Post-Game Talk: Built. Different.

[aggressive forecheck]

Only posters who have lost all credibility like @Bumblebee Man can change their name, which is why he seems to have a new one every few months... BrobergSpeed, BobbyTheBrain...

I'm right here. I suggest you focus on the content rather than the poster.

 

[iCanada]

Just saying that any report of any our D "struggles" can be taken into context that Panthers have been capable of caving other teams for years. They had trouble setting up in our zone. Our D play has been impeccable overall, or as good as it gets. I've never seen Oilers D this deep,

I loved the way our D was able to absorb and roll away from pressure and support eachother. Really well executed tactically by the entire team.

We have the personnel to execute long stretch passes reliably, and the forwards were stretching the Panthers out to respect this. Then we had huge back pressure that rushed the Panthers dump ins, and eliminated the attackers overload on the far side. This enabled our D consistently get to pucks first, and it creates a bit of space to break free from pressure and calmly skate or pass the puck up the ice instead of making panic plays.

That to me was incredibly impressive. I'm not sure there's another team in the league with the horses to do that reliably against this Panthers team.

If we can continue that trend it bodes very very well for us going forward. The Panthers are a hell of a team though - I expect they'll have some different kinds of looks we'll have to fight through.

 

[Oilslick941611]

I was one of Skinner’s biggest critics but I’ve chilled out on him quite a bit. I like seeing his playoff stats go up.

I posted some stuff I regret in the heat of the moment, but you got to admit after Game 2 in round 1 he looked pretty bad, bad enough to warrant Pickard making an emergency appearance(s).

If I had one tiny critique lately it’s that his lateral movement wasn’t quick enough on Marchand’s goal but it doesn’t matter, Oilers still won the game. He clearly owns the Stars.

funny thing is, i never defended skinner at all, I said he looked like a fat walrus in net and moved like one. Picard absouletly was the right choice after game 2 in LA. Skinner needs to be pushed and feel the heat from losing his job from time to time to perform.

but because i wasn't being vitrolic in my utter hatred of him during the season and dared to focus on the positive a lot of posters went overboard with accusations and name calling. I blocked almost of all them though, even had a hand in getting 1 of banned via mods when i was harassed via PM by 2 of them.

It went above normal ribbing. It was actually sickening and im actually laughing at the 180 some of these posters are doing now, acting like they weren't tossing insults and acting childish about skinner over the course of the season.

I've been known to "show ignored content" to keep tabs on the general vibe. Its just sad the attacking of poster because enough hate wasn't shown.

 

[oobga]

If things that happened didn't happen, and then things happened that I really wish would have happened , then I would be happy right now.

 

[PitkanensGitch]

Why am I not allowed to like posts?

 

[mcdingdong]

Kulak didn't struggle to the degree that say Ceci or VD would. Theres perceived struggle due to him being a mortal D playing along giants. Its that the other D are looking so good. Any opponent of ours that we've seen, every series has D that are struggling more.

Agree with this 100%. It is absolutely wild how much better our D group is than last season. I mean it's got to be the best 6 top to bottom in the league. And we have 2 very capable performers sitting in the press box still!

 

[bone]

I'm curious how you would see that working.

There is nothing worse than watching referees simply ignore a run of very obvious interpretation penalties as a rule, then see them enthusiastically throw their arm up for some incidental high stick somewhere that has no relevance to anything. If you're going to willingly look the other way on the blatant hook two minutes earlier, could you have just done the same thing for the stick that grazed a guy's visor 30 feet from the play?

High Sticking is a tougher one as there's still possibility for injury so I probably wouldn't go after that.

But for over glass, I've argued for something that gives automatic possession to the team in the offensive zone. To grant this possession, I'd steal a bit from Ringette and combine with current icing rules.

After the puck is sent out of play, the offensive team is given the puck inside their half of the faceoff circle of their choice. Play would start with whistling in play and the player passing the puck out of the circle. No other player on either team could enter the circle until the puck leaves that circle. Furthermore, when this is called, the offensive team is allowed to change personnel, but the defending team is not.

Good teams would develop some interesting set plays that could lead to immediate scoring chances or at minimum it should give the offensive team a 15-20 second advantage. If it was successful, I'd also consider applying this to icings and puck freezes where the shot came from outside the zone.

If you want to spice it up even a little bit more you could force the player who committed the foul to start the play from inside the half circle by the penalty boxes to make it an outnumbered chance that could also result in there only being 1 d-man back there for the set play.

 

[jesusbuiltmyhotrod]

If things that happened didn't happen, and then things happened that I really wish would have happened , then I would be happy right now.

The oil easily beat the Avs lol . They are stupid

 

[Drivesaitl]

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Couple things. It was mostly a one player screen that Bob didn't bother to look around. next his position is off. Arvid is a farside shooter. Rarely goes shortside. So he could cheat the other way a bit more. Probably not familiar with Arvid.

In fairness Arvid shot mechanics are a bit weird, or different, bit of a south paw shot and you'd just expect hi to go whortside from that wing.

 

[bone]

It's so good lol

I find it hilarious how many people are triggered by this and thinking it's a scumbag thing to do. Have any of these ever heard the chirps these players do anytime a player makes a mistake on the ice. Nosek would have been more surprised not to be chirped on this.

 

[MessierThanThou]

Lol. Guess you missed the pick off at the blueline that lead to an odd man. It was a scenario where he should had got it deep at the end of a shift.

Don't worry, you can go to NHL.com highlights. They specifically show that play in their game recap as a chance for FLA

Watch games...not stats. It'll help

Not considered a giveaway. Sorry, Bob.

Pathetic that the team just won based partly on the strong play of Bouchard and yet here you are looking so hard for something, anything, to shit on him...it helps when you watch the entire game, not just the occasional clip on NHL.com.

 

[oXo Cube]

I don't get the Colorado love affair at all.

I don't usually post hyper confident takes like this either but the Oilers would have smoked the Avalanche.

 

[OilerFanInLangley]

I'm not disputing if he had a bad game or not. Ofcourse that's the direction you'll take it.
I'm just pointing out that in your crusade to trash another poster, you manipulate facts...which is your MO

Bouchard played awesome ....but it was TWO significant giveaways that lead to scoring chances for the other team. Your dishonesty continues

In these playoffs Draisaitl has probably had 4 turnovers end up in Edm's net, which is extremely unusual for him, but sh1t happens when you carry the puck a lot. In Bouchard's case, that's especially true at the blueline.

Bouch plays a lot of mins and then makes those dangerous plays at the blueline when he's tired. We live and die with players like that though. It's the Oiler way.

We always draft for offence in the first round, even with our blueliners: Nurse, Broberg and Bouchard. You have to go back to the '80's to see the last time the Oilers drafted a defensive defenseman with their first pick in the first round.

 

[Biltmore]

Absolute loudmouth! Shoot me quick before I hear that moron again

 

[Drivesaitl]

Agree with this 100%. It is absolutely wild how much better our D group is than last season. I mean it's got to be the best 6 top to bottom in the league. And we have 2 very capable performers sitting in the press box still!

I've seen plenty of Klingberg and watched him lots in his career. it had looked to be over. What none of us can ever know is how much injuires impact a player. he has puck moving talent, offensive and d talent, but he was looking bad before arriving here. Wasn't sure about this one. Oilers must've have some intell on his injury condition/surgical correction etc. He looks like a new man provided he plays balanced minutes.

Walman has pleased me because he's knocked out the overplay in his game and keeping it simple and also avoiding undisciplined plays. He's done amazingly well. Credit the org for identifying these D, and formerly Ekholm, that got us here.

ALL of Ekholm, Klingberg, Walman are better, jmo than Larsson was. "The price you have to pay" was sort of a lie.

Its crazy though that league teams let us have these players.

 

[OilerFanInLangley]

I don't get the Colorado love affair at all.

I don't usually post hyper confident takes like this either but the Oilers would have smoked the Avalanche.

They have Makar and McKinnon. That means that they're scary.

 

[MessierThanThou]

Why am I not allowed to like posts?

Happened to me for a month. Some people will report you for hurting their feelings and then come on here to tell us how much better the mains are because the mods will treat them like delicate flowers.

 

[oobga]

Let him call Leafs games exclusively instead of Cuthbert. And let him ad lib critiques of Leafs players/coaches/management the whole way through games

 

[OilerFanInLangley]

Why am I not allowed to like posts?

You might need to update your browser. Mine was glitchy like that before I updated it.

 

[avocadosmoothie]

They have Makar and McKinnon. That means that they're scary.

good team, but lost to the Stars without Heisk+Robertson

 

[jesusbuiltmyhotrod]

good team, but lost to the Stars without Heisk+Robertson

A team we dominated when they returned. Its just sour grapes from other fanbases.

 

[iCanada]

Why am I not allowed to like posts?

You were a bad boy and got your PP whipped. Unlucky.

Or your Internet / the board is really slow and not loading properly.

 

[jesusbuiltmyhotrod]

You were a bad boy and got your PP whipped. Unlucky.

Or your Internet / the board is really slow and not loading properly.

I cannot either maybe there is a quota? Liked a tonne after some big playoff wins lol

 

[iCanada]

I cannot either maybe there is a quota? Liked a tonne after some big playoff wins lol

You been getting adversarial on the main board?

 

[TB12]

I cannot stop watching this hahahahaha