Oilers, wow. Didn’t see this coming. I guessed tonight would be 6-2 Florida. 4-2 with a couple of empty netters. Instead it is 3-1 with 12 minutes left in 2nd.
This is the point in the series every year when someone at HFBoards will post “was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?” and some European who doesn’t get the reference mocks him for his supposed ignorance of history.
So at the dinner-dance after our daughter's high school grad the other day they played Don't Stop Believin' and even Vancouver teens like to sing the South Detroit part. 16 years to the day since the Wings' won their last Cup, in '08. When my daughter had just turned 2. Bookends. I'm a sappy ol' dad ...
Fingernail and toenail biting time for Oilers fans. Lead just cut in half with 7 minutes to go, 2-1. Dallas outshooting Edmonton 31-10 although the play hasn’t seemed that lopsided.
Kenny has made some decent pickups. Hyman, Kane, Eckholm, Henrique. The Oilers have made the conference finals three times in past 30 years - two of them have been in past three years under Kenny.
Two series, both tied 2-2. I think all four remaining teams have a shot at the Cup. I'd rank Dallas-Rangers-Florida pretty close to even with each other, with Edmonton just a notch below.