Round 1: Dallas vs. Edmonton.

[TheRob]

How will this series pan out?

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[zenga]

Cant Vote so Ill just post!!!

Salo stands on his head. Turco chokes.

Oil in 7!

 

[ParkHead]

Boring , Big D in 5.

 

[downtown]

Oilers suck

Hate the Oilers, always have and always will. Bye bye in 5.

 

[Yoda]

Who do I hate more?

I don't really like either of these teams but I prefer Edmonton slightly more. Unfortunately it will be Dallas in 6

 

[Hands of Stone]

These two teams seem to meet every year in the first round, and it could go either way.
I say Big Upset in Big D. But the winner comes out with the Big Hurt

HOS

 

[hammerhead]

This series is going to be war. The two teams do not like each other, and have met every year since 1997 ( except last year when neither made the dance). Edmonton is a lot bigger than previous years, but has less skill. Dallas will miss Guerin and Turgeon. Grant Marshall was always a pain in the ass in the playoffs, and hes not there either. Dallas is favored, but the Oil will go down fighting, and the Stars will be neat up at the end of it. Just glad its on opposite days to the canuckleheads.

 

[sensei_hanson]

Wow. Good job by the mighty Oil.

Derian Hatcher re-affirms his standing as the cheapest cnut this side of Toronto. Hopefully, he'll get some type of suspension for blatant headhunting - I can't believe the bastard was actually complaining that there was a penalty on the play. Staios is lucky he came out with a bloody upper lip and nothing more.

Oil steal home ice advantage.....long series still, though.

 

[Sandman]

Sensei,

I totally agree......he did the same thing to Nazzy a couple of weeks ago, when Linden took that penalty in the last 5 minutes.

Sandman

 

[zenga]

What a pussy!!!

Just saw the Hatcher CHEAP shot on Staios what cheap fukcing Cnut!!!!


TURCO BLOWS!

 

[hammerhead]

Great Game,

Wish I could have watched more than the last five minutes of it. Instead CBC forced me to watch the fcuking leafs game. Guess Im going out to watch the next one. Hatcher is a cnut, no question, and I hope he gets at least a game for that shite.

 

[TheRob]

I doubt he'll get a game. Maybe a whopping $1000 fine though.

 

[sensei_hanson]

Another good performance from the Oil, coming back from 1-0 and 2-1 in the 3rd period to eek out a win, and take the series lead.

From what I've seen in the close battles (throw away the game two blowout), Turco has been very average when it comes to making key saves in tight games and pressure situations. Dvorak's game-winner was a nice goal, but the Laraque half-wrap and Pisani wrist-shot were not things of beauty. I'd say Turco has been less than stellar when his team needs him to provide clutch playoff goaltending - which is not all that surprising given his complete lack of postseason experience.

Skyreach was just about as vibrant as GM place was last night. You could feel the momentum shift as soon as Laraque broke through the two-period wall Turco had set up. Methinks the Oil can smell blood now, being at home and up two games to one; if they can win the next home game they'll be one away from the second-round. It will be interesting to see if Dallas tries to push Guerin back into action early if they face the brink of elimination anytime soon.

Good series.

 

[hammerhead]

The stars sure miss Hatcher and I agree, Turco has looked very average so far. He has made some great saves, but a few of the goals havent been very pretty. Hope he keeps it up