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I don't know if anybody remembers this Minnesota Wild Fan from our series threads but it looks like the mask has fully come off 
Around the League Thread | Where elbows aren’t penalties and what’s the capital of Thailand again?
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I've seen talk of "offensive zone minutes" etc as well. Yes the Oilers may have greater offensive zone time but what gets completely missed in that is the time the Oilers spend in possession in their own zone trying to get the puck up ice. Shift after shift last night was spent with the Oilers needing multiple attempts to break the puck out of the zone. Turnovers galore at the blue line while the puck got knocked back. It doesn't register as Panther offensive zone time as they don't have possession but it's the same damn thing...the puck is in the Oilers defensive zone a ton.I don't know if anybody remembers this Minnesota Wild Fan from our series threads but it looks like the mask has fully come off
Did Chicago promise him time in the NHL or something? Seems odd that he didn't play more in the A in years 1 and 2 of his ELC? Just made more sense to develop kids in the A rather than what I'd call YoYo them up and down.
Ya, the third period of last game was a good example of this. The Panthers really outplayed the Oilers IMO, despite the Oilers scoring two goals. The Panthers, to me, had the run of play and more scoring chances. And the scoring chances were consistently created based on Oilers breakout turn overs, or the Panthers pressuring them on the forecheck. The Panthers don't need sustained offensive time because they can consistently create scoring chances as a result of Oilers defensive breakdowns. And conversely, even though the Oilers are good at getting consistent offensive pressure, they don't get a ton of scoring chances out of it because the Panthers don't have consistent defensive breakdowns.
So overall, the offensive pressure isn't the be all and end all. Although I have to give it to Knoblauch in the Vancouver and Dallas series, because I think he identified how prone the Oilers are to defensive breakdowns, and the best way to reduce those is to spend a ton of time in the offensive zone. So its a decent strategy for him as the Oilers simply can't be trust to play reliable defense so need to reduce as much as possible the amount of time the other team is playing offense.
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twitter really is the modern playoffs photoshop thread
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Seriously, can they win at least one game, its embarrassing.
Seriously, can they win at least one game, its embarrassing.
Seriously, can they win at least one game, its embarrassing.
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Quennville. Follow him & follow Forsling development/progress.
Frank is just the half-brother of Mark Spector.twitter really is the modern playoffs photoshop thread
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Forsling was one of the top defenseman prospects in the world at the time and excelled in the preseason and early in the season.
Then he had injuries that set him back. He probably wasn't ready physically, but his skills were apparent right away.
And Chicago's defense was awful, so they needed to play him even if he wasn't ready.
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Oilers fans having a civil war in their forum ahahah
Man the number of former Sabres winning a cup after leaving is getting kind of silly.
ROR in 2019, Eichel in 2023 and now Reinhart in 2024. They were supposed to lead the Sabres to one from 15/16 season onwards.
ROR in 2019, Eichel in 2023 and now Reinhart in 2024. They were supposed to lead the Sabres to one from 15/16 season onwards.
From the high impact guys it’s kind of crazy.
ROR, Eichel, Reinhart and probably add in Kane, Lehner that they traded for were all part of the 15/16 team that they thought would get them to the promised land but still no PO since.
That's what happens when you have a young squad about to break out, and put the wrong people in charge of the team. Housley and Kreuger totally failed in getting anything out of them, and it's entirely possible we're having this conversation in another 5 years with respect to the Senators.
We got pretty lucky with Rutherford/Allvin/Tocchet.
We got pretty lucky with Rutherford/Allvin/Tocchet.
I just realized, this is about to become ANOTHER Perry's failed attempt to chase the cup?
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Mr. Canucklehead
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Just end it tomorrow, Florida, please.
Would make me happy to see Luongo hoist the Cup, and end all of this "Canada's Team" BS.
But also, just end the damn season so we can get the fun of the run-up to the draft, free agency, etc. underway.
Would make me happy to see Luongo hoist the Cup, and end all of this "Canada's Team" BS.
But also, just end the damn season so we can get the fun of the run-up to the draft, free agency, etc. underway.
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Sort of reminds me of the chatter after the 2011 series (though Skinner is obviously no Bobby-Lou).
Luongo was dog-shit in half the games in the finals (being pulled multiple times) though it didn't really matter since the offense in front of him completely wilted.
Likewise, the Oiler's top-5 scorers have gone limp in this series. It is completely unreasonable to expect your goaltender to steal games when your entire team goes 4 games without scoring a goal playing 5v5 hockey.
Bitch about Skinner all you want (and he is certainly deserving of his share of the blame) but the entire team has been a letdown. As soon as a team figured out how to stop their powerplay, it was all but over for them.
The redemption tastes sweet after listening to the panel gushing over "Canada's Team" over the past few weeks.
Luongo was dog-shit in half the games in the finals (being pulled multiple times) though it didn't really matter since the offense in front of him completely wilted.
Likewise, the Oiler's top-5 scorers have gone limp in this series. It is completely unreasonable to expect your goaltender to steal games when your entire team goes 4 games without scoring a goal playing 5v5 hockey.
Bitch about Skinner all you want (and he is certainly deserving of his share of the blame) but the entire team has been a letdown. As soon as a team figured out how to stop their powerplay, it was all but over for them.
The redemption tastes sweet after listening to the panel gushing over "Canada's Team" over the past few weeks.
Mr. Canucklehead
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While I agree with this, I'm not popping corks just yet - I'll reserve that for when the final horns go and the games are over. I sincerely hope it's tomorrow. It's all I want for Father's Day!
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