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GDT: Game #57: Oilers @ Capitals - 11 AM - Sportsnet

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unicornBLOOD said:
that might be part of it, sure. But that doesn't explain the lack of scoring from our top 6 wingers this year, Arvidsson, RNH, Pod, Henrique, C. Brown all didn't choose to not score for the whole season because they don't have trust in our goalies. Our PK didn't go into the toilet over the last month because they don't trust our goalies. Bouch didn't decide to have a rollercoaster season of bad giveaways because he gave up on our goalies.

This team is able to hide many issues, and look better, with a better W/L record because of 97 and 29. Those guys win games, basically by themselves sometimes. Is this team bad, other than 97 and 29? no, but they aren't nearly as good as they think they are.
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It does though - if you don't trust your goaltender you second guess everything. You don't play with as much creativity. You hesitate. You cheat for defense.

This leads to you defending more in general, and it keeps to you not generating as much on your chances because you are worried if you turn it over, it goes in your net every single time.

Leeds to you just generally gripping your stick and not playing loose and on instinct.

A McDavid and a Draisaitl can score through that, because they're generational talents. A Hyman, Nuge, RV, Skinner, etc? They'll be snake bitten.

There's also a huge psychological boost when your goalie keeps you in a game - you know you let him down and that he deserves better, you go out and execute for him in the key moments of the game. If your goalie just let's everything in, you give up, the games over, go next.

It's like I said - when teams with atrocious goaltending upgrade their goaltender their entire game gets better. The AVS this year generate 0.7 more xGF per game since acquiring Blackwood, and allow 0.6 less xGA. And you know - they statistically get the actual saves. And again - this happens every time teams with bad goaltending get better goaltenders.
 
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Soundwave said:
The goalies they have are basically a non-starter for a Cup, the management having a brutal off-season on top of that just adds to the pile of shit.

The summer was clearly their big “upgrade the forwards” move and they spent 10 million in cap to get nothing done but set themselves up to have two young players offer sheeted.

So now because they got nothing done in the summer, they are behind the 8 ball while massive problems in net remain.

That’s called awful management and scouting.
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lots of blame to go around for sure, i'm not saying that management didn't fail in the summer. But, to say the only thing they messed up on was goaltending is crazy. Ya, not improving in net, has been a fail. but it's not just a fail because they chose forwards over goalies or D, it's also a huge fail because of who they chose as the upgrades, because those additions have been huge disappointments. Oilers management has had many misses since game 7 against FLA.

I do not trust this management team to fix this team, not at the deadline or in the offseason. They have failed over and over, why would anyone believe in them?
 
Stoneman89 said:
I'm only watching to see if Leon can add to his goal total.
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He's been a real bright spot but his buddy Mc-D looks tired/frustrated/angered or perhaps all three. I can't blame him for being frustrated but some nights his efforts have been substandard.

Not much support from the supporting cast. How many goals from all of the other forwards? Big game from Nuge or Hyman would be nice right about now.
 
iCanada said:
It does though - if you don't trust your goaltender you second guess everything. You don't play with as much creativity. You hesitate. You cheat for defense.

This leads to you defending more in general, and it keeps to you not generating as much on your chances because you are worried if you turn it over, it goes in your net every single time.

Leeds to you just generally gripping your stick and not playing loose and on instinct.

A McDavid and a Draisaitl can score through that, because they're generational talents. A Hyman, Nuge, RV, Skinner, etc? They'll be snake bitten.

There's also a huge psychological boost when your goalie keeps you in a game - you know you let him down and that he deserves better, you go out and execute for him in the key moments of the game. If your goalie just let's everything in, you give up, the games over, go next.

It's like I said - when teams with atrocious goaltending upgrade their goaltender their entire game gets better. The AVS this year generate 0.7 more xGF per game since acquiring Blackwood, and allow 0.6 less xGA. And you know - they statistically get the actual saves. And again - this happens every time teams with bad goaltending get better goaltenders.
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It doesn’t even necessarily need to be a better goalie.
Players lose trust in their goalies and the team as a whole suffers. A 900 goalie you have no trust in is worse for your team than a new 900 goalie you don’t hate yet b
 
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Looking forward to the PDOpitals crashing out in the playoffs (not looking forward to this team shitting the bed though)
 
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You can see the amount of passengers on this team when McDavid isn't doing McDavid things

Klingberg doesn't look like the guy. I'd honestly rather see Stecher

Not sure what people like about Henrique either
 
oh, we're awesome again. Our line of invisible men scored while we were down 4. Taylor Hall would be proud
 
CycloneSweep said:
McDavid absolutely didn’t look fine. He had moments of great where he pushed himself but he looked awful for stretches too. He was awful for the first 40 in the final.
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That’s tight checking high level hockey. At the end of the day he was very consistent. He either scored or set up the opening goal in every game except the last one where he ended up scoring the OT game winner. He had a great tournament.
 
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