GDT: Game #21: Call of the Wild: Wild @ Oilers - 7 PM - SNW

[GrumpyKoala]

24 second, there still time!!!!
Woooo oh oh oh oh. Oh oh!

 

[belair]

Skinner nothing goal. Whoopee.

 

[Davo Ikinzom]

They're not even happy when they score..

 

[Old Boys Club]

Katz is so lucky to have fallen ass backward into McDavid and Draisaitl. Literally every other thing this guy or the people he has hired have done is terrible.

 

[russ99]

Kind of like that Homer Simpson quote:

This is the worst the Oilers have played all season.

The worst they played so far..

 

[TheNumber4]

Well atleast the season got less embarassing for one Skinner.

#positives

 

[CanadasTeam99]

Skinner will probably be benched next game after scoring.

 

[McSpecial DraiBlend]

Kapanen asking to go back on waivers.

 

[nexttothemoon]

garbage time goal ftw

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Should have pulled him earlier.

40 minutes earlier.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Please elaborate on them.

He didnt trade away any of our players, and didnt sign anyone besides dermott.

Dermott alone is a net negative.

 

[Oilhawks]

garbage time goal ftw

Thank goodness they only added -2 to the Goal Differential tonight

That itself is a win

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

No, I expect them to win it once though. How many generational talents have gone Cupless with the team that drafted them?

So he’s retiring after this year?

 

[McFlash97]

Please elaborate on them.

He didnt trade away any of our players, and didnt sign anyone besides dermott.

your right. He didnt sign match or trade anyone besides Dermott...

you win the debate.

Trash GM - straight up

 

[Oilers88]

I don't think so, the team actually had a solid foundation after the draft.

And like other stuff could happen, like does Chiarelli trade the 16th if he doesn't have McDavid?

Maybe if it's Eichel or Marner or Hanifin going 2nd or 3rd to us, maybe he keeps the 16th and drafts Barzal or Eriksson Ek.

I think one thing is for sure, Leon Draisaitl would likely be the face of the franchise.

Well this is what makes it such a tough alternate universe- if we lose the McDavid lottery then Chiarelli (and probably Holland) never becomes our GM. MacT was kept on as GM after the 2014-2015 season, he was only fired after we won the McDavid lottery. Supposedly that was because McDavid/Jackson had concerns about the Oilers management. If we lose that draft, MacT stays on at least one more year.

As for the draft, Stauffer has said that Chiarelli wasn't taking Barzal either way because they didn't like how small he was. Chiarelli liked Svechnikov and Eriksson Ek, so it would have been one of those two. Tough to say who MacT would have gone with, but I'm guessing the approach would have been similar since Bob Green was a holdover.

But ultimately, I think we underestimate how much McDavid changed the perception of the Oilers around the league. Guys like Hyman and E. Kane are here because of him. If we lose that lottery, I think we're still a B-tier destination at best, needing to overpay players, and putting all of our hopes on 18 year olds. Even if we bring in some better young players, I think we're trying to outrun the ones we're losing to free agency. I just didn't see us heading in a positive direction.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

So he’s retiring after this year?

Does this team look like a Cup contender to you?

 

[TheNumber4]

All you need to do is look at Mike Smith's save % his years with the Oilers. He was .902, .923, and .915

And he famously sought "outside help" after a poor first year

Schwartz sucks but Skinner is bad.

Smith was the best starter value in the whole league. Still didn’t stop us from running him outta town or into retirement. What was he paid? 2.25M? and the narrative was always “we can’t go into another season with Smith as our goalie”

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Does this team look like a Cup contender to you?

Did they look like a contender when they were 2-9-1 last year?

 

[Oilhawks]

Smith was the best starter value in the whole league. Still didn’t stop us from running him outta town or into retirement. What was he paid? 2.25M? and the narrative was always “we can’t go into another season with Smith as our goalie”

I think he was done after that last run vs Colorado (injuries). It's too bad they didn't have a 37 year old Smith last year or vs Vegas. I think they could have gone all the way one of those years.

Smith is probably unironically the best goalie this team has had since Roloson. Hmm....

 

[McTonyBrar]

Before nurse got cheap shot we had the lowest xGA in the league dude.

When I'm saying defence I don't just mean defensive play. I mean breakouts, passing, neutral zone play

 

[TheNumber4]

Did they look like a contender when they were 2-9-1 last year?

Atleast that was Woody’s system we could lay that on last year. This year, it could be the personnel unless half our roster gets their heads out of their ass.

I think he was done after that last run vs Colorado (injuries). It's too bad they didn't have a 37 year old Smith last year or vs Vegas. I think they could have gone all the way one of those years.

Smith is probably unironically the best goalie this team has had since Roloson. Hmm....

He was. We just didn’t appreciate what we had before he was done and still putting up good numbers for a measly cap hit.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Did they look like a contender when they were 2-9-1 last year?

Nope, but are they closer to that or the team that went to the Cup Final last year?