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And there it is.
Leadership, or lack thereof, is part of the problem in this organization.
And there it is.
Well, what did they say?Reid Wilkins and Rob Brown suck.
Draisaitl has been better than McDavid this year.Draisaitl is a very good player too, but it's pretty obvious McDavid carries him pretty hard.
Even more mind boggling. It’s like nearly every single returning player has regressed, has lost a step, and also lost their competitive spirit.They actually were the 2nd-best team in the NHL last season over the final 58 games.
Drai is done hauling his ass for Woody two shoes. He's left so much on the ice the last couple years and as he stated last season was completely wasted. What he didn't say was because of coaching decisions but you can't really say that. But the teams actions speak loudly.See ya next year? I’m signing there so my gal has options? I dont know. Just pissed at this point.
Draisaitl has been better than McDavid this year.
I’ve been saying that all year. Everyone’s talking about the defense and it’s been bad but the offense has been just as bad. We should still be able to score goals.This really something. Last season, the Oilers were scoring about 1.25 goals per third period, by far the highest in the NHL. This season 0.14.
Everyone keeps banging on about the Oilers' defensive woes, but how about their lack of offense? They've scored 17 goals in 7 games, or 2.43 per game. Without the Nashville cakewalk, they'd be at 1.83 per game.
There seems to be a "perfect-shitstorm" of futility going on right now:
-- Rugged / Glue-players like Kostin / Yamamoto suddenly missed, having not been replaced.
-- New players (Brown, Erne) doing absolutely nothing
-- McDavid out
-- McLeod and Bouchard badly regressing
-- Nuge in his usual "I don't show up for first half of season" mode
-- Eckholm injured and slowed down
-- Draisaitl pissy
-- Coaching staff trying to implement new defensive system; players slow to adapt to it
I estimated that they would need to go at least 2-1-1 on the current homestand to stay in contention. So, now, they need to go 2-0-1 in the remaining three games.
Sutter is a good systems coach but the guy just destroys locker rooms. It’s not realistic here.If they ever actually want to learn to be a solid defensive team and not just a one dimensional "wait for McDavid to do everything on the offense" squad, Sutter is the only person on this planet that can do it with what's here more or less.
Gallant ... he'll probably give them a jolt, sure, fine, but he'll likely run into the same fundamental problem every other Oilers coach has had ... the team has too many stupid players on defense who need to be re-taught everything from the ground floor, which most NHL coaches aren't used to doing, so they basically all just fall into the trap of relying on McMagic to put up enough Ws for a while.
Draisaitl has been the best oiler any other time McDrai has been out. This time his heart doesn't seem in it, and I don't blame him. How many times and seasons do you gotta save a team? Drai piled in 52 goals again last year and another 13 in the playoffs. I'm sure both of McDrai are damn tired hauling a club around on their backs. I kept wondering when that would crack. its too much for two players.Draisaitl has been better than McDavid this year.
They're great when they're the underdogs, but buckle when it's primetime.Leadership, or lack thereof, is part of the problem in this organization.
Holloway is such a nothing player. Pump and dump time. Throw him in the overflowing bin of failed Oiler prospects.Drai is done hauling his ass for Woody two shoes. He's left so much on the ice the last couple years and as he stated last season was completely wasted. What he didn't say was because of coaching decisions but you can't really say that. But the teams actions speak loudly.
Basically it’s Foegele that has Woodys back at this point. The brown noser. Most players are laying down. Token efforts. When Holloway is your best forward it’s easy to tell what happening. Nuge wouldn't play a shift to save the coaches. That is speaking volumes.
Rob brown jars his farts to smell them later.Reid Wilkins and Rob Brown suck.
Sutter is a good systems coach but the guy just destroys locker rooms. It’s not realistic here.
I will agree about the players.
In the interest of equal opportunity criticism: although much has been made of Woody switching the defensive schemes, if a NHL pro can’t competently adjust to and play a zone system (which I think is actually MORE common in the league than the man to man cover they played last season), then that’s on the player too.
I’m baffled by it. Did nobody do any f***ing strength and conditioning all off-season? It’s like half the roster aged 10 years in 5 months.Even more mind boggling. It’s like nearly every single returning player has regressed, has lost a step, and also lost their competitive spirit.
I didn’t believe 20/80Come on. Believe everything you read on the internet.
Trying hard to defend the team pathetically.Well, what did they say?
pretty sure the team was shit with 97.And what's the record of the team?
So that's what the Oilers are when McDavid isn't playing like Gretzky.
All that tells you is this team isn't shit without 97.
Can't even go 5 or 6 games without him playing like Superman.
And there it is.
Good thing you're not running prospect evaluation. Holy chicken little. Give the kid some time. he finally got a look at Drai tonight for two shifts and looked good. Coach been so busy giving the plum assignments to Foegele and Janmark.Holloway is such a nothing player. Pump and dump time. Throw him in the overflowing bin of failed Oiler prospects.
McLeod is busy avoiding physical contact like the plague. It’s pathetic.Lost in all the criticism thus far:
Where the f*** is Ryan McLeod this season? 0 points, -3 and only 5 shots on net in 7 games.
The entire bottom 6 has been invisible, other than getting scored on, but he is the biggest disappointment of that group.
He did zippo. If he needs Drai to look good (which he didn’t) then that says all we need to know about him.Good thing you're not running prospect evaluation. Holy chicken little. Give the kid some time. he finally got a look at Drai tonight for two shifts and looked good. Coach been so busy giving the plum assignments to Foegele and Janmark.