Edmonton Oilers vs. Los Angeles Kings Series Picks & Preview | SDP
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- Steve Dangle, Adam Wylde and Jesse Blake preview the Round 1 series between the Edmonton Oilers and Los Angeles Kings.
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Edmonton are 9th in the league for xGA and GA. better than the leafs in both stats. oilers not being able to defend is a tired narrative
Ik, these guys genuinely don’t watch the oilers play. But I didn’t wanna say it earlier cuz I was scared the oilers will give up like 8 goals in game 1
For real - these guys are bashing Nurse and Ceci while having Benoit and Lybushkin in their own top 4 😂
Kind of interesting to watch them talk about a team they do not watch.
I'm HOPING a lot of folks in the playoffs are going to see post Coffee Oilers and understand
XG is a nonsensical stat 😂
Wow say you never watch the oilers, without saying you never watch the oilers. 12+ minutes of 2022 takes
Ya zzzzz. They’re usually fast asleep by puck drop in Edmonton. . . And if they aren’t, they are too dazzled by McDavid to properly assess games. Or perhaps simply don’t know how to.
Obviously never watch the Oilers. One of the best defenses in the league since late November. That's not even at debate. The stats prove that.
To be clear, this Is a Leafs podcast, so you're forgiven. But you all don't watch the Oilers.
Also, Nurse and Ceci have been the second pairing for months. Eckholm and Bouchard are the first pairing.
They we actually arguably one of the best teams defensively since October. The overwhelming majority of the numbers indicated that they were top 5 at preventing the most dangerous scoring chances ...but the goaltending was league worst by far. Once the goaltending became ok, they were winning. When the goaltending got good, they won 16 straight games.
@@pyRoy6 True. Although, I'd argue that coordination between the defence and goalies was the main goaltending issue. Once they started coordinating, the goalies got better.
The Oilers used to wreck goalies. Not anymore though.
@@alandaiweisi9833 I'm open to that possibility. But the numbers were staggering. The Oilers would almost have to practice making specific types of errors consistently, at least in order to "fool" certain statistics like HDCA or xGA over the course of 15-20 games.
@@pyRoy6 Knoblauch mentioned this early in his tenure. He said because the defence was not coordinated with the goalies, the goalies couldn't predict where the puck was going to go. So the goalies had a much tougher time as they had the cover all angles.
Now, that they are coordinated, the goalies know where the players are going to go, so they don't need to focus on the entire ice surface, just where the defence has less coverage. This helps the goalies a lot.
That and the defences improved transition game and better protection from the rush (which is Skinner's weakness) is what's really made them one of the best defensive teams in the league.
Let's see if they can replicate in the playoffs tonight.
@@alandaiweisi9833 Hah, well of course Knoblauch thinks he did the right thing. Otherwise, he wouldn't have done it! I still think it's more likely that the underlying numbers were mostly correct. However it happened, though, the team is undeniably good now, and with goaltending that's good enough to win.
Steve I love the podcast but you obviously don’t watch oilers hockey at all😅
Agreed. This is the narrative in the past but the Oilers since November have been a much better defensive team. Top 1/3 in the league
"I watch oilers games" no you don't
Saying Nurse has not been treated as a second pair defenseman when he has (in fact) been a second pair defenseman all season long, just shows how little you guys know about the oilers.
That's almost word for word what an executive said last season, yet those 2 are the best pairing in the league in toi > 100 mins.
this is literally 3 guys that know nothing about the Oilers talking about the Oilers LMFAO
Legit 😂😂😂
Fun fact. They don't know anything about Toronto either, as they continuously try and convince themselves that Toronto is going to win........................... anything.
Don’t think these guys have watched Oilers games. Nurse has been perfectly fine this year. Not his contract good but still good. Ceci has been fine as well. Ekholm has been a beast. Drop the bad defence trope.
I mean no their top pairing is the best in the NHL but the Nurse Ceci pairing is arguably the worst 2nd pairing in the NHL. They've been getting caved by most metrics all year
Have these guys seen any Oilers games this season?
Fun fact: The Oilers and Kings have the exact same record that they each had in 2021-22.
Also, why tf are you saying the Oilers can’t defend? They’ve been very good defensively this season.
"When I see Nurse Ceci that's a decision" like it's not the standard top pairing the oilers have had ALL season
"Nurse isn't the player he used to be" during his best defensive season yet.
Ekholm mentioned only in a quote, while claiming the Oilers have no defense.
Love the SDPN, don't know Oilers hockey one bit.
You can tell they haven’t watched the Oilers nor have even looked at the Oilers stats defensively 😂
Oilers in 4 or 5
46-18-5. That’s Knobs record since he took over, the oilers have had one of the best D since he took over, the oilers have way more experience than the kings, 1038 career playoff games on there roster, to only 634 on the kings. And there’s more, but there’s no point, the oilers are the much better team, the kings aren’t a bad team, but I think I take the oilers goalies, D, and forwards all over the kings. Kings can still win, but oilers in like 5 or 6, if the kings should be the easiest series the oilers play
Complains that Edmonton has no defense.
Are fans of the Leafs who are in every statistic way worse than the Oilers at defense.
What's with the Oilers can't defend leads bullshit. Since the coaching change, they're top 5 in almost every metric. These guys honestly are clueless when they're not talking Leafs.
Talbot also had an incredibly hot start to the year and that has really lifted his numbers, he's been very average and inconsistent throughout the year. Kings are worse this year compared to previous years, largely dependent on how Dubois plays but he's been a non factor almost all year.
They're clueless when talking leafs as well 😂
“I watch the oilers all the time”
Cap steve. Cap
Kane actually is hurt. He misses more practices than anyone else on the team. All year long. Won’t be surprised if there’s a surgery announced once the seasons over. If not a surgery, he will benefit a lot from rest in the off season.
It's been that way since the wrist injury last season. Fact is he's a 32 year old power forward who has had a bunch of injuries, he might just be done.
Guys, I love the show, but if you're going to cover hockey professionally you should really watch the western conference games too. I believe your assessment of both teams is wildly inaccurate and even modest research of the stats from this season would reveal that. This is a poor video because you didn't bother to prepare for it, just gave baseless opinions.
What I find funny is Steve had a completely different view on his playoff picks when he said the oilers would be robbed to lose this series
Not only do they not know anything about the Oilers.....they dont know anything about the Kings either
And this is why the entire country of canada is now bruins fans. We would rather an American team win then ever cheer for the laughs
@@jamminninja8924 I cheer for 2 hockey teams.......
The Edmonton Oilers......
And whoever is playing the Leafs
😂
@@johanstinson fellow oilers fan. I fully agree
I don’t get the evander kane story line oh the 24 goal scoring bottom 6 guy is so bad…. Common
So as a Kings fan, I didn't want to draw the Oilers at all. I was praying for Vancouver, or Dallas, and the Stars beat us bad during the Season. If you take away the Oilers bad start, they are brutally good. As a Kings fan, I feel our only hope is Skinner getting wonky during the series. We don't have the scoring power to play a shoot out with the Oilers. I'm relying on "Anything can happen in the Playoffs" montra, and that's not good. As a lifelong Kings fan, this particular team has a bunch of good players, but no one who can take over a series. Kopitar isn't scoring 5 goals, and Kempe or Fiala won't either. If Skinner plays his game, my Kings are out in 5 or 6.
Something that’s so funny to me. Is people get so offended in a lot of these comment sections 😂
Oilers in 4
If the oilers did anything this year, its that they beat the "oilers win every game 6-5" narrative. Tired and old commentary. Not saying that the oilers are perfect and that this series wont be close and interesting. But you should probably send this video back in time to 2022
friendly reminder the Kings have not won a playoff series in a decade. But nobody wants to talk about that for some reason. For reference, the Ducks have been to two western conference finals since then. The Kings committed to the most non committed player in the league, and they are the frauds of the playoffs. Oilers in 5.
based
no one talks about it cause they won 2 cups before that 10 year drought.
@@grantl7384 that’s a totally fallacy, the blackhawks won three and people talk about how bad they are
@@ducksfan_1149 if they kings were bottom feeders I’m sure they’d get talked about almost as much as the hawks. But also keep in mind that the Hawks have always been talked about more than the Kings being an original 6 team.
@@grantl7384 I get what you’re saying but LA is still a big boy market. Ring counting is such lazy sports analysis in my opinion, and the kings deserve far more criticism than they get.
Two really good teams, if LA can keep up some consistent fore checking they can score on oilers D, it's like most playoff games, the overall team D, penalties kill you.
As a Kingster, i hate to say it.... but i agree the Kings feel much weaker going into the series this year, which is odd because we're actually (allegedly) fully healthy which we haven't been in either the previous two series. My best hope is EDM has this sense too and maybe we catch y'all overlooking us a bit. But even that would be hard to do for four games.
Our goaltending is ALWAYS questionable. There are games Talbot looks unbeatable, and games he can't stop a beachball. Also, the Kings are very soft. They've looked unstoppable against bottom-half teams, but any team with size and strength manhandles this team in the ways we used to be assert our dominance on other teams. Nothing needs to be said about PLD.
EDM won in 7 two years ago. And six last year. We're looked primed to go out in five this year. Honestly, could be a sweep. Obviously I'm hoping for some sort of miracle, but this Kings team hasn't done much to inspire confidence or any consistency this year. The most likely scenario is in two years Kings are hosting a fire sale from top management down. Viva la Rebuild
To stop Draisaitl in the playoffs is the key for a success against the Oil! His puck protecting, no look backhand passing an dominant with the puck gives Connor the little room here needs coming with tempo in the zone and then it's done.... This season the Oilers have been with Perry a other beast in the playoffs - maybe it's the key for a long streak...
No mention of the Kings ex factor 30 goal scorer Trevor Moore!!
Bouchard is not a bad defender. Ceci is the only one on the Oilers who is. Stop with this narrative please
“The Oilers score a million goals and can’t defend.” - worst take ever lol
I think it’s funny how your picking on the oilers to help yourselves sleep better
Sorry I love Steve but man did u take crack before this or what??? EMD knows exactly how to play against these guys and in their last battle of the season Edmonton won 4-1. Sorry but LA doesn’t really stand much of a chance compared to the oilers. Their just not build to stop davo
this was a hard watch 💀 none of these bums do not know what they’re talking about
I stopped watching after Steve said the Oilers were bad at keeping leads. Even taking a quick look at statistics would say that is entirely false. These guys clearly don't watch games outside of the Eastern Conference and obviously did 0 prep for this video.
I had to laugh when Steve said he couldn't believe Kane's downfall when he's said in the past that Kane is one of those shelf-life players who is only good for a team for two years and then needs to be moved. If I'm not mistaken, Kane has spent about 24 months with the Oilers...
On the LAK side of things, they were forecheck monsters to start this season and looked unstoppable, then just decided to stop playing that way. If they can regain that early season forecheck for the playoffs, the Oilers will be in deep doo doo
The Oilers dealt with that forecheck the last 2 playoffs when the Kings were a deeper, faster and bigger team than they are this year.
LA goaltending is also worse than the previous 2 playoffs
Bruins in 5
4 of the top 10 +/- players in the entire league, are Oilers.
"Oilers can't play defense, they're boned."
Cool. 🍻 See you at the Toronto Tears Parade when they get bounced in 5. 🥳
Kempe murders us every time lol
Looks like oilers nerves were hurt. KINGS in 7. Just a humble fan wanting my team to beat the oilers. And the KINGS are what rank for D??? Oh ya...3rd
GKG!!!!!!!
Quentin Byfield, healthy Arvidson, healthy Fiala, better defensive corps, competent goaltending. Definitely a better team, maybe not better than Edmonton
Go Kings Go
I think there is a big story behind Evander Kane, and I think it is being kept very hush hush. I don't think it involves injury, and wonder what kind of agreement to keep things quiet is built into Kane's contract.
Kane did not practice today. Holloway remains up in the show.
oilers in 6
Love Steve dangle but this is a brutal watch, such outdated takes, obviously hasn’t done any research
Oilers in 5
You didn't mention ekholm you guys are dumb edmontons defence is better than the leafs hope to see you Stanley cup final
Yes, kings look great on paper. But have u guys actually watched them? Yikes
This is gonna be like the Bruins vs Leafs lol Oilers gonna run them over. Don’t kid yourself.
Come on guys, you know more hockey than this. Why bother picking the Oilers to win a playoff series after you make a whole video mocking the team?? A bit tired of the same narrative.
Anderson shut down mcdavid himself many of times when they first started playing then the entire oilers team tried to injure him until he couldn’t play anymore and that’s what happened. And still to this day they only target him every game. If you pay attention to the games you’ll see then take unnecessary hits to Anderson to try and injure him
Oil D is all terrifying as a fan. Aside from Ekholm being consistently solid, bouch makes at least 2 awful plays per game, nurse is unreliable but can be ok, Ceci and kulak seem to have terrible awareness and playmaking ability. Vinny started season strong and has lately been nothing but a liability. We have 1 guy who’s worthy of top line and the rest are playing like bottom pairing D
Kings in 7. as a kings fan, PLD must be cut in the off-season so we can endure that buyout penalty of just a shy over 1M for 14years. Yes, 14M but with the cap supposedly going up, 1 million is reasonable with that. We need other areas to fill with that. so unless someone will take his cap hit we just got a mark that up as an L
If McDavid doesnt show up for this series like the many points during this season where the Oilers blew it in high pressure situation like their losing streak at the start or during their game with Vegas where their winning streak ended. He collapsed and threw a temper tantrum because of it.
Oilers have won 6 of the last 8 meetings vs the Kings, which includes last years playoffs. They have solved the trap and know it probably better than any other team in the league because of how many times they've played the kings in the last 3 years.
😂😂😂
You dork
Oiler fans are not beating the most cocky and annoying fans allegations with some of these comments
These are the same clowns who think the leafs can win the cup ahahaha
"they cant defend" I swear to god you guys havent watched us all year.
Oilers in 6