GDT: Game #44: Oilers @ Wild - 6:30 PM - SNW

[Drivesaitl]

May seem like a lot of mistakes made by each club but these are what you would call some forced errors. Both of these teams are certainly among best teams in the league and both giving each other problems as it should be. As a fan I'm just enjoying a good competitive game and will credit Minny for bringing this level while missing so many of their key players.

On nights like this anyway the NHL looks legit. I actually wish there were more good teams in the league as you only seem to get 2 games like this in a month.

Pickard with a helluva period. Probably the most dangerous chances Oilers have given up in a period since October. The one that was inexcusable was the line change.

Really enjoying the game though. I like physical hockey.

 

[TheNumber4]

Leafs homers on the panel will be so jealous that Matthews can't pull off elbows like that.

 

[ZJuice]

Maybe Connor should put out a bounty on Hartman lol $100 of my own money for the first of my guys that really pops him.

It would have to be $5100 minimum

 

[jesusbuiltmyhotrod]

Low key dirty, not malicious. Didn't need to stick any part of the elbow out. Just because it wasn't a full out bull rush to the head doesn't mean it can't have an impact, just takes hitting the right spot even with minimal force to do damage.

He in a split second prepared to get hit tats all

 

[Drivesaitl]

He’s the chief punk on that Syracuse team lol

Theres no doubt the Wild are that in the NHL now. Some other teams try to be tough. But the Wild lineup has some of it in them. I don't mind it. I find the NHL too tame in this millennium. In some way I miss seeing games like this. Feels like a playoff game.

 

[russ99]

It would have to be $5100 minimum

Slap Shot was from 1977? Whats the inflation rate since then?

 

[McShogun99]

yeah, ive lost all respect for Gretz with his MAGA turn. I dont listen to anything he says and actively avoid it.

I could care less what athletes and celebrities think. They might be great at their craft but most barely have a high level of education. Regardless of that we’re all entitled to our opinions.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

That "elbow" doesnt even get a mention during intermission.

Probably because he got hit by some air and jersey.

 

[Heavy Dee]

It was a light graze. Buddy embellished it hardcore.

Doesn't matter

 

[Dieseloil]

How many chances does Bouchard need to put one away, he’s cause many more against than he’s buried.

 

[McDoused]

Idk how that can be true considering they had a 2 on 0 off a Nurse turnover.

Idk Ekholm and Bouchard were on the ice for the 2 on 0.

 

[Drivesaitl]

Low key dirty, not malicious. Didn't need to stick any part of the elbow out. Just because it wasn't a full out bull rush to the head doesn't mean it can't have an impact, just takes hitting the right spot even with minimal force to do damage.

Doesn't take much with todays equipment to knock a person senseless. The epoxy resin compounds the elbow and other pads have these days is hard as hammers. Like being hit with one. Its been examined in quite a lot of studies that NHL equipment has never been more injurious. Its that way ironically to protect the wearer, but it then becomes a weapon. They should really go back to some materials with a bit more give. So many concussions in current NHL and a lot of it partly due to todays equipment.

Todays shoulder pads and elbow pads are now way too hard and have been primary mechanisms of injury for decades now.

A little bit of foam could make hockey a lot safer

The most common cause of concussions in hockey isn't the hitting of heads on ice … it's shoulder-to-head impacts, as in one player's shoulder impacting another one's head. According to research being conducted at Vancouver's Simon Fraser University (SFU), however, the severity of those impacts…

newatlas.com

 

[bobbythebrain]

Idk Ekholm and Bouchard were on the ice for the 2 on 0.

Line change

 

[AnInjuredJasonZucker]

The elbow will definitely get a thread on the mains equating that to a slew foot.

Rat play, and should have gotten a penalty, but that was worth 2 minuntes only.

 

[AddyTheWrath]

Idk Ekholm and Bouchard were on the ice for the 2 on 0.

Nurse and Brown left the ice before the puck was properly dumped in. That 2-0 was on them.

 

[Drivesaitl]

Nuge really on a heater. Said it would happen. It does every season. Really this is pretty good value contractually for all Nuge brings. What a huge goal and picture perfect deflection. Deserves to be mentioned. He's the forgotten weapon on this team.

 

[AnInjuredJasonZucker]

He's the forgotten weapon on this team.

Problem is he's the one that forgets it.

 

[Oilslick941611]

he'll be fine

flop

Not a flop, but still, get up man.

Why was his head so low

 

[Mr Positive]

People might make a lot of the movement by McDavid's elbow. It very much could have been part of his motion. I wonder if for a millisecond he thought a hit was there but pulled back. The Wild player was moving a lot and with his head down

 

[bobbythebrain]

How many chances does Bouchard need to put one away, he’s cause many more against than he’s buried.

I guess you missed the plays they almost scored off his playmaking?

 

[jesusbuiltmyhotrod]

Bouch is so bad right now wow

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

hardly dirty

Not a flop, but still, get up man.

Why was his head so low

nah its a flop

 

[TheNumber4]

Dusty Nielsen has to be one of the biggest dumbasses in oilers media.

 

[CanadasTeam99]

Dusty Nielsen has to be one of the biggest dumbasses in oilers media.

He doesn't seem to be much of a bright dude TBH

 

[Sanchez]

This is going to count!