Post-Game Talk: McDavid hated that goal

[McFlyingV]

Zach Hyman 40 goal scorer has a nice ring to it.

50 goal scorer will sound even better

 

[Drivesaitl]

I kinda had to take a 2nd take there at the time as well .

My wife did too. I'm fairly incapable of being shocked.

Except when the inlaws come over.

edit: Rodney Dangerfield humor is dead and gone I guess. lol

 

[Tobias Kahun]

The funny thing is thatyit doesn't even look like it to me. He just looks so ordinary. That's how talented he is. I haven't been following his production at all this year


And his flopping skills could help us in the playoffs

His flopping skills would end up with us shorthanded

 

[SupremeTeam16]

He took a dumb penalty too and frankly did nothing out there. This guy is literally nothing. We already have our Connor Brown. Don't need the swedish version that doesn't have ANY talent.

He did take an undisciplined stick infraction at a real bad time but I wouldn’t say he did nothing, he was winning alot of puck battles and his line held its own against the oilers top lines quite a bit. 3 hits and a block in 14 minutes of work.

21 pts in 59 games averaging 13 a night in stl. That would put him 9th in scoring on Oilers, ahead of McLeod. Pretty decent for a 4th liner with no talent apparently.

He’s big, physical can pk, play all 3 fwd positions and chips in with modest offense. I’d rather him then Dowd.

 

[Drivesaitl]

50 goal scorer will sound even better

Yeah I don't think the ride is stopping here. What a goal pace heater he's on. 57 goal pace?

 

[McAsuno]

 

[mkatcherin00]

His flopping skills would end up with us shorthanded

OK you are probably right. It's us. We would get called for diving

 

[McAsuno]

Anyone has the clip of RNH making the save?

 

[Drivesaitl]

He did take an undisciplined stick infraction at a real bad time but I wouldn’t say he did nothing, he was winning alot of puck battles and his line held its own against the oilers top lines quite a bit. 3 hits and a block in 14 minutes of work.

21 pts in 59 games averaging 13 a night in stl. That would put him 9th in scoring on Oilers, ahead of McLeod. Pretty decent for a 4th liner with no talent apparently.

He’s big, physical can pk, play all 3 fwd positions and chips in with modest offense. I’d rather him then Dowd.

He's a big loaf of nothing. The kind of player you can pick up on waivers. 50 Career goals in a dozen seasons. Heart be still...

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Time to crack a beer and check out calgary puck

 

[Drivesaitl]

I had to check if this was the Fake ConnorMcD parody account. Leon is getting McD to get some laughs. I like it. Two zingers in a row now around the goal theme.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Gotta give credit to Skinner, I wasn't a fan of those 2 goals he gave up, but then he shut the door making some really good saves including a 2 on 0.5

 

[Drivesaitl]

Maybe you should go first? WTF are you even talking about?

What a pleasant poster.

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Our worst players outplayed their best players.

Yeah. Other than the early Thomas goal I thought the Blues topline was straight up awful. Worse on the PP, lol. This Blues team is going nowhere. Waste of Binnington if you ask me.

 

[FlameChampion]

Hatrick for Lavoie tonight. Still have a hard time believing he wouldn’t contribute more than Brown or Ryan.

 

[OfCorsiDid]

why does it sound like someone is just ripping ass during the latter half of Hyman's presser?

 

[Tobias Kahun]

CalgaryPuck posters have no self awareness.

complaining about the Oilers playing a team on a b2b.

Did they forget that LA and the Oilers both played the night before playing the flames?

why does it sound like someone is just ripping ass during the latter half of Hyman's presser?

Sorry, that was me.

I can't eat these large red velvet blizzards like I used to be able to.

 

[Behind Enemy Lines]

Draisaitl was ass this game. On a line with McDavid and still couldn’t piss a drop. I have no idea what happened to his shot this year.

Tough roll tonight. Especially with a dumb penalty early that converted into a helpful spark for the road team. Draisaitl's still shooting at 19% but his finishing is based on quick release that catches goaltenders moving. With McDavid defaulting to pass first, might be harder to get more open looks at his 'regular office.' I like to see the team moving Draisaitl around to get different shot looks. His goal split is heavily weighted this year as a McWinger PP finisher 50%. Surprised a bit his EV goals are somewhat down even with both coaches this year rolling him as McDavid's winger.

This team needs to get Draisaitl more shots and ideally the big man gets more selfish when running at 2C. Still awesome point totals among the league's elite so small things to quibble about eh!

 

[SupremeTeam16]

He's a big loaf of nothing. The kind of player you can pick up on waivers. 50 Career goals in a dozen seasons. Heart be still...

He’s a fourth line player and he was part of a pretty key line during the blues cup run.

The type of guy you want in your bottom 6 come playoff time, size and decent skating, responsible hard working game, battles hard and wears guys down.

750k cap hit, he’s a nice 4th line pick up that would make the bottom 6 a little harder to play against.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Skinner made some huge stops in the 3rd, and was unbelievable in OT. He has a 0.946 SV% in his last two games, and did a great job limiting the opposition to just 2 goals against in each of them. Maybe this is the start of another long run of games in not giving up more than 2 goals. Month of January part 2, in March? Sign me up for some of that, please.

 

[GMofOilers]

Hey Skinner haters how about them apples? He was fantastic.

Also Kane should never play OT.

Almost costed team again

 

[Drivesaitl]

Draisaitl was ass this game. On a line with McDavid and still couldn’t piss a drop. I have no idea what happened to his shot this year.

He did setup McD 3X in the game. 2 of them set McD home free.

Had some good ownzone breaks ups as well. Tonight it was McD and Hyman on the break and Leon hanging back. The way Hyman has been flying not a bad call. Drai was all over in LA game. probably still feeling that one.

 

[GMofOilers]

So many saying huge game by Skinner?

I’m sorry but he did exactly what he should have done this game. He finished right at the expected goals.

Goaltenders make saves, most make multiple every night, I know that’s foreign for us oiler fans watching Skinner but it’s what goalies do.

That is not setting the bar high saving what you should.

 

[Duke74]

He did setup McD 3X in the game. 2 of them set McD home free.

Had some good ownzone breaks ups as well. Tonight it was McD and Hyman on the break and Leon hanging back. The way Hyman has been flying not a bad call. Drai was all over in LA game. probably still feeling that one.

He seems to be playing way more passive this year. I wonder if he’s lost confidence in his shot because he passes off good shooting opportunities and when he does shoot, it’s into the goalie rather than picking a corner like he used to. McDavids shooting is similarly off but he’s still creating like crazy.

 

[Leonardlizard]

I wonder how well received a Zach Hyman thread would be on the mains

 

[Drivesaitl]

He’s a fourth line player and he was part of a pretty key line during the blues cup run.

The type of guy you want in your bottom 6 come playoff time, size and decent skating, responsible hard working game, battles hard and wears guys down.

750k cap hit, he’s a nice 4th line pick up that would make the bottom 6 a little harder to play against.

Fair enough.

I think you're overselling him and maybe with the bolded.

Normally I notice players like this and watched that whole playoffs and he just wasn't jumping out at me. I guess I wasn't keying on him.

To me guys like Bjugstad and Kostin got more done.

For big 4th line players I tend to like hard hitters as well. Players with more identity. He has 70 hits but not exactly board rattling.