you have a good goalie there... this is from an objective Vancouver fan

Yeah, Pickard is the only reason that game wasn't a blow-out. The Oilers I saw last night were the start of the season Oilers, not the ones who vaulted from the basement into a legit contender team afterwards.

As an Oilers fan, I totally agree. Vancouver wanted it more in the final 40 minutes and it showed. The guys on the power play were trying to be too cute and their passes were getting picked off so easily. It's not on Bouch, it's on everybody except Pickard. There's no reason they couldn't have won this game other than they didn't try to win, and the Canucks did.

That was Canucks a lot of the last 2 games. They looked way better game 5. Both teams need to step it up if they want to make it past the Stars or Avalanche.

It makes me upset. For the first time in forever we finally had a goalie playing lights out and ready to steal a game (series?) for us. And the rest of the team came out looking like that

Best non credited assist of this series

Aman has a long stick and deflected some pucks out to danger in his own zone too. Long sticks seems to be the best weapon in this playoffs for the Canucks, especially on defence.

As an Oilers fan your comment made me laugh.

That is hilarious! 10 out of 10.

Yep, they finally figured out that it doesn't pay to be passive. If they had only played that way on the PK from game 1 of the series, they would be sitting at home right now waiting for their next opponent

The oilers powerplay last night was just brutal to watch. Their refusal to shoot and move around is just frustrating. You forget that they're even on a PP

@@goat9295 I think they're so used to getting really good looks so they were looking for plays that weren't there. Probably needed to settle for more Bouche bombs and let Hyman try to tip/get the rebound.

Yeah I think that demoralized them when they didn't score on 5pp and energized the Nux.

Cause that's all they have.. They are hoping 4 players will carry the team.. lol GO CANUCKS GO!!

I mean they have to. The games have been close. They have all their eggs on one line.

This game they played their bottom lines alot more

He sucks under pressure, how tired are you playing a 60 minute hockey game every 2 days lol these are professional athletes dude should not be tired also last game he made a brutal turnover in our end that resulted in a goal aswell

@@sicklifedesigns Forreal these are pros, Yes they are human but there's a reason they are in that position and many are not. They are expected to be the best every time. This is why they get paid.

He made a terrible giveaway that led to a goal in the game before aswell

@@sicklifedesignsBouch has been doing that his whole career.Nothing new there.

no kiddin ?

i was there too it was insane dude

no, we're not. he only had it at all because bouchard was snoozing out there

Can I get an amen

@@amxterxsu138oilers fan spotted

Also I thought Pickard should have had that. He wasn't set. He was just casually standing there expecting bouchard to carry it out. You have to ready for turnovers.

@@galaxyrend okay, and? this video is about both teams, it's not like i joined a vancouver fan forum and started hating there

The easiest thing to do is shut a top player down if you are given that assignment. It does make it hard for you to get involved in your own offense. Mcdavid isn't Gretzgy.

⁠@@fastj1962the top player not a top player. If it’s the easiest thing to do why does every single team struggle with it

Shutting down top players and potting game winners... like a walk in the park

@@fastj1962 McDavid isn't Gretzky. lol no he's just faster and has a better shot. Easy.

@@toasty862 Oh god, more cheer leaders. At this point WG had how many cups? Yes of course WG wasn't fast. HE didn't have an amazing shot either, but he delivered. At this point in WGs career he had 4 stanley cups.. actually he did it in 7, Conner has been not winning it for 9 years going on 10. at 9 years, WG came to LA and inspired thousands to play Hockey in California. Fuck, Rinks would make rules that nobody could wear 99 because every kid wanted to wear that number. Mcdavid, even if he was as much of a generational talent as WG, will never have the impact WG did, Get over it. This is too easy superfan

The Coilers are not elite. They have 3 elite regular season players and that’s it. The ‘big’ three for the Coilers logged 23-23-20min TOC (respectively), dash 2 each and combined for 1 assist in the 3-2 loss. And unless they score on the PP - they had plenty of opportunities (oh fer 5) - they are far from being considered elite.

@@jasondousett3620 I watched the game too I know these stats as well they were still considered as elite and a cup contender because of those “regular season players” I’m just happy that the Canucks are finally getting the recognition of being a high level team. Also Go Hawks!

@@humzashafi1492 Yes I do agree with you. Haha Go Hawks!!

​@@jasondousett3620 Skating leaders for points #1drai #2mcdavid #3 Bouchard #4trochek #5makar Skating leaders for goals #1hyman #2nichuchskin #3 drain #4 boeser #5johnston How can you say that they are "elite regular season players" when they have the most players in the top 5 for points and goals? Clearly elite playoff players too just they are top heavy with little depth

@@jasondousett3620 The irony of saying that the Oilers only rely on three players and then pointing out that none of those three scored the two goals the Oilers had last night.

Reverse JT Miller in this case.

as a canucks fan, i feel like they are actually better than what you’re making them out to be but I see where ur coming from.

When you come with statements like this "problem is that they spent so much on their top players that they didn’t have enough for a veteran goalie or any depth" you know you have zero knowledge of the Oilers roster. Know where the moneys spent? On Nurse, and a goalie who will never get back to the NHL. Our forwards are signed to great deals (for now, some due for new contracts). Oilers are not Toronto, who spent 40 million on 4 forwards.

That and Ian Cole has been one of the top Oilers scorers this series

cole is bottom pair tho.

Quinn Hughes might fall into that category also. #1 LD and #1 RD. Agreed, of course.

It's not Makar, it's their overall system. They're like the Oilers but with more depth and better goaltending, so they can "afford" to make risky offensive plays.

@@sibbyeskie Oilers D is nothing like the Aves. Aves D can play also play defence

Makar is great 2 way defensemen

The avg fan likes to think defense is only the dmans responsibility when in fact the forwards need to play defense as well. Team defense is what wins championships, you can have the best d men in the game but if you got a bunch of offensive forwards on the same line they getting scored on a ton.

I'm an Oilers fan and grew up in the 80s watching Gretzky as well. Lived in River Ridge where Gretzky and Yari Kuri lived and there would be line ups at Halloween when they were giving out candy. That said I agree with Nurse being a liability but no one will take that contract. It's an ugly, bloated contract that should have never been made.

If you wait until the forecheck is in range to stick check you, when you are the lone Oiler back, then you have failed to move the puck when you needed to. It's possible that the other Oilers didn't get open fast enough to give him a good target to pass to, but if that's the case, Bouchard either needed to skate with it sooner or just get the puck out of the zone. Even icing it is better than waiting until you're stuck in a double team down by your own goal line.

so in other words he turned the puck over

That's the exact meaning of giving the puck away you tool.

Vancouver got lucky in game 1 it's Oilers silly gaffs that are making meals for the Canucks they should have lost yesterday also this is easily a 5 1 series Oilers wins, like the absurd real estate prices the Canucks have found away to hang around abit to my annoyance 😆

@@archimedes2261 the oilers were completely outplayed in the second and third period of game 5. I don’t think they deserved to have a chance to win at all. Pickard was the only person keeping it alive.

Never thought I’d be thanking the flames but the Zadorov and Lindholm trades are the best thing that’s happened to Vancouver in years 😂

meh, you got nothin compared with canuck history.

front office was on the ice? KEKW

@@CynicalSpheres Not this game specifically, but in general for failing to get our pieces in order.

As a neutral, it's difficult to understand how the Oilers don't address their goal-tending frailties year upon year, its not like it's a tactical nuance but bloody obvious!! It would be criminal to waste McDavids talent for the sake of a few good buys.

@@russell-di8js Yes it's very frustrating to see the same show on repeat every year. We finally pick up ekholm and he damn near saves our D core, but he can't do it alone. Then we keep hoping that Stu will become Brodeur but he just isnt' that guy. The lack of depth drives me nuts.

Not an Oilers fan but you nailed it and summed up Edmonton right there. I feel your pain; Holland has not put a good product out there, at least for the postseason.

@@jasondousett3620 The nurse contract absolutely kills me every time I see him flub the puck. I know every team has at least one contract they're not happy with ,but $9.25mill for a 2nd/3rd string D man is absolutely disgusting and has held us back from adding more real depth

I agree, spoken with passion.

...constipation. So succinct.Thanks to Jacques and his boring game. I'm glad that garbage is over with. In today's game Jacques wouldn't have a clue with an average offensive team.

@@republica7337 I bet you most people don’t even know who the Jacques is you’re talking about!

@@Homer62001 I'm 66, who you talking to?

@@republica7337 LOL

@@Homer62001 Homer, don't you got a burger to go stuff down your throat.

Ya this next game is a huge test for Knoblauch. They made some amazing adjustments, especially on the PK. We need something to carry us in the next game, maybe it's minor tweaks but something needs to be tweaked. These games have mostly been coinflips and I don't want to take 2 coinflips to decide the series here, can't do it. Need an advantage somewhere.

Because the regular season doesn't really matter much when it comes to playoffs and is virtually irrelevant. We've seen teams go undefeated against another team during reg season only to lose in the playoffs against that team. Jets/aves this year, Boston/ Florida last year, Edmonton/Vegas last year (3:1). During the playoffs other than game 5. Edmonton has outshot Vancouver every game, had more puck possession every game had more offensive zone time every game. They outplayed Vancouver basically every game but that doesn't matter when you have a pylon in net. Game 5 Vancouver was dominant, but it was the only game so far where they looked like the genuine better team. I think it was game 3 were Edmonton was basically as dominant out shooting by a large margin but Skinner let in a weak goal. Even Vancouver fans were saying "we didn't deserve to win tonight" which is what Edmonton fans would have said had Edmonton won game 5. Imagine if Pickard was in net for the whole series and played as good as he did game 5. This series would likely have been over with Edmonton taking the series. I understand the counter is "well if we had Demko" and that maybe true but it would be a elite level goaltender vs a backup. Edmonton's Achilles heel is their goaltending.

@@toedrag-release have you ever heard the phrase "the proof is in the pudding"? one can boast of the quality ingredients all one wants ... it's the result that matters.

@@douggarden sure but the thing is you're conflating regular season wins with playoffs. Results matter right? So when the Jets went 4:0 against Colorado that must mean they have the better team right? Except in the playoffs the Jets wom one game. Well are they still the better team because they have a 5:4 record against aves? During the regular season yes but during the playoffs, no. So far it's been van wins1 Edmonton wins 1 van wins one Edmonton wins 1. And most the Vancouver games (game 5 excluded) Edmontons goaltender let them down with soft goals in. Oilers had More shots, more possession, more offensive zone time, thud is the tell tale signs of the more dominant team. Ask yourself this had Edmonton scored the last goal on Vancouver in game 5 making the series 3:2 Edmonton would you say they were the better team that game because they won and they got the results aka a big W despite being dominated all game long? I highly doubt it. You'd say you got robbed.

On paper only - O V E R R A T E D !

Carolina is quite literally one of the top defensive and 5v5 teams in the league there main post season issue has been lack of scoring and special teams

yeah goaltending is always the story on any successful team. last year it was a resurgent bobrovski, and an amazing performance by backup goalie hill in vegas. this year its ottingers consistency, shesterkin winning games, and silovs shocking rookie performance

the canucks have been making this same mistake for generations. this year it looks like they have finally learned and gotten more toughness and some good defense

@@jameson1239That defense works in a one-time regular season matchup, plus having the puck all the time inflates the defensive numbers. But there’s no physical presence, they’re all tactics, that gets figured out in a seven-game series. I mean you don’t have to goon it up out there but they can get shoved around. You have to be more well-rounded than that to win the Cup. I’m a Lightning fan and Carolina reminds me of the Bolts circa 2018. Great regular season team but don’t have what it takes to run the gauntlet. They needed that Coleman-Gourde-Goodrow shutdown line to make the jump and Carolina needs that too.

I noticed this too, he's always looking for long passes but they always get intercepted.

@toedrag-release He does it in the offensive zone on the blueline a lot too. He'll be looking for where he plans to play it before receiving it and will end up misplaying or missing the puck coming towards him. Those just aren't as punishing as the defensive zone ones. Don't get me wrong, I love what he provides offensively, but he does make these types of mistakes pretty regularly. I also don't believe he's the reason we lost that game by any means. I think we lost that game because our powerplay couldn't adjust to them changing their penalty kill style to be more aggressive.

@@karaokepanda8602 no I agree, he makes risky plays that he just doesn't have the talent to pull off. In fact I might even be inclined to say Nurse has done a better job defensively than Bouchard has this series. Hot take I know but I see bouch cause alot more turnovers and super risky ones at that than nurse🤷

he's 24.

Wow, a women not paying attention to sports? What else is new?

not that i've seen. in fact i was waiting for him to give one up for the nucks, but he's been good.

Yes, it is. A horrible giveaway that directly led to a game-tying goal. He's to blame 100%

He’s still one of the younger players there he’s got LOTS of growing and maturing ahead