Post-Game Talk: LA drowning in Oil tonight

[CornKicker]

If Klingberg has a good playoffs he'll get offers above what the Oilers can afford to give him this summer imo.

if the oilers have a good playoffs klingberg might be willing to sacrifice $ for a chance to run it back and a shot a 1-3 cups

 

[brentashton]

Went to the leafs board, man their tears make me happy!

Because Im trying to manage my BP through diet choices, I try to limit my salt consumption.

 

[ahmedou]

 

[The Nuge]

The craziest stat of the night just be Brett Kulak leading the team in TOI. Just such a different player come playoff time

 

[K1984]

The craziest stat of the night be just be Brett Kulak leading the team in TOI. Just such a different player come playoff time

Swiss Army knife. Can play any role, on any side, with any partner and do it well.

 

[Ritchie Valens]

Big Dick energy is a real thing. The inclusion of Kane has completely flipped this series (along with Pickard calming things of course), all the Oilers are playing bigger and bolder with him in the lineup. All they needed was that one spark and Kane's Game 3 performance completely changed the complexion of this series. People still want to buy him out this offseason? Pffft

Not gonna lie and say I expected this, I thought he was done for the season as an effective top 6 level player, but I always knew that a healthy and functional Kane was a game changer. If Frederic can get up to speed, that's some serious depth and toughness in the lineup now.

I always thought Kane just needed to be in the right environment. He’s also grown up a lot, as most 30 year olds do. I think he’s always been a valued member of the team. In the playoffs, it’s not always the Connors and Leons a team needs for a spark, its the guys who have that “go to war” mentality that gets a team gelling.

 

[Canovin]

The craziest stat of the night be just be Brett Kulak leading the team in TOI. Just such a different player come playoff time

Should have traded him to make room for Broberg

 

[Salvaged Ship]

The question is now can they come out with the same effort and intensity in game 6. Last year against the Stars they played a great game 5 then struggled in game 6 and Stu actually bailed them out. I would expect a more even game on Thursday, I am not getting too cocky or overconfident.

 

[Bumblebee Man]

Did he do that on random goals, because that's not how I remember it. Yzerman is wrong and should be embarrassed by that fact

He did it every goal he scored. When you're chasing playoffs and letting it slip away year after year, maybe you shouldn't be grittying across the ice on meaningless goals.
He was also scratched the last 6 gakes of the season.

If you've ever seen Moneyball and the infamous "That's what losing sounds like" scene, I'd say the Walman situation was basically that

 

[brentashton]

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The Travelling Jagrs have been replaced by the Journeymen Janmarks!! Nice.

 

[fireantz]

Hate Ron MacLean but “the difference between the Kings and a mouth organ choir is the
Choir only has to suck half the time” was as good a kneecap as I’ve heard in a while

 

[ManOfSteelI]

Sport logiq had the xG even higher than moneypuck.. Crazy stuff. Not surprised, that game was utter domination and LA was lucky to have Kuemper.

 

[94 Oil Drops]

I'm still not used to having a rebooted version of Klingberg in our line up. I kept seeing this random dude wearing #36 flying towards the offensive zone and making great plays seemingly everywhere and kept wondering for a second "who is that!?" If he really is still the player he was before he got plagued by injuries the rest of the league is in MASSIVE trouble!

 

[Mr Positive]

if the oilers have a good playoffs klingberg might be willing to sacrifice $ for a chance to run it back and a shot a 1-3 cups

Maybe, but with what he went through I wouldn't blame him if he wanted to maximize his money while he still has a couple prime years left

 

[Stoneman89]

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I'm just glad we can't see the entire picture of this guy.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

He did it every goal he scored. When you're chasing playoffs and letting it slip away year after year, maybe you shouldn't be grittying across the ice on meaningless goals.
He was also scratched the last 6 gakes of the season.

If you've ever seen Moneyball and the infamous "That's what losing sounds like" scene, I'd say the Walman situation was basically that

You seem extremely confused about reality. Walman is very good, yzerman is very wrong.

 

[AM]

So many people both here and on other forums are really stuck on this "kings look tired" thing.

It's the first round, they're not tired after only 5 games of intense hockey, they're getting their asses handed to them on a shift by shift basis since at least the 3rd period of game 4. The Oilers have been ramping up their play since game 3, and the Kings are struggling to keep up and looking more and more ineffective, especially their older guys who they rely on way too much.

They are tired. Their best players best before date is 5 years ago.

 

[Canovin]

4-0 LA if Holloway and Broberg were still Oilers as there no Frederic, Walman, Klingberg, Arvid and the Oilers looking exhausted like LA being short man the entire season

 

[Stoneman89]

What will Hiller do next? LOL

Give a post game exit speech on Thursday night.

 

[ujju2]

Lots of mixing.

Bouch+Nurse 8:58 - 55.47% xGF
Bouch+Walman 5:00 - 61.58% xGF
Bouch+Kulak 3:24 - 89.13% xGF

Nurse+Kulak 8:34 - 68.91% xGF
Nurse+Klingberg 3:01 - 56.63% xGF

Walman+Klingberg 13:07 - 93.45% xGF

Kulak+Emberson 6:52 - 80.94% xGF


So, by analytics, worst performing pair Bouch+Nurse again, but didn't matter Kings really looked out of gas.

Kulak elevating everyone he plays with. I guess you just need to play Bouch/Nurse out of necessity because we only have 1 Kulak. And Walman/Klingberg played amazing together and ended up our most common pair. Would be nice to have Stecher back, clearly not much trust with Emberson still.

With Walman playing exclusively on the left by the looks of it, I wonder if we end up going with the following if/when Ekholm returns:

Ekholm-Bouchard
Walman-Klingberg
Nurse-Kulak

You could play them roughly even minutes across all 3 pairings, keep them fresh.

 

[soothsayer]

With Walman playing exclusively on the left by the looks of it, I wonder if we end up going with the following if/when Ekholm returns:

Ekholm-Bouchard
Walman-Klingberg
Nurse-Kulak

You could play them roughly even minutes across all 3 pairings, keep them fresh.

That defense is clearly better than last year's. There's some hope there if the Oilers can keep rolling.

 

[MikeS24]

Hyman post game... "Picks making every save he needs to make, as a player that gives you confidence that if you do your job everything is gonna work out,"

Must be nice for a change.

Here is proof from a players mouth how much Stu's pathetic performances screw up the team in front.

 

[oobga]

That defense is clearly better than last year's. There's some hope there if the Oilers can keep rolling.

Yeah, if Klingberg-Walman play like last night long term, that is the best D group we've had in the McDrai era by a good distance.

Knob spent the entirety of last playoffs trying to figure out how to make our bottom 4 D not suck, yet we still made the finals hehe.

 

[Canovin]

Hopefully the Oilers win in game 6. Give the boys about 5 days to recover.

 

[AnInjuredJasonZucker]

if the oilers have a good playoffs klingberg might be willing to sacrifice $ for a chance to run it back and a shot a 1-3 cups

Klingberg turned down a $7M x 8 year contract to try and sqeeze extra money out of the Stars (I think his agent was really pushing for that). With the contracts he's signed since, he's probably flushed $30M down the toilet. He'll go for the money, and I honestly can't blame him.