Post-Game Talk: Not good enough.

[soothsayer]

Hyman has escaped a lot of blame but it's time for his dad to pay up.

Based on his play this series, turns out his privilege was entirely based on credit card debt.

 

[OfCorsiDid]

Knobs not a good coach

Ok keeping a running tally of things we need for the next season.

- Starting Goalie
- Top 4 defenceman, maybe two
- Top 6 winger
- a 3rd Line
- New GM
- New Coach

Is that everything?

 

[DingDongCharlie]

From defensive responsibility??

He was brutal this game. I mean the team clearly isn't going anywhere.

 

[Heavy Dee]

Knobs not a good coach

Go figure... They go to a rookie coach to put them over the top in a contending year.

That and the worst trade deadline maybe in team history.

 

[jesusbuiltmyhotrod]

Holland doesnt deserve the dignity of "being retired" should be fired day after this season is over.

Zero done to help this team. For all you "muh Henrique" first round pick for a guy who isn't no where near that value.

Stretcher
Carrick
Gagner
Perry

So much garbage additions this year.

The deadline additions are looking terrible no doubt. We needed better

 

[rboomercat90]

The lack of energy tonight was really concerning. After Vancouver tied the game there was no offensive effort. Game plan looked like it was just skate across the blue line and take a shot at the net and hope it goes in. The rest of the game looked like it was just a matter of time until the Canucks scored the winner. It was hard to imagine a scenario where the Oilers were going to score a goal.

 

[guymez]

The Canucks took their lunch money in the 2nd. The fact the Oilers didn’t come roaring out of the tunnel after the intermission hitting everything that moves tells you all you need to know.

Very true.

 

[Dynamic]

Honestly losing like this is much better than any other way. They flat out sucked. Simple as that. What a waste of a 4th line goal too.

 

[TheNumber4]

being the oldest team in the league really showed tonight

Canucks were quicker, more physical and their battle level was high

McDavid is either tired, injured or sick....he was awful

Ekholm looked off tonight. And in his p post game presser sounded like he as a cold. Need his Viking ass to heal up quick. And yeh McD was just not feeling it tonight. He’ll respond in game 6 though, that’s what greatness does.

 

[Oilhawks]

Pathetic

All due respect to Janmark, but when he's at the top of that chart, that's brutal

 

[Drivesaitl]

McDavid was the player most responsible for the loss but without doubt Knob is doubling down on stupid playing McDrai together and over playing them period.

You are trying to win a cup. Four rounds. Likely 22+ games with a needed 16 wins. At 6 wins and only the second round you gas your best players this badly.

It's f***ing stupid.

Even if we somehow win this series how the f*** is the team supposes to win with their best players on empty the rest of the way.

So stupid. So predictable. Only reason we didn't just lose the series is because Knob pulled his head out of his ass and didn't play Skinner.

Next game play your f***ing depth. Split Mcdrai, and start f***ing Pickard. What's the over under on that cause I bet on Knobslob doing exactly the opposite.

McDrai had been split for 5 periods in a row. Mcd responded to that by being absolutely nothing in game 4 and 5. They only got back together in third period, and again in desperation, and trying to get McD going. To get the Oilers going.

 

[scotchtapejr]

Knoblauch getting outcoached badly

Don't really think it's about coaching dude. This game was all about our lack of effort and execution.

 

[CycloneSweep]

Wow really sounding like Leafs fans now.

Maybe what those psychos at CP say is right, maybe we are the Leafs of the west...

Is he wrong? We go from losing to Colorado in the conference finals to losing to Vegas in the semis to losing to the f***ing Canucks in the semis.

Ok keeping a running tally of things we need for the next season.

- Starting Goalie
- Top 4 defenceman, maybe two
- Top 6 winger
- a 3rd Line
- New GM
- New Coach

Is that everything?

same things we needed when Holland showed up, yeah.

 

[JeffSkinner53]

So annoying- top players play alright but we get out goalied. Get solid goaltending and top players fail to produce. Goddamn it

 

[Connor McConnor]

I think I’m moving from Vancouver to Toronto if we lose this series. Atleast then I don’t have to hear those obnoxious fans for an entire year

 

[DrDrai]

This team needs pure goal scorers. Drai is good from his spot and other areas but to me isn’t a true sniper.

We need a kempe type, and the bottom 6 needs something too.

Unfortunately the effort is the biggest concern and it has been for years.

Connor is baffled post game but also had a shit game, it will be interesting to see if he’s injured. Still shouldn’t affect judgement.

 

[MessierII]

Had to build out a team with useful players through the lineup. We just play the crap out of 5 guys as our only hope to win. Need to win every series in 5 and have lots of huge lead time to rest our top guys. None of that in this one, we had to ride 5 guys into the ground every single game.

There’s no excuses here. Best players need to be your best players period. If you can’t rise to the occasion in big moments you don’t win cups period.

 

[guymez]

Henrique and Stecher would absolutely make a difference.

Canucks played their slowest players tonight. It wasn't speed or motor. No one f***ing showed up for 2 periods

The team literally played like it was some random game in January (not this January obviously)

I am not so sure.
This team wasnt a Henrique and Stecher away from a win in this game.

 

[The Moose]

Putrid effort, wasting a good game by Pickard.The Canucks came to play, Oilers were exclusively passangers.

Canucks substantially improved for the playoffs by acquiring Lindholm and Zadorov. We got a way over the hill Perry and two players that are not even playing.

 

[MoontoScott]

Oilers have lived and died with their PP. Otherwise, they do very little 5 X 5. And that goes for the superstars as well. Tonight, we were given 5 PP's and did absolutely nothing with them. Expected result.

True, the PP is the main engine and in a critical game it goes AWOL.

As I have said about the playoffs, it gives you a clear look at what is good and what is bad with the team.

Hindsight is 20/20 but starting Pickard in game 3 was something that even so called "hockey experts" suggested.

 

[K1900L]

Knoblauch getting outcoached badly

Yes, Tocchet is a different caliber.

 

[JeffSkinner53]

I think I’m moving from Vancouver to Toronto if we lose this series. Atleast then I don’t have to hear those obnoxious fans for an entire year

Maybe winning will stop the rioting

 

[Captain Fantastic]

Ok keeping a running tally of things we need for the next season.

- Starting Goalie
- Top 4 defenceman, maybe two
- Top 6 winger
- a 3rd Line
- New GM
- New Coach

Is that everything?

New coach? Why? What does he have to work with ? What would you have done differently?

 

[Oilhawks]

Draisaitl, Mcdavid, Hyman, Bouchard and Ekholm looked dog tired. A consequence of lack of depth, and having 2 third pairs who can't move the puck. There was a shift late in the third where Ekholm willingly got off for Kulak in the Ozone while the other 4 were still on, I've never seen that before.

Bullshit excuses man

They didn't show up. Outplayed by the Oilers 4th line

 

[guymez]

Ekholm looked off tonight. And in his p post game presser sounded like he as a cold. Need his Viking ass to heal up quick. And yeh McD was just not feeling it tonight. He’ll respond in game 6 though, that’s what greatness does.

This is what happens when Ekholm is off. He makes such a difference for this team.
The glue that holds this D together.
I mean...just look at Bouchards game tonight.