Why Oilers Fans Shouldn't Be Scared Of The Canucks... 

I'm an oilers fan and I'd give the edge to the Canucks going into the series given what happened during the regular season. Prove me wrong oilers prove me wrong.

Remember when the Oilers won every game against the jets a couple years ago and then the jets swept the oilers in the playoffs... Playoff hockey is unpredictable. ​@@dnice4145

You wait and see the Canucks players will be just as fired up and hungry are not worried about how angry the Oil are about getting swept during the regular season. No one legitimately thinks that matters.

@@ryanhamar5148 Not discounting the Canucks at all. Great team. It's going to be amazing hockey either way.

@@Kjell777Iverson Oil are the clear favorites but I think it's going to be a close series, likely 6 or 7 games.

@@ryanhamar5148 I don't think there are any favorites. You have goaltending issues on both teams. Special teams will be a huge factor. Vancouver has more depth scoring, so it's anyone's game imo

They sure didn’t look all that hungry or pissed in the last regular season game together 🥚

Exactly, it's as simple as that!

Could not agree with you more!

They sucked because the canucks made them suck. In the last 30 games of the season the canucks and oilers have basically the same amount of points. The canucks would have had even more if they played the oilers again.

​@@prana16so the defensive pile of poop oilers had for a decade and sucked balls during last years playoffs didnt count in those losses..and the fact woodcroft changed the defensive style in these first 3 games? Jack campbell shitting the bed to boot and skinner tossed into the wolves as a backup? Canucks came guns blazing but we also lost to the sharks man...

When did they stop sucking? It's the coilers they suck even if there good. I must admit I hate that team and there fans

Pettersson* - "fans" like you can take a hike.

I am not the GM so I cheer 100 % for anyone the GM puts our Jersey on and I never stop pulling for them, ever, while they wear it. I have been a passionate fan since our first cup run in 1982 and have never missed even 1 second of any Canuck playoff run since 1982. If you believe Pettersson has dominated and imposed his will on even 5 games since the all-star weekend then I have been watching different games than you. I have watched Pavel, Markus, and Daniel go on long dry spells where they were completely snake-bit but never stopped being their biggest fan. If Pettersson doesn't find his mojo the Oilers, with McDavid, have an opportunity to take it. I am not saying they will but was agreeing with the host in his assessment. The years lost because the Canucks always had # 99 stopping them every year were long and dark and I have no desire for that again. Not this year anyway. Go Canucks Go. Sorry if you think observing things that happen makes you less of a fan. I prefer being a knowledgeable fan. I have news for the Oilers fans, Tochett has done what no other coach has been able to do, he got the Canucks to buy into his system and that is something that makes this Canucks team better than any of the Canucks teams before. Pettersson doesn't need to score for us to win, but like he said himself, he has to move his feet.

@@gregspyker hOLY FUckINg nOVeL

I don't think the Oilers will be as physical with Pettersson as Nashville was, which could allow him to open his game up. I'm optimistic

@@AnSturbin Nashville team defense is light years ahead of Edmonton. I doubt they will be able to get in lanes and block shots like them either. Gonna be a much different series.

Fair point!

We’re taking them seriously, it’s the other way around… They aren’t taking us seriously at all and I’m excited to watch them cry when we beat them in Edmonton in game 6

@@JoshSi19 Canucks in 4. Easiest matchup of the playoffs.

@@johnjohnnston3498 don’t cry when you guys lose🤣

@@JoshSi19 so you watched the oilers play the kings who was a perfect match up for the oilers and you watched the Canucks play a team that shut down the ice and blocked a crazy amount of shots and your take is you are an oilers fan so you give your team credit for beating up on a team that I picked they would beat in 5 witch they did. But you give no credit to the Canucks who grinded out a series vs a team who shut down the middle of the ice like a master class. The Nucks changed tactics vs Nashville and a young team stuck with the game plan and grinded it out vs Nashville. You are very very very bias but you do you.

@@trevorrose6223 you tell me to do me but sit there and write a paragraph about how I’m wrong…… I respect the Canucks but I haven’t seen any Canuck fan give oilers credit of any kind. We played the kings 3 years in a row and got better every year. You’d think the kings would’ve got us by now but no it got worse and worst every year. That’s the sign of a matured team. Just watch and enjoy the series. I know I will

Bingo

What a meathead comment. Who cares what their nationality is? Van is just as hungry.

i was thinkin this would be a factor of people picking oilers over canucks for Canada's team to bring the cup back.

I wish that were true about Canadian players but you gotta watch out for those American players. They are ruthless!

How do u figure edmonton is more hungry vancouvers been waiting for this for how many years...ur logic is flawed. Wtf 22 canadians have to do with it. Its the crest on the front.by ur logic u guys have the all the pressure. By all means bud by all means we seen how this story ends foe the oilers for how many seasons were just begining to write ours

Confidence may be injured too...?

Yes they did!

Awesome take, this comment is aging well. Oilers have no clue how to play 5v5. This is why the Canucks swept them in regular season

He's looked solid for sure!

Interesting take

You're a wise man!

Can't wait!

Appreciate the support man!

and if this goes right and that goes right and the team goes right and the bounces go right come on man WTF

Appreciate the kind words and the comment man. I just can't wait for Wednesday, drop the puck already!!!

Oilers 5v5 play is horrible

No need to. Just don't give them the power plays. That easy

@@felipepineda1585 lol, it's not that easy

@@SinisterBlackheart - sure it is, it's called discipline. In any event, we'll see

@@felipepineda1585 i mean Vancouver sits in #1 for being shorthanded so they'll need lots of discipline staying out of the box.

@@felipepineda1585lmao, oilers still scored as many 5v5 goals in 5 games as the sucks scored in total over 6 games. No idea why you guys have to try so hard to convince others. Just lie to yourself.

Potentially...

Yeah you're probably right. Thanks for the comment!

I agree.

Two words, Ken Dryden. 😉🤣

Hughes isn't banged up, and Silovs is currently better than Skinner

All three of the goalies that vancouver played have better stats than the oilers starter... and the Preds are a way better team than the kings. In fact the Preds have been arguably better than the Oilers during the second half of the season. Hughes looked fine game 6.

Not hard to defend against the Preds they're a mid rebuild team that's been trading away players the last few years. Kings are the better defensive and offensive team. Preds have the better goalie for sure but as an Oilers fan if I could pick one playoff team for the Oilers to play against it would be the Preds. Oilers have absolutely killed them for the past few years.

@@CC-of5xl The preds were literally better then edmonton the second half of the year. And they are way better than the kings. Like way better.. like norris nominee better.. like 48 goal scorer better.

@@prana16 yeah the Kings were a deeper team(8 40+ point players vs Preds 5 guys) and built for playoff hockey. The Preds went on a similar run the Sens did that one year to make the playoffs. They overachieved hard and got lucky that Van's stars were no shows in the 1st round. They'll need to step it up big time as they're playing 2 of the greatest individual playoff performers of all time this round and a much better team than the Preds

They are not the best checking team lol.

Ehhhhh lets go man, how cool is this. Pincher Creek represent.

This is aging horribly

Nope I'm sorry Nashville isn't that good defensively. I think the Canucks have the edge given the season series. But edmonton isn't the same team the Canucks beat early on. The last game they played was close.

@@dnice4145 The Canucks beat edmonton like two weeks ago LOL.. and the preds were also better than edmonton down the stretch.

@dnice4145 defensively? Nashville is way better then Edmonton 🤣 why you think Edmonton has poor playoff performances over the years? no D or G lmao 🤣

@@prana16 don't decieve yourself I say this as an oilers fan who has watched them team lose when I least expected them to and vice versa. Winning in the regular season doesn't garunteed the Canucks anything. I give the Canucks the edge because they proved it on the ice but I wouldn't be surprised to see the oilers win a closely fought series, we'll see.

@@jamesgangmember head to head edmonton usually handles the preds easily, match ups don't translate automatically. I was actually surprised how closely the preds played the Canucks I saw van winning easily going into the series. We'll see but I don't get how fans on here are so confident either way.

You don't think out of the hundreds and thousands of Oilers fans, not one is scared lol? I have definitely had several fans tell me they were scared!

Don't disagree with this at all. Skinner success really all boils down to how well the team is in front of him.

I mean your just saying this and not really showing your work.

We? Do you play for the team?

Yeah and the Oilers have played an incredible team game under their new coach

Lol no need to be salty bro 🤣. Thanks for the support.

In goal? Who the hell are you to question the oilers goaltending? Skinner is in net. He's sick bro. You got a third stringer in net and I can't spell his name. So please remind me... who the fuck is your goalie? And your comment is whacko

@@aboveaverage5979 No need to be salty, as a canucks fan I look foward for this, this will be fun if we win then great if not I am proud that they even made the playoffs in the first place, let alone to the second round. I hope we win of course, but at least a Canadian team will have a chance at the cup, I just wish it didn't have to be two Canadian teams, I want one of us to bring the cup home!

You are right@@trukbones1672 , Skinner is a superstar! lol SILOVS (too many vowels?) learn it, know it, live it! lol

Oh and another reason I have just thought of: the canucks have NO playoff experience…

Time will tell man. I like to think so as well, but everytime I count on them to do something... they usually disappoint.

Gotta go 4 straight now then

It’s all a tossup. There’s no skill or strategy in this game, and so there is no reason to watch the games. #sarcasm

I like this comment. e

It'll come down to 5v5 play.

I think the pressure is on both teams.

@@aboveaverage5979 No pressure on the Canucks this series. They can play with full confidence knowing season expectations have been met. The same cannot be said for the Oilers, it will be an epic collapse if they lose.

An epic collapse 🤣

​@@dragon-ir8teThey had a massive collapse at the start of the year. Canucks is coming now.

@@schrempskynate8944 Canucks came back down to earth in the second half of the season. They spent the most time as 1st in the league before that. It's also great that stingy teams like Nashville are out of the way so VAN can start getting back to scoring more. Edmonton has lots of holes to be exploited

Plus are 3rd string goalie is as good as your starter if not better. Van depth

​@@kingtim420Depth,eh? How many top ten scorers do you have?

Only Miller will shut them down eh? Time will tell man, it's going to be a great series!

Just comes down to 5v5 play. Look at those numbers. That's the reason Canucks swept them in the regular season.

@schrempskynate8944 lol who cares. 5 to 4 win lol down 4 to 1 lol Edmonton sucks

LOL. You know that Arrowsmith song..... Drea.. .. 🙄

@@ryanhamar5148 Arrowsmith is a mountain

Maybe next round...

Oilers in 6. 😊

This isn't true lol.

Nikita Zadorov was invisible in the battle of Alberta series 2 years ago. I wouldn't put much stock in him lol.

You think Edmontons' seventh man is weaker than Hongcouvers'?

If it's a secret it's probably a non-factor lol

They did not get caved 5on5 at all and the Kings played great and are a good team(better than Preds) the Oilers just outclassed them

@@CC-of5xl Everything you wrote is just wrong.

@@prana16 lol keep thinking that

@@CC-of5xl Don't need to think anything.. the numbers speak for themselves.

@@prana16 show me the stats that show they got caved. Every advanced stat I've seen shows either advantage Oilers or a saw off. Especially when it comes to high danger scoring chances

Time will tell!

Oops

@@BrendaLi-hs9zg what does that mean

😂 if the sucks win a single game I’ll be amazed. “Had the oilers number” lol yah without Connor and their number 1 d playing a ahl goalie.

If the Preds are a D team, the Kings are an E team! lol

@@thepavementendsnow1901 D, as in defensive.

@@KkevrockK They lost all four games, 8-1, 6-2, 3-1, and 4-3 this year, was McDavid out for all of 'em?🤔 Season sweep bud, ...they had their number.🤣 I'm not saying that will happen in the playoffs 😏, I said Oil in 7.

Three of those games were in the first 11 of the season when the Oilers were having a historically bad start and before the coaching change. I wouldn't put too much stock into that season series.

Umm draisaital played was a minus 1 hyman played 3 shots goal zero points ekholm played and was a minus 1. Maybe u didnt notice cuz we made them look invisible so i dont know wat ur talking about go look it up genius

Without mcdavid rest of the oilers are ass

And the kane goal was a high stick on top of that shuda challenged it

And soucy dropped him on his ass. So yah excuses excuses u had a full line minus mcdavid i just looked it up

And we had our back up goalie in net

Oilers in six. 😊

@@schrempskynate8944 Canucks in 5

Canucks in 4 - just like in the regular season. :)

Time will tell!

@@schrempskynate8944 Canucks in 5.

I’m excited to see your comment age like milk🤣. “Over confident oiler fans? You canuckle heads are finally in the playoffs after sucking for how long? You guys aren’t going anywhere lol. You guys couldn’t score hardly anything against Nashville get ready for the biggest disappointment of your life

I'm sorry when's the last time the Nucks were in the playoffs again?

Ya but Jets sucked in the playoffs, Vancouver didn't, crazy defensive series.