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C-Man

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  1. Skinner is a Jekyll and Hyde goalie. He's capable of playing incredibly in net and he can also look like the EBUG at other times. I think that's why the Oilers have not moved on completely yet. There are three goals that went in and probably two of the three shouldn't. He never saw Miro's goal. But it was a lazy wrister from just inside the blue line with traffic in front. Three different Oilers failed to block it with their body. Skinner said he was looking to the left of the screener to which I say, "Why?" The puck was on the outside. The shot is going to come from the outside. Again, that was just as much on the Oilers defenders not blocking the shot with their body. Granlund's goal was a laser. Nothing to see here. Blame the careless Edmonton penalty. Duchene's goal was just awful. Skinner got completely turned upside down in the scrum and it left a wide-open net for Duchene, who flubbed the first shot into Roope's back. That should've been it. Skinner should've recovered at that point and not given Duchene a second chance. That was a bad goal. Finally, the Steel-to-Seguin goal was started with a great play by Steel but I would hope the goalie for a Stanley Cup contender will make a stop like that at a crucial moment. Not saying it was a bad goal but I don't think it was an impossible stop like trying to stop Granlund's tally. The bottom line is Edmonton has a real problem on their hands if Skinner can't play better. We don't know Pickard's status. And, honestly, who the fuck is Calvin Pickard? He's a 33-year-old career journeyman/backup goalie.
  2. Nope. The Canes are completely outclassed. They've lost something like 14 consecutive conference finals games now. I did see that Reinhardt went out with a lower body injury after knocking knees with Sebastian Aho. Florida can likely overcome that but it will be interesting to see how long he's out, if he's out at all.
  3. https://www.threads.com/@brittainforsenate/post/DJ61udSS23u?xmt=AQF0PaAHH2Q5sfqIEoZqb6purOAfm5mGcTPck755iv6gng
  4. So it’s not offsides if Florida/Tkachuk put the puck back into their own zone?
  5. I've determined the Edmonton fan base is bitch-made. They've been crying about the start time for Game 3, they showed a video of the Duchene high-stick after he'd been hit and Kane's stick is coming back down to claim that Duchene did an all-world acting job. They are 100% excuses all the time about why their sainted hockey team doesn't win.
  6. Yep, the saying goes that the goalie has to be your #1 penalty killer. Skinner wasn’t that guy last night but I don’t know if he had a chance to stop Miro’s or Granlund’s goals. Skinner was a flailing mess in the scrum where Duchene scored. Steel made a great play but I feel like you’ve got to make that save at that moment. Maybe not.
  7. Well, no shit. Take Jordan off the Bulls and they don’t win a single title. He’s that damn good. But Draisaitl is a top 3-5 player in the world. They’ve been getting contributions from everywhere you look this year in the playoffs. (Granted, I would’ve rather played the Kings/Vegas to get here over the Avs/Jets in retrospect.) The point is they are far from a one-man team. They do, however, have one man (really two) who is an all-time great. I hope they have a goalie problem, which they might. (I also can’t believe Darnell Nurse is an alternate captain for them. That’s bad juju.) I picked Edmonton to win the series earlier this week. All that’s happened is that the Stars have won a home game after getting played with for 40 mins. Long way to go.
  8. Jimmy Kimmel tonight shared an email that was sent to him from a “mole” at Fox News where a booking agent for Fox & Friends reached out to Kirstie Alley to see if she’d come on and do a short 3-5 minute interview about George Wendt passing away.
  9. Did Benn even play tonight? [emoji2369]
  10. The only thing stopping FLA this round is the wear-and-tear of going to back-to-back finals and then the conference finals the next year. It’s pretty hard to repeat but damn, they look the part.
  11. Once a prick (Corey Perry), always a prick (Corey Perry).
  12. My only regret is we don’t get to see Messier/PK in the postgame.
  13. That calls for another
  14. Nurse is such a horse’s ass
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