Post-Game Talk: Oilers def. Canucks in season opener, 5-3 (Pettersson, Miller, Kuzmenko)

[mossey3535]

Feel bad for Demko, very hard to go 0 to 100 all game. Still not sure he has it tonight though, the "two pad stack" save wasn't a sign of a guy on his game.

 

[MS]

We’ve destroyed them at ES but good god our special teams look horrific.

 

[Brock Boeser Laser Show]

Oilers have to be the biggest group of cherry pickers in the league

 

[Bobby9]

Haha. One game to regain that Canucks hockey

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

That's game. This is still a massively flawed team that cannot defend for shit. Special teams are going to sink this squad again.

 

[Petey O]

Oh captain my captain..

 

[Hansen]

Its as if you cant simply flip a switch from dogf***ing all preseason when the shifts mean more

 

[canuckking1]

Special teams is getting us killed.

 

[ahmon]

Like I said earlier canucks not taking care of the puck. against a team like the Oilers who have high end talent. \

And it will show, Oilers pp much better than canucks pp.

 

[Red]

special teams letting us down again

 

[CherryToke]

Horvat just randomly fell over like an old man... yeesh

 

[Canucks LB]

Our defence is something else

 

[FlowMaster]

Canucks have been the better team. Losing the special teams battle however.

 

[Canucks LB]

That being said, that was on the forward, horvat has been dreadful tonight

 

[Burke's Evil Spirit]

I did not have "the Canucks dominate the Oilers 5-on-5 but give it all back on special teams" on my bingo card...

 

[Canucks LB]

special teams letting us down again

Bingo

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

jesus christ our pp needs to wake the ffff up

 

[Regress2TheMeme]

Oof, that shorty is a big momentum swing. Getting out of the period with the lead should have been a given.

 

[wonton15]

Dakota Joshua legitimately might be dumb or not understand his role. I haven’t seen a player refuse to do his job or know his role like that in a while

 

[quat]

Horvat's a bit difficult to support these days. This is your team Bo, how about acting like it.

 

[Peen]

We’ve destroyed them at ES but good god our special teams look horrific.

Very confidence inspiring though if we are going to control play like this consistently.

And you know our PP will finish in the top ten.

PK..

 

[Luck 6]

We really just haven’t had the best luck on our side this game…

Two PP goals against, one which was a clear call back. Then a short handed goal. But teams with the stars that the Oilers have so have the ability to turn it around quickly. But, if we play like this consistently, we will win more games than we lose by a healthy margin. Let’s hope we have a good 3rd and this one is one of them.

 

[MS]

That's game. This is still a massively flawed team that cannot defend for shits.

I mean, our ES defence in this game has been exceptional. One of the best offensive teams in the NHL has like 10 ES shots through 2 periods and few quality chances.

The PK against that Oilers PP, though, yuck.

 

[thenextone]

we keep talking about RD and LD, the team has no concept of team defense. What on earth is Horvat doing on that play? He’s the center on the PP but he’s so used to being the cherry picker for bumper goals he forgets his defensive responsibilities while on the ice

 

[Svencouver]

We’ve destroyed them at ES but good god our special teams look horrific.

Special teams coaches have just never been there so I'm not surprised