Getzlaf, the Anaheim Ducks captain and Team Canada regular, turns 32 Wednesday - the same day his team plays host to the upstart Edmonton Oilers in Game 7 of their second-round playoff series.
The Ducks' Game 7 curse is dead.
Given that tradition, you'll understand Carlyle's don't-blame-me sentiment.
"The overall feeling right now is one of disappointment", stated Oilers head coach Todd McLellan, adding that he was proud of his group.
The Oilers are a lot like the Preds in the fact that they are a young team. "You take more out of losing than you do out of winning, most of the time". "For me it's just kind of realizing what got me here". Perception of crookedness doesn't help the NHL and, if there's fixing, then certainly the league would understand that it can't become too obvious. In each of the last four years they have been eliminated from the playoffs in game sevens at the Honda Center. The article states that the referees "missed calls" in both games four and five in the Oilers'/Ducks' series with "confirmation bias" a problem.
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"Many of these fans participate in the Canadian tradition of mixing various amounts of beer and or other beverages with spectatorship", city councilman Scott McKeen said during a meeting Tuesday, according to the CBC. However, perhaps the officiating is more related to the first point above. With that in mind, here's a comparison of the Ducks and Oilers might match up with the Predators. I'm sure that you could poll 100 people, and 99 of them would say they'd rather play at home. We believe in anyone who steps into the lineup, and it doesn't matter if they haven't played in a while. The Ducks beat the Predators, 6-1, on October 26 and 4-3 in a shootout on March 7 at Honda Center. Now, it's up to the Oilers to finish the deal, but nobody was guaranteeing any wins after the game, on either side. It took Nashville's first game seven in franchise history to do so, but the Preds still came out of that series on top. I don't see any reason why we can't. They needed every one against Edmonton on February 26 (a 5-4 victory). While the Ducks did "park the bus" a bit late in the third, they still managed to dictate to Edmonton what chances they were going to get.
The Ducks fell behind the Oilers just 3:31 into this seventh game, but the rest of the night largely belonged to Anaheim, which finally showed some veteran mettle in the playoffs' biggest crucible. The main point is this, the Ducks need this one bad.
While Caggiula's opportunistic score had Anaheim playing from behind inside the opening 6:19 for the fourth year in a row, the Oilers could not come up with a second goal in the first 20 minutes to bring back memories of previous home-ice flameouts at Honda Center. Throw in at least an average goaltender and a good coach, and you have the recipe for success in hockey.
This is the Oilers' first season in their new home and they're learning the hard way that the new building isn't quite equipped for playoff crowds.
Assuming Pittsburgh took Monday's Game 6 (played after deadline), can anyone truly be surprised by the elimination of the Washington Capitals?
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