Post-Game Talk: Oilers dig a self-inflicted grave

[CantHaveTkachev]

It's always amazing watching Hellebuyck vs Skinner. Helle big and in position all night, so even if he couldn't see it it would hit him anyways. Meanwhile Skinner was losing his net as soon as the puck moved laterally all game.

well ya, he's a Vezina winner

 

[harpoon]

People who didn’t watch the game will look at the stats and see 30 shots for the Oilers and blame everything on Skinner. He absolutely deserves to be blamed on a couple of those goals, and I’m the last guy to defend him, but ffs the whole team was utter trash tonight. Can’t think of one player who looked good. Shameful performance top to bottom.

 

[Missing smitty]

Well neither goalie is going to win us games with us scoring 0 goals. All this talk about how awful Stu was while ignoring we had 0 goals.

So all they needed was helleybuck to just let pucks through him and they would have been great...

 

[nexttothemoon]

C'mon down into the lineup Gleason, Stecher, Philp & Lavoie... need some hungry motivated players to see if that can spark something.

 

[TheNumber4]

It's always amazing watching Hellebuyck vs Skinner. Helle big and in position all night, so even if he couldn't see it it would hit him anyways. Meanwhile Skinner was losing his net as soon as the puck moved laterally all game.

Happens all the time. Cept the last time they played and Skinner won the battle.

 

[bellagiobob]

Did he even break a sweat tonight?

Boy needs some ketchup in his diet.

 

[Cloned]

Lickspittle Stauffer calling out J. Skinner, amazing.

I actually thought Skinner was one of their not as bad forwards tonight. RNH was far worse. Just did nothing at wing and center.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Man, an inexperienced defenseman forced to play top 6 tough minutes on a team with a ton of pressure to win the Stanley Cup... Who could've seen those struggles coming?

"can't be worse than Ceci!"

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

"can't be worse than Ceci!"

Starting to think Nurse was the problem on that pairing the entire time.

 

[Mcnofool6110]

Don’t joke.

Schwartz has more pull on this organization and it's goalies than Rasputin had on the Russian royal family, I would be more surprised if he wasn't extended.

We need to get a goalie who's psychotic/confident enough to not listen to a thing he says (Elvis? Gibson?), that's our only shot

 

[Jumptheshark]

WTF happened between Calgary and Vancouver tonight?

 

[JeffSkinner53]

C'mon down into the lineup Gleason, Stecher, Philp & Lavoie... need some hungry motivated players to see if that can spark something.

Game 1 and we're already saying this. If the opening game doesn't pump you up as a player you should be replaced by somebody who will.

 

[Shizuka]

I actually thought Skinner was one of their not as bad forwards tonight. RNH was far worse. Just did nothing at wing and center.

I don't think anyone looked good man, not after the first what, 5 minutes of the 1st? They just folded like they always do, after Stu's lousy goals allowed and showed zero pushback or resilience. Stauffer sure wasn't impressed with J. Skinner, which is surprising considering the source and whose employ he is in.

 

[Cloned]

Starting to think Nurse was the problem on that pairing the entire time.

Both were problems.

Nurse is just not tradeable unfortunately.

 

[TheNumber4]

People who didn’t watch the game will look at the stats and see 30 shots for the Oilers and blame everything on Skinner. He absolutely deserves to be blamed on a couple of those goals, and I’m the last guy to defend him, but ffs the whole team was utter trash tonight. Can’t think of one player who looked good. Shameful performance top to bottom.

Not one positive from tonight.

 

[CrazyJoeDavola]

Knobby doesnt preach intensity and physicality enough for me to feel comfortable with him getting us over the hump

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Man, an inexperienced defenseman forced to play top 6 tough minutes on a team with a ton of pressure to win the Stanley Cup... Who could've seen those struggles coming?

Color me crazy but a 30 game rookie playing 2RD paired with a partner whose brain goes blank at inopportune times is not a good idea.

 

[TheNumber4]

3 disasters to watch tonight. Oilers, Nucks, and Milton.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Color me crazy but a 30 game rookie playing 2RD paired with a partner whose brain goes blank at inopportune times is not a good idea.

How the Oilers didn't forsee this is something I won't understand.

 

[TheNumber4]

f*** off. Nucks tied.

 

[Niten Ichi Ryu]

6 goals on 19 shots
0 goals on 30 shots

Imagine if we had Hellebyuck. Holy sht McDavid would be flexin' double rings by now
Or imagine Holland didn't rail lines before the 2021 NHL draft, and drafted the franchise goalie that fell into their laps, but instead traded it to draft a player with 0 NHL games and traded for hot air. Jesper Wallstedt would be a fking stud behind this team

 

[Stealth1616]

This again was predictable based on how we played preseason. Not sure why this team can’t get up to play some games

 

[CycloneSweep]

Knobby doesnt preach intensity and physicality enough for me to feel comfortable with him getting us over the hump

You can’t have all these old guys playing too intense. They will be tired by the playoffs.

 

[TheNumber4]

Omg. Jt miller chants are back. Gonna puke.

 

[Cloned]

I don't think anyone looked good man, not after the first what, 5 minutes of the 1st? They just folded like they always do, after Stu's lousy goals allowed and showed zero pushback or resilience. Stauffer sure wasn't impressed with J. Skinner, which is surprising considering the source and whose employ he is in.

Just weird to pick out Skinner when a bunch of other forwards had much worse games.