Post-Game Talk: Holland dithers, Oilers lose

[Sra1974]

Are the folks who wanted the loser points feeling like this is better now? I blame them lol.

 

[OfCorsiDid]

You can imagine what I was thinking on that one. It was f***, f***, f***...


What a pathetic performance by the oil. Pretty much gifted puck luck in first period and stake out 4-1 lead as nearly everything is going in. Then they do nothing the rest of the game and watch the RAngers come back. Fortunate to even get a point in this one. SOG 11-1 at one point in 3rd period with game on the line.

The Oilers only got a point because of Jack Campbell.

The rest were part of the problem.

 

[KlefDown]

If he makes the team worse, he can take a hike

agreed, he can. However is like worrying about the straw on the camels back instead of the 500lb deadweights that are stuck to it

This team has bigger problems, Puljujarvi problem can be fixed as simply as waiving him or trading for future considerations at this point

 

[KCC]

Let's see if McDavid can get somewhat close to 150 points. At least that's something to cheer about because this team just isn't good enough. IE they can't afford to take nights off. Not with their lack of depth and awful defense. lol

 

[walktheboulavard]

I don't even like Holland but this is a help me help you kind of period with this team

 

[Cloned]

Yeah if Desharnais is playing I think we win this game.

These defensemen can’t handle more minutes. Desharnais eating 15 minutes of ice time is actually critical for this roster. Holland built the defense like a house of cards. We basically have to play 11-7 otherwise we can’t win.

But because he’s dithering on Pulju we can’t even f***ing dress our best actual defender making less than 1M.

WTAF. GTFO.

 

[McSpecial DraiBlend]

Hate to say it but we need to practice the shootout. We have two people that can score.

Got a point. Rags are a top tier team. Didn’t think they were going to go away quietly.

Still though the garbage defensive play was a point pissed away. Woody and the whole coaching staff just are not very good. They’ve lost the script

Correction. One. If we had two we wouldn't have lost every one this season.

 

[LTIR]

There are essentially 5 defenseman on this roster that need to be sheltered, 3 of them in a significant manner (Barrie, Bouchard, Broberg). Holland has been GM for nearly 4 years and is yet to fix the f***ing defense on this team.

Our 9.25 Dman needs more sheltering as well

 

[Dynamic]

Imagine f***king up the cap situation so bad that we need to send down NHL calibre players to make it work. And one of our guys got sick so we played short a man all night.

Drai is really starting to piss me off. He can still put up points in his kill zone but other than that a total liability. Woody needs to grow a set and address this Drai situation somehow. Limit his ice time. Let him know the team is not impressed with his effort and just basic hockey sense. Who the f**k misses a slap shot in a shootout. What a joke.

McDrai in the OT is NOT working so please stop it. Drai should probably not even be on the ice in OT to be honest.

And why the hell are we always shooting first in the shootout. Do any other teams do that or just us.

 

[CupofOil]

Drai laziest player in the NHL, maybe ever, I think we have seen peak Drai

I question how much he loves hockey right now. He just seems miserable all the time. He's always had that demeanor but moreso this season than ever.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Karlsson is Heatley 2.0. It’s not happening.

 

[MessierII]

Fantastic game. Rangers took this game over with much better, faster puck transition game and took advantage of lots of high quality ice given up by the Oilers. First game of the benchmark weekend competition reveals there is work to be done to compete with elite teams. Campbell kept the Oil in it but the Rangers elite #1 went into terminator mode.

Draisaitl the finishing winger is elite. But was challenged tonight in driving the second line from the centre position. 47% in the dot. Brutal shootout attempt. Not burying the guy, just too many minutes tonight. Next OT I would look at new lines McDavid/Nugent Hopkins and then roll out Draisaitl/Hyman. The stack is not working.

This game was ripped away from the Oilers by a team that skates better and moves it so quickly from a big, mobile defense corp. I can't be mad because if I look at this objectively I think the best team (tonight anyways) got the W.

Draisaitl is clearly injured. Hope at some point we can rest him.

 

[La Bamba]

Yeah, okay.

Glad to see someone who doesn't understand usage and how being sheltered works.

okay buddy keep worshipping Holland

 

[LTIR]

We blew a 3 goal lead

Twice

 

[Drivesaitl]

We had 12-6 before the game cause that’s all we could afford then Kostin got sick. We had to send down Holloway, Desharnais and Shore to activate Yamamoto.

Why did we HAVE to activate Yamanothing?

 

[OfCorsiDid]

Are the folks who wanted the loser points feeling like this is better now? I blame them lol.

I'm feeling better than if we let in another goal with under 5 minutes left.

I probably would've broke something.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Yeah if Desharnais is playing I think we win this game.

These defensemen can’t handle more minutes. Desharnais eating 15 minutes of ice time is actually critical for this roster. Holland built the defense like a house of cards. We basically have to play 11-7 otherwise we can’t win.

But because he’s dithering on Pulju we can’t even f***ing dress our best actual defender making less than 1M.

WTAF. GTFO.

He doesn't eat 15.

 

[Heavy Dee]

6 million tied up in Yammo and PJ. Elite manager.

 

[CycloneSweep]

Why did we HAVE to activate Yamanothing?

Cause he was medically cleared and healthy has to be activated.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Our 9.25 Dman needs more sheltering as well

Guaranteed contracts are cancer.

 

[GrumpyKoala]

We need Jim Matheson vs Draisaitl redux, only this time I will side with JM. Draisaitl has been a f***ing joke this year, he's either playing injured or completely does not give a f*** anymore. It's pathetic seeing him coast around the ice and force the same f***ing risky plays every gagame.

I can get behind he injured. But the reality is that he not good enough to be on the top 6 with thoses kind of performance.

Rest him if there is something or bench if he just lasy. This is completely unacceptable.

 

[Zguy370]

Choosing Yamamoto over Hyman is a decision that boggles the mind.

Because the Dumb coach was hoping for a drama first game back by Yamo instead of thinking of the odds of using a much better skilled player for the win

 

[CupofOil]

yeah, same here.

I actually really don't get that upset over this team anymore, but man that was an annoying one.

Loses are one thing but when you see a team mail it in for as long as the Oilers did tonight, it's just unacceptable. The Rangers weren't even that good, the Oilers just gifted it to them.

 

[Soundwave]

Why did we HAVE to activate Yamanothing?

Because Holland is a moron.

 

[tiger_80]

Draisaitl has the stamina of a 17 year old basset hound. Lazy and slow. Time for him to get some rest.

He does not look good of late. A couple of years ago, the Oilers would win pretty much every game in OT because Draisaitl and McDavid were unstoppable 3 on 3. Now they lose either in OT or, more commonly, in the shootout.