Post-Game Talk: Oilers beat the Knights

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

As a dad this scene almost makes me break down every time.

As someone who will never have kids it’s still super touching. Just genius writing.

 

[TheGingaNinja]

He's played good in the stretch. For the most part he's making stops he should make. Vegas also had the 3 goal posts and I thought are defending and our shot blocking, impeccable. WE got clean looks on Vegas goal and finished, and Hill had more difficulty. Vegas finishing was abysmal really. Pad stuffing and logo stuffing all day. It does play in the hand of Skinner. At least he mopped all those up. Yeah I don't like him much. Trouble is you could see he's been overconfident on his puck play lately. Couple games ago he had a flub that Booch got blamed for the GA, but this one was again truly awful, and a clown GA. Its the trouble that this was against Vegas. The only in the divisision that seems to even be a challenge for us and that we probably face in playoffs. Skinner makes me nervous all the time.

We hit some posts too. I wont try and change your mind, and the shot blocking tonight was excellent, but he also made some tough saves that definitely weren't Pad or Logo stuffing.

I think we can agree though that it was fun to smack down Vegas, and I'm looking forward to the SC final rematch on Monday!

 

[CupofOil]

Suck it Vegas, Suck it stripes, Suck it Gary.

The Oilers are a wagon. 3-0 in this tough stretch and outscoring Tampa, Minny and Vegas 15-5 during what really should be an 9 game winning streak losing that game in Vegas that they really should have won. Impressive

 

[jesusbuiltmyhotrod]

old and slow…. Not a playoff team …. lol. Where are the morons who said this after 10 games

 

[nexttothemoon]

If I made a PGT thread it would just be a string of asterisks and spaces as that "refereeing" was f***ed up to the Nth level.

 

[Drivesaitl]

Nurse having such stud games now and I really liked Nuge again on PP today. He's been getting so much flak on PP but his goal was all Nuge. Perfect timing jump into the slot and he snookers it in perfectly with his underrated accuracy. Makes it look like an easy goal but keeping in mind its the first goal the Oilers had against Hill in 5 periods of play and it was huge, and he buried it. This is exactly the type of goals I envisioned Nuge getting when we drafted him. He's so good at reading where the open ice is gonna be, what the play is gonna be and jumping right in there. With good players it seems like the puck follows them. He reads so many right spots to be. Huge goal. Nuge established what this game would look like.

Another boss game from Drai. McD has been quiet lately.

Emberson, some quiet wow plays today. Guy is so solid. On one own zone pass from a D it missed him by 10ft. he calmly jumps, brings the puck down with his blade like nothing, and calmly plays the out. This guy does so much that is calm reliably play and even under duress. How good is this guy gonna get? Credit to management for finding this one.

 

[GOilers88]

Very solid!?!?!?

He has been very solid for about 7 games now.

 

[GhostfaceWu]

Leon 2nd in pts now

 

[Drivesaitl]

We hit some posts too. I wont try and change your mind, and the shot blocking tonight was excellent, but he also made some tough saves that definitely weren't Pad or Logo stuffing.

I think we can agree though that it was fun to smack down Vegas, and I'm looking forward to the SC final rematch on Monday!

Yeah, we hit one post on a great shot by Booch. yeah these are good times. Team is playing so well. Lots of players dialed in and playing much more disciplined positional play than Vegas was.

 

[Cloned]

Nurse having such stud games now and I really liked Nuge again on PP today. He's been getting so much flak on PP but his goal was all Nuge. Perfect timing jump into the slot and he snookers it in perfectly with his underrated accuracy. Makes it look like an easy goal but keeping in mind its the first goal the Oilers had against Hill in 5 periods of play and it was huge, and he buried it. This is exactly the type of goals I envisioned Nuge getting when we drafted him. He's so good at reading where the open ice is gonna be, what the play is gonna be and jumping right in there. With good players it seems like the puck follows them. He reads so many right spots to be. Huge goal. Nuge established what this game would look like.

Another boss game from Drai. McD has been quiet lately.

Emberson, some quiet wow plays today. Guy is so solid. On one own zone pass from a D it missed him by 10ft. he calmly jumps, brings the puck down with his blade like nothing, and calmly plays the out. This guy does so much that is calm reliably play and even under duress. How good is this guy gonna get? Credit to management for finding this one.

Emberson is Kulak with less experience. He’ll get even better as he plays more.

 

[tardigrade81]

Very solid!?!?!?

I mean as of late. His last 6 games I think he has a .930 save percentage. It's Skinner. He is streaky. He sucks ass for a stretch, and then has a nice stretch. Right now he has been solid his last few games

 

[Heavy Dee]

Michael McCarron would fit nice on this team

Shoots right, 900 k this season and next. Perfect

 

[jesusbuiltmyhotrod]

Nurse has been a beast

 

[TheNumber4]

They finally were running up that Hill

Hate the goalie. Love that song.

 

[jesusbuiltmyhotrod]

Emberson is Kulak with less experience. He’ll get even better as he plays more.

Bowman’s pickups all contribute

 

[Drivesaitl]

Emberson is Kulak with less experience. He’ll get even better as he plays more.

Yep. Kulak was one that was hard not to notice as he was part of that Habs team that went all the way. With Emberson frankly I didn't know who he was. Looks like a gooder.

 

[TheNumber4]

Went to see the vegas board to see how they felt about that game. Ghost town...

They still have 10s more fans than Florida though.

 

[iCanada]

Nurse making me proud for supporting him through all his struggles.

Told y'all we needed him and there was a player there.

They still have 10s more fans than Florida though.

Atleast 9.

 

[McAsuno]

 

[Dieseloil]

Podkolzin has been an absolute steal for us

He made a simple play backchecking when Vegas was badly outplaying us in the 3rd. Finished his check, rode the guy out. Killed it.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Shoots right, 900 k this season and next. Perfect

And he's a mean tank of a player too, they should go get him, imo

He can also kill penalties

 

[jesusbuiltmyhotrod]

He made a simple play backchecking when Vegas was badly outplaying us in the 3rd. Finished his check, rode the guy out. Killed it.

That’s what I like about him he makes good smart plays

 

[TheNumber4]

Matches the eye test. Said early on the Oilers were playing good, they played alot of great games, but the production and execution just wasn't catching up yet. Gonna be fun year again. In Knob Hockey I Trust. Best coach we've had since Sather AINEC.

 

[Dirk Dangler]

We need a big nasty 4C

I don’t know if that guy really exists. I think we move Janmark to 4th line center and pick up a wing like Olivier. Olivier kills penalties, scores a bit, and if we were to get him half retained he would only be 500k against the cap.

 

[Drivesaitl]

Matches the eye test. Said early on the Oilers were playing good, they played alot of great games, but the production and execution just wasn't catching up yet. Gonna be fun year again. In Knob Hockey I Trust. Best coach we've had since Sather AINEC.

Knob and Coffey. Not to limit how instrumental Coffey has been in implementing where D do much more with puck to get zone outs and transition. More expectation on more D to make breakout plays. That and the good jumps into offense means it often looks like we have more players on ice. The D are being so effective and such a huge part of this club. All of them. This is the best D performance found anywhere in the league and Coffey has them have their own Lunch spot in the room and the only forward thats been allowed to sit with them is Draisaitl. hmmm.

Coffey is elevating D on the ice and in the room. D are cool. D are bosses. Its the message. Works perfectly with KK's solid Clare Drake type game plan and the forwards buying into responsible play and the best back pressure you find in the league right now.

We're playing Golden Bears hockey but with generational skill on ice.