Epic Edmonton Comeback Falls Just Short in Game One

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00:00What did you think of that Edmonton comeback?

00:02Absolutely epic.

00:04And it was almost, it was like a throwback, Scott, to 1982

00:09and the miracle on Manchester,

00:12except, of course, the L.A. Kings came back.

00:16You know, the Edmonton Oilers stormed back.

00:18They scored two late empty net goals

00:20only to have the L.A. Kings score with 41 seconds left.

00:26Absolutely electric night last night.

00:28And I really should be richer than I am, Scott,

00:31because I'm going to predict in the future.

00:33I tweeted, I posted on Saturday night or Sunday morning or whatever.

00:38I said, ah, the playoffs will really start on Monday.

00:40I said, this all sucks.

00:42I said, it'll really start with the Capitals and the Canadians

00:45and the Oilers and the Kings.

00:47And this Clipper Nugget series is just lit as well.

00:49That's great basketball.

00:51The Knick game was good last night.

00:54But listen, I think this is a different L.A. King team, right?

00:58In the past, the L.A. Kings, what were they known for, kind of?

01:01You know what?

01:01Yeah, they're good defensively, but they lack firepower.

01:05They're a good regular season team, but they have a –

01:08their ceiling is kind of low, right?

01:11They don't have that next level.

01:13Yet we see this year, and we see with this Kings team,

01:16if the Kings are going to win six, five hockey games,

01:19the rest of the league is in trouble.

01:20This is a dangerous team.

01:22They've only lost six times all year in regulation at home, right?

01:26So they really are a dominant home team.

01:29They defend home ice.

01:30They're going to have to do it again.

01:32I really think, and it sort of leads us into tonight a bit, Scott,

01:35that the L.A. Kings did not hide it.

01:38I mean, you can't fake it.

01:40You can't say, oh, no, it's just another series.

01:42They've lost to the Edmonton Oilers three years in a row, bro.

01:45Right.

01:45You know what I mean?

01:46They didn't hide it.

01:47Like Drew Doughty basically said, yeah, it sucks,

01:49and we don't want to lose to this team again.

01:53He said he feels more confident about this team than they have in the past,

01:56and I would agree with him.

01:58I think the Kings are poised for a deep run, Scott.

02:00I think they're going to win the series.

02:02I predicted the Kings in seven.

02:04I still think it's going to be a long series,

02:06but I think the Kings win in this series,

02:08and they're a very good hockey team, Scott.

02:11They're very, very tough, and they're a good road team too.

02:13So the combination of the both, the Western Conference is just lit,

02:18but I think Edmonton is just going to be a day late and a dollar short

02:21in this series, and same thing with Tampa.

02:24They've been eliminated three years in a row in the first round of the playoffs.

02:27So wait, Edmonton, hold on.

02:29Hold that thought because we'll get into that game in a minute,

02:32but take me back to Edmonton for a second.

02:34So last year they were down 3-0 in the final,

02:37and they came back and lost in seven.

02:39So they'll never live that down, basically.

02:44They were down 3, came all the way back, and lost.

02:48A lot of people, including myself,

02:49thought that they would come back this year and make it to the final

02:52because they're that good, that fast, that deep.

02:56And now they're looking like they're in trouble already,

02:59even though I thought it was a hell of a comeback,

03:02and they're not to be written off yet.

03:04I mean, the way they scored was impressive.

03:06But what do you think of how they lost last year and who they are now?

03:11You don't think they're capable, obviously, of doing it.

03:13You think they're gone in this series?

03:15I don't think they're the same team.

03:16I think both Stanley Cup participants are going to get bounced in the first round

03:20this year.

03:22I got Tampa beating Florida as well, but Edmonton are beat up.

03:26And, you know, it's tough.

03:28Edmonton are a lot like the Buffalo Bills.

03:29It's hard to get knocked down the mountain every year and climb back up

03:35and just say, all right, we're going to do it again.

03:36We're going to do it again.

03:37We're going to do it again.

03:38You know, psychologically it's tough.

03:40But then just physically, are you healthy?

03:43This isn't the same Oiler team going into the playoffs as last year right now.

03:47Their confidence is shaking.

03:49Dude, they went like 17 minutes without a shot on goal last night.

03:53Like, you know, they literally went 16 minutes, 16.52, without a shot on goal.

03:57Like, the Oilers are a strange team, Scott, in that, bro, like, they just come at you

04:03in waves where you saw the last five minutes of the game.

04:06It was like, oh, my God.

04:07Like, you can't stop this.

04:09And now, but they're also a team capable of digging themselves a hole as well.

04:14So, listen, you can never write this Oiler team off.

04:16We saw it last year.

04:17We saw it last night.

04:19They have no quit in them.

04:20They're never going to quit.

04:22They're a dangerous team.

04:23They're a very, very good hockey team, Scott.

04:25But I just think the L.A. Kings are going to get the better of them.

04:28And I don't like to overemphasize home ice, home court, home field.

04:31It doesn't mean as much in the modern era anymore.

04:34But home ice advantage does matter to the L.A. Kings.

04:37Like I said, these guys are 32-6 on their home ice.

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