Post-Game Talk: Dallas wins and my schwartz watch quit again...

[NotAVacuumSalesman]

Maybe just fire JJ and go from there

Maybe move the team to Houston.

 

[MessierII]

This game wasn’t on goaltending it was on special teams again.

To put it into perspective the only worse PP’s in the league right now are the ones that haven’t scored at all. Our PK is near the bottom too. The first goal was classic. Win the draw walk in shoot. We had two PP’s before they got that chance and passed it around the outside the entire time.

 

[McHelpus]

Maybe just fire JJ and go from there

Fire Stan Bowman

 

[alphahelix]

He can’t fire himself.

He can resign in humiliation after hiring his own replacement. We’ve seen that manoeuvre before!

 

[GMofOilers]

Think at this point we've had enough of a sample size to say Stuart Skinner is just an average at best goalie, the Oilers basically need to play almost perfect and he looks fine then, but so would like 25 other goalies in that circumstance.

Who would have thought?

He has the worst 3 important qualities of goaltending.
He moved like a anchor
He can’t read or react
Can’t do splits

Yeah he’s one of the worst starting goalies in the league

 

[alphahelix]

Fire Stan Bowman

Well, Yeah. But, it’s kind of hard to fire Stan Bowman when JJ just hired him.

 

[Soundwave]

After 6 games we are just as bad as last year

This year
2-4-0
60.2% Corsi
38% GF
58.4% xGF
60.2% HDSC

Last Year
1-3-1
57.49% Corsi
38.89% GF
55.34% xGF
60.32% HDSC

So with an alleged better roster, no Campbell, easier strength of schedule, and a “better coach”.
This team is literally an overtime win instead of an OT loss better.

They do this every year. It's not just a two year thing.

Every regular season will have a stretch where they play like a bottom 3 team for a few weeks.

It used to happen like clockwork around late November heading into December (December Drai), now it's just migrated to becoming a start of the season tradition.

At this point it is what it is.

 

[Reasonable Oil Fan]

That second goal had me wondering why McDavid won’t play defence
Sorry but that was a really poor effort. I just don’t understand

 

[Bryanbryoil]

The power play, 0-for-2 on Saturday and 1-for-15 on the season, continues to be a major f***ing problem.
It's time to remove Nuge (who doesn't ever want to shoot) and replace him with Arvidsson or Jeff Skinner.

They showed a graphic that said that we had 10 shots on 14 PP's. That's what happens when you try to pass the puck into the net. Everyone knows that we are trying to force the puck cross ice to Drai. Connor and Nuge need to shoot the damn puck more to keep the PK's honest.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

That second goal had me wondering why McDavid won’t play defence
Sorry but that was a really poor effort. I just don’t understand

Poor read by Ekholm and an absolute shite effort by Connor.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

How many more years will the RNH at #2C experiment have to happen?

Are we stuck with it until he retires?

Skinner-McDavid-Hyman
Perry-Draisaitl-Arvidsson
RNH-Henrique-Brown
Janmark-Ryan-Podkolzin

 

[McTonyBrar]

Why this team has never invested in an elite goaltender during McDrai’s prime years, I’ll never understand. They gambled and lost on Campbell, and Skinner certainly isn’t it. Should have targeted one of Boston’s goalies and tried to make the money work.

We did… he screwed us over in free agency

 

[Jumptheshark]

Curious if McDavid is 100%. I know it is early but he seem a little off to me

Why this team has never invested in an elite goaltender during McDrai’s prime years, I’ll never understand. They gambled and lost on Campbell, and Skinner certainly isn’t it. Should have targeted one of Boston’s goalies and tried to make the money work.

You did know the Oilers almost had Markstrom? but they were something like 500k a year apart .

Here is one article from earlier this year

https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/edmonton-oilers/latest-news/oilers-dodged-goalie-bullet-four-years-ago

 

[McFlash97]

spending money on those guys isnt the reason they couldnt afford the other 2 by the way.

But I wouldnt expect you to know that.

Throwing made up shade my way and sounding salty isn't the answer. However I don't expect you to know that....

 

[OfCorsiDid]

Maybe just fire JJ and go from there

#FireTheMall is back baby!

Who would have thought?

He has the worst 3 important qualities of goaltending.
He moved like a anchor
He can’t read or react
Can’t do splits

Yeah he’s one of the worst starting goalies in the league

Can’t wait for Stu to bounce back and for you to continue to post like he shot your dog.

 

[rboomercat90]

Defensively we were really good for most of the game.

The Oilers will always do the "let down when you dominate most of the game and then the goalie lets in a kinda easy one". Seen that happen about 50 times over the years.

in the post you quoted I was saying the Stars were awful today, not the Oilers. We just couldn’t take advantage of that which is just one more thing we should be concerned about.

 

[tardigrade81]

That second goal had me wondering why McDavid won’t play defence
Sorry but that was a really poor effort. I just don’t understand

Third period as a unit was poor. Came out flat and just didn’t got dominated. This team doesn’t seem to have it in them to have a long winning streak which makes this slow start very concerning

 

[NotAVacuumSalesman]

You did know the Oilers almost had Markstrom? but they were something like 500k a year apart .

I don’t think he was ever coming to Edmonton.

There was a video of him and his lifestyle that he prefers, also the fact he was good friends with Lindholm made it a lot easier to choose the guys down the highway.

 

[Drivesaitl]

He can’t fire himself.

Dammit.

I don’t think he was ever coming to Edmonton.

There was a video of him and his lifestyle that he prefers, also the fact he was good friends with Lindholm made it a lot easier to choose the guys down the highway.

All that lifestyle that was in Cowgary..

 

[oilers4life5]

Give it up man. The refs did not cost the Oilers this game.

Yes let’s pretend they have no influence on the outcome of the game. Keep your head in the sand bro.

 

[Drivesaitl]

Bowman won cups with Corey Crawford. He ain't upgrading Skinner.

Just when I wasn't depressed.

 

[guymez]

All that pressure in the first 2 perioids and they had absolutely nothing to show for it.
Special teams and 5x5 offence essentially lost the game.
PK is absolute junk...worst in the NHL.
PP isnt much better.
Questionable decisions in the D zone.

Still lots of work to do.

 

[McDNicks17]

Bowman won cups with Corey Crawford. He ain't upgrading Skinner.

Skinner is more Cristobal Huet than Corey Crawford.

 

[rboomercat90]

Because this is English to you....

"How dare he be 11-2 on the for after that, "

?

ps I'm guaranteed to be your dads age, go to your room!

Take away his phone too.

 

[NotAVacuumSalesman]

All that lifestyle that was in Cowgary..

The losing lifestyle he preferred.