NHL Playoffs 2006: Round II

[Knightfall]

Light something on fire for me, wiil ya?

No, I won't be doing any such thing.

Seriously, I hate those fans that ruin it for everyone else, by breaking the law. You can Part-tayyy, without riot-tinggg!

 

[Lord Zardoz]

A good start...

Oilers got the first goal early, and they are sustaining the pressure.

Here is hoping Ward chokes on it.

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[Lord Zardoz]

Good enough, needs to be better...

The Oilers got off to a great start, and that period went well enough. Aside from the goal, there was the bit of Markkanen standing on his head against some great chances.

On the down side, the last half of the period seemed sloppy. I hope the coach tears them a new one for the sloppiness. The Oilers should have gotten at least one powerplay goal in addition to the first goal.

All that aside though, this game is going much better than the 2nd one. Lets hope it continues.

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[Nightfall]

It's close but Edmonton is certainly far from out of it. They are quite well in it and Peca is playing his butt off.

 

[Lord Zardoz]

2nd Period looked OK to me. I want to shoot that ref to disallowed that short handed goal.

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[Nightfall]

Dude,

The ref blew the whistle WELL before Samsonov had sight of the puck. Like at least 10 seconds before Samsonov found it. Let it go. All the Oilers have to do is stop Carolina from scoring in the third and they should be in the clear for this game. That and try to get some more chances in front of Ward.

 

[Nightfall]

Tarnation! What the hell was that? No way Brindamor should have had that. Not that it's Markov's fault, that's just bad, bad defensive work.

 

[Lord Zardoz]

Oilers win

No broom for you Ward. Not yours.

The Oilers have won one home game. Markkanen was named first star, which he frankly earned, and needed.

I will now make, or perhaps, repeat a prediction I made after game 2.

If the Oilers win both home games, they are taking the cup. If they lose game 4, then they are boned.

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[Nightfall]

Well not sure it's a guarentee but certainly the Oilers have a better shot of winning the cup IF they can win game 4 on Monday.

Honestly while Markkanen was very, very good, it wasn't stand on his head kind of good. Close but not quite there. The 1st star in my mind should have gone to Peca and his line for playing Brindamor and Willams so hard. Even so, team effort and that's how the Oilers win their games.

 

[Knightfall]

Well not sure it's a guarentee but certainly the Oilers have a better shot of winning the cup IF they can win game 4 on Monday.

Honestly while Markkanen was very, very good, it wasn't stand on his head kind of good. Close but not quite there. The 1st star in my mind should have gone to Peca and his line for playing Brindamor and Willams so hard. Even so, team effort and that's how the Oilers win their games.

I think the Oilers will win Game 4. It's never a guarantee, but they have confidence in each other, now, and they now know they can win with Markkanen in the net. The Canes will make it really hard, but I think the Oil have their confidence back. Winning Game 4 will shift the momentum in the Oilers favor. It will be the biggest game of the series, again.

And, JUSSI was the MAN, tonight!

Brind'Amour's goal was really lucky. The first shot hit J. Smith near his throat, stunning him, and the puck went right back to Brind'Amour's stick and he snapped it past Jussi before he could react.

The game winning goal by R. Smyth was a PURE Edmonton Oilers goal. A hard working, in front of the net, rebound goal. Awesome!

I Believe!!!

Knightfall1972
Go Oilers Go!