fybar wrote:
> Unlucky play by Conks and a number of bad plays by Oilers
> lead to this loss.
I must be the only one who thinks Smith deserves an equal share of the
blame for that last goal. Conklin shouldn't have played it in the
first place, but Smith had a stick on it, he's the mobile player, it's
his responsibility at that point to move it out.
The rest of the third, I'm guessing, was where the long layoff hit the
Oilers in terms of fatigue and wind, getting a half-step behind most
plays.
> We
> lost a lot of faceoffs.
62/38. And this type of number has been consistent for the Canes
through the playoffs; Ward and faceoffs (particularly by BrindAmour)
have consistently kept us in games against otherwise-superior
opponents.
>Even with all of this, the Oilers were still the
> better team.
Clearly so for the first two periods. The Canes are notorious for
starting sleepy, and going into the finals, we have been a ridiculous
7-4 in the playoffs after giving up the first goal, so at 0-1 we've got
you right where we want you. But going 0-3 for the better part of the
first two periods and getting dominated in most respects, that's a
different hill to climb.
> It will be a tough row to hoe but Edmonton is still capable of winning
> this. We just can't expect a goalie to steal on for us.
Nor can we; Ward has had a tendency to go flat in the middle of each
series. Of course having Gerber on the bench makes this less of a
worry, but it still clouds the crystal ball a bit.
> Go Oil! It ain't even close to over!
Well, it does seem a lot closer to over than it did around the second
intermission last night. It really is a shame about Roloson; the hot
36-year-old journeyman vs. the hot 22-year-old rookie seemed like a
great storyline to follow and we had the makings of an epic. Going in,
everybody knew the seedings were meaningless, but the pressure is all
on Carolina, now: if we win it's because your best player got knocked
out and if we lose it's a huge choke.
JGM
>> Stay informed about: Bergeron you stupid jackass!