely exposed for being massively overpaid. But, that's what you get when not many players want to stay in Canada. The ones that do will demand big money, even if they're not worth it.

  • @Chaosmite
    @Chaosmite Před 14 dny +1

    It wasn’t holding the stick, one of the bench minors pushed him, which you can’t do on the bench

  • @mitchhak2
    @mitchhak2 Před 14 dny

    “Is holding the stick it’s own penalty?”
    Lol glad you’ve got the experts on

  • @theevilascotcompany9255

    If marquee talent was a key success factor in the playoffs, the McDavid Oilers would have three cups by now. Vancouver is winning, and will likely win the series, because of better defence, better overall depth, and better goaltending, which are key success factors in the playoffs over having the top offensive forwards.

  • @nicholasonciul5770
    @nicholasonciul5770 Před 13 dny

    Has Steve ever watched Kulak-Desharnais? Legit one of the most underrated third pairings in the league.

  • @glenrichardson8266
    @glenrichardson8266 Před 14 dny

    They traded for Zadorov in November and got Lindholm before the ASG. Hard to say Zadorov is a deadline acquisition.

  • @geographyinaction7814
    @geographyinaction7814 Před 14 dny +1

    The Canucks have a team, Oilers have a few players. Of course the Oilers also have the refs in their pockets, allowing Connor "Carve em up Racki" McDavid to use his stick like the Chief's tomahawk in Slapshot!

  • @Neon002121
    @Neon002121 Před 14 dny +1

    I know it’s a thing, but the whole “trade deadline stuff doesn’t matter” is goofy. The Bolts and Avs don’t win their cups without their trade deadline acquisitions

  • @ketuwonder5118
    @ketuwonder5118 Před 13 dny

    Holding the stick when you are hit into the bench = Bench Minor. Kane had left the ice and was literally on the bench.

  • @christhornycroft3686
    @christhornycroft3686 Před 14 dny +1

    As long as the NHL doesn't suspend half of the Canucks defense, they're deeper at almost every position, including in goal, than the Oilers. Edmonton has 2 fantastic players and 2-4 good players and after that, there's a huge drop off. Depth scoring is nonexistent and they have no goaltending. The Oilers have to rely on McDavid and Draisaitl dominating and getting favourable calls from referees. They're like the Canucks in 2003 and 2004. That's why they have to play their top 2 forwards every other shift to give themselves a chance. You can't win a Cup that way. You might be able to get to a Conference Final, but Dallas and Colorado are too deep and will destroy the Oilers if they get there. Depth is everything in the playoffs.

    • @toedrag-release
      @toedrag-release Před 14 dny

      I agree, Edmonton is tooo top heavy of a team which will never win a cup. The only way that could possibly work is if you have an elite goaltender which Edmonton tried to have with Campbell but backfired. That being said Edmonton has had more puck possession, more offensive zone time, more shots than Vancouver and really has outplayed Vancouver more often in the series than not. Neither Edmonton nor Vancouver has what it takes to win a cup TBH. They'll be lucky to even make it to 6 games with Dallas

  • @danszmidt2706
    @danszmidt2706 Před 14 dny +1

    Finally i agree with Steve, golie held Ryans stick, after THROWING his own

  • @chrisorrell3066
    @chrisorrell3066 Před 14 dny

    So if the oilers get beat out in the second round, does that mean it doesn’t work? This is a team who had how many first overall picks in the last so much years? If you don’t win the cup, doesn’t it really matter how far you go? No one remembers, only the teams who actually wins it all gets remembered. And last time I checked only one team wins the cup.

  • @Canuck-Fiend
    @Canuck-Fiend Před 14 dny +1

    Pickard didnt look amazing though. He let boeser have the whole side of the net open but boeser didnt put it home. Other than that he didnt make any like good saves, 2 bounced off him

  • @jdavis1890
    @jdavis1890 Před 14 dny +2

    Nice to see people are finally coming to terms thay Nurse is overrated and greatly over paid

  • @jamesruscheinski8602
    @jamesruscheinski8602 Před 14 dny

    Canucks score more goals in two games, Oilers score more goals in one game

  • @warrenbuffet6126
    @warrenbuffet6126 Před 13 dny

    Hmmm maybe it has something to do with the fact that Skinner has the worst goaltending stats in the playoffs in the history of the NHL. That’s not an exaggeration he actually does. If the Oilers have even a 89% save percentage the series is 3-0 Edmonton.

  • @ImsoUT1
    @ImsoUT1 Před 14 dny

    Just because the leafs went out and spent ludacris numbers on their top guys, and then prove year after year that you cant succeed in that strategy, does NOT mean other teams are going to base contract signings on what the leafs spent. Making the leafs an even bigger joke.

    • @ImsoUT1
      @ImsoUT1 Před 14 dny

      “Matthews money” = So much that we cannot contend due to no salary room to go around and form a complete team.

  • @arkatheistcc2353
    @arkatheistcc2353 Před 14 dny +1

    Because the oilers are not a good team. They have 1 good line and nothing else. Theg made the playoffs only because of mcOilly. He can score, but the rest of the team is for show.

  • @Obi1to1
    @Obi1to1 Před 13 dny

    Goal tending!
    Goal posts!!

  • @chrishey6891
    @chrishey6891 Před 13 dny

    If NHL "super stars" want to win cups, they need to be aware that that $3m from 12-15 or 9-12 can be massively impactful to the team's chances of filling out the roster.
    McDavid is worth $15m in the current market value, however does he need it? If he takes $12m or even $10m, that opens up a lot of scope for signing good GK and D. Will he notice that $3-6m in his bank account?! If you gave him a choice to pay $3m for a Cup ring...would he take it?

  • @dmorgan3244
    @dmorgan3244 Před 14 dny +1

    I know why....suspect goal tending, suspect D, only 3 top 6 forwards.

    • @emperoralvis6559
      @emperoralvis6559 Před 14 dny

      Limited offence 5 on 5 as well. I think the majority of Edmonton’s goals have come on the power play.

  • @shizuokaBLUES
    @shizuokaBLUES Před 14 dny

    Easy. Media and commentators didn’t watch enough games in detail and oilers have McDavid.
    So Vancouver was a dark horse from the beginning

  • @wellyforpm
    @wellyforpm Před 13 dny

    Silovs webbing is actually green.

  • @kolasillers7776
    @kolasillers7776 Před 14 dny +1

    He's SHILOVS.

  • @brianhum8765
    @brianhum8765 Před 14 dny

    Because one team has a 3rd string goalie continuing the tradition of outplaying Stuart Shitter, even though he has to stop McDavid and Draisaitl.
    Also, one team is a TEAM, the other team is still one line.

  • @coryjohn4057
    @coryjohn4057 Před 14 dny

    Oilers are once again running into a team. The concept has been missed for a decade.

  • @slickmechanical
    @slickmechanical Před 14 dny

    If Skinner had an .875 sv% this series would be at least 2-1 the other way. He has been brutal.

  • @grivoc
    @grivoc Před 14 dny

    As a sens fan the best move we made in 10 years was getting rid of Ceci, and he was even worse then

  • @dryicex4083
    @dryicex4083 Před 13 dny

    Someone on the bench punched zadorov from the bench

  • @timgirard4478
    @timgirard4478 Před 14 dny

    Startimg pickard sends the erong message. Shoulda had him start the third game to get him involved.

  • @nolanwooten8911
    @nolanwooten8911 Před 14 dny +1

    Because the Oilers as good as they are, are definitely over rated and over hyped because of how destructive McDavid and Draisaitl are. They are not as complete a team as Vancouver is. Nucks in 7

  • @RodelIturalde
    @RodelIturalde Před 14 dny

    Difference between Leafs and Oilers. Oilers well paid forwards do goals. If leafs well paid forwards do as much goals as the oilers does. Then Leafs win against Leafs with same defense and goalie.

  • @edwardhicks6018
    @edwardhicks6018 Před 14 dny

    It's pretty painful how obvious it is that you haven't actually watched this series beyond main highlights.

    • @toedrag-release
      @toedrag-release Před 14 dny

      Literally streams it live but ok

    • @edwardhicks6018
      @edwardhicks6018 Před 13 dny

      All of them? That’s even worse then lmao. Just bad takes and lack of understanding. Lol thought there is a small circle and big circle in each end 😂

  • @tt128556
    @tt128556 Před 14 dny

    The same reason the Oilers have been underperforming for years - shitty goalkeeping. It really saddens me to realize that McDavid's prime years will be wasted in a sub-par Oilers team.

  • @trustmeiknow1
    @trustmeiknow1 Před 14 dny +1

    Coulda woulda shoulda Edmonton “could” be up 3-0? A helluva a lot easier Canucks could be up 3-0, with their third string goalie. . . Only an own goal away from being up 3-0 what are you smoking? Oh yeah, Leaf’s fans.😂

  • @wellyforpm
    @wellyforpm Před 13 dny

    Ian Cole has more goals for the oilers than any oiler player.
    And nurse should have been ejected for hitting pettersson from behind in game 2 and then donkey punching him after that hit.

  • @jamesruscheinski8602
    @jamesruscheinski8602 Před 14 dny

    less end of game questionable hitting in a playoff series if call penalties that carry over to next game in series?

  • @zachroberts1988
    @zachroberts1988 Před 14 dny

    McDavid and Draisaitl may be the first 30 million dollar pairing...

  • @user-qj2yb9es4b
    @user-qj2yb9es4b Před 13 dny

    Canucks have more depth, better goal tending, best coach in the league and they believe in the crest. They are playing without their vezina nominated goaltender and their supposed best player is doing nothing. Edmonton has to many over paid and underplayed. Nurse making more then the Norris Trophy soon to be winner Quinn Hughes. Makes no sense. Pay Buchard more. Pretty Amazing. Go Canucks Go!

  • @weswilliamson6439
    @weswilliamson6439 Před 14 dny

    I think the GM of the Oil, whether it’s Holland or not, needs to seriously try attaching a first or second round pick to get rid of Nurse and use that money elsewhere

  • @simbeau
    @simbeau Před 14 dny

    Why? Canucks have deeper scoring ability, better defencive crew and WAY better goaltending

  • @guycharger5830
    @guycharger5830 Před 14 dny

    The Oilers needed to trade for size and a Playoff Goaltender these past two years and did neither. So now Canucks in five...

  • @Kwolf1
    @Kwolf1 Před 14 dny

    The Canucks are up 2-1 because the Oilers decided they didn’t need a goalie.

  • @davidgriffith3938
    @davidgriffith3938 Před 14 dny

    The Canucks scored more goals than the Oilers in two games, that's how.

  • @davidfitzpatrick6535
    @davidfitzpatrick6535 Před 14 dny

    2:05 Honestly at the gm meetings over the offseason I could see Edmonton bring that up and ask the League to not allow goalies to have black webbing in their glove.

    • @toedrag-release
      @toedrag-release Před 14 dny

      Honestly the league should. It's not the first time something like this has happened.

    • @davidfitzpatrick6535
      @davidfitzpatrick6535 Před 14 dny

      @@toedrag-release Didnt the Leafs have something like that?

  • @bonglesnodkins329
    @bonglesnodkins329 Před 14 dny

    Canucks have been slightly luckier than the Oilers. I say this as a Canucks fan. These are really thin margins.

  • @safertobeanonymous2224

    Reffing was atrocious! 2 blown calls in the crease alone!!!
    But if Leon isn’t healthy enough to run his line the oilers depth players are no threat to score at all…..

  • @jaredmcfadden7793
    @jaredmcfadden7793 Před 13 dny

    The Vancouver Canucks are good