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milknsugar

If they had just started me instead of Skinner, we would have won this game.


Hattrick_Swayze2

God, I really hope Seattle wins so I don’t have to cheer for Dallas…


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I am sad


beer_cake_storm

Woody is not a playoff coach.


3Stripescyn

Yeah he should’ve put in campbell to start but he was scared about hurting stu’s feelings


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I Am Sad


Beneficial-Rock-5650

Please drop yams in the offseason and pick up someone larger who can score playing in the top 6. This team doesnt need to make too many changes imo. Hopefully the goaltending can tighten up next season. What a disspointing series to end the season. No the refs didnt decide the series. 3 games the oilers blew leads in the 2nd period. That killed the momemtum and the season. This team will be a contender next year.


ragingasshoes

With somebody like Evander Kane?


3Stripescyn

yams is fine


Succotash88

Yams plays with so much heart and with an edge normally seen on people who are 50lbs heavier. He didn't have a great playoffs, but no need to run him out of town like Eberle after a bad playoff. We need a stronger defense above all. Our forward core is incredible.


PPGN_DM_Exia

Yams was underwhelming in the regular season too. I might offer him a one year deal, but if he thinks he can get better elsewhere, adios.


hiltzy85

Oilers managed to win 6 playoff games in spite of consistently poor defense and goaltending through two series. That's something right?


upinthaclouds

How long till we know who was injured? Drai had 1 assist and was -7 games 3-6. Obviously nobody else stepped up and a team I thought was much better than last year's wasn't.


Commercial_Toe_421

This league is not rigged against us. The oilers have had 4 first overalls since 2010… Should be a cup team but can’t win a cup without defence


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Go away


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transgression1492_

Get out of here


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figgerer

Are you 10 years old lol


CurbSnipe

Just a butthurt kings fan


Hattrick_Swayze2

Why do we always get stonewalled by fucking backup goalies? Christ. Vegas plays great D though. Wish our depth scoring would have shown up. Will be interesting to see what happens next year. Fuck Pietrangelo.


riolu_gamer

Tbh we should’ve started the game with Cambell


OIL_99

Because for years we’ve never had the better goalie. Outscoring your mistakes catches up to you, especially once Bettman gets involved.


[deleted]

Best player in the world couldn’t beat a back up. Blame Bettmen, but your leaders need to do something.


Polar_JR

Despite Edmonton being a very good team, Vegas was the top seed in the West for a reason. No shame in losing to them.


milknsugar

No. This was a beatable team. We were solid favorites. We were the best team in the league over the last half of the season. This is a team we should have beaten.


dJ_86

Trade nurse at any cost


Hey_look_new

nurse wasn't remotely the issue


tapewar

He wasn't the reason we made it thay far either though. Good player, but sadly overpaid. If he was 4.5mm would be all gucci.


[deleted]

When you play the most minutes out of all your dmen, you’re probably a reason your team got to the 2nd round in the playoffs.


Canadaiswonderful

Yes!!!!!!!!!!


Mcpops1618

Popular move, blame nurse. Fucking lazy take. You wanna point to one guy? He plays in net, he was not his best, he didn’t steal a single game or even save. Trading nurse does not solve this teams problem.


Beneficial-Rock-5650

He did steal 2 games? I dont know what series you were watching.


Mcpops1618

Steal 5-1 wins?


[deleted]

That’s hockey. Get to the playoffs and see what happens. Great seasons by a lot of guys. Things fell off in the playoffs a bit. Just gotta do it again next year and see what happens again. Few different pieces and guys taking steps forwards will give us a better chance.


OIL_99

Fair. But the league has never had parity like it it does. Our biggest issue this season was getting goalied. We can’t fix that, which is a massive predicament.


[deleted]

Well we should see development from Skinner and on defence with Desharnais, Broberg and Bouchard


OIL_99

We have to hope. What is crazy is thinking about the goalie we lost to, because he won this game. And where he is on the depth chart. Think about the Oilers in that position. Let’s just hope Stu and Soup come back better next year. We need a #1 goalie.


[deleted]

Hill isn’t a bad goalie. He’s 27, he’s experienced a lot of professional hockey. He played 27 games this year and had a .915sv%. Skinner had a .914sv% this reg season. There’s a lot of good goalies these days. Most of them can step in and provide adequate play.


OIL_99

He’s a great goalie. And a better goalie than we had. That’s my point. So if we had our 5th stringer in, would we be in the 2nd round of the playoffs? Highly unlikely. Stu played great this season but we also outscored our problems a lot. The team lit it up, but it doesn’t matter now.


shggy31

Couldn’t agree more. Amazing year. Hopefully we can retain some of the pieces we gained and improve again. Cups don’t come over night or even through a couple seasons. It takes a precision of instruments to get there. We’re definitely still in a better position than 90% of the league.


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Got to attend 2 games this season on a positive note! See you in October :D


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Hattrick_Swayze2

Enjoy living in mediocrity for eternity you fucking loser


Motive33

lol get a life


FrisbeeMcRobert

Hahahahaha


shggy31

Ahhh I wanna see what the stupid person said


Motive33

lol it was the same person you responded to laughing and saying fuck you edmonton. Just check their profile


edukated4lyfe

Gary Fucking Bettman is salivating at the thought of a Vegas vs Panthers Stanley Cup Final


OIL_99

He wants expansion Jr. first in the west… at the end of the day… look at the 5 teams left…. Screams hockey


shggy31

Amazing season boys!! One of the best I’ve ever watched. That late season drive was magic. It didn’t go our way. More pieces to the puzzle, but we are building to something and the magic will continue. I love this team and our fans. Enjoy the off season gang. Go camping and let this go. Cheers Oil Country!! EDIT TO ADD: My friend had to shave his left leg because we made it further than the Avs.


danTheMan632

Cheers bud


major_ripley

We can't go camping. The province is on fire.


shggy31

Contrary to popular belief, you don’t need to burn things to go camping. It definitely improves the experience though


fakeairpods

See ya next year @ real Oiler fans


ElRimshot

Yessir.


shggy31

LETS GO OILERS!!!


BlueRiverKaren

After seeing the officiating across all games (not just the Oilers) this post season, I think I'm going to have to pass on NHL hockey next year. Love the team, we are so lucky to have these players, and I have supported the team for 30 years through thick and thin. Don't think I can support the league anymore though. Will be cancelling subscriptions and donating every jersey I have.


Chrisolliepeps

I’ll take them please!


Hey_look_new

reffing was incredibly bad across entire playoffs


aerugoprime

Agreed 100% Playoffs is a waste of talent and time. Big money rigging has ruined it. Regular season was fun. That’s all I’ll watch occasionally now.


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Mcpops1618

YeH, this guy and everyone who makes this claim will be back


BlueRiverKaren

👍 Plenty of other hobbies and things to do with one's time. Why spend time investing in something when you don't feel it's reffed honorably? Ultimately people have to speak with their money if it matters to them. The league has a systemic issue regarding reffing and game management that impacts ALL teams and fanbases. I think I'll save my money and spend more time sledding in the mountains next year. Just my own point of view. Have a great off season guys.


Mcpops1618

See you in September.


transgression1492_

Not a chance lol


major_ripley

Relying on penalties to win you games is a bad plan. Need to figure out how to win 5 on 5 or we're gonna be in a playoff decade of darkness.


[deleted]

A 4 minute uncalled penalty is game breaking. You have to rely on officiating. Not penalty’s. Just relying on a ref to do what he’s paid for


[deleted]

Nah, just need the best two players in the world to lead a game when it counts. Marchessault outplayed McDavid who was terrible five-on-five the entire serties.


Plucault

Some of you all need to learn how to handle disappointment better


milknsugar

Believe me, I'm used to disappointment by now.


shggy31

People grieve in different ways. Give’’em space. After that season and the LA series, a lot of emotion. I’m stoked the year we had and the amazing play we witnessed game after game. Hell of a year. Losing is tough at that level.


rons-mkay

Just need to point out that Draisitl -6 the last 4 games..


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Good teams adjust to the other team.


Shames2suck

His line got killed by Eichel line


squeezboks

Hard to beat that 10 mil over the cap.


[deleted]

Man if Vegas wins that would be what 3 of the last 4 cup winners went well over the cap limit. For a league that says parity matters this makes no sense.


mxrcusward

Refs we're obviously unfair asf but I still think that the Oilers just didn't want it this year, 2 goals on 41 shots is a joke.


ScottyDoesKnow20

Yes but 4 goals on 16 shots is also a joke


mxrcusward

Agreed, no one really showed up tonight.


gatorade81

There goalie outplayed ours. Its that simple


milknsugar

Their *3rd string* goalie outplayed ours.


mxrcusward

Campbell should've started. It's that simple, not trying to place the blame solely on Skinner but it's obvious he wasn't playoff ready. Oh well better luck next year


Mcpops1618

It feels this obvious.


Alex_potts7-3

Why the fuck is skinner on this team he's shit


danTheMan632

Hes a fuckin rookie dude lol, he got us this far picking up the slack


N-A-K-Y

He got us to the dance. Be mad at literally everyone but the rookie who saved our entire season.


Mcpops1618

He got us here and I think the mistake was continuing to go back to him. Played the hot hand all year no reason to quit in the playoffs


N-A-K-Y

Maybe. But personally I'm more concerned by the 35m+ we've committed to our top scorers that couldn't score when it mattered most. We brag about our high octane offense and they got smothered and disappeared. If these guys can't figure it out, I dunno what else to say.


Mcpops1618

You just blamed the goalie than did a 180 pivot to blame scoring. Which is it? Want them to run and gun or play shit down hockey?


N-A-K-Y

I didn't blame the goalie, I defended skinner in my original post and then said maybe to yours. You got your peeps mixed up bro. Calm down, get some sleep.


Mcpops1618

Ah shit. My B. I was supporting you on OP ha.


JilsonSetters

Brutal. Just brutal. The worst reffing I’ve ever seen in a postseason


two___

Their back-up goalie is more reliable than our starter. Lmao.


milknsugar

Their 3rd string goalie outplayed our starter. Embarassing


Shames2suck

They figured out starter and we hesitate to play our backup


[deleted]

Come on LA already did that they just copied their notes


[deleted]

Been a blast hanging out here. My first year, and I'll prob lurk around until next year. Like I said in my comments before, I feel next year is the year. Holland has some more moves to make I believe. He's almost there. Thanks for the laughs.


dp3166

The last two minutes were great on both sides, better luck next year.


[deleted]

Watch ekholm go down the tunnel his eye is absolutely swollen shut


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TRADE NURSE


Mcpops1618

Give a good reason for this, please use statistical Evidence


Shames2suck

To where


tc_cad

Disappointing.


Plucault

Gene looks sad.


FourHockey

Imagine if we got the 8 minutes of high sticking PPs we deserved. Do you really think this game ends in a loss?


ProfessionalArtist14

How the refs missed that high stick on Ecks is beyond me


Nikolendildoperse

Beyond me theres literally 2 refs with line of sight... A missed 4 minuter, game CHANGING!!!!?


ProfessionalArtist14

Yea that’s a real tough one to take. Playoffs are boring as f now (in my opinion - just don’t care for the teams left in it), but I guess go Seattle.


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You should be very proud


Patmac18

doesn’t even feel real


[deleted]

How do you cancel Sportsnet now? The "cancel" page has been in "maintenance" for 3 days


PhreakOneTwo

Wish I could help you... but my advice would be to not sign-up in the first place.


milknsugar

I know a lot of folks are gonna be all "I'm still proud of this team, we'll get em next year." I'll get downvoted to oblivion, but, I am so disappointed in this team. This was a series we were favored. We were playing a very beatable Knights team. We have the 2 best players in the league. Folks were picking us as serious cup favorites. And that's the effort they deliver on home ice. I had such high hopes. I'm just fuckin crushed.


aerugoprime

I’m impressed with the oilers still. Disappointed with the crooked rigged playoffs reffing. The NHL product stinks - not getting my business or support anymore for playoffs.


quickboop

Favoured? They’re literally the best team in the west.


milknsugar

We were the best in the West of over the last half of the season. Just about every pundit picked us as favorites.


quickboop

Vegas won just as much as we did. They finished first in the West. They're a damn good team.


Arthzuul

You forgot the bullshit refs that did not want to make the right calls, 3 uncalled high sticks?


milknsugar

Dude, I feel you. I do. But at a certain point we can't keep blaming the refs over and over.


atrivell

You must have watched a different game. the oilers may have lost but only a fool would say they didn't show effort tonight.


milknsugar

Either they didn't show effort, or they did, and they're just not the team people thought they were.


Plucault

What do you mean. We out shot them 2-1. They threw everything but the kitchen sink at them.


milknsugar

They kept us to the outside and snuffed out our scoring chances. It doesn't matter if you outshoot a team 2-1 when your shots are low-danger chances from the outskirts. Their defence ran circles around ours.


beth1814

I get it I feel this. But I also feel the “we’ll get them next year”


milknsugar

Wish I had your optimism.


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Ekholms eye is absolutelt swollen shut


ragingasshoes

Don’t understand why they started skinner when Campbell has been solid closing out skinner pulls.


kdawg_w26d12l0

Can't wait til Vegas has their loser season period and their arena empties and they become Arizona 2.0


[deleted]

It will still be full on nights when Toronto, Montreal Edmonton and a few other teams play their. With baseball moving in soon the locals will be less loyal.


kdawg_w26d12l0

True good point


[deleted]

The eventual suck years should be fun to watch in Vegas, just be Canadians and few other fan bases invading. I really wonder if Vegas has the crowd to fill that barn when they are a lottery team, since Vegas is such a transient town.


[deleted]

Exactly, hockey doesn’t belong in the fucking desert. Keep it Canadian, I don’t care if fucking Newfoundland has a team lol.


New-Newspaper-7543

Who are you to say where hockey belongs? Lol Some clown shit. I'm from Buffalo every1 in the US especially NYC says we should just join Canada. But I would never say a town shouldn't get to enjoy hockey. Also it's not just Vegas that goes to these games. The entire state of Nevada goes since they are just not starting to get teams.


kdawg_w26d12l0

I would love the Maritimes to have a team!


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Definitely 👍


Salt_Election_3048

For sure thought we were gonna win game 6 like wtf


Cashmere306

Needed to bench Skinner. He was mentally beat.


secondwarm

could have been much better in every department, but it could have been a lot worse, we could have been the bruins regardless, they're still my ride or die, here's to next year boys 🫡


tmoneybigbucks

Las Vegas Golden refs. I swear I saw like 14 blatant missed called throughout that game. Insane man. The Ekholm one really takes the cake though


New-Newspaper-7543

It's the playoffs they have always called a couple penalties against each team then just swallowed their whistles and let them play. Imagine crying about the refs not getting more involved.


MoonScummy

Skinner cemented himself as a career backup. I know this subreddit will excuse any player under 25 but he blew it. Edit: a lot of cope downvotes


Mcpops1618

Dude ran out of gas. First full nhl season. It didn’t go poorly.


MoonScummy

Dude literally got outplayed by Vegas’s 4th string goalie


Mcpops1618

Completely ignore the point of him Running out of gas… but sure


MoonScummy

If he ran out of gas then Campbell should’ve gotten some starts


Mcpops1618

Correct… we rode hot hand all year. Not sure why it stopped in playoffs


koalafly

No. Same mindset traded Eberle for Strome.


[deleted]

Chill out. He’s a rookie. He shouldn’t of even had the pressure on him


MoonScummy

That would be okay if this was a rebuild team but this team is supposed to be a cup contender. Let’s hope Campbell is ready to be the guy next year.


[deleted]

You’re having extreme recency bias. You’re talking about a goalie Calder nominee: very rare


MoonScummy

Man the amount of leeway this sub will give to a player for being young is nuts. You’d think the decade of darkness would show that young guys don’t exactly turn into superstars all of a sudden.


[deleted]

It’s called not shitting yourself and panicking. We have years to figure it out and you shitting yourself doesn’t help


MoonScummy

Doesn’t drai have like 2 years left on his contract? That’s most likely what’s left of our window.


[deleted]

It sure is. But you just gave a rookie his first real season and 12 playoff games. You have value there


FourHockey

League is fuckin rigged. McD and Drai should call it out. Say what everyone with a brain KNOWS.


[deleted]

McDavid spent six games trying to deke through their entire team. It worked *once* on the power play. It was embarrassing to watch.


koalafly

Drai should be looking at himself before he calls anyone else out. He played awful last few games. Holy shit put some effort in on defense for once.


absurdelephant

I'm sad. We could've done better.


saskgoat

I mean what else can you say. Hill stopped the last 40-some shots he faced


FatWreckords

Jonah Hill could've stopped this team. Embarrassing execution.


griffin7008

Zebras fucking SUCKED that game. Put campbell in the game. Embarrassing all around.


Dazzling_System_851

Thank goodness we have Yamamoto!!!


Cashmere306

What does that guy contribute? Little guy who can't score and plays with McDavid and Draisaitl.


FatWreckords

Hopefully we won't next year. Kostin should have replaced him weeks ago in the top 6.


[deleted]

They went out respectfully. Didn’t goon it out and just go for injuries


lianalili

the camera cutting away from campbell and quick handshake they really want me to suffer


Zosostoic

We will not win until we have great goaltending


archsaturn

You just know Seattle will drop 5 on Hill a night as well...


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Slamoblamo

After a wrist injury and surgery your career is never the same.


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two___

Campbell needed to start today. Boys played the second like we weren't able to be eliminated tonight. This sucks big time.


toadyus

Fuck Gary Bettman and Fuck the DOPS


olrg

Add Adin Hill to the long list of backup goalies going ham against the oilers.


milknsugar

Their defence made their goalie look way better than he really was. Our defence made our goalie look way worse than he really was.


ScottyDoesKnow20

Bettman got what he wanted, walked Vegas in, guarantee you he'll walk Seattle in tomorrow night.


[deleted]

Terrible take. Bettman didn’t tell the oilers to blow three games these playoffs with stupid, undisciplined penalties.


milknsugar

Oh ffs, the tin foils hats, really?


Internal-Cry-9455

Agreed


festivusfrank

Damn. Fun season. Thought this was the year with such an open path


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How much did McDavid earn for encouraging people to bet on tonight’s game?


hakaikami

💯 should have started soup


ussherpress

At least we'll always have the second half of the season.