GDT: DIG IN! RIGHT NOW! Mantra of the 24-25 Season starts today! Oilers v Jets, 8 PM

[Tobias Kahun]

Even Rob Brown is calling out their lackadaisical showing in pre-season, leading to this dreck.

No one takes anything Rob Brown says seriously.

 

[walktheboulavard]

Yeah that’s probably it, just an insanely streaky guy, kinda like Osgood.

Live by the sword, die by the sword.
Live by the 16 game win streak, die by the 2-9-1.

That's what I've noticed at least. Ideally you want a consistent goalie but what the hell, this team has box office talent in McDavid, Drai and Bouch that leave you at the edge of your seat.

With fans like ours, why not a goalie with day to day results that leaves us searching for adjectives like Skinner.

 

[onetweasy]

Scoring chances don’t matter if the shots are muffins directed straight into the goalie’s chest.

High danger chances is at least a somewhat defined metric that people try to apply equally across all games.

You’re just stating an opinion on what kind of shot you think they were and why they didn’t go in.

But hey, I get it. Some people will never blame a goalie. I ain’t that person. An NHL goalie needs to make saves to win. Skinner was trash and did not give his team even the slightest chance to win tonight.

 

[TheNumber4]

Why mess up with the recipe that got you to the Stanley Cup final, I guess?

Not enough balls in our front office to do any cap f***ery that all the top teams do regularly.

 

[CycloneSweep]

Hey guys, it's not 8-1....yet. Baby Steps

I knew these guys would shit the bed to start the season, it's just what they do. Wake me up in January when they're ready to play real hockey.

I dunno, teams old they might be exhausted by Jan

 

[Cloned]

Put Stecher in there, and drop Emberson to play with Kulak, and send Dermott home.

Kulak-Emberson needs to be the second pairing and Nurse-Stecher the third.

 

[foshizzle]

Nurse and Emberson got pinned on the ice for a long time. That pairing cannot continue.

Knob going with familiarity vs who has been better. Stetcher should be with Nurse

 

[TheNumber4]

No one takes anything Rob Brown says seriously.

?

I find his takes to be really good.

 

[OfCorsiDid]

Hey guys, it's not 8-1....yet. Baby Steps

I knew these guys would shit the bed to start the season, it's just what they do. Wake me up in January when they're ready to play real hockey.

And if they’re still struggling where do we go for the mass seppkku?

 

[On The Prowl]

Maybe all 3 goalies suck?

When the other teams players look like they are laughing in disbelief about scoring it usually is the goalie.

 

[AnInjuredJasonZucker]

I disagree with that. I think management has taken goaltending EXTREMELY seriously but has let taking it so seriously lead to some terrible decision making.

Like the trade Chiarelli made for Talbot back in 2015 was once talked about being so lopsided that the mains were saying how that was Sather (who was NYR’s GM) did us a favour before he retired.

Then Chiarelli makes a dreadful decision about goaltending when Talbot struggles on a terrible Oilers team. That leads to the Koskinen contract which handcuffs us to lower AAV goalies until that contract is gone.

If we were being serious the biggest misstep is Holland not going after Ullmark duing the UFA period where we signed Hyman. I’m not sure if the cap numbers would’ve worked out but I would have done a lot differently if I knew what Ullmark did between 2021 and 2024.

A Ullmark-Skinner tandem would be top 5 in the league.

That’s the only time when goaltending was disregarded.

Interesting note about Talbot, when he struggled after coming under the tutelage of Schwartz, he started contacting Allaire to get him back on track.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

People said that about Ceci and him every game. I would give it a few games.

Well Nurse can't hide behind Ceci anymore.

Kulak-Emberson needs to be the second pairing and Nurse-Stecher the third.

Nurse on the third pairing is a hell of a look.

They're all just deck chairs.

 

[CycloneSweep]

Knob going with familiarity vs who has been better. Stetcher should be with Nurse

Ekholm - Bouchard
Kulak - Emberson
Dermott - Stetcher

 

[Davo Ikinzom]

Kulak-Emberson needs to be the second pairing and Nurse-Stecher the third.

Please, we all know they'll never demote Nurse.

 

[foshizzle]

Goodnight boys- I’m out

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Kulak-Emberson needs to be the second pairing and Nurse-Stecher the third.

Honestly I take Emberson out for stetcher next game. He's having some struggles processing quickly enough

 

[OfCorsiDid]

Interesting note about Talbot, when he struggled after coming under the tutelage of Schwartz, he started contacting Allaire to get him back on track.

OF COURSE IT DOES

f*** you schwartz

 

[oobga]

Kulak-Emberson needs to be the second pairing and Nurse-Stecher the third.

But what if Nurse is offended by being a 3rd pair D and demands a trade?

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Even Rob Brown is calling out their lackadaisical showing in pre-season, leading to this dreck.

you mean you can't just "flip the switch"?

 

[Heavy Dee]

Accumulating cap space means shit if you plan to ice this defence until TDL.

 

[OfCorsiDid]

But what if Nurse is offended by being a 3rd pair D and demands a trade?

“Get lost dude”

 

[JeffSkinner53]

 

[Mr Kot]

Not sure why you guys are complaining. I'm having a great time!

Granted, I shut it off at 3-0 and have been listening to this song for the past hour or so.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Accumulating cap space means shit if you plan to ice this defence until TDL.

It's the 2018 Chiarelli method of "fix it later".

 

[Shizuka]

When paid mouthpieces in the employ are calling this out in the season opener, you know it's already hitting critical mass. I just cannot understand it. With the history from last f***ing season, when they had to go on a complete heater just to draw even, fresh off the ugliness of losing in game 7, and this is what they come out with.