We shall see. Go Oilers.

Agreed. Anything can happen in the playoffs but the Avs are the much better team if you’ve watched these guys at all during regular season. Oilers are going to have to have McDraiKane continue to come through huge if they stand a chance.

Pedantic. There, fixed that for ya.

Well put but they still have a big advantage playing at altitude. I will always think that’s a bigger advantage then going down to sea level with the advantages you so aptly listed.

AD, I think Kurt is looking for a job as your editor. Frankly, I like your writing as it is.

Good to see some tactical discussion. I’m with Rico and play the checking line especially with Lehkonen on it. Kane makes this line a real handful.

Just copy Matt’s paper.

That’s it!

The Oilers are completely overrated. Recency bias. People are getting lost with the show that McDavid has put on, but they are not a great team by any strech. The Blues are way better than them. The Oilers went to 7 games against the Kings!! In the 1st round who were missing Doughty and Arvidsson. They beat a flames team that beat them 9-6 in game 1 and blew a bunch of leads and just objectively are nowhere near as good defensively as the Avs especially with Tanev out or playing with 1 shoulder…and say what you want about Keumper (he needs to play his best and I expect him to be better) but Mike Smith is complete garbage at this loint. Avs are going to the finals. This is probably the best match up they could have asked for in this round. The Pacific is nowhere near as strong as the Avs division. I’d pick the Avs, Blues and Wild to win over the Oil.

I’m not a scientist, but my understanding of the theory that AD is getting at here is that when you live and train at high altitude your body creates more red blood cells to help get the most out of the thin atmosphere that we live in here. When you train at high altitude and then go compete at a lower altitude those extra red blood cells are still working, but now they’re delivering more available oxygen at a higher efficiency level to the muscles than those who live and train at that altitude which would give the Avs the advantage on the road in most cases.