Oilers Lose 3-2 Still can't beat the West...

[Frank the Tank]

While the first period was a poor effort and that is what ultimately too big a hole to climb out of, instead of giving up the team responded well and played hard the final two periods. Nonetheless, a 60 minute effort back-to-back would have been a positive sign.

 

[dustrock]

Draisaitl is 3 years away from being an impact player.

 

[nexttothemoon]

Oh well... they tried.

 

[StoveTopStauffer]

Hopefully it's nothing too major. Yak's been playing like a man possessed lately.


http://gfycat.com/SpiritedNarrowHornet

edit: hmm, elbow?

Doesn't look good to me. The speed at which he got up says "oh **** that hurt".

 

[thadd]

You know, if they had played proper hockey in the first period we would have won this game.

But no, we had to let them get 3 goals up on us, so Hopkins gets double shifted to hell in a losing effort.

Happy with Eberle, Hopkins and Yakupov tonight.

Get rid of Aulie.

 

[TeNeIghtY]

Doesn't look good to me. The speed at which he got up says "oh **** that hurt".

I'm pretty sure his hand got cut by Perron's skate

 

[Soundwave]

Well I missed the first, but it looked like they didn't quite at least. So that's something I guess.

Hope Yakupov is OK.

 

[Aceboogie]

lolol thats funny. 0-7

If they go .800 against east and .300 against west thatd be the funny thing ever

 

[McShogun99]

Nikitin is looking like a buyout candidate at the end of this season.

 

[StoveTopStauffer]

At least someone else was watching this.

Petry isn't nearly as good as people here think he is. Poor man's Tom Gilbert, at most.

Don't know what the hell you guys watched but Schultz, Aulie and Petry were by far better than the other three (Fayne wasn't as bad as the other 2) and Petry certainly didn't play particularly poorly. If only they weren't paired with

So no I have no idea what you two saw.

 

[Heavy Dee]

Don't get the Purcell love, dude sux as does nikitin.

 

[guymez]

We've seen this type of thing happen with the Oilers in the past. Teams blow them out early then the Oilers have a push back that inevitably fails.

Did they even have a shot in the final 5 minutes of the game?

They actually out shot the Preds in the 3rd.

I get the frustration but with this defence and centre group what the hell are people expecting?

There's no positives to take out of a loss where you give up 3 in the first period. Especially when you're 0-7-1 against your own conference. The fact that they haven't won a game against the West 6 weeks into the season is simply unacceptable. How no changes have been made yet... is beyond me.

Yup...winless in 8 against the West is bad. No doubt about it.

That said I was expecting this team to be below .500 against the West. When that sample size become 25-30 games and the futility remains then I will join the chorus.

Maybe my expectations are just lower than most at this point.

 

[TheRebuild]

Didn't watch the game, but I saw that Yak scored, and RNH had an assist. So that's good at least.

 

[CupofOil]

Of course...most of the same young players are still here. No **** they still have the same lessons to learn.

Thats how it works sometimes.

That being said how you can watch this team and still whine about negatives ALL THE TIME is beyond me. If you care to look there are some positive arrows with this team.

I mean what the hell were you expecting? Did you not look at the lineup before the season?

Yeah, not sure what some were expecting (GreatKeith just likes to whine about everything all the time), although a win against the west would be nice.

There's a lot to not like about the team and organization as a whole but I think relative to expectations, the team is about on par with where they should be. It's an underwhelming roster with tons of holes all over the place but at least they are putting in a more honest effort this season at least to my eye.

I think they are clearly more competitive than they were last season so baby steps, it's about all we can ask for with this limited roster.

 

[TheRebuild]

Nikitin is looking like a buyout candidate at the end of this season.

It's funny, I thought Belov was horrible last year. I would trade a dozen Nikitins for a single Belov. That's how god-awful terrible he is.

 

[guymez]

Yeah, not sure what some were expecting (GreatKeith just likes to whine about everything all the time), although a win against the west would be nice.

There's a lot to not like about the team and organization as a whole but I think relative to expectations, the team is about on par with where they should be. It's an underwhelming roster with tons of holes all over the place but at least they are putting in a more honest effort this season at least to my eye.

I think they are clearly more competitive than they were last season so baby steps, it's about all we can ask for with this limited roster.

Exactly.

This perspective fits right in with my take on the team at this point in time.

Where is that SNL graphic for Lowered Expectations when you need it.

 

[dobiezeke*]

Don't know what the hell you guys watched but Schultz, Aulie and Petry were by far better than the other three (Fayne wasn't as bad as the other 2) and Petry certainly didn't play particularly poorly. If only they weren't paired with

So no I have no idea what you two saw.

Go back and watch that first period...tell us how many times Petry moved the puck out of his own end. You won't need many fingers to count it.

 

[T-Funk]

Good thing Katz changed the Rexall logo. They wouldn't wanna be associated with this team.

 

[Marc08]

still no win against the west, yay..

Well at least the point production in the standings has improved, except wins against the west.

Last season, the Oilers didn't get their first win against the west until Game 22.

 

[Spawn]

They actually out shot the Preds in the 3rd.

I get the frustration but with this defence and centre group what the hell are people expecting?



Yup...winless in 8 against the West is bad. No doubt about it.

That said I was expecting this team to be below .500 against the West. When that sample size become 25-30 games and the futility remains then I will join the chorus.

Maybe my expectations are just lower than most at this point.

You ask what I was expecting? How about a win against our own conference?

Lol. That's too much to ask? Until then... yeah like I said. No positives from a loss.

And just because someone is expecting a terrible team doesn't mean they can't be upset about it when it actually happens.

 

[Soundwave]

Perron deserves a lot of credit on that Yakupov goal.

If Pouliot-RNH-Eberle continue to play well, I think you have the luxury of pairing Hall + Yak together so at least there's that.

 

[MessierII]

Can't not play a period and win.

 

[Marc08]

Refs put away the whistles at end.. should've had at least 3pps in 3rd.. not that they help

Maybe the NHL tell the refs to put away their whistles so the Oilers could get McDavid or Eichel.

 

[Soundwave]

Well at least the point production in the standings has improved, except wins against the west.

Last season, the Oilers didn't get their first win against the west until Game 22.

Dat Eakins.

 

[Beerfish]

Yeah, not sure what some were expecting (GreatKeith just likes to whine about everything all the time), although a win against the west would be nice.

There's a lot to not like about the team and organization as a whole but I think relative to expectations, the team is about on par with where they should be. It's an underwhelming roster with tons of holes all over the place but at least they are putting in a more honest effort this season at least to my eye.

I think they are clearly more competitive than they were last season so baby steps, it's about all we can ask for with this limited roster.

Do you work for the oilers? We're still at oh well can't expect much, baby steps stage? What an utter crock. With these baby steps these guys will be 25 or 26 and still not making the playoffs. There are a few players to like about this team.

There is almost nothing to like about this organization. Talk about giving these bozos a free pass. Unbelieveable.