Post-Game Talk: Four Nations, Three Losses, Two Forwards, One Defenseman, Zero Goalies

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Don't get all the "end of the world" quotes here...to stinkers in a row after a break...nothing new here

They should LTIR McD until the playoffs and buy big guns at the TDL including a goalie.

They've been playing bad for a while now, it's just starting to catch up to them.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

In all fairness, if you’re going to put McLeod in there, you have to count Savoie

Who sadly, is already getting minimal minutes despite showing well. If Knob is going to give him the J Skinner treatment, Bowman should tell Knob Savoie’s gotta go back to the A

This is true.

But its the Oiler way to take a prospect and either set him up for failure or yo-yo him back and forth between the AHL and NHL and when in the NHL play that prospect 8 minutes or less per game. The handling of Broberg and Holloway are examples of gross mismanagement and negligence on the part of Oiler management and anyone involved in player development should have been handed their pink slips when JJ came on board.

That said JJ himself appears to be trending from being "POHO Of The Year" in fans eyes to "Holy f*** Here We Go Again".

 

[FlameChampion]

Knob is completely brain dead at this point. He won’t give J Skinner any ice time no matter how well he plays. He throws Kapanen and Podz on a line with Mcdavid, Podz has shown he can play with Drai but that’s about it. Kapanen is waiver wire fodder. He puts old man Perry with McDrai late in the game as if that’s some nuclear combination. Arvidsson is a failure, never gets healthy scratched. Henrique has been invisible all year, Brown is a turd and then there’s that phony RNH, rip that A off his chest and tell him he’s never getting it back. Then punt him into the sun.
Oh yeah, goalies, f*** both of them.

I wish I was a fly on the wall when it comes to how NHL teams are ran. I'd like to know how much say Jackson, Bowman, Knoblauch, Schwartz etc have a say on how things go down. You would think with 4+ people that it would prevent one person from making bad decisions.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Don't get all the "end of the world" quotes here...to stinkers in a row after a break...nothing new here

They should LTIR McD until the playoffs and buy big guns at the TDL including a goalie.

I usually would agree Bert my good man, but usually this team plays lights out Jan Feb March. The entire month of February has been a litany of going down 2 or 3 nothing to start games or just complete no shows by most of the team. The only 2 players playing to expectations are Draisaitl and Perry who has vastly exceeded them.

So while I try to remain positive, when a team pulls the chute in 2 games where they didn't even bother to show up, classic October performances, and McDavid is 15 points off the league lead boasting a -11 in his last 4 games with only 2 assists to show for it with goaltending that is statistically near league worst during that time span, with an abysmal record against the leagues top teams, I think the PTSD from past moronic management failures is rearing its ugly head.

Lets see what they can do over the next 3 games on the road trip before fully committing to full on panic mode but I am concerned that we are staring into the abyss here...lol

I wish I was a fly on the wall when it comes to how NHL teams are ran. I'd like to know how much say Jackson, Bowman, Knoblauch, Schwartz etc have a say on how things go down. You would think with 4+ people that it would prevent one person from making bad decisions.

Peter Chiarelli says hi.

 

[FlameChampion]

Don't get all the "end of the world" quotes here...to stinkers in a row after a break...nothing new here

They should LTIR McD until the playoffs and buy big guns at the TDL including a goalie.

I think this teams been full of weak links all year. The only one thats somewhat new is the defense completely falling apart. Goaltending has been a problem all year. Special teams has been a problem all year. Forwards not being productive has been a problem all year.

 

[bobbythebrain]

Ahhh, the Knobby criticism starts. I take it the fire Knobby reteric starts very soon

 

[BertMcDrai]

I usually would agree Bert my good man, but usually this team plays lights out Jan Feb March. The entire month of February has been a litany of going down 2 or 3 nothing to start games or just complete no shows by most of the team. The only 2 players playing to expectations are Draisaitl and Perry who has vastly exceeded them.

So while I try to remain positive, when a team pulls the chute in 2 games where they didn't even bother to show up, classic October performances, and McDavid is 15 points off the league lead boasting a -11 in his last 4 games with only 2 assists to show for it with goaltending that is statistically near league worst during that time span, with an abysmal record against the leagues top teams, I think the PTSD from past moronic management failures is rearing its ugly head.

Lets see what they can do over the next 3 games on the road trip before fully committing to full on panic mode but I am concerned that we are staring into the abyss here...lol



Peter Chiarelli says hi.

Hi my friend, I can hear you...but I will stay positive...it's only been two ugly games...nothing more...They should rest McD for some games, he just needs a break...even MacK has started slow after the four nations...they need some time off, especially a mental break.

I will be back in Edmonton to the game against the flames at the end of March...would be awesome to see you again...I will have three friends with me, with wie of them from your generation.
We will do the west coast trip with games in Las Vegas und LA after the BOA.

Hopefully we can meet at the game for a beer and I will stay positive until then because I don't want to have a negative mindset before the BOA game

I think this teams been full of weak links all year. The only one thats somewhat new is the defense completely falling apart. Goaltending has been a problem all year. Special teams has been a problem all year. Forwards not being productive has been a problem all year.

I still think it's some sort of mental problems....goaltending I am with you, I would love to change that.

They've been playing bad for a while now, it's just starting to catch up to them.

Yeah maybe...but let's pretend it's the usual December/January hole and they will get out of it soon.

 

[FlameChampion]

Ahhh, the Knobby criticism starts. I take it the fire Knobby reteric starts very soon

Eh I think him and Coffey have done a pretty great job with the defense.

But his work with the forwards isn’t inspiring. Gulutzan hasn’t done a good job with the PP this year. Jackson is bringing in players that Knoblauch doesn’t want to use like JSkinner.

But its hard to say what the team would look like with competent goaltending.

Bowman/Jackson need to get to work.

 

[FlameChampion]

Hi my friend, I can hear you...but I will stay positive...it's only been two ugly games...nothing more...They should rest McD for some games, he just needs a break...even MacK has started slow after the four nations...they need some time off, especially a mental break.

I will be back in Edmonton to the game against the flames at the end of March...would be awesome to see you again...I will have three friends with me, with wie of them from your generation.
We will do the west coast trip with games in Las Vegas und LA after the BOA.

Hopefully we can meet at the game for a beer and I will stay positive until then because I don't want to have a negative mindset before the BOA game


I still think it's some sort of mental problems....goaltending I am with you, I would love to change that.


Yeah maybe...but let's pretend it's the usual December/January hole and they will get out of it soon.

In regards to the mental problems. It does feel like something is off with the team. The organization is general feels too complacent. Feels like its lacking something that pulls everything and everyone together.

 

[CrazyJoeDavola]

Your front office has to do their home work to get those kinds of results, ours doesn't so we don't deserve to have that kind of season.

All this shit about "dur hur! Colorado 2022 won after Kuemper got hurt!". Yeah that team was also a wagon that season, demolishing everyone in the regular season and playoffs (hence Sutter's infamous "waste of 8 days if you have to play them" comment).

Their GM made like no less than 7 or 8 great moves to bring in different players to that team and many of them all had career best years (to that point) or close. The situation here ... certainly is not that.

Another year where we have zero scoring outside of McDrai. Old washed slow bums on every line up and down the roster. Why is RNH on this team. The most overrated backpacked pp merchant in the league, eating up cap space

 

[Stoneman89]

We have the exact same players and same coach for our PP this year as the years before. Record breaking performances for 2 years in a row. Teams tried to adapt and we just blew it by them. This year, it's looked rather pedestrian. That has been a huge issue for this team, and the one constant that just baffles.

 

[Stoneman89]

On another note, I can't believe how good Jeff Chychryn looked. I know his stats have jumped out this year, and of course he's a big part of a successful team, but his confidence is through the roof.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Hi my friend, I can hear you...but I will stay positive...it's only been two ugly games...nothing more...They should rest McD for some games, he just needs a break...even MacK has started slow after the four nations...they need some time off, especially a mental break.

I will be back in Edmonton to the game against the flames at the end of March...would be awesome to see you again...I will have three friends with me, with wie of them from your generation.
We will do the west coast trip with games in Las Vegas und LA after the BOA.

Hopefully we can meet at the game for a beer and I will stay positive until then because I don't want to have a negative mindset before the BOA game


I still think it's some sort of mental problems....goaltending I am with you, I would love to change that.

Awesome! Yeah for sure I will be around then, and am going to the game as well! Shoot me an email and we can figure something out!

Yes - stay positive!!

 

[Lacaar]

Like nobody saw this coming.

This team has not and never will deal with well with any sort of a break.
It's an emotional and Psychological reset and some teams can get into it quick.. and some can't.
The Oilers are perhaps the worst team in the league at this. They don't do well with breaks between seasons. Breaks between playoff series. Etc.

This team needs a punch to the face before they realize the fight is back on.
I'm not concerned about this over this season. They'll come out of this like Rocky Balboa just like they did earlier in the year.

I am deeply concerned come playoff time. Come back kid hockey while entertaining hasn't really shown to be an effective way to actually win the cup. Win a playoff series with it? yup. Win a couple.. yup.. Win all 4 with the come back kid mentality. Well they haven't shown they can do it yet despite coming awfully close last year.

Is the glass half full or half empty haha.

When the going gets tough the tough get going. Full glass.
The Oilers don't get going until the going gets tough. Empty glass.

This team lacks the Wisdom to find their best game early. It's a shame because their best game from game 1 would be awfully hard to beat in 7 games.

 

[bobbythebrain]

Team came back 3 games against FLA and now after two regular season losses ppl acting like they have no fight and suck..

Give your head some shakes...you be trippin