Oilers now 13-12-1: THE THREAD THAT'S FUN FOR EVERYONE

[Craft Beer Lover]

Its so so so so over

Also Leon Draisaitl, get ready to learn Lox on a Bagel, Islanders should do everything to steal him from the Oilers.

Keep in mind that any Islander package would have to include Noah Dobson.

 

[Rants Mulliniks]

Yea, like that has nothing to do with the team they were facing in the final. It's not like it just stopped. Toronto and Carolina choked. Bob looking human in the final had a lot to do with Vegas too.

A little but he mostly shat the bed. Even that is hardly the point. What did Florida have to go through to get there? #1, #2, #4. Tampa? #4, #1, #7.

 

[M2Beezy]

Maybe time to quickly rehire Chiarelli before Ottawa snatches him away...

 

[HugginThePost]

They’ll beat Nashville tomorrow and the Oiler fans will be back telling everyone they’ve turned the corner!! Just like after beating the hapless Flames! Christ, even Gretzky was slobbering all over Kane after that game.

It‘s always boom or bust with the Oil faithful.

Always.

Or not…..

 

[CycloneSweep]

Playoffs??
Hahahaha.
They can’t even win 2 games in a row.

 

[BuiumSaveUs]

I don’t think they’ll make the playoffs. They’re not a good team. They play with such little structure.

 

[Coffey]

I don’t think they’ll make the playoffs. They’re not a good team. They play with such little structure.

For the last 15 years.

 

[BuiumSaveUs]

For the last 15 years.

Yep. They just need a good coach imo. If McDavid and Drai “settled” for 120 points and played solid defensive hockey they’d probably be a really good team. Don’t get that twisted though: they’re not the issue. The issue is players 3-18, the goaltending, and the coaching and the culture.

 

[JuJu Mobb]

Phil Kessel is still UFA. He could come back and save the Oiler's season, imo.

 

[lionsDen]

Nah they’ll be alright

 

[Chips]

Keep in mind that any Islander package would have to include Noah Dobson.

I doubt the trade would happen but Pelech or Pulock + would be more likely than Dobson, at least unless Dobson falls well short of his ceiling


Age / stage of the career of the players being traded.

 

[thaman8765678]

The Sharks and Flames are BAD....

But this is at a completely different level of pathetic. They were the top pick in the west to win the cup, and they can't beat anyone!

 

[CherryToke]

Maybe time to quickly rehire Chiarelli before Ottawa snatches him away...

Chiarelli had his chance, it's Bennings turn

 

[Love]

Who’s he lookin at, Jack Cambpell??

 

[Bobby9]

The reality is: You can’t play as well as McDrai have for as long as they have and not burn out when the team never wins.

Would MJ23, Kobe or Lebron ever sustained elite playing ability if their teams never win? It would drag any person down eventually. Not only mentally but physically.

McDrai look gassed and I understand. I think the season is close to a write off. If they go 4-6 or 3-7 over the next 10 they’re done.

 

[MrHeiskanen]

Looks like calling your teammates in to Edmonton early isn't the best thing for the team.

 

[josra33]

What exactly did McDavid do with the Oilers with the extra practice

 

[Hischier and Hughes]

The reality is: You can’t play as well as McDrai have for as long as they have and not burn out when the team never wins.

Would MJ23, Kobe or Lebron ever sustained elite playing ability if their teams never win? It would drag any person down eventually. Not only mentally but physically.

McDrai look gassed and I understand. I think the season is close to a write off. If they go 4-6 or 3-7 over the next 10 they’re done.

Lebron left his hometown team to win (though went back and delivered afterwards, something a lot of Lebron detractors like to leave out)

anyone on any team can and will leave if things get bad enough

 

[RandV]

The reality is: You can’t play as well as McDrai have for as long as they have and not burn out when the team never wins.

Would MJ23, Kobe or Lebron ever sustained elite playing ability if their teams never win? It would drag any person down eventually. Not only mentally but physically.

McDrai look gassed and I understand. I think the season is close to a write off. If they go 4-6 or 3-7 over the next 10 they’re done.

Ovechkin didn't win the Cup till age 31. I don't think they even made it past the second round till then.

 

[La Bamba]

They ain't making it if they don't make a drastic change

Woody has lost the room/the team has no structure

Too much talent to be this bad lol

 

[Buresflyingelbow]

I still refuse to drop the Oilers in my Hockey pool. 0-3 isn’t a coincidence though for me.

 

[VivaLasVegas]

For folks ragging on the Oilers' defense (which is awful to be sure), here is their record and the number of points they scored in each game:

10/11 Canucks Loss 2
10/14 Canucks Loss 3
10/17 Preds Win 8
10/19 Flyers Loss 1
10/21 Jets Loss (OT) 2
10/24 Wild Loss 4
10/26 Rangers Loss 0
10/29 Flames Win 5
11/2 Stars Loss 3
11/4 Preds Loss 2

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In five of their losses (i.e., half their games), the Oilers only put up 2 points or less, which simply isn't going to get it done. It was indeed curious to hear folks bag on the goalies and the defense against the Flyers (Oilers scored one) and Rangers (Oilers goose-egged).

The point being that the Oilers are constructed as a heavy-offense/light-defense team; they are built to out-score their opponents, and in the past few years that has worked reasonably well for them. What fell off the cliff this year hasn't been their defense, but the Oilers are simply no longer out-scoring their opponents as they are built to do.

Why?

 

[Three On Zero]

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Noot! Noot!!!!!!

 

[TheBeard]

Yeah I think Edmonton will be fine.

 

[Turin]

They ain't making it if they don't make a drastic change

Woody has lost the room/the team has no structure

Too much talent to be this bad lol

2nd fastest lost the room after the unbeatable Mike Babcock, if true.