Pre-Game Talk: Drop a deuce: Part quatre

[Del Preston]

Avatar updated and ready for the offseason.

I'll join.

Still hoping for a miracle comeback, but not expecting it.

 

[McDrai]

I'll join.

Still hoping for a miracle comeback, but not expecting it.

If the miracle happens then I'm keeping this avatar for good luck

 

[94 Oil Drops]

If the miracle happens then I'm keeping this avatar for good luck

I'll join.

Still hoping for a miracle comeback, but not expecting it.

I might have to release a certain unique avatar of my own once the season ends as well... A special sad one.

Same character, different emotion.

 

[McDrai]

I might have to release a certain unique avatar of my own once the season ends as well... A special sad one.

Same character, different emotion.

I noticed that she is made out of a bunch of spare parts. She embodies the Oilers to the tee

 

[HugentNopkins]

4 game win streak hope is currently at 0; subject to change once blood alcohol level reaches critical mass.

Come on Oilers. Don't make us suffer for too long.

 

[Del Preston]

If the miracle happens then I'm keeping this avatar for good luck

Bag energy

 

[94 Oil Drops]

I noticed that she is made out of a bunch of spare parts. She embodies the Oilers to the tee

LOL, that's a great observation I didn't think of! The actual reason I picked this image is because I feel kinda like her when I watch this team collapse into oblivion during huge games.

I know that Holland is gonna try and fix er up but I'm just expecting the worst possible outcome to occur next year when it's crunch time again.

Never, ever forget this series and Chicago before getting excited about the playoffs next year... I no longer care what Stauffer and the other "experts" say if the Oilers supposively have high odds at winning a series. I won't believe this team can survive a playoff round until it actually happens. I was absolutely pumped about these games before the series began. Now I'm crushed and bitterly disappointed. AGAIN.

 

[T-Funk]

On top of finding goaltenders next season we need actual useful playoff vets to help sort out some of this mental shit. I want some miracle 4 game run to occur, but this one is over, and any prolonging the inevitable just allows more excuses for a second playoffs in a row where they really dont give a crap.

 

[JeffSkinner53]

Re watching the third after the vodka is out of my system and wondering why the flip Tippet switched to a 1-3-1 at 4-1 when everybody and their uncle knows the Oilers are crao when they're not pushing the play? What kind of players does he think he has on this team?

Also in OT why was Khaira out there with the jets having the last change, and being crap on the dot all night? And why the heck would you give Devin Shore more 5 on 5 time than Yamamoto and RNH?

2 straight years tippet has been heavily outcoached. Maybe he just isn't a good coach in the playoffs and the Oilers should find his replacement.

 

[Oilhawks]

Re watching the third after the vodka is out of my system and wondering why the flip Tippet switched to a 1-3-1 at 4-1 when everybody and their uncle knows the Oilers are crao when they're not pushing the play? What kind of players does he think he has on this team?

Also in OT why was Khaira out there with the jets having the last change, and being crap on the dot all night? And why the heck would you give Devin Shore more 5 on 5 time than Yamamoto and RNH?

2 straight years tippet has been heavily outcoached. Maybe he just isn't a good coach in the playoffs and the Oilers should find his replacement.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

This is not fake news.

 

[Oilhawks]

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This is not fake news.

 

[T-Funk]

I understand it will burn us, but me when Nuge is being wimpy for another team:

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

I understand it will burn us, but me when Nuge is being wimpy for another team:

Watch him go to Columbus and get 80 points being Laine’s setup man...

 

[Oilhawks]

Watch him go to Columbus and get 80 points being Laine’s setup man...

I still wouldn't care. He wasn't going to do that here

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

 

[Paralyzer008]

The depressing part about the Oilers trying to plug holes is the pro scouting and GM eye for talent bats like, 25%.

The last offseason I can remember where I legit thought the team improved was the McDavid/Sekera/Talbot summer and Kassian/Maroon in-season deals - and we still screwed that up with the Reinhart deal.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

I still wouldn't care. He wasn't going to do that here

I don’t think we are offering him what he wants so he will be heading out the door. 0 points in 3 games. Another poor playoff performance. He just doesn’t show up.

 

[Oilhawks]

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[Oilers 322]

Oilers in 7

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

 

[Oilhawks]

I don’t think we are offering him what he wants so he will be heading out the door. 0 points in 3 games. Another poor playoff performance. He just doesn’t show up.

They kept the wrong golden child, it's unfortunate.

I don't think Holland can bring him back without severe fan backlash unless it's at a very team friendly deal.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Oilers in 7

Wouldn’t that be nice.

What are the odds? I think it’s 2%. So we have a pretty good shot I think.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

They kept the wrong golden child, it's unfortunate.

I don't think Holland can bring him back without severe fan backlash unless it's at a very team friendly deal.

Other teams must see this as well. I think he may be a more expensive version of AA whose agent and him badly misread the marketplace this off season.

 

[T-Funk]

I don’t think we are offering him what he wants so he will be heading out the door. 0 points in 3 games. Another poor playoff performance. He just doesn’t show up.

As I look upon this picture of Nuge Hall and Eberle on my wall, I think that we need to just accept those years were failures for our team and move on. There's some dead weight in front office that vouched for that timeframe that needs to go leech onto the Rangers.