GDT: Game 44: Blackhawks @ Oilers - 7 PM - SN1

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It's a decent strategy to play conservative and wait for a McDavid speed play to create a goal

That's the exact strategy Vegas employed with Eichel, and exactly what has been beating us in years past. It's nice to see us do it

 

[TheNumber4]

Hawks defender played the shot! Hahahha

 

[elmeroil]

Im not. We are clearly playing down to our opponents. I actually can't wait till we play some good teams again.

It will be nice to see one of those games again, feels like it's been awhile

 

[Hollywood55]

Holloway is impressive

Louie's tone changes when he talks about an oilers player lol

 

[nexttothemoon]

True... that Pickard penalty shot save was truly massive.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Good job Hyman.

 

[RipsADrive]

Vinny has been incredible lately.

Remember when Habs fans were trying to sell us Edmundson for a fortune to play that role?

 

[Oilslick941611]

People acting like we are playing bad is a little disingenuous. This is how good teams win. Chicago is playing well. Yes, they may suck, but that doesn't mean they aren't capable of playing well. They are clearly being outmatched though. They are shelling up in their own zone and other than few chances not doing much offensively. We are shutting them down. Which is actually more of a sign we are better than previous years .

 

[McSpecial DraiBlend]

I'm honestly not sure how they would fair against Boston, Winnipeg or Colorado right now

Ya winning soon to be 15 straight without giving up more than 2 goals in soon to be 13 straight games. Your absolutely right.

 

[LTIR]

Imagine Hyman, Drai and McD all hitting 50 goal mark this season...that would be something.

 

[Vagabond]

Drai needs to shoooot

 

[BlackDogg]

Picard looks effortless and collected

 

[Green Xero]

Crowd is creepy quiet considering the 2 zip lead.

 

[dssource]

Let's see if we can hold them to 3 shots or less in the final 10 minutes again.

 

[DrDrai]

Holy shit, is there a bet in the room about how many passes we can make?!

 

[Cloned]

Honestly I wonder if you could do a pump and dump on Pickard. The way the Oilers are playing defense right now it inflates the stats of our goalies.

 

[Da McBomb]

Looks like the boys are playing real hard here to close this out for Pickard

 

[mkatcherin00]

Holy shit, is there a bet in the room about how many passes we can make?!

lol. I wish they would just wrist that sh** and drive the net. Too fancy

 

[Hollywood55]

Crowd is creepy quiet considering the 2 zip lead.

Time to start the wave! @tardigrade81

 

[elmeroil]

Ya winning soon to be 15 straight without giving up more than 2 goals in soon to be 13 straight games. Your absolutely right.

I'm not taking anything away from them, this streak has been amazing! The defensive buy in has been incredible. I just want to see how they stack up against one of the best teams in the league right now

 

[nexttothemoon]

Pickard honestly looks like a vet goalie who's played 500+ NHL games. (Even though it's only his 124th NHL game)


He's played much better than expected this year.

 

[Green Xero]

,,,

 

[LTIR]

Honestly I wonder if you could do a pump and dump on Pickard. The way the Oilers are playing defense right now it inflates the stats of our goalies.

Sure... and then get Campbell up as the backup... what could go wrong?

 

[TheNumber4]

Honestly I wonder if you could do a pump and dump on Pickard. The way the Oilers are playing defense right now it inflates the stats of our goalies.

Honestly we should be doing this from here on out if Knob defence is like this.

You target a guy like Blackwood, a guy with potential, young, and with a pedigree that just hasn’t hit. Then pump dump.

Then do it again next year.

 

[Cloned]

Sure... and then get Campbell up as the backup... what could go wrong?

The goal would be to get another goalie.