"Look at that break, it comes to Peca..........SCORES!"

On with the playoff memories.
With the Ducks off to the Western Final for the 2nd straight year, it brings to my mind the fun the Oilers had last season beating them in 5 games to advance to the SCF.
The Oilers were all the playoff "cliches" in 2006; a well-oiled machine, hitting on all cylinders, playing as a 5 man unit, etc.
What were the Oilers doing last year at approximately this time? Beating the Ducks 3-1 (en) in game 1 in Anaheim and making enemies with Teemu Selanne, that's what.
The best moment was Peca's shorthanded goal courtesy of a sweet long and high pass from Roli.
The video speaks for itself.

"There was nothing but air, and then there was Cujo"

I have posted this video on my blog already, but it's worth another look.
10 years ago, April 29,1997. 1st round of the playoffs, the Oilers return to the playoffs after a 5 year absence. Game 7 in Dallas. By all means, the Oilers shouldn't even of been in a game 7 in this series, but they kept at it and got it there. The greatest moment in playoff hockey is a game 7 in overtime. Cujo made save after save after save. Phenomenal saves at that. A relatively young team bound by determination and hard work. I had been watching playoff hockey since 1994, but not until the home town Oilers were back in it in 1997 did I start to become an Oilers fan. A die-hard one at that, within a year. I fell completely and hopelessly in love with the game of hockey and with the Oilers at this moment, and haven't looked back. Oh Cujo, you were the man back in the day. Purely unbelievable save.