You guys need to all chill out. Its not like we brought that performance against Columbus (last night anyway, lol). We played Chicago, the best team in the world right now, and were rightfully outplayed. Lucky to get a point, but I'm not using that as a positive. We deserved to lose that game, but in all actuality, we should have had our tails kicked by Chicago. They are just so much better than us that its ridiculous.
Post-Game Talk: Oilers lose 3-2 in OT ...so close, yet so far
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OntOilFan
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I've watched that overtime goal 10 times now.
Each time, I get more and more dumbfounded.
How in the name of all that is pure does an NHL defenceman go for a leisurely skate around the net after being pyloned like that?
It honestly looked like pond hockey.
Each time, I get more and more dumbfounded.
How in the name of all that is pure does an NHL defenceman go for a leisurely skate around the net after being pyloned like that?
It honestly looked like pond hockey.
Is there a podcast of Overtime openline on CHED after the games? I live out of town and enjoy listening to Tencer and fans flip out after a game like that.
The Podcasts of Oilers now and Tencers regular show help get me through a day in the office. Have the drama after a game would be icing on the cake.
The Podcasts of Oilers now and Tencers regular show help get me through a day in the office. Have the drama after a game would be icing on the cake.
Been saying this for a while, but Petry is the most overrated player on the Oilers. He gets beat one-on-one more often than Ryan Whitney.
I hope they learn something from Chicago. The way the Blackhawks push the pace of play, play super aggressive on the forecheck, pressure the puck like crazy and just generally work their butts off is really impressive. That is modern hockey at its best.
I hope they learn something from Chicago. The way the Blackhawks push the pace of play, play super aggressive on the forecheck, pressure the puck like crazy and just generally work their butts off is really impressive. That is modern hockey at its best.
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i was super pissed last night, mostly at the coach and eberle/RNH/hemsky.... they are still the people i'm most upset with today, but as with all things in life, a nights sleep brings some perspective
we managed to grab a point against the best team in the league, in their own barn, with our best player out, with crappy coaching decisions, a goalie that shouldn't have been playing and let in 2 softies and with our top line doing their hardest to give away the puck at the oppositions blue line.... so, all in all, we should be very happy with the outcome last night
all that being said:
- krueger's personnel decisions are starting to become very hard to put up with - strange decisions for lines, ice time and goal tending are starting to become the norm with krueger
- eberle and RNH need to simplify their game (the most obvious observation ever, i know)... they are essentially useless right now, i'd rather the extra ice time be given to jones and eager until RNH and eberle decide to start playing hockey
we managed to grab a point against the best team in the league, in their own barn, with our best player out, with crappy coaching decisions, a goalie that shouldn't have been playing and let in 2 softies and with our top line doing their hardest to give away the puck at the oppositions blue line.... so, all in all, we should be very happy with the outcome last night
all that being said:
- krueger's personnel decisions are starting to become very hard to put up with - strange decisions for lines, ice time and goal tending are starting to become the norm with krueger
- eberle and RNH need to simplify their game (the most obvious observation ever, i know)... they are essentially useless right now, i'd rather the extra ice time be given to jones and eager until RNH and eberle decide to start playing hockey
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Krueger is MacT, it's as simple as that, right down to brain locking offensive players by 'teaching them to play defense'. Our offensive young guys look brain locked.
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joestevens29
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So he has the wrong lines out there, wrong ice-time, wrong goalie yet somehow we take a point from a record breaking team?
joestevens29
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Our d as a whole seemed to slow yesterday. Chicago chipped in behind them and were able to get the puck a lot. It's sad when you have a 15 foot head start and are losing the foot race.
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yeah, that is pretty much it.... if you watched the game last night and though we actually deserved a point, well, i don't know what to tell you then
joestevens29
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Deserve or not he got us the point.
Maybe when we are losing 4-0 or 5-1 I'll call Kreuger out, but at this point there really is no reason.
You hear drunk ranting fans come on occasionally but I'm not sure what you mean about Tencer flipping out. The show is usually pretty tame.
Part of that is an experienced, talented Chicago defense that doesn't give up the blueline easy. They're gap control is excellent. I remember watching Pronger do it in ST Louis and Edmonton. The guy would have a 3-1 coming at him and he wouldn't give up the blue line and he'd force the oppostion to dump it.... well maybe slight exaggeration, but you get the picture.
Hawks D did a great job of not giving up the blue line.
Probably the same reason that Gagner and Hemsky stood around 25 feet from the net watching Hossa instead of backchecking.
Its funny that people are still blaming anybody but Petry for that goal. I didnt know he had so many family members on this board lol. If hes not benched next game then kruegers full of it as far as accountability goes. Petrys been junk all year, even with smid helping him out.
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You wouldn't be surprised if you had listened to the Chicago broadcast (I live in Chicago). Eddie Olczyk went on a rant after the play about Yakupov ducking Carcillo and then after a commerical break did a special segment on the play educating kids that this is not what you do (channeling Don Cherry on that one). He then mentioned the play a few more times for the remainder of the period.
Overall, he was very anti-Yakupov until he the scored that laser of a PP goal. Then Olczyk begrudgingly admitted after that play that Yakupov had a pretty good shot.
That's cause you can only hit guys when they have (or have had the puck)!! Since we never had the puck, CHigcago couldn't hit us!
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Ridiculous assessment.
No one could anticipate Petry turning in to a human pylon. He had Sharp exactly where you want him...on the boards, where he can only go up or down. And then he watched him skate around him and crash the front of the net while taking a leisurely stroll behind the net to take a look. Hemsky and Gagner were doing their jobs...covering the dmen looking to get open. They had absolutely zero chance to help out. Gagner isn't the greatest defensive player but to put the blame, any of it, on him for that play, is beyond silly.
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The only good defensemen we've had this year are Fistric and J.Schultz.
Everyone else have been bad.
Everyone else have been bad.
McDNicks17
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Clipping is in the rulebook and technically that's more or less what Yakupov did.
It wasn't note, penalty or suspension worthy to me though.
The late, high hit attempt by Carcillo is probably more noteworthy.
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