I can’t help that people don’t subscribe to your arguments. That’s on you Bob.
But yes, 2 things can definitely be true at the same time.
Post-Game Talk: Grinding out wins like we’re constipated
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But yes, 2 things can definitely be true at the same time.
Still need the Pickard wins. I like Pickard but if we start stacking more starts on him his wins might start getting more rare.
Maybe we actually need a legit 1A 1B setup if we insist on sticking with The Stache. We are probably missing the 1A part of that equation though.
Win's a win I guess but man alive this team is wretched to watch. Old, slow, and plodding. Ugh.
Also nice to see this site back alive again
Also nice to see this site back alive again
The first game was a shellacking. 6-2, and this one was similar, if anything the Oilers dominated this game more. That prior game had sunk the Rangers season, they went into a tailspin after that. We're their kryptonite apparently.
They need a clean up in NY. Its a country club up there.
Didn't really see it that way. Arvid looks busy on most nights. Doesn't mean he's being particularly impactful. I'm sure not about to reverse stance over one game and a fluke goal deflected by Rangers stick.
Not to critique a win but yeah. I've needed a lot of coffee to watch this road trip. Other than Drai playing great and Connor skating right into road blocks the team is pretty boring. The games drag on like a podcast.
Reminds me more of Yamamoto. <all of hfboards cries>Arvidsson plays eerily simiar to your previous champion, Yakupov
lol
This is the guy that was bumblebee just last week. I thought it was a parody account. Now a lot is explained since the board has reverted to the previous names.
That was a nice pass. Sure it was. But honestly the amount of plays he makes has slowed down to few as well. From a guy that was drafted to be an offensive talent and that has size he should be making some more plays like that.
Arvid is not a playoff performer. heavier games tend to expose him and he gives pucks away a lot. Biggest concern with him in playoffs is missed shots that end up setting breakouts for opponents and ill advised passes that get turned the other way. He's a high event player in playoffs, but his production doesn't justify it. Maybe he was forcing things in LA but I still see him doing it a lot. Not disciplined with his puck movement.
They were out together to close out the game. I think they did the same against the Isles.
They always were the exact same type of player and play style (small but big heart and drive), but RV was supposed to have top 6 skill/finish. RV's body is just broken at this point, I think.
That was just an ugly game, for two teams sitting where they are in the standings I expected better. It’s usually a great match up between these teams, I think the Rangers are toast, no playoffs. Oilers, likely an early playoff exit.
Arvidsson is Yamamoto
Podkolzin is Puljujarvi
Finkle is Einhorn
Dylan Holloway is a St. Louis Blue
i hate this f***ing front office so much
My general understanding he’s an aggressive blowhard that seems to rub a lot of people the wrong way.
Nuge sighting last night! Let's just hope it's not another 15 games before he makes another appearance.
According to NHL EDGE stats, the Oilers are the 2nd fastest team in the league on average.
I don't like the sound of Utah after losing to the ducks and Montreal and Buffalo
Yup. Oh my oh my oh my the meltdown some ppl had on here when Fla got Seth Jones
Has anyone bothered to check how his last 7 games have gone? It's not pretty
And in other news, the Oilers outshoot everybody, therefor, should never lose.
Trades like that confirm success or failure in the playoffs, not the first seven games. Saying that, I'm loving it.
I wish they had an NHL edge stat for fastest and most effective puck movement. We would have to be near last.
The "too slow!" narrative drives me crazy because they aren't. The only forwards up front that aren't at least average speed wise are Perry and arguably Jeff Skinner. Everyone else is at least average, with most being better than average. The reason we look slow is because our passing is atrocious which bogs us down significantly.
Its been interesting to me how we were too old and slow in October when the team was disjointed and lazy, all of a sudden weren't too old and slow at all from November - January when the team was playing a connected and competent brand of hockey, only to again be too old and slow the moment they reverted to playing disjointed and lazy again. The puck movement and team connectivity is slow, not the skating speed.
