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Panthers Blow Out Oilers in Game 3 to Take 2-1 Series Lead _ NHL on TNT · Bleacher Report

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  Speaker 1: As we walking you into the NHL on d n
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  Speaker 1: T Poast game show was out of my band of pharmaceuticals.
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  Speaker 1: Leam mcew Henrik Klonquist any words, you want to give
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  Speaker 1: your Viking thought that for a sid you think he's
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  Speaker 1: just it's his family.
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  Speaker 2: Long day at the beach tomorrow.
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  Speaker 3: Those guys look at them, it looks like this we walked.
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  Speaker 1: It's a Carter Leam mceue, Paulpa's Innett, Wayne Gretzky uh
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  Speaker 1: one hundred and twenty two combined penalty mets in that
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  Speaker 1: third period. Brian Bousche said it, and I think it's
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  Speaker 1: the first time we experienced it during this this final series.
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  Speaker 1: It felt like what the Panthers do when they irritate
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  Speaker 1: and they agitate. Finally got to Edmonton tonight.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, and hopefully this was a one and done right.
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  Speaker 4: Right from the beginning of the game the first shift,
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  Speaker 4: you could tell Florida had something that Edmonton didn't have,
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  Speaker 4: and Florida created the atmosps sphere to the way they
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  Speaker 4: wanted to play tonight. They were moving the puck, they
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  Speaker 4: were creating chances. Their goaltender was better, the defense were better,
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  Speaker 4: they were moving the puck and I agree. Consequently, Evonton
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  Speaker 4: got frustrated at the end, and you know, for Edmonton,
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  Speaker 4: they're gonna have to turn around, and one of the
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  Speaker 4: big things is they're going to have to realize they
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  Speaker 4: got to initiate, not retaliate. They retaliated the whole game,
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  Speaker 4: and that's not going to make you successful. You got
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  Speaker 4: to initiate, whether it's getting to the puck first, whether
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  Speaker 4: it's taking the body first. Everything seemed to be a
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  Speaker 4: response to what Florida was doing to them. And listen,
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  Speaker 4: I'm not blaming the goaltender, but that goaltender has to
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  Speaker 4: be as good as Bob or You're just you're gonna
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  Speaker 4: have knights like this.
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  Speaker 1: We're gonna talk more about that situation going forward with Themton,
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  Speaker 1: but let's get to the highlight right here, because you're right,
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  Speaker 1: it was a night of things happening to the Oilers,
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  Speaker 1: and the oilers trying to respond. McDavid magical hole first
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  Speaker 1: couple of games or Gabbrowski ready to go for this one,
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  Speaker 1: put right off of bat damn out of Bayo smashing
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  Speaker 1: that drum, and early on here come the Panthers here
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  Speaker 1: and Brad Marshen and where is Stewart Skinner?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, and as Wayne said, you can't really just blame
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  Speaker 5: the goaltender. An uncharacteristic guy off the face off center
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  Speaker 5: on center, dry side loses this guy. They set a
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  Speaker 5: pick play, go right to the blue paint and Marshaw
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  Speaker 5: goes skate to stick and they went from bad to
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  Speaker 5: worse after that. You can't take penalties. They took four
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  Speaker 5: miners the orders in the first period. Yeah, I know, Ford,
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  Speaker 5: it did two. But look at this execution, a beautiful
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  Speaker 5: passover from Rodriguez. He goes upstairs and for hey, he
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  Speaker 5: doesn't miss.
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  Speaker 2: A and they used that bumper play many times tonight.
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  Speaker 2: It's definitely something Edmonton needs to talk about. Goldie into
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  Speaker 2: Game four.
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  Speaker 1: Here's the one highlight for the Oilers, and it's a
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  Speaker 1: positive that Perry's playing as well and his hands are
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  Speaker 1: still this good.
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  Speaker 3: What a play, I mean, bomb is anticipating the deflection.
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  Speaker 3: Corey Perry used those sweet hands to stop the fucking
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  Speaker 3: put it home. But what a night for Sasha Barkup.
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  Speaker 3: The guy was a monster on the penalty kill grab
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  Speaker 3: him the fore check and makes that play there. But
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  Speaker 3: getting over to Ryan Hart who takes advantage.
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  Speaker 1: That Walman screen and then it's a physical play that
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  Speaker 1: we saw in this series Sam Bennett's to force scoring goals.
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  Speaker 1: But then I rotates and then just takes the body.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean he was a force tonight, just really
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  Speaker 5: getting underneath the skin of the other superstars. And here's
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  Speaker 5: the end up breakaway, beautiful little move here, backhand forehand,
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  Speaker 5: cheese on Skinner. I thought they maybe should have pulled
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  Speaker 5: them at this point.
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  Speaker 2: No, Hank, I was just gonna say that shift will
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  Speaker 2: descend to a lot of hockey camps this summer to
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  Speaker 2: explain how do you have a great shift? A's a forward,
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  Speaker 2: a couple of big hits, and then you finished like that.
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  Speaker 3: That was textbook heads up, bush, heads up, little range
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  Speaker 3: showers there. I keep thinking that Florida Panthers have to
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  Speaker 3: fire their trainer because they keep missing an action number
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  Speaker 3: nine on Bennett's jersey, number nine.
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  Speaker 4: And that's how bad the night was going for the Oilers.
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  Speaker 4: They got the TV guy, nobody for the Panthers couldn't
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  Speaker 4: even get the water right.
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  Speaker 5: I think he was just trying to cool them down,
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  Speaker 5: consider well they were playing for.
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  Speaker 1: Fires are about to cross there, He's banging the glass
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  Speaker 1: and then listen, Bennett trying not to retaliate.
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  Speaker 5: At all, I mean smart in this position. And they
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  Speaker 5: got guys on that roster who handled this. Gadzovitch goes
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  Speaker 5: over and he wants to handle the business as he did.
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  Speaker 5: He ends up getting pair up with Nurse and this
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  Speaker 5: one went the test. Look there, I think even the
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  Speaker 5: Vikings down there would be scared of that guy.
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  Speaker 4: As big as those two guys. You're there.
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  Speaker 1: But Jony Gadzovitch, he's a phenomenal story too. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: here's a guy who has a healthy scratch their entire
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  Speaker 1: playoff run last year to the Stanley Cup, comes back
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  Speaker 1: healthy scratch for the Tampas Series. The first two games
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  Speaker 1: of that Toronto series. Then all of a sudden, Paul
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  Speaker 1: Maurice says, hey, you're in. He hasn't left the lineup
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  Speaker 1: since and he was such a huge part of what
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  Speaker 1: they did tonight.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: You know what, any great team make everyone feel important.
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  Speaker 2: I think that's a great skill for great teams. Doesn't
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  Speaker 2: matter if you play two minutes, if you're scratched, you
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  Speaker 2: come in and play a.
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  Speaker 6: Couple of games.
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  Speaker 2: Everybody in that room makes sure everybody has an important role,
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  Speaker 2: no matter how many minutes you play and he comes
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  Speaker 2: in and he's been.
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  Speaker 6: I'm start and then then they just have the w
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  Speaker 6: W wrestler from Monstralia or something looked just like that guy.
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  Speaker 1: Oh man, I feel like are gonna be the next
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  Speaker 1: tag team that got those antics downs. But we're gonna
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  Speaker 1: talk to down neck Budd just a little bit. But
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  Speaker 1: uh I mentioned just a statement win and the physicality.
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  Speaker 1: It's not just the fights that we saw at the end.
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  Speaker 1: It felt like they were hits with a purpose here
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  Speaker 1: and hits on certain players. It is going after guys
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  Speaker 1: that mattered in this game and showing they're not going
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  Speaker 1: to be pushed around, and and it was key guys
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  Speaker 1: doing that.
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  Speaker 3: It was I mean Bouchard reciping a couple of hits there.
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  Speaker 3: You see Benning getting it as the classic Florida Panthers
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  Speaker 3: pack mentality, and Conor McDavid they targeted him all the time.
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  Speaker 3: They forced him to play through. You. You know, it's
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  Speaker 3: hard to score goals and your were in and I'm
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  Speaker 3: sure ninety seven is gonna respond after this game, but
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  Speaker 3: the Florida Panthers really made sure that they went after him.
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  Speaker 3: And if you're coming after one you're taking on the
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  Speaker 3: whole team.
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  Speaker 5: And that's the mentality they've had for a few years now.
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  Speaker 5: And they've built an amazing culture and they have toughness.
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  Speaker 5: And on top of that, they throw Aj Grew in
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  Speaker 5: the lineup tonight after back from injury. So talk about
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  Speaker 5: another tough guy who can handle himself. So this team
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  Speaker 5: is just too big, too strong right now, and especially
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  Speaker 5: if Oilers don't play their game. I felt like they
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  Speaker 5: really played into Florida's hand tonight. They just got to
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  Speaker 5: worry about playing between the whistles, as Wayne talked about,
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  Speaker 5: because if they continue to play like that, and especially
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  Speaker 5: with that type of start, this one could all of
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  Speaker 5: a sudden end very quickly.
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  Speaker 4: Well, I think you said it best. They got to initiate,
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  Speaker 4: not retaliate. They've got a team that's good enough to
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  Speaker 4: regroup here. They still need in one to come down
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  Speaker 4: here and split. Right, it's easy to say we're gonna
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  Speaker 4: go down there and win both games. You're playing against
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  Speaker 4: the Stanley Cup champions. Go down there, win one game,
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  Speaker 4: go home to too, and get back to your home
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  Speaker 4: court advantage. So the regroup. They've done it in the past,
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  Speaker 4: they did it last year. I know that this was
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  Speaker 4: probably one of their tougher playoff games they've had all year.
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  Speaker 4: But they're playing a great team and a great team
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  Speaker 4: that's played in the style in the system, and the
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  Speaker 4: Oilers can't play to their styling system. They got to
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  Speaker 4: beat play Edmonton oil hockey and that's fast, crisp, whistle
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  Speaker 4: to whistle and play hard and get a big safe.
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  Speaker 1: See Corey Berry here talk to some folks after the game.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you know that mentality and having that veteran
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  Speaker 1: presence of leadership, a guy who's been there. It's you're
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  Speaker 1: not going to dwell on it for too long. And
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  Speaker 1: there's uh Ratking with his bands.
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  Speaker 5: Drinking cheddar cheese protein shake.
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  Speaker 4: Where's he drinking a coffee?
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  Speaker 5: No, cheddar cheese protein shake.
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  Speaker 1: Only Darren pa is drinking coffee right now.
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  Speaker 4: I thought, you have to have cherries in it or now.
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  Speaker 5: Don't don't start right now, I don't start, but show
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  Speaker 5: me that the other day. Do you feel no, that's
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  Speaker 5: for gout, Oh stop. Do you feel like the lack
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  Speaker 5: of discipline? I mean you talk about the cane penalty
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  Speaker 5: two hundred feet through your net high stick on Marshall.
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  Speaker 5: I really felt like the flow of the lines for
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  Speaker 5: Edmonton were taking out of it early. And you could
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  Speaker 5: say the same about Florida, but I mean, you got
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  Speaker 5: tons of guys who can penalty kill on that team,
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  Speaker 5: where I feel like it's maybe a little bit more
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  Speaker 5: limited for the Oilers.
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  Speaker 4: I agree. I think what happened was the Oilers got
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  Speaker 4: taken out of their game what they wanted to do,
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  Speaker 4: and I think with those penalties early, some of their
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  Speaker 4: key players on their bench didn't get into the game right,
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  Speaker 4: and all of a sudden, you got two or three
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  Speaker 4: guys playing more than they should be, and you got
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  Speaker 4: three or four guys sitting there and you can't get
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  Speaker 4: into the flow. And Florida they played their game and
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  Speaker 4: they sort of go one two three four three four
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  Speaker 4: three two one like they Edmonton doesn't shorten their bench
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  Speaker 4: as much. And you know, I just thought that Florida
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  Speaker 4: played the game they wanted to play and Edmonton didn't
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  Speaker 4: play their game. And trust me, they're going to be
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  Speaker 4: way better in Game four. And they got to start
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  Speaker 4: the very first shift in stay out of the penalty box.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and when you do get a power play, you
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  Speaker 1: got to take advantage of We're used to seeing the
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  Speaker 1: Edmonton Oilers do that there, one for six on the
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  Speaker 1: power play tonight. Often they take other team takes the penalty.
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  Speaker 1: They make them play that wasn't they make a play
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  Speaker 1: that was not the case tonight, six to one on
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  Speaker 1: the final. In this one, Sam Bennett doing work, scoring goals,
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  Speaker 1: the hits the scoring, and the Panthers are two wins
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  Speaker 1: away from repeating as Stanley Cup champs.