2023-24 San Diego Gulls/Tulsa Oilers

[Kalv]

Today's game will be streamed on YouTube.

Again, Gulls doing better job than the Ducks lol

 

[All Mighty]

Turcotte scores pretty early into the game off a horrendous Gulls change.

Howe and Doty just had a real heavyweight fight. Both guys landed huge shots.

 

[All Mighty]

Clarke laid a huge hit on Matsuhsima and that somehow turned into a fight between Wolff and Helenius.

 

[All Mighty]

Perreault made up for a bad turnover with a solid breakout pass and then gets robbed by Portillo on the rush the other way.

 

[All Mighty]

Laferriere tips in a point shot. 2-0 Reign late in the 1st.

 

[Kalv]

Commentators said that the Reign have a pretty much fina roster paying. Gulls could get some serious improvements with Zelweger, Hagg, and whatnot. I think someone menioned we have a lot of guys not playing today

 

[All Mighty]

4-0 Reign early in the 2nd. The Gulls are obviously sitting a lot of guys, but the talent disparity is pretty large.

 

[All Mighty]

This team needs Zellweger (or Mintyukov) so badly. I hope to never see Harrington or Helleson on a PP ever again. Even White would likely be a huge upgrade over those two.

And right after I say that, Harrington scores (at even strength) off a nice feed from Nesterenko, who was behind the net. Tracey gets the 2nd assist.

 

[All Mighty]

King gets his pocket picked by Laferriere, who snipes it by Clang. That guy won't be in the AHL for long.

 

[All Mighty]

Half of this Gulls lineup deserves to be in the ECHL.

 

[All Mighty]

Wiebe gets a very fortunate bounce for a PP goal. He tried to wrist one from the slot, it got blocked and floated over Portillo into the net. I think Hinds and Lopina get the assists.

 

[All Mighty]

Ontario up 5-2 after two periods.

 

[All Mighty]

Suchanek in net for the 3rd

 

[Hockey Duckie]

Totally forgot this was on today.

3rd period, Reign goal 6.
Gaucher needs to do a better job of holding onto his stick as it was flung away from him while chasing a puck holder. Eventually, the puck holder skated behind the goalie, curled around unmolested with Gaucher not closing the gap, and shot by Guacher and over the shoulder of Suchanek. Nasty move.

It looked like we're playing man on defense.

Gonna be a long season if we don't get better centers.

 

[All Mighty]

Gulls lose 6-2. Hinds and Harrington were the only defensemen I didn't hate. Nesterenko was probably our best forward, but I wouldn't say he was that good or anything. Pastujov, Tracey, Perreault, and Gaucher all had some good moments, but some bad ones, too.

 

[Kalv]

Totally forgot this was on today.

3rd period, Reign goal 6.
Gaucher needs to do a better job of holding onto his stick as it was flung away from him while chasing a puck holder. Eventually, the puck holder skated behind the goalie, curled around unmolested with Gaucher not closing the gap, and shot by Guacher and over the shoulder of Suchanek. Nasty move.

It looked like we're playing man on defense.

Gonna be a long season if we don't get better centers.

I saw Gaucher fell down way too easilly in one episode as well. This was my concern watching him in juniors – I thought defensively he went away with a lot of poor defensive plays. I don't see the defensive juggernaut some are talking about. He's just forced to play wothout the puck because he is not good at sustaining the posession. And I also don't see much offense in him either

 

[All Mighty]

Possible Gulls lineup (w/o De Leo):

Nesterenko-Agozzino-Perreault
Regenda-Gawdin-Pastujov
Tracey-Gaucher-Caulfield
McLaughlin-Lopina-King/Wiebe
Howe

Zellweger-Helleson
Hinds-White
Harrington-Haag
Carrick, Profaca, Wolff

Stalock
Clang
Alexander
Suchanek

 

[Static]

San diego is currently a candidate to roll 11/7 regularly until injuries hit.

 

[Kalv]

One thing I noticed the most from that game's first period was that Hinds is a large dude. He was noticeably bigger than his partner Helleson.

 

[FiveHoleTickler]

One thing I noticed the most from that game's first period was that Hinds is a large dude. He was noticeably bigger than his partner Helleson.

Taller, yeah. But the listings I've seen have him at 179lbs-188lbs and I think that's very generous. He looks like a stiff breeze might knock him over.

 

[Kalv]

Taller, yeah. But the listings I've seen have him at 179lbs-188lbs and I think that's very generous. He looks like a stiff breeze might knock him over.

The listings are often shit. They might be new or from 10 years ago
Here is a screenshot from the rookie tournament. Here's Hinds with Gaucher behind him. I think he's solid (but sure he will get a bit bigger in the next few years)

 

[MMC]

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

Damn. Think you have a shot of spending a year in San Diego and instead you get exiled to Tulsa. Sorry man.

 

[All Mighty]

Gulls play Friday and Sunday in Ontario.

 

[McDonald19]

Gulls play Friday and Sunday in Ontario.

It’s odd the Gulls play their first regular season game before the Ducks. What a weird schedule the NHL made.