Connor McDavid Elevates Oilers in Intense NHL Series
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00:03 - Every player that's in my opinion,
00:05 every great player I've ever seen got the cup.
00:08 And I'm talking great players, Lemieux, Messier,
00:11 all of them, Iserman, Kane.
00:13 These are great players.
00:14 It's McDavid's turn.
00:16 He's the best player in this series.
00:19 - He's the best player in the series,
00:21 the best player in the National Hockey League.
00:23 And the thing with Carter McDavid,
00:24 the great players, great teams as well,
00:28 they save the best for last.
00:30 And one positive thing about the Edmonton Oilers right now,
00:33 Carter McDavid is starting to dial it up a notch.
00:36 You don't figure that he'd be able to find
00:38 these next levels to go to, but he has, right?
00:41 He was playing good, but he could be better.
00:43 And then he became better.
00:45 And now you're seeing when he's better
00:47 and Dreisaitl's better, they're almost unstoppable.
00:51 The one weakness people assume with the Edmonton Oilers,
00:54 their goaltender.
00:56 They got a shot 35-10 last night, okay?
00:59 Right, and they won the hockey game.
01:01 So goaltending's not an issue right now with Skinner.
01:03 Skinner is getting better as we go along.
01:06 He stole that game for them.
01:07 Now the Oilers know, all right,
01:09 they're a confident team right now.
01:12 It's gonna be a super fun series.
01:15 They're very similar in the way that they play.
01:17 Florida are just relentless with their forecheck.
01:20 They hit you, they hit you, they hit you.
01:23 They wanna make your defensemen make mistakes
01:26 behind the net and have a hard time getting the puck out
01:28 because they're all over you all the time.
01:30 But Edmonton are a very big team.
01:33 - They're big, I was just gonna say that.
01:34 - Yeah, Florida like the bully teams.
01:36 - Word for word, they're big.
01:38 - They're big dudes.
01:39 So Florida like to sort of push you around a bit and stuff.
01:42 The thing with Edmonton is they're big, but they're fast.
01:46 Right, if you look at the New York Rangers,
01:48 not the fastest team in the league, bro.
01:50 The Boston Bruins are an older team.
01:52 Like they're not known for speed, the Bruins.
01:56 They sort of slug through it.
01:58 The Oilers play on 11, okay?
02:01 Like this is spinal tap style.
02:03 They play an incredibly fast tempo and you make mistakes
02:07 'cause they're playing so fast.
02:09 Very, very fun series.
02:11 Seems like the majority of people, Scott,
02:13 seem to like the Florida Panthers.
02:15 Okay, fine, I'm gonna ride the Oars.
02:17 You know, if they can beat the Dallas Stars,
02:19 why can't they beat the Florida Panthers?
02:21 I think the special teams will be the difference
02:23 in this series.
02:24 The Oilers are on a 28 for 28 run right now
02:26 and killing penalties.
02:28 Their power play is lethal, all right?
02:30 So I think the special teams advantage
02:32 really is to Edmonton.
02:34 And I think the speed is gonna be a difference.
02:36 As good as Florida is, I have nothing negative to say
02:38 about the Florida Panthers,
02:39 but I think the Oilers team speed
02:41 will be the difference in this series.
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