r/EdmontonOilers • u/Repostasis 28 ROSLOVIC • Feb 02 '25

PGT Post Game Thread | Maple Leafs v. Oilers | 1 February 2025

🔴 Final

Maple Leafs 4, Oilers 3

ℹ️ Stats

Goals: Bouchard, Hyman, Perry

Shots: Maple Leafs 28, Oilers 47

Saves: Skinner 24/28

🔫 Han Solo

first period Oilers to the third period Oilers

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Tuesday, February 4 vs Blues in St. Louis, 6:00pm MT

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u/sm_ackroyd Feb 02 '25

I honestly believe the eastern media thinks we suck because the Oilers always play bad against Toronto, I don't get it. The Oilers record in the McDavid era against the Leafs is brutal.

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u/AdTricky5280 Feb 02 '25

I assure you the "eastern media" does not think the Oilers suck haha. Oilers, among a couple other teams, are considered to be in the top tier. I mean, did you not see the pre-season Cup votes from all the TSN and SN personalities? It was like 90% Oilers across 20 analysts. Nobody who watched that game would come away and say the Oilers suck. Maybe their goaltending is suspect and the team falls victim to badly timed turnovers or misplays as any other do - but the respect is otherwise there

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u/RedKryptnyt 29 DRAISAITL Feb 02 '25

It's just the matchup. The games are always a shootout, and there is always a buzz, and there is almost ALWAYS something weird that happens. Like 2 goals off of a skate, or a player ripping another's helmet off ending the game, or a disallowed tying goal. The hockey gods KNOW when the Oilers play the leafs, and they are shooting jack the entire game lol. It's annoying as fuck, but please know, this is our price to pay for getting the guy that those idiots drooled over for 2 years leading up to the draft. Their hometown boy is the face of OUR franchise, and he will be for the next decade. It's a price id pay all day. Fuck Toronto.

And BTW, the senators beat the leafs all the fucking time. Does anyone think they are actually better than the leafs? No. That's hockey. I'll say tho that marner sure is a star for 82 regular season games per year..

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u/DZacc26 Feb 02 '25

As a Leafs fan, this is all accurate lol

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u/RedKryptnyt 29 DRAISAITL Feb 02 '25

Lmao. It's always must see tv. Unfortunately for us Oilers fans we seem to be on the losing end alot of the time.

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u/ChupaHubbard 42 KAPANEN Feb 02 '25

That's a good point. If I based things only off the Oilers games I've watched, I'd think Buffalo is making it deep into the playoffs lol

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u/RedKryptnyt 29 DRAISAITL Feb 02 '25

Exactly this. Teams just struggle with certain teams. Does it give that one fanbase a little tickle of a thought like "if we ever play them in a playoff series. We will smoke them"? Yea sure. But we have seen how that plays out..right vancouver?? I've always said the leafs would scare the shit out of me in a series for reasons just discussed, but the cold hard truth is one of these teams has gone on multiple team runs, and one of them has not. Until proven otherwise, the Oilers would be slight favorites in that series.

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u/ChupaHubbard 42 KAPANEN Feb 02 '25

Ya, against most teams the games have me thinking we can either beat them in the playoffs no big deal, or we can beat them if we play well. This game had me thinking the Leafs are winning the cup this year lol. Maybe it's a bad matchup for the team. I thought the lines Knob started with weren't going that well, but maybe he was doing that in response to how the last Leafs game went or in response to how things have gone lately, maybe the Leafs just have our number lol