The Edmonton Oilers eliminated the Vegas Golden Knights in five games in the second round of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. Stuart Skinner logged consecutive shutouts in games four and five. Did VGK put too much emphasis on defense in the elimination game? What was the turning point of the series? Were season eight’s expectations met?
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27 Comments
Finally the Oil get revenge. GGs knights fans.
Eichel was the only Knight that showed up… he carried that team last night.
Oilers fan here! First time listening to you guys! Great takes on the series! Knights are still a powerhouse. Good luck next year
Imagine playing like Hill has, and then your offence gets shutout by Skinner…..TWICE. Hill deserves the right to beat the shit out of everyone else in that room. About the only saving grace is you guys aren't Toronto lmao.
The Thumb is not a flex, the Thumb is a major insult to his look and appearance. He took the chirp in stride and is a great guy. Being called a thumb is for fat bald guys with no neck. Not a made man comment.
Your viewership is about to fall off a cliff. Sorry bout it. Signed Oil fan.
Great series all.Go oilers go!
Good job on your show guys. I have been listening to you guys the last three playoff seasons. And I am an Oiler fan. I think you two have the best Locked On show in NHL.
TEAR IT DOWN!
2 YEARS IN A ROW!!!
2023 was a fluke!!! This team is old, lazy, and Hill should never have been given the contract or raise he received!!! Cassidy is ineffective now, either he doesn’t have the ability or they won’t listen – either way … the relationship is over!!!
Dismantle this team and start over with fresh, fast, motivated players!!!!
THEY BETTER LOWER TICKET PRICES TOO!!!
Saying the Knights had sooo many injuries????? The Oilers were missing their best d-man in Ekholm THE WHOLE SERIES !!!!!!!
Chris could have grown a beard that would have helped 🤷
Good fight. Good knight. Thanks for the pod this year boys. Now hop on the 1st place aviators train.
Basing a whole series loss on one supposed non-call is grasping for straws….pathetic.
Cassidy walking away and refusing to shake hands with the Oilers coaches was a really bad look. Pouting and poor sportsmanship isn't the example he should be setting for all the young fans that look to him
Draisaitl is playing injured. He’s nowhere near his usual game. McDavid is a bit banged up. He’s blocking shots too. Can’t use injury as an excuse for not winning. All teams have injured players. We don’t have Eckholm. No excuses.
You knew something was wrong with. VEGAS ALL SERIES ? When top key players not scoring on the Skinner goalie ? So apparently they were not 100% healthy . Will be made public as to WHY no scoring all series ? Has anyone seen McDavid or Drysittle lately 2 – Nothing Burgers at 34,000, 000. Combined for little if anything . They will be trade bait soon . WATCH !
I'm not sure but Vegas' team seems to be specifically built to physically "punish" teams and wear teams down in order to have success, Coach Cassidy kinda alluded to this when he stated at the start of the series that they need to play "physical" against the Oiler, hit their defense and wear the Oilers down (and which they will do he said). Imo such a game plan is not sustainable over the long haul, especially for the entire playoffs, its too taxing on the body. Big players tend to be slower, which in Vegas case showed against the Oilers. To counter a big physical team like Vegas, a team needs to use speed and finesse which the Oilers had plenty of. However, the Oilers did enough physicality themselves and wore down some of Vegas key players, especially their defense, and we know Stone couldn't play last game. Anyway, in the end, speed and finesse won over brute force! Therefore, Vegas might do well to change their approach/team make up if they want to beat the Oilers in the future. Otherwise it will be the same story every year. As it currently stands, Vegas is too big and too slow to beat the Oilers. Nonetheless, it was an intense series!
IMO, Vegas Golden Knights are better than the Toronto Maple Leafs.
From an Oilers fan, I appreciate the other side of the story. I checked in a couple years ago as well.
Good series and there was definitely caution coming into this.
Hi! I am a Oilers fan living in Calgary. I really enjoyed listening to your broadcast the next day. You are a fair, knowledgeable team of podcasters that you don't see in every city. I am going to keep subscribed to your podcast and I hope our teams meet again next year playoffs.
0.04 what? The billboards are making us all smiles today
oh look the oilers beat a Marchy-less Knights team whoopdy do. so can we bring back Marchy now?
Tony mad trash ass rangers haven’t done anything over 3 decades 😂😂
That was a great game last night, tough way to go out for the Knights for sure.
Enjoyed your playoff coverage. Ggs.
It's unfathomable how they got shut out…..TWICE by the worst goalie in the tournament and one that had a 6 GAA and got benched after 3 games. I give him some credit for playing far better but he was rarely challenged with very many high danger chances.