Both series tied at 2 a piece, so 'best of 3' as they say. Pretty close both in the West and East and could go either way. Game 5 will be BIG, will have huge upperhand in the series.

It's legit insanity by Ken Holland... and the weirdest thing about it is that he didn't have to do it, Nurse was in the middle of an existing deal at the time and they signed him EARLY because they though they were getting a deal I guess?!

9.25M cap hit until 29-30 season and NMC the entire time. Unreal.

^ we have the candidate for the next OEL award.

Incidentally, he is the only player on Canucks payroll that is still playing ... :QQ:

for sure. It's either they sign Bouchard or Draisaitl. I don't think they can sign both.

There were posts saying Nurse is a -12 in the post season. On the ice for 18 even strength goals (before last night). Worst defenseman in the playoffs by a country mile. It has to be one of the worst contracts in the entire NHL.

-14 now after last nights game :lol

I think 2 main things at play were the Blackhawks set the bar by signing Seth Jones to basically the exact contract. Second of all at the time Nurse was the Oilers guy, even though he wasn't great he was their guy. So Nurse had all the leverage anyway and as if the Oilers, a team since the McDavid era started what was everyone always saying they had none of? Goaltending and Defence. They were screwed from the get go, oh wells they're locked in now and have to ride him out for some years to come. Nothing new here, a lot of times have 1 or more guys like this on the books it is what it is.

Only because one of the goals was short handed! LUL

Chris Tanev out for game 5

omfg that look away pass Kreygasm

Zibanejad is just bad

Rangers do not look like a "playoff team".. one of those things where if you know, you know. You know?

Tanev is playing despite being in a walking boot :ahwow:

Coilers up 3-0 and Dallas is showing nothing this period

Skinner having the game of his life in the 3rd! Could get the shutout!

(right as I typed that Dallas scored, even before hitting submit)

INSANE tipped goal by Johnston holy shit

Guess which Oiler defenseman was on the ice for that goal against… :lol

Guess dallas wasn't as invincible as everyone made them out to be. Makes you wonder if the canucks would've had a chance too (if they showed up in the last 2 games against the oilers)

Dallas played a good game for the most part, they just got bit by the Oilers Power Play showing up again, and actual good goaltending by Skinner.

No team is invincible (at least I hope people weren't saying Dallas would be!). It's a close series. Way closer than VAN vs EDM where the Canucks mostly benefitted from some questionable goaltending and one miracle comeback. Honestly that series should have ended in 5 games at most, but sometimes things go one team's way for a long enough time, despite probabilities.

hmmm... Maybe this might actually be Edmonton's year...

Their defense must be working. I think by the half way mark, Dallas only had 6 shots on net, lol.

I love seeing Nuge have games like this. He goes unnoticed a lot on this team but he's such a fucking good player and works so hard. He's much more well rounded than he was supposed to be.

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Coach DeBoer put a reporter on blast after game 5 hahha.

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Congrats OEL ... you're going to the SCF! Must say, kind of pleasantly surprised, thought Rangers looked really good in the early 2 rounds and that they would go to the SCF but they were going to eventually hit the Laviolette jinx (and the Prez trophy winner jinx).

Damn OEL.... gets the last laugh LOL (for now)

i wonder how OEL would've been under Tocchet this year. maybe we can bring him back and find out, he's still on our books anyway

Rangers had as gimme as a series as you can get in the NHL playofffs these days in the first round. In the 2nd round they played good yes but 3 of the 4 wins against the Canes were by 1 goal, technically all 4 games actually game 6 was a 5-3 win with an empty net goal. 2 of those wins were in OT. They were inches from being the team being sent home it was that tight.

Florida was built for the playoffs though and the Rangers players disappeared when it mattered. Will Dallas bounce back and win 2? let's see!