Pre-Game Talk: Final Game 4. Stu needs to come thru. Unlimited Pole responses.

[Jimmi McJenkins]

I mean they only have two guys on the team with a history of doping, so, you know.

Explains Nate Schmidt's uptick in play lol.

 

[iCanada]

Explains Nate Schmidt's uptick in play lol.

We can beat their doping asses regardless.

But we really do need some f***ing saves.

 

[Seth92]

I heard the announcement of Skinner being the start for game 3 got boos from the Moss Pitt crowd. Glad they arent full of it like Reddit and some people on here are.

Also Nurse decided to do stuff but got 19 PIM. He is the most trash of players we have ever had. A cancer on skates. A f***ing imposter player who belongs in the AHL.
I would have him disappeared so we can save cap space. Florida, kill Darnell Nurse please.

 

[OilerTyler]

I heard the announcement of Skinner being the start for game 3 got boos from the Moss Pitt crowd. Glad they arent full of it like Reddit and some people on here are.

Also Nurse decided to do stuff but got 19 PIM. He is the most trash of players we have ever had. A cancer on skates. A f***ing imposter player who belongs in the AHL.
I would have him disappeared so we can save cap space. Florida, kill Darnell Nurse please.

That would’ve been the Stuuuu chant that Oilers fans do.

I’ve been going to watch parties and games in the arena all playoffs long and no one is booing Stu. Believe or not the majority of Oilers fans aren’t as toxic as what you see online.

 

[Arpeggio]

That would’ve been the Stuuuu chant that Oilers fans do.

I’ve been going to watch parties and games in the arena all playoffs long and no one is booing Stu. Believe or not the majority of Oilers fans aren’t as toxic as what you see online.

You mean they're not calling for the murder of Darnell Nurse out there in the moss pit? lol

 

[BobbytheBrain]

Also have to start selling out on blocked shots again

Seems they've kinda let up on that so far

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Also have to start selling outon blocked shots again

Seems they've kinda let up on that so far

It's part of losing the defensive structure overall, but yes they do.

 

[BobbytheBrain]

That would’ve been the Stuuuu chant that Oilers fans do.

I’ve been going to watch parties and games in the arena all playoffs long and no one is booing Stu. Believe or not the majority of Oilers fans aren’t as toxic as what you see online.

Amen

 

[iCanada]

That would’ve been the Stuuuu chant that Oilers fans do.

I’ve been going to watch parties and games in the arena all playoffs long and no one is booing Stu. Believe or not the majority of Oilers fans aren’t as toxic as what you see online.

Eh, idk, a lot of Oilers fans aren't really enamored with Skinner and haven't been.

There's a reason why Stauffer started his post tdl segment with "we didn't address goaltending, and that will make a lot of you guys upset - but..."

And it's not because the fan base at large thinks Skinner is an elite goaltender.

 

[Seth92]

That would’ve been the Stuuuu chant that Oilers fans do.

I’ve been going to watch parties and games in the arena all playoffs long and no one is booing Stu. Believe or not the majority of Oilers fans aren’t as toxic as what you see online.

That Stuuuupid chant is just to cover up the fans who hate Skinner and it's okay most of the people who loved Skinner probbably left after he was pulled wayyyyy too late anyways.

Nurse is a stinker. The worst. He needs to go retire like Keith did. Useless f***in trash player on and off the ice.

 

[iCanada]

Also have to start selling out on blocked shots again

Seems they've kinda let up on that so far

They did sell out for blocked shots at the start of game 2. Blocked two in a row in fact.

Marchand ended up burying it from 10 ft out with a wide open net, because incredulously - Skinner was flopping around 3 ft outside his crease moving the other direction.

"Let me see the shot."

I wonder why the team stopped selling out the rest of the game.

What exactly are they supposed to do?

 

[ManofSteel55]

Klingberg and Frederic out. We need Stecher's stability more than Klinger's puck moving, and Frederic is only noticeable after the whistle right now. We need to add a scoring punch, taking out Frederic and putting in J. Skinner would give us that.

J. Skinner - McDavid - Perry
Kane - Draisaitl - Nuge
Arvidsson - Kapanen - Podkolzin
Janmark - Henrique - Brown

OR (if Nuge is healthy enough to run his own unit

J. Skinner - McDavid - Perry
Podkolzin - Draisaitl - Arvidsson
Kane - Nuge - Kapanen
Janmark - Henrique - Brown

 

[Seth92]

Also nothing I say that is 'controversial" will matter when this shit site breaks and all new users lose their accounts again, and yall will be lonely hating the Oilers overall and not hating the right people. Florida will own us every year if we don't move on from these f***ing leeches on our team: Darnell Nurse and Evan Bouchard. Both have no extra gear. Both suck ass in key situations. Bouchard is utterly incompetent against teams like Florida and eats up lesser teams cause he is a product of McDavid. Nurse is as well but he is no where near a player who ever deserved more than 4 million dollars and he owes his life to Seth Jones like I said before.

100% an Edmonton fan but lets be real, the management has been so shit so they can sit back and get rich. Now they look like stupid bitches due to getting spanked by the league, the refs, and now all of the world who sees the team that was built is no better than the team we started out with in 2014. Full circle back to rebuilding like Calgary even if we keep McDavid as captain (Draisaitl is Captain to me) and there is no stopping it due to owing Nurse many more years of promised failure.

If yall can't see that I can't help you out and your words will have no impact on how I think. Just get with the times yall (holy shit my boomer is coming through)

 

[TB12]

Also nothing I say that is 'controversial" will matter when this shit site breaks and all new users lose their accounts again, and yall will be lonely hating the Oilers overall and not hating the right people. Florida will own us every year if we don't move on from these f***ing leeches on our team: Darnell Nurse and Evan Bouchard. Both have no extra gear. Both suck ass in key situations. Bouchard is utterly incompetent against teams like Florida and eats up lesser teams cause he is a product of McDavid. Nurse is as well but he is no where near a player who ever deserved more than 4 million dollars and he owes his life to Seth Jones like I said before.

100% an Edmonton fan but lets be real, the management has been so shit so they can sit back and get rich. Now they look like stupid bitches due to getting spanked by the league, the refs, and now all of the world who sees the team that was built is no better than the team we started out with in 2014. Full circle back to rebuilding like Calgary even if we keep McDavid as captain (Draisaitl is Captain to me) and there is no stopping it due to owing Nurse many more years of promised failure.

If yall can't see that I can't help you out and your words will have no impact on how I think. Just get with the times yall (holy shit my boomer is coming through)

Sir, this is a Wendy's.

 

[OilerFanInLangley]

Yes it is an inside joke. We all understand it. You know, the guys that actually post here all year.

Oh, To Be 12 forever.

 

[CycloneSweep]

I mean, I don't think it's a tactical thing. The Panthers didn't change anything in games 2-3 tactically, they just started executing better. Arguably we started executing worse.

It's an execution thing more than anything. We need to not be down multiple goals and need to execute our game better.

Stylistically - if we can absorb pressure on the forecheck, spread out the Panthers North South Ave find ways to move the puck through the middle - we'll have success. See - Game 1, much of Game 2. Even much of the first period of game 3.

If we can't absorb the pressure, and we get running around and throwing pucks up the boards - we'll struggle. If we get down a bunch and have to cheat for offense while the Panthers cheat for defense and play to the counter attack - we'll struggle. See much of Game 3.

Other big keys is our special teams need to step the f*** up.

And we need a f***ing save. The other guy has been 4 standard deviations better than our guy. To put that in perspective, basically - that's the same spread as Bobrovsky performing like your high-school valedictorian and Skinner preforming like the literal dumbest student in your high-school.

I think it’s not necessarily tactical but both teams executing their systems to perfection right now with the players we have Florida wins that 8/10 times.

We have had a few guys playing putrid hockey for 3 games straight that coach won’t even pull out after a blowout. Klingberg for example shouldn’t be in the lineup, he’s a liability in this series.

 

[TB12]

Oh, To Be 12 forever.

You think Hemsky was soft. Your opinion means nothing to me.

 

[Arpeggio]

(holy shit my boomer is coming through)

Whaat? We all had no idea!

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Seems like the plot is being lost a bit lol. Last night SUCKED. The team will bounce back.

 

[avocadosmoothie]

think Drai needs to get Nuge for Game 4, McDavid will have to make it work with Skinner and he's more than capable

 

[FlameChampion]

I agree with everything you said, but we may as well stop playing now if we think that complaining about the refs is going to do anything.

We are getting f***ed by them with a clear double standard. Fact.

They are obsessively calling penalties in the bushel early in games no matter what. Fact.

Kane and Perry are being targeted and currently aren't able to get away with indiscretions that wouldn't get called in pre-season. Fact.

All of this is bullshit and not fair, and a stain on the league and the sport. Not going to change in the next week. We have to do absolutely f***ing nothing. Don't look at them after a whistle. Take one hand off our stick in front of the net for battles so we don't take ticky tack cross check or high stick penalties. Don't do a single f***ing thing. Turn the other cheek and maybe, possibly the refs send them on a parade to the box early for once. They are going to do everything in their power to suck us into their game with antics again. We have to let them do it with no response. The league has forced this outcome, and we have to accept it.

The officials are forcing us to play a different game and it's horse shit, but it is what it is. If we're going to win the Stanley Cup we cannot take early first period penalties. This series is over if we keep doing that no matter what happens after.

Never seen so many penalties called in a finals. If our PP was clicking at 30%+ and our 5 on 5 game sucked, I wonder how many calls there would be.

 

[CycloneSweep]

think Drai needs to get Nuge for Game 4, McDavid will have to make it work with Skinner and he's more than capable

Skinner is only playing if Nuge doesn’t.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Skinner is only playing if Nuge doesn’t.

Probably, that said, I expect him to play. Unless Nuge "gets better" over these 2 days, he doesn't look healthy enough to contribute, which REALLY sucks.

 

[Little Fury]

Also nothing I say that is 'controversial" will matter when this shit site breaks and all new users lose their accounts again, and yall will be lonely hating the Oilers overall and not hating the right people. Florida will own us every year if we don't move on from these f***ing leeches on our team: Darnell Nurse and Evan Bouchard. Both have no extra gear. Both suck ass in key situations. Bouchard is utterly incompetent against teams like Florida and eats up lesser teams cause he is a product of McDavid. Nurse is as well but he is no where near a player who ever deserved more than 4 million dollars and he owes his life to Seth Jones like I said before.

100% an Edmonton fan but lets be real, the management has been so shit so they can sit back and get rich. Now they look like stupid bitches due to getting spanked by the league, the refs, and now all of the world who sees the team that was built is no better than the team we started out with in 2014. Full circle back to rebuilding like Calgary even if we keep McDavid as captain (Draisaitl is Captain to me) and there is no stopping it due to owing Nurse many more years of promised failure.

If yall can't see that I can't help you out and your words will have no impact on how I think. Just get with the times yall (holy shit my boomer is coming through)

Did you get kicked in the head by a horse this morning? Like, "the team that has made two Cup finals in a row is no better than the team that finished 29th overall" is the kind of thing someone cooks up after a severe TBI. Get to the ER ASAP.

 

[BlackDogg]