Post-Game Talk: Montreal - where the people are beautiful and Oilers hockey is ugly

[Soundwave]

Old man Ovi scored 2 today and is on pace to break 99's record in less games than Wayne did it in

39 years old ... pretty impressive.

 

[Drivesaitl]

0 or 2 on Amazon Prime. Correct me if Im wrong, but didn't we face New Jersey and lost 3-0 as well? Lol you can't make this sht up. Zero goals in 120 minutes of ice time broadcasted by Amazon. If we get shut out again next Amazon game, I think we all need to get together, in a chanting cult like circle to alleviate the curse

Poor Calvin, the team keeps letting him down

Prime telecast tonight "This is such a good game" It was 0-0 at the time and two teams trying to constrict each other. Then the Habs scored one deflection goal in late 2nd period to win the game....

Like I said earlier I'm lol at the Prime games being so f***ing bad. Hopefully they don't ever come back. WTF as well with a paid prescription service having all these adds and then having adds on screen DURING play. Prime can f*** right off. Big logos all over screens, weird camera angles, way too much behind the net footage and to top it shining up the shitturd this game was.

McDrai playing like nobody in Canada is watching. Maybe they saw the ratings.

 

[MoontoScott]

Holland wasn’t great, and people whined about his cap management, but JJ blew it all on day 1 of free agency. I don’t care much about the guys that went out but maybe keeping 1 or 2 for some more roster cohesion would have made sense

And MTL got him off waivers with FLA waiving him. We would not even try that b/c even when the eye test and numbers show bad goaltending, this org gets tunnel vision and lock that position/guy in. End of story. No reason to try to tinker with it. They do that for everything. You can basically 95% retire here if you sign a contract

Good points.

Why can't the Oilers scouting staff spot a decent goalie on waivers? Other teams seem to do it.

It's the same as the Elkimos and kick returners. Other teams find them.

 

[Cloned]

Oh I’ve been saying that since day 1 of the nonstop complaining

But when he made the signings and was up against the cap with players to re-sign, something had to give

A lot of people shit on Bowman for “not doing anything”, but I imagine his hands are tied to some degree. The Bowman I know from the Hawks would have, rightly or wrongly, made a real move by now (not just an AHL player swap)

Sometimes it just doesn’t work out as planned.

Once upon a time Colorado signed both Kariya and Selanne, which was supposed to be as sure of a thing as you could get, and it went downhill quickly.

 

[Boner Pills]

Hopefully that’s the only thing you’d be cracking.

8====D (_!_)

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

This is a piss easy schedule too and we're losing to the Blackhawks, the Jackets, the Canadiens....

they always play up to the good opponents and play down to the supposed "garbage" ones

 

[Cloned]

Good points.

Why can't the Oilers scouting staff spot a decent goalie on waivers? Other teams seem to do it.

It's the same as the Elkimos and kick returners. Other teams find them.

I’m leaning towards poor coaching being a big factor in both cases.

 

[Oilhawks]

Sometimes it just doesn’t work out as planned.

Once upon a time Colorado signed both Kariya and Selanne, which was supposed to be as sure of a thing as you could get, and it went downhill quickly.

Like I said in another post, some are overrating the guys that left due to heaters they’ve been on, but maybe keeping one or two of them and holding off on blowing the wad on newcomers might have been a better idea.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

they always play up to the good opponents and play down to the supposed "garbage" ones

They're not beating the good teams either though. 1/3 of our wins came against the last place Predators. Big whoop.

Good points.

Why can't the Oilers scouting staff spot a decent goalie on waivers? Other teams seem to do it.

It's the same as the Elkimos and kick returners. Other teams find them.

Schustin Dwartz.

 

[Drivesaitl]

To be fair which goalie hasn't looked terrific against this year? Saros? Vladar? Lankinen?

Either way we missed the bus on acquiring a starting goalie. I'm not entirely sure where we go for a solution either.

MTL, OTT both are pretty happy with their goaltending so they're not moving anyone.

Our only real options are with rebuilding teams so that limits us to the likes of Anaheim, Utah, Chicago, San Jose, Nashville, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Columbus.

Of which, I think only CHI, SJS, PHL, and CBJ are willing to trade a goalie right now. But that being said it's far too early for a trade like that to occur. Most of those teams, even as rebuilders, are close to .500 plus absolutely nobody is gonna do us a favour.

With that in mind, the first thing I'd do if I'm the (lack of) braintrust of Bowman/Jackson is I'd fire Schwartz with immediate effect. Bring in whatever goalie coach you can find and maybe even a few of them to do an audit of what's wrong with Skinner. Meanwhile you just gotta run with Pickard until either Skinner figures it out or we find a trade.

Montemblaut played us twice last season and was great in both of them. He's been great everytime he's faced us. This wasn't a one off.

 

[CanadasTeam99]

Shake it up at this point who even cares try something different

Skinner McDavid Podkolzin
RNH Draisiatl Hyman

We really could use Arvidsson back, he hasn't been hot this year either, but it feels like the chances generated go down with him out.

That's because he is one of the rare guys with a nutsack and loves driving the net lol and creating chaos. He could try to control it though. Plays a lil reckless. He has heart/fire though. Can't say that for a lot of this roster

 

[JeffSkinner53]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1858714926539297140

 

[Shanahanigans]

Perhaps this is an overreaction but we may need a retool. We gave away all our utility middle 6 forwards last year and doubled down on old, slow 4th liners. Kane is injured and if he returns, won’t get up to speed till next season at least. RNH has fallen off a cliff. Arvidsson seems like half the player Foegele is. Half our defense and both our goalies aren’t good. Perhaps we need to sell off some of our older players this year and get younger and more skilled next year and moving forward. We are the Penguins west but with no cups to speak of.

 

[Soundwave]

That's because he is one of the rare guys with a nutsack and loves driving the net lol and creating chaos. He could try to control it though. Plays a lil reckless. He has heart/fire though. Can't say that for a lot of this roster

Yeah need him back, the team looks noticeably worse with Arvidsson gone even he wasn't converting at a high rate. He was at least generating a lot of chances and activity with Draisaitl. Team has looked very flat offensively 5 on 5 with him gone.

 

[OfCorsiDid]

People talk like these things are unwaiveable.

I don’t think he’d mind it in Seattle for example.

He wouldn't waive for Seattle.

 

[Soundwave]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1858714926539297140

Well if Knob is trying to get himself fired, that would certainly be one way to do it.

 

[Cloned]

Like I said in another post, some are overrating the guys that left due to heaters they’ve been on, but maybe keeping one or two of them and holding off on blowing the wad on newcomers might have been a better idea.

To be fair, most were happy with McLeod and Ceci being traded.

The offer sheets sure, but that kind of dual blow was pretty much unforseeable.

 

[bellagiobob]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1858715165572952434

 

[Dirk Dangler]

Listening to Jackson pat his own back about putting together this great management group in place off the ice was something. What have they done that has worked out this season? Accrued cap space?

 

[McTonyBrar]

Gazzola says he's heard its gotten to the point where the Oilers may just have to make a drastic move on their defence quickly

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Well if Knob is trying to get himself fired, that would certainly be one way to do it.

Do you really trust Bowman to find a good coach? I'm not sure he's found his way out of the paper bag on his head.

 

[Cloned]

He wouldn't waive for Seattle.

Eh he might. It’s close to original home and his buddy Ebs is there.

 

[MoontoScott]

Like I said in another post, some are overrating the guys that left due to heaters they’ve been on, but maybe keeping one or two of them and holding off on blowing the wad on newcomers might have been a better idea.

J. Skinner looks like a complete bust?

 

[Oilhawks]

To be fair, most were happy with McLeod and Ceci being traded.

The offer sheets sure, but that kind of dual blow was pretty much unforseeable.

I would have liked to see them sign just one of Arvi / Skinner and keep one of Holloway / McLeod. Both are flawed players (and Holloway’s wrist scares me), but they could have used one more speedy young forward that can put up points here and there. Idgaf about the others

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

First 19 games.

24-25 Oilers: 9-8-2
23-24 Oilers: 6-12-1
22-23 Oilers: 10-9-0

Same shit, different piles.

So we will be ok.