GDT: Game #57 - Blues@Oilers - 6:30 PM

[Oilslick941611]

What the heck is our box doing on the PK....

 

[Behind Enemy Lines]

Sidedness doesn't mean much when the puck has been in the zone for a long time. D constantly switch sides around the net depending on the situation. I'd have to watch the entire sequence back, but I have been watching Ceci closely the past few weeks with all the talk about if we need to upgrade on him, and I watch him turn over low pressure puck retrievals and so often be out of position. I think you're right the pairing as a whole has looked awful, but I think its largely because of Ceci. Nurse should look a lot better with a more capable puck retriever and puck mover.

I understand that. However the point is both drift into low chance area too frequently and fail to cover one another. When this team was rolling there was strong consistent structure with weak side coverage. Through the slide its steadily drifted back to no communication and this pair especially chasing all over the ice giving up open high danger ice. Too much chase in their game. And when caught out, Nurse is not committing to blocking shots instead drifting in and out of his goalie's vision to see and stop pucks.

 

[dssource]

Great kill at a key time.

 

[mkatcherin00]

Outshot 10-8 this period but not your typical Edmonton second this far

Hopefully the third goes as usual

 

[JeffSkinner53]

63 is a dusty number. Like when yakupov wore 64

 

[nexttothemoon]

At least Nurse shot it.

 

[Mav3rick07]

I really like the Blues uniforms.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Frying pan alert

 

[Behind Enemy Lines]

Critical PK kill.

 

[SupremeTeam16]

At least Nurse shot it.

Drives me crazy how he always basically gives himself the worst possible angle/chance before shooting every time when his teammates heading to the net looking for rebounds are already by it. He’s gotta shoot that as soon as he corals that pass.

 

[mkatcherin00]

Should be blues penalty

 

[Sanchez]

Stupid Ceci

 

[JeffSkinner53]

I really like the Blues uniforms.

Their red reverse retro is really nice

 

[BlackDogg]

Ceci the play slayer

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Sounds like you only like your own opinion. You’re entitled to that.
Others on here and sports announcers will have a different opinion on the series . We don’t have enough depth in bottom 6. It has been exposed

Fourier has posted stats 100 times stating that it was 1 line on vegas that exposed us.

And it wasnt the bottom 6 of them or the bottom 6 of us getting exposed

 

[OddManRush]

63 is a dusty number. Like when yakupov wore 64

Nah Marchand, Ennis, and Dadonov look good with #63

 

[syz]

Ceci, as usual, puts a swift end to some good offensive zone time.

 

[Heavy Dee]

Ceci has zero deception with the puck

 

[GhostfaceWu]

Cecis nickname should be play killer

 

[mkatcherin00]

Foegele line think they are a first line with their stupid passing

 

[Behind Enemy Lines]

Nice to see Holloway get a bump up the pay grid. Give Line 2 some speed and energy.

 

[LTIR]

Holloway plays good when promoted to top 6.

 

[Oilers in NS]

Stupid Ceci

Looked good until he touched it

 

[Gnome17]

Meh it just dies when Ceci gets it. Hes thinking shoot, but sees Kane ready for a shot, hesitates on what to do, and just dumps it behind the net and the team loses it 5 second later.

 

[AnInjuredJasonZucker]

Ceci puts it down low, and the Oilers retained full possession with time and space, and everyone blames Ceci for someone else's giveaway.