In the upcoming Dallas series, the Oilers are really going to miss the offensive output of Ian Cole.

Petey didn’t want to resign til season was over. Management should have listened, might have saved a few million.

they just needed to go through this. Look at edmonton and how many times they have been to the playoffs and lost. They were suppose to win it all last year and vegas put the boots to them . Its sad what happened but usually you have to lose some games to be better for the long run

Who would've thunk that bouchard would be the best all around dman in the league in the playoffs. His defensive game has improved astronomical and nobody has stepped up like he has in these playoffs. I remember people laughing at me when i was saying that they can teach him to be better defensively and now here we are he's played 12 games and has 20 points, and a plus fuckin 10, the highest plus minus in the league thus far. Whose laughing now at the camp trade bouchard losers

On the balance, just about everything went right this season. Some of that karma caught up with us by the end, but you can't mope about the few things that go wrong when the vast majority of it went right. The best part is now the core knows how to establish a culture and standard, and what it means to be a competitive team for this city. I imagine new guys will be whipped into shape pretty quickly. Full confidence in coaching and management. Nice to look forward to the future for a change.

Waited 9 years for this

Does anyone think that EP$)'s woes this season have anything to do with his contract negotiations? It seems like last time he went through the negotiations with Benning, he really struggled that season to find his form. Could it be that the process of negotiation (which he wanted to wait for till the end of the season) impacts him psychologically in an adverse manner? Hopefully whatever the issue is can be cleared up and we get the old EP40 back.

I want a Canadian team to get the Stanley Cup this year, not sure Oilers are getting by Dallas, never mind Rangers or Panthers. Fingers crossed! As a lifelong Habs fan, I found myself browsing the NHL shop for Edmonton and Vancouver jerseys - both teams really rose up this year.

I would never have signed him. Look at every big game in regular season play and he didn't show up. NOT a pressure player. He and his agent were smart to grab the $ before the playoffs exposed hus limitations

It's incredible how powerful that bandwagon is. At the start of the season, Canucks fans would have been surprised and happy with a wildcard spot. By November and December, if you didn't think the team was going to win the President's Trophy and the Stanley Cup, you were a pessimist, and that carried on into the playoffs. When the Canucks were being beaten by a clearly superior overall team with the 2 best players in the game, people started whining. "Why is this happening? They're not working hard!" Sometimes, even when you're trying your best and on your game, you get beaten by another team that is just better than you are. Obviously the fact that the Oilers are top heavy could hurt them eventually, but the series came down to a struggling Canucks' power play, made worse by the Boeser situation in Game 7, and the Oilers' talented players taking advantage of some good fortune, mistakes by the Canucks and just being the better team. I don't know that the Canucks win this series if Demko is 100% healthy. He might have stolen a game. But arguably, Silovs stole a game or two in this series, so I don't know what else they could have done. There are still obvious holes in this team, and if they address those, maybe we can expect them to go further. But as it is, They had a great season and went further than I expected them to, even when they overachieved in the first half, which a lot of fans failed to identify.

Lindholm is a good player but not what they need. They need a playmaking winger to replace Mikheyev in the top 6. Then fill out the 2nd pair defense (Zadorov and someone else) and then Joshua.

Disappointed the Canucks lost but thankful I can now shave this beard. I'm a lot older now, I've learned I don't have the same patience for itchy beards that I did back in '94 and 2011.

Has Mr. Button calmed down now that his precious Oilers made it thru? 😂

I believe that Petey could be suffering from a now overly structured and defensive team playing style. Something very dramatically changed in Canuck’s scoring half way through the season when 3 or more Vancouver players were leading the league? Petey does not now talk or play, like he is a happy camper.

Well it was a great season hopefully Rutherford can find some more good 1 year deals to replace all the guys were losing this year.Otherwise will be back to being outside looking in again

My little daughter was scared last night and claimed she saw a ghost in our living room. I had to explain to her that it was just Elias Pettersson on our TV set.

I just don't understand how no one is talking about how soft we are in the top forward lines. No legit stanley cup contender are as soft as we are. Only JT out of the top 6 makes any D man think twice or cough up the puck. Petey did a couple times, but not enough of it. We need some size and grit on those lines to run deep

Adversity right from the start with Demko going down and with Pettersson being a ghost this Playoffs and with Boeser getting injured after game 6 was the final straw that broke the Canucks back. Vancouver will be a force for the next 2-3 years.

League management should learn a lesson from pressuring a player into signing a contract before hes proven himself in the playoffs.

No playoffs next year..same things were said after 82 94 2011 to many ufa no cap space for em all.😢

Craig Button always sounds like he has a blocked nose.

The Oilers were 100% beating the Canuckleheads in this series! You must admit that Skinny Petey and Little Boy Hughes were never going to beat Bouchard and Nuge and their Oilers!!!

Trade Pettersson.

Petterson is useless

Canucks choked, it will be 10 years (or more) before they get close to the semis again.

Pety wasn't hurt. Kid's just a head case.