Edmonton Oilers Reach Stanley Cup Final After 16 Years

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00:03 >> Puck Talk with Donnie and Ben live right here on this Monday,

00:07 where we saw both of the conference finals come to a close over the weekend.

00:12 And neither reached a game seven, bad for my bet that had at least one of the two

00:17 sets getting to a seventh and final game, because both came to a close in game six.

00:23 We start with a celebratory night inside the Donnie Dreisaitl household there

00:28 in South Jersey, as he looked up at the great white north and the Edmonton Oilers.

00:33 Victorious in game six, a two to one final for Edmonton to get back to the cup

00:38 final for the first time in nearly two decades since 2006.

00:44 A two one victory for Edmonton,

00:46 they scored twice on their ten shots of the game.

00:50 On the other side, the Stars had 35 shots and only got one pass.

00:55 Stewart Skinner, the net minder for the Oilers, an incredible goal,

01:00 a sick, nasty goal out of Connor McDavid.

01:02 Got the scoring started last night in game number six, and

01:06 the Oilers now have an opportunity to win Canada's first Stanley Cup in three decades.

01:12 >> Yeah, I wish my Philadelphia 76ers had played out the way the Edmonton Oilers

01:16 are playing out now.

01:17 What I mean by that is the Oilers were bad for a long time.

01:20 And what do they keep doing?

01:21 Stacking top pick after top pick after top pick.

01:24 And eventually, you wanna hit on that generational talent and

01:26 they got one in McDavid.

01:27 And you're right, that dangle for the first goal was absolutely tremendous.

01:32 And I'm watching the highlights back where the announcer's basically saying,

01:35 forget about actually executing that play.

01:37 Who would think of doing that in a Western Conference Finals game and

01:41 be able to execute and pull it off for the first goal of the game,

01:43 which was massive, lit the lamp, the crowd was on fire, and

01:46 away the Edmonton Oilers went.

01:48 But we are looking at this series approach here.

01:50 And I gotta tell you, when we're just reading the lines as handicappers,

01:53 forget about game number one.

01:55 The series price here, Ben, Edmonton only a plus 106 without home ice advantage.

02:00 Which again, this is gonna start up Saturday in Southern Florida.

02:03 This is gonna be a great series all the way through.

02:05 Two great opponents going toe to toe.

02:08 We could see lower scoring games.

02:10 We could also see higher scoring games between these two.

02:12 It'll be fun to see which way this series goes.

02:14 >> And the Oilers had a little bit of fallen promise.

02:18 Last year bounced in the second round,

02:20 expected to be here with the likes of Conor McDavid,

02:24 who is playing at an otherworldly level.

02:26 Conor McDavid was expected to bring his team to this stage,

02:30 a chance to win Lord Stanley's Cup.

02:32 The Oilers before the year got underway,

02:34 second best price to win the West at 5-1, 11-1.

02:39 Tied for the third best number to win that Stanley Cup, and here they are.

02:44 It was the Stars taking a 2-1 series advantage.

02:47 Edmonton won the final three games.

02:49 It was the Rangers taking a 2-1 series lead in the Eastern Conference Finals,

02:54 and Florida returned the favor, winning three consecutive.

02:58 End of the Cup final for a second consecutive year,

03:01 as the final five games of the ECFDRS decided by only a single goal.

03:07 The Panthers victorious in Sunrising game number six over the weekend as well.

03:12 >> And you know what's interesting about this too, Ben, cuz we line it up.

03:15 And just watching hockey and being a fan of hockey, say, boy,

03:18 this is a really great matchup.

03:20 But at the same time, you do have a superstar player, McDavid,

03:22 that people wanna watch.

03:24 But just think of these two hockey markets.

03:25 Like, yes, Edmonton's a big hockey market, obviously in Canada.

03:29 But does that resonate with the American people, Edmonton versus Florida?

03:32 Because if you would ask the executives before this series started,

03:36 which way would you want this to play out?

03:38 I think they would have both told you.

03:39 Give us the Rangers in there, give us the Dallas Stars.

03:41 You got the opposite.

03:42 But as again, a hockey guy now, I love this matchup in the finals.

03:46 But it's just a shame that we'll see what the ratings actually turn out to be,

03:50 because it's not two markets that the National Telecast probably want at

03:54 this point.

03:54 >> No, it is not, especially with the dream of the New York Rangers and

03:58 maybe the Dallas Stars in terms of just large metropolitan areas.

04:02 But Edmonton is not only playing for Edmonton,

04:05 the Oilers are playing for all of Canada.

04:08 Trying to win the first Stanley Cup for the nation of Canada.

04:12 Hockey's birthplace since 1993 in the Montreal Canadiens,

04:17 but the Oilers are the underdog.

04:20 Florida is the favorite into their second consecutive Cup final at -128.

04:27 The R.S., this is a matchup not only maybe that it's not desirable to the TV

04:31 markets and the TV networks, but it is the northernmost team in the National

04:36 Hockey League against the southernmost team.

04:39 We've got a team in Edmonton, and

04:41 we've got a team in South Florida screwing off for the Cup.

04:44 >> Now, my favorite part of this series is going to be is how many times on

04:48 the screen is Wayne Gretzky going to be shown?

04:50 And certainly, Wayne Gretzky should be in the building on a night-to-night basis,

04:54 and maybe even to start to sing the Canadian national anthem before the game

04:58 in the crowd.

04:59 You wanna set it off?

05:00 Put the 99 jersey on Wayne and

05:02 put him in that crowd before game number three up in Edmonton.

05:05 Let's do it.

05:07 >> Canada's gonna go crazy up in Rogers' place.

05:10 People might even take off their tops.

05:12 Not sure if you saw social media this weekend, but

05:15 Edmonton has a very spirited fan.

05:17 >> Where you live, man.

05:18 >> [LAUGH]

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