Oilers
I thought I’d make a quick post in regards to the good old Oilers. I haven’t seen any games or seen any highlights and today was the first time while in Australia that I’ve heard any mention of NHL hockey on TV and that was on an International news broadcast and all they mentioned was the scores from Sunday’s games. I have been following the playoffs as close as I can and during the Wings series I had high speed at my disposal and could watch the highlights online but nots the case now. That I said I’m pretty stoked about the Oilers upsetting the Wings and now coming back from down two games to go to the verge of eliminating the Sharks has only got me more interested in the games. It’s a pretty interesting looking playoffs with so many teams being upset but like Gretzky was saying, there’s very little difference between 8th and 1st and anything can happen. From what I’ve read online and have deciphered through stats, I think the teams that are playing as a team and not relying on a couple main players, hot goalie or big line, are the ones having the most success. Save the Sharks all the teams that are left don’t have any one player carrying the team but are playing a solid team game and winning and it’s that reason that I think Edmonton will win the series and go onto the 3rd round. The Sharks have relied way too much on Thorton, Cheechoo and Marleau meanwhile Edmonton has been getting more spread out scoring. Yeah there’s a couple players that are playing pretty dam good and having some breakout games but there’s not that one player doing all the work and carrying the team. But again, I say all this without seeing a single game, getting all my information from articles and editorials written by commentators who didn’t give Edmonton a chance against the Sharks. In the third round though, Edmonton needs to look out for Todd Marchant, he’s the type of guy that I have a feeling would bite them in the ass.
So go Oilers go and safe travels
Troy
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misfittroy
Its funny how everyone thought the Oilers were so undeserving to be in the playoffs and how the Wings would sweep them in four. I also read on a Senators forum and people were saying thank god the Oilers beat the Wings because now Ottawa has a guaranteed Stanley Cup.
Yeah, tell me about it, on TSN they have a monkey that makes the predictions against 3 other annalists, all of which selected the Sharks to win, while the monkey was the only one to pick the Oilers. Too good.
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/feature/?fid=2288
I think I’m gonna go down to Whyte Ave and kick some garbage cans tonight when the Oilers stomp all over the sharks again.
Go Oilers Go!!!
When I left home I said, “watch the Oilers win the Stanely Cup while I’m gone…”
You do that Jesse, just don’t get stabbed in the process.