Post-Game Talk: I’m so Drai right now

[OfCorsiDid]

Welcome to the 3 win club, only took 8 games and you got ur save% up to .880

Who are you talking to? I’m not Stuart Skinner.

 

[CanadasTeam99]

Hey look. We got over 90 tending and won again. What are we now? 4-0? 5-0? Too lazy to look. I hated that 2nd goal, but Skinner did more than enough tonight to help us win.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Hrudey was more than fair to the Oilers tonight. Get real.

 

[Rafters]

20 years on HF today!

Go Drai! 2 points. Skinner much better this game. Players are sniffing. Want to see Hyman, RV and Skinner get hot and score some goals

Congrats… I can remember first coming on here to read prospect profiles for each team and the HF gm simulator game we used to play

 

[McHelpus]

Who are you talking to? I’m not Stuart Skinner.

That's what Stuart Skinner would say...

 

[Dazed and Confused]

How will it look when Kane is back as well?

Skinner - Mcdavid - Hyman
Podkolzin - Draisaitl - Arvidsson
Kane - Nuge - Philp
Janmark - Henrique - Brown

?

A bit extreme, but I wouldn't mind running loading up the top line and going with Skinner and Kane (assuming he's back near 100%) with McDavid.

Skinner-McDavid-Kane
Podz-Drai-Arvidsson
RNH-Henrique-Hyman
Janmark-Philp-Brown
Ryan, Perry

Suddenly that's a dangous 2-way 3rd line.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

I'm no goalie, but it feels like it would be much harder to stop a quick and accurate backhand (a bit of element of surprise, maybe?)

It is because you’ve no idea where the aim point is for the shooter

 

[NotAVacuumSalesman]

Who are you talking to? I’m not Stuart Skinner.

We have to confirm this though.. do you have a giant cookie duster??

On a side note, they won without having to fight tonight. I was hoping to see a good scrap.

 

[OfCorsiDid]

That's what Stuart Skinner would say...

f*** I wish I was him. Who wouldn’t want a 38x increase on their paycheque.

We have to confirm this though.. do you have a giant cookie duster??

I am physically incapable of growing any facial hair of any consequence.

 

[Spawn]

What a sexy man

 

[guymez]

Hrudey was more than fair to the Oilers tonight. Get real.

I agree.
I also found it very refreshing to listen to a play by play call that was actually invested in the game.
I didnt miss the Jack and Louie storytime show at all.
No BS conversations about Almond Joy chocolate bars or various 80's movies while the play is going on.

 

[Soundwave]

Interesting stats from the main board

change the title if you're using relative numbers.

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Top 25 in xGoals share

Bottom 25
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Ty Emberson is doing really well in xGoals share (Kulak too).

 

[guymez]

Weird stat...after tonights games evey single team in the Pacific division except Vegas has a negative goal differential.

 

[foshizzle]

Spent most of night with Kulak, so I'm not surprised to see him start to look better.


Honestly I think the Oil might be looking for an upgrade at LD on the 3rd pair vs. another RD.

Ekholm-Bouchard
Nurse-Kulak
Dumoulin-Emberson

Gets them back to having a mamoth defence, but unlike last year the bottom 4 is increadibly mobile.

lol, no. Kulak doesn’t like his off side and can’t play it for sustained time. Ideally, they would have signed Broberg and played him on left on the second pair, push Nurse down to the third pair, traded Kulak. Nurse is a blocker of many things…

 

[guymez]

lol, no. Kulak doesn’t like his off side and can’t play it for sustained time. Ideally, they would have signed Broberg and played him on left on the second pair, push Nurse down to the third pair, traded Kulak. Nurse is a blocker of many things…

Considering the contract Nurse should be the one playing on his off side....not Kulak.

 

[BarDownBobo]

Still undefeated in the year with atleast .900 sv%.


Is that too much to ask for?

Also undefeated when scoring 3 or more goals, which I feel is also a fair ask when you look at how this team is constructed.

 

[FiveFourteenSixOne]

I was diagnosed with cataracts over the weekend.

But even I can see that Calgary sucks.

I'm a type 1 diabetic, which caused me to get cataracts in both eyes. I had been near sighted since I was in middle school, but after having cataract surgery I'm now far sighted. Pretty weird, and nobody warned me that could/would happen prior to the operation.

Anywho, great to see Drai playing like he's on a mission again.

Team has been surprisingly decent since the horrendous start. If they can get a couple of saves, they should win almost every night.

 

[Coffey]

Yay. A win against the phlegms is always good.

Keep up the winning boys.

 

[McTonyBrar]

Leon has taken the mantle over in stride when needed. It's a pleasure to see. Loved their line tonight especially Podkolzin. The defence was solid for the most part and I thought Skinners line was decent. Philp's line should've had more ice time.

Some on here may not want to hear this... but Oilers do not win this game without Stuart Skinner.

Also, I am confused. Apparently Ekholm speared Huberdeau… What were the Flames commentators watching? It was painful to listen to them especially Hrudey

 

[nexttothemoon]

3rd line still just feels like a weird line. I kind of want to see Janmark and Brown with Philp because I think it would look stronger as a shutdown line than Henrique there. Henrique just doesn't look quick enough to be a shut down centre. I think he'll look better on a scoring line when Kane and McDavid are back to give us that option.

Ya that line feels like it could go weeks and weeks without a goal and the whole point of a 3rd line should be to at least break even while the top 2 lines get a break.. and they are all minus players at this stage which means they are net negatives out there since there are producing next to nothing offensively.

I don't know what the solution is other than trying Henrique up the lineup to try to unlock the offense he has in his game... there's really no cure for Brown and Janmark's stone hands though... they could get a good scoring chance every game and still only score maybe once every 10-15 games.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

lol, no. Kulak doesn’t like his off side and can’t play it for sustained time. Ideally, they would have signed Broberg and played him on left on the second pair, push Nurse down to the third pair, traded Kulak. Nurse is a blocker of many things…

Broberg wouldn't be pushing Nurse down to the 3rd pair.

Thats for sure.

 

[Cloned]

Hrudey was somehow more enjoyable to listen to than Louie.

Ugh.

 

[guymez]

Leon has taken the mantle over in stride when needed. It's a pleasure to see. Loved their line tonight especially Podkolzin. The defence was solid for the most part and I thought Skinners line was decent. Philp's line should've had more ice time.

Some on here may not want to hear this... but Oilers do not win this game without Stuart Skinner.

Also, I am confused. Apparently Ekholm speared Huberdeau… What were the Flames commentators watching? It was painful to listen to them especially Hrudey

In the scrum Ekholm had the blade of his stick up in the Huberdeaus chest.
The commentators were just commenting on that.
Doubtful that it would actually be called a spear but Ekholm was pressing his luck there.

Even though I didnt enjoy listening to Flames commentators (and their biases) they were miles better at actually calling the play than Jack and Louie and their endless storytime bullshit.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Hrudey was somehow more enjoyable to listen to than Louie.

Ugh.

No. No no no no no. Noooooooooooooo.

 

[Cloned]

No. No no no no no. Noooooooooooooo.

At least he wasn’t calling for a review after every goal lol.