Oilers are good at hockey again: Back in the plofs

[McFlyingV]

But they never expected this high of PDO so how can they predict when it goes down?? They keep saying it will go down but when? Even if I ask.a homeless person with no education if Canucks PDO will go down eventually, he will say yes. That's not ground breaking but bringing it up everyday and nagging the Canucks fans about it won't bring it down. But I know how Oilers streak will end sooner than later because it's harder to sustain a win streak.

I don't care about your silly little semantics argument regarding the Canucks PDO and when the Oilers win streak will end. I'm just telling you why people expect it to drop because its significantly higher than anything seen in the past 20 years.

 

[jackjohnson]

Are you living under a rock? People have talked about PDO for years on here.

Nope, been on HFboard for many years and maybe it's been talk about in the other section of this forum. Never heard of it until Oilers fans talked about it this year. Doesn't mean I live under a rock, just means Oilers fans were more curious about Canucks PDO everyday to talk about it in the GameDay threads and Canucks threads.

 

[jackjohnson]

I don't care about your silly little semantics argument regarding the Canucks PDO and when the Oilers win streak will end. I'm just telling you why people expect it to drop because its significantly higher than anything seen in the past 20 years.

OK I think I heard of this the past one thousand times Oilers fan repeated it, I don't need you to remind me that it's higher than anything seen in the past 20 years. The more important thing is to predict when it goes down and how will it affect our winning because you can't do it mathematically. It will go down is the only thing you can say about this stat. That's it.

Looks like some Canucks fans already have the parade riot route planned.

I think you should come up with some new stuff.

 

[McFlyingV]

Nope, been on HFboard for many years and maybe it's been talk about in the other section of this forum. Never heard of it until Oilers fans talked about it this year. Doesn't mean I live under a rock, just means Oilers fans were more curious about Canucks PDO everyday to talk about it in the GameDay threads and Canucks threads.

Well I can assure you PDO has been brought up regularly on these boards for many years when looking at sustainability and which teams might faulter down the stretch/into playoffs.

 

[Cancuks]

Oilers have had a very favorable schedule so far but that will end after the all star break. Eight back to back games coming up. Look what happened to the Kings. Oilers will fade down the stretch.

 

[jackjohnson]

All i hear is that after every win OIlers fans flood the main boards with Oilers stuff.

After beating multipe team records. There is 1 thread on the first 3 pages about them. We need to start showng some damn respect.

Umm they just won 12 in a row! Tying the best record for Canadian teams in NHL history.

Ya ya i know that before 2005 ties were a thing...

But still what the Oilers have done is impressive AF and nobody seems to be giving this team their flowers.

This team had the absolute worst start possible... Now they are Stanley Cup Contenders!!!

Shom some damn respect!

Not sure what this thread is trying to accomplish when half the time the GameDay thread is about Oilers and there are other threads talking about the Oilers. How many threads should there be, talking about the Oilers?

The Flames will physically mentally emotionally crush them next game, the true saviors of Alberta

it will be the turning point of the season, Oilers won't recover

They need another Canucks 8-1 spanking to bring them down a notch just like last time

 

[Kerberos]

I think it's hilarious how the same ignorant notions from fans who clearly haven't watched the Oilers play during the past 20 odd games continue to act like this is an abberation and that the team is bad defensively. The aberration was the first 15 games of the season.

Obviously the winning streak won't last forever and there will still be some stumbles but right now the team is winning in a manner of different ways and most notably with McDavid and the PP relatively quiet.

 

[jackjohnson]

Well I can assure you PDO has been brought up regularly on these boards for many years when looking at sustainability and which teams might faulter down the stretch/into playoffs.

Well I have been on this forum for many years, you can check my history and I never noticed. Probably because it was not talked about to this extent like how Oilers fans talk about it. Heck even. Canucks fans did not talk about it in previous years unless it was a couple of Canucks posters here that did which I might have missed.

 

[jackjohnson]

I think it's hilarious how the same ignorant notions from fans who clearly haven't watched the Oilers play during the past 20 odd games continue to act like this is an abberation and that the team is bad defensively. The aberration was the first 15 games of the season.

Obviously the winning streak won't last forever and there will still be some stumbles but right now the team is winning in a manner of different ways and most notably with McDavid and the PP relatively quiet.

I think Canucks don't get enough credit here. Being bottom feeders last year to being 1st in NHL this year at more than halfway mark playing consistently all season is more impressive than what Oilers are doing. Even with Oilers historic 12 game win streak and a long winning streak before this one, they are still behind Canucks in points. Makes the Canucks accomplishment more Impressive after many people here wrote them off. The Canucks weren't even suppose to be in wildcard spot now, nevermind being 1st in the NHL

 

[WarriorOfGandhi]

the main boards were much more entertaining when the Oilers were in free fall

how I miss those halcyon days

 

[jackjohnson]

the main boards were much more entertaining when the Oilers were in free fall

how I miss those halcyon days

Now the main board will become Oilers board

 

[Saltcreek]

Well I have been on this forum for many years, you can check my history and I never noticed. Probably because it was not talked about to this extent like how Oilers fans talk about it. Heck even. Canucks fans did not talk about it in previous years unless it was a couple of Canucks posters here that did which I might have missed.

You do realise there are more than 2 fan bases on this forum?

 

[HockeyWooot]

When they get hot like this they look damn near unstoppable, but not sure about their roster build or fundamentals to fall back on when they're not.

Kudos to them for not throwing the towel in after that abominable start.

 

[Buck Naked]

Stuart Skinner having a .951 save percentage in January has a lot to do with their streak

The Oilers playing solid defense helping Stuart Skinner out has a lot to do with their streak.

 

[Davo Ikinzom]

The Oilers broke Calgary and LA in the playoffs. I want that Canucks matchup next to do the same.

 

[TheNumber4]

Stuart Skinner having a .951 save percentage in January has a lot to do with their streak

To reach historical levels of success you need things to go right in nearly all areas. Goaltending included. For reference, it’s like the Leafs cup drought but the exact opposite in that that’s historical levels of failure.

 

[Miro4Norris]

McDavid does nothing that Sebastian Aho can't do and Oilers keep winning. bUt ItS onLY McDaVId carrYinG thE TeAM

 

[JoVel]

No. That’s an ugly bush. We deserve Roses

Don't you mean Rosses? As in Art Rosses? Because that's all you'll ever win.

 

[Deplorable Lenny]

Don't you mean Rosses? As in Art Rosses? Because that's all you'll ever win.

K that actually made me LOL as an Oiler fan and the OP lol Props!

 

[Moon Man]

You said a lot of nonsense but all you showed is your inferiority complex.
The hyperbole thinking that a season is ended based from only October is by far one of the dumbest things I've read on here.

Not budding into the behavior expressed during this exchange, but many teams who have started the season weak, have gone on to end their season in a weak fashion.
Which makes it not hyperbolic thinking, as their has been a history of such cases.
It helps show the strength of this current Edmonton team, achieving what they have so far, breaking free from their earlier weakness.

 

[Three On Zero]

And the GDT's are oilers fans vs leaf fans, oiler fans vs nucks fans, oilers fans vs oilers fans

Don’t forget 2 of the 5 Vegas fans

 

[ijuka]

To reach historical levels of success you need things to go right in nearly all areas. Goaltending included. For reference, it’s like the Leafs cup drought but the exact opposite in that that’s historical levels of failure.

not really, failure is far easier to achieve than success

 

[TheOne]

Why are you making an Oilers thread? The main NHL board is supposed to just be posts about the leafs and their players. Also, only leaf fan comments are valid. Am I on crazy pills?

 

[Saltcreek]

Another Canucks fan being insecure because not everyone is talking about them.

Lock this thread

 

[Fourier]

why is elite finishing seen as a negative? edmonton fans keeps bringing up shooting % as an insult for some odd reason.

when the Canucks sucked during the benning/green era we outshot a lot of good teams.. and guess what, we still lost those games.

edmonton fans coming out of the cave after the Canucks nearly ended their season in October and talking trash is amusing.

only casual hockey fans and fans from the frozen tundra are impressed by this 12 game winning streak.

the most impressive win in this streak as against a struggling Leaves team with garbage goaltending.

the last time edmonton played a contender they got rolled by the Panthers.

oh look, the Canucks are on top of the league again... something a certain team with multiple high picks and a generational player couldn't do.

The biggest change the Oilers have made in the last two years was adding Matthias Ekholm. Not only has he made a massive difference in Bouchard's effectiveness by allowing Bouch to play a more aggressive offensive game but the impact of that pairing has also reduced the ridiculous demands on Nurse/Ceci. Ekholm missed the entire preseason with a hip injury and was noticeably hobbled for much if not all of that disastrous start. So not only was McDavid hurt and the goaltending totally porous, but uncharacteristically Ekholm was struggling. In that first 12 games that pairing was being scored on at just a hair under 3g/60 minutes 5 vs 5 with a GF% of around 47%. McDavid and Ekholm are healthy, the new coaching staff makes some small but significant chances to how the defense plays and since December 1, around the time when Ekholm finally looked fully like himself, in 19 games the Oilers GA/60 rate with Ekholm on the ice has dropped to 1.92 5 vs 5 and the GF% has been 66.67% . Bouchard has also looked like a completely different player.

Since the Oilers got Ekholm their overall record has been 43-17-2. Remove the first 12 games this year and over 50 games with a mostly healthy Ekholm their combined regular season record is 41-8-1. While it is clear that McDavid is the Oilers most important player, people really under estimate how much the Ekholm injury compounded the Oilers early struggles.

Ask yourself this...How would the Canucks fare with a hobbled Pettersson and Hughes?