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Edmonton Oilers Reach Stanley Cup Final After 16 Years
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6/3/2024
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>> Puck Talk with Donnie and Ben live right here on this Monday,
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where we saw both of the conference finals come to a close over the weekend.
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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.
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We start with a celebratory night inside the Donnie Dreisaitl household there
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in South Jersey, as he looked up at the great white north and the Edmonton Oilers.
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Victorious in game six, a two to one final for Edmonton to get back to the cup
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final for the first time in nearly two decades since 2006.
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A two one victory for Edmonton,
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they scored twice on their ten shots of the game.
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On the other side, the Stars had 35 shots and only got one pass.
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Stewart Skinner, the net minder for the Oilers, an incredible goal,
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a sick, nasty goal out of Connor McDavid.
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Got the scoring started last night in game number six, and
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the Oilers now have an opportunity to win Canada's first Stanley Cup in three decades.
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>> Yeah, I wish my Philadelphia 76ers had played out the way the Edmonton Oilers
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are playing out now.
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What I mean by that is the Oilers were bad for a long time.
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And what do they keep doing?
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Stacking top pick after top pick after top pick.
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And eventually, you wanna hit on that generational talent and
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they got one in McDavid.
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And you're right, that dangle for the first goal was absolutely tremendous.
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And I'm watching the highlights back where the announcer's basically saying,
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forget about actually executing that play.
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Who would think of doing that in a Western Conference Finals game and
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be able to execute and pull it off for the first goal of the game,
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which was massive, lit the lamp, the crowd was on fire, and
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away the Edmonton Oilers went.
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But we are looking at this series approach here.
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And I gotta tell you, when we're just reading the lines as handicappers,
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forget about game number one.
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The series price here, Ben, Edmonton only a plus 106 without home ice advantage.
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Which again, this is gonna start up Saturday in Southern Florida.
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This is gonna be a great series all the way through.
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Two great opponents going toe to toe.
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We could see lower scoring games.
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We could also see higher scoring games between these two.
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It'll be fun to see which way this series goes.
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>> And the Oilers had a little bit of fallen promise.
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Last year bounced in the second round,
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expected to be here with the likes of Conor McDavid,
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who is playing at an otherworldly level.
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Conor McDavid was expected to bring his team to this stage,
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a chance to win Lord Stanley's Cup.
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The Oilers before the year got underway,
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second best price to win the West at 5-1, 11-1.
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Tied for the third best number to win that Stanley Cup, and here they are.
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It was the Stars taking a 2-1 series advantage.
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Edmonton won the final three games.
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It was the Rangers taking a 2-1 series lead in the Eastern Conference Finals,
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and Florida returned the favor, winning three consecutive.
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End of the Cup final for a second consecutive year,
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as the final five games of the ECFDRS decided by only a single goal.
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The Panthers victorious in Sunrising game number six over the weekend as well.
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>> And you know what's interesting about this too, Ben, cuz we line it up.
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And just watching hockey and being a fan of hockey, say, boy,
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this is a really great matchup.
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But at the same time, you do have a superstar player, McDavid,
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that people wanna watch.
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But just think of these two hockey markets.
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Like, yes, Edmonton's a big hockey market, obviously in Canada.
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But does that resonate with the American people, Edmonton versus Florida?
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Because if you would ask the executives before this series started,
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which way would you want this to play out?
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I think they would have both told you.
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Give us the Rangers in there, give us the Dallas Stars.
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You got the opposite.
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But as again, a hockey guy now, I love this matchup in the finals.
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But it's just a shame that we'll see what the ratings actually turn out to be,
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because it's not two markets that the National Telecast probably want at
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this point.
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>> No, it is not, especially with the dream of the New York Rangers and
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maybe the Dallas Stars in terms of just large metropolitan areas.
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But Edmonton is not only playing for Edmonton,
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the Oilers are playing for all of Canada.
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Trying to win the first Stanley Cup for the nation of Canada.
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Hockey's birthplace since 1993 in the Montreal Canadiens,
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but the Oilers are the underdog.
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Florida is the favorite into their second consecutive Cup final at -128.
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The R.S., this is a matchup not only maybe that it's not desirable to the TV
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markets and the TV networks, but it is the northernmost team in the National
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Hockey League against the southernmost team.
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We've got a team in Edmonton, and
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we've got a team in South Florida screwing off for the Cup.
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>> Now, my favorite part of this series is going to be is how many times on
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the screen is Wayne Gretzky going to be shown?
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And certainly, Wayne Gretzky should be in the building on a night-to-night basis,
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and maybe even to start to sing the Canadian national anthem before the game
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in the crowd.
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You wanna set it off?
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Put the 99 jersey on Wayne and
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put him in that crowd before game number three up in Edmonton.
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Let's do it.
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>> Canada's gonna go crazy up in Rogers' place.
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People might even take off their tops.
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Not sure if you saw social media this weekend, but
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Edmonton has a very spirited fan.
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>> Where you live, man.
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>> [LAUGH]
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