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The Baron of blunder is still paying Christian for three more years. Second longest buyout to DiPietro. Fitting Erhoff finds his way into this thread. Both he and Kevyn taking $900k/year from the Duke of disappointment; and neither contributing to making the playoffs.

You would have seen glimpses. Moments. Individual games. We have not.

I suppose the sense of it is that if we are too young/emotionally fragile to handle the pressure of the race to get into the playoffs, we're unlikely to step up in the post-season. No doubt, there could be some surprises, but in general, I surmise we have been too young to expect the team to raise its level of compete sufficiently to not be embarrassed. After such a prolonged wait, you'd like to be able to accomplish something once the team crosses the mythical border into playoff land. Anyway, the hope that players that are edgy, uncomfortable to play against, etc. will be part of the profile for who is drafted and brought in is a reflection of that judgment.

Again ill never judge the difference based on playoff games. Players go a full 100% in the playoffs versus 75% to 85% in the regular season most nights

Ya I’ve hated it since Lydman that’s not going to change. Realizing it was objectively stupid and unbalanced though only makes me more vociferous about it lol

This Oilers team is handling the physicality better than last year's version did. If Florida is going to win this Tkachuk and Reinhart are going to have to be better. I suspect Tkachuk is playing injured all playoffs but those guys are big guns they need to step up.

I too, wish that the game would be called the same throughout, I'm not sure when or why It became ok in OT to get away with stuff. That delay of game call has been a good argument for years now. I think any change would just tick off the other half of fans lol.

But that’s my point. They are asked to incorporate subjectivity on every other penalty call they make: it’s not that the puck over glass call itself is bad, it’s that the rate at which they call the OTHER penalties (see:zero) drops so far, so that *one call* becomes a more egregious infraction than all the rest and the game essentially becomes a battle of “first to put it over the glass loses.” Puck over glass call is fine if it’s not the only thing getting called but it is. It has crazy undo weight They are incorporating a ton of arbitrary into the result by choice. “No no those infractions don’t matter…that one does though” they are choosing which rules to enforce. Call it by the rules (heaven forbid) or swallow the whistles entirely

It's true... But imagine leaving that call up to the refs to determine "intent" what a mess that could be. Nosek just needs to be better there, the pressure wasn't that bad and he made a costly error.

Obviously the series is far from over, but it is interesting to watch how the moment can draw performance out of players. Kapanan, Podkolzin, Walman, Klingberg, Connor Brown. All available to any team for peanuts (or less). All laying it on the line.

The top 4 picks of the 2014 draft are playing in this series. And obviously McDavid. I'm sorry I’m just thinking out loud about how everything starts with absolutely nailing a top 5 pick.

Good game. Really tight. Sucks the penalty was such a weak one. Will be interesting to see what the adjustments are next game.

The Oilers have 2 of the best 5 players on the planet and have assembled a solid, cohesive supporting cast around them. They understood the assignment. Only question is will Skinner hold up.

Edmonton looks destined.

McDavid is an absolute pleasure to watch play.

Imagine allowing your championship to be decided by a “puck over glass” call in an overtime format where the refs swallow their whistles for every other call. Absolute embarrassment of a league Nosek? Put down the pipes

Beautiful OT Goal!

The Oil take game 1. They have a 70% chance of winning it all now. McDavid to Draisaitl

Two superstars getting it done when it matters most.

He changed jobs and doesn’t do the physicals anymore.

Can someone PM me a way that they are watching the game?

McDavid is one of the best I've ever seen.

Why?

The pace and physicality of this game so far just tells you how far away the Sabres really are.

Is it because the cans with the can weren't impressive enough to have anybody (except possibly @shrader) look at the gif long enough to start reading the can?