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

[seafoam]

I mean, yes when you can't bank points in October and November you become "at-risk" for not qualifying for the playoffs.

 

[Three On Zero]

Oilers are a good bet to make the playoffs.

This is an awful start but the team is not that different than the one that was red hot after the deadline


Also, minus 3 isn't even as low as I thought it should be. He's been awful

I said it last year, Edmonton got hot last year when the other teams started to wind down and go into “preserve for the playoffs” mode.

Neither how they are playing now or how they played than is a good indication of what this team actually is. They are somewhere in the middle. Nowhere near a true contender but also nowhere near missing the playoffs

 

[Leaf Fans]

Sure, after 6 games, it is still possible for any team to miss the playoffs.

 

[Umingmak]

They look absolutely horrendous, and did even before McDavid got injured. Their defence and goaltending look even worse than last year.

It's still very early, though.

 

[Oleksiak]

The bottom line is that Vegas, LA, Vancouver, and Seattle are all clearly better than the Oilers, even with a healthy McDiver. They'll be fighting for a wild card spot and they lack the leadership and character to step up when the games mean more.

 

[MilkofthePoppy]

I am a Leaf fan and I don't mind the Oil. I f***ing hate Mark Spector though.

Also, some people should have their thread posting privileges withheld. I would say about 60 - 70 Percent of these early season threads are going to age horribly. Hell, the Leafs got off to an even worse start to the Oilers last year and bounced back. The Oilers themselves were out of the playoffs at one point last season until they finished with one of the best records. I get it, it is great fun to point your fingers and laugh, but what goes around comes around.

 

[Goose]

League will make sure they get enough PPs that they’ll make it in.

 

[Pastor Of Muppetz]

Yes they did. Even with Brown's slow start he is an upgrade on Yamamoto. Having a full year of Ekholm is a big deal. Plus the Oilers were so red hot that even with other teams upgrading I don't think they could pass the Oilers so quickly. It's not like other great teams upgrade substantially every year.

Just watching the Oilers, it's just weird. They started a new system this year in response to being exposed by Vegas in the playoffs, and it seems to have knocked everyone off their groove

I think the problems run a little deeper than a bunch of players knocked off of their grooves.

 

[Fraser28]

He's from New Market. A good 1hr-1hr 1/2 drive from toronto

Who gives a shit. Close enough to Toronto. Geez lol.

 

[StevenF1919]

I guess I should just take the word of the fakest fan on the site then.

Also, I said that Oiler fans are the Matthews of insufferable fans, I didn't say that they are the Keller of insufferable fanbases so I admit that they are one of the worst out there.

Anyway, moving on....

You mean Clayton Keller, the best player on a team that is 12 places ahead of you in the standings right now?

 

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Who gives a shit. Close enough to Toronto. Geez lol.

BS, NewMarket is a 45 min drive Downtown. South on the 404 that turns into the DVP. Uptown is only 25 min.

 

[josra33]

If they go 76-0 to finish the year do they make it?

 

[EdmFlyersfan]

Seeing as you're President of the Player Haters Club: Oilers Edition, and one of the most active on every Oilers hate threads, I'm sure you can bring the receipts for such a remark?

I don't know a single Oilers fan on this board who said we're "cup favourites", especially given the fact not a single thing was done to address our goaltending or defense this offseason, which everyone would admit needed to be our priorities.

Draisaitl and McDavid said in an interview it was "cup or bust" this offseason when they were talking about goals for the team, but that's markedly different than what you (and numerous others of your club) keep saying day in and day out.

Where have all the braggy Oilers fans gone off to?

They are now staying and talking on their board about EVERYTHING that the so called "trolls" told them about their team... the curtain has finally fallen and they can see the ugly truth.

 

[Judas Tavares]

Didn't this happen last year and somewhat later in the season, and they made the playoffs comfortably? Didn't the Sabres a few years ago win 10 in a row and miss the playoffs by a wide margin? Sample size. Now if you feel this sample will be indicative of their entire season, ok fine. But will it really be that bad? I'd be shocked.

 

[KingsHockey24]

They've always been overrated as hell.

Not surprised.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

They're a flawed team. Without McDavid, they're a bad and flawed team.

Yes, there's a chance they miss the playoffs.

I looked at their lines last night without McDavid. Look at all that depth! Unreal depth especially in the bottom two lines.

Other teams only wish they had as deep of a roster as the Oilers.

 

[Fraser28]

BS, NewMarket is a 45 min drive Downtown. South on the 404 that turns into the DVP. Uptown is only 25 min.

That’s so silly. No one outside Toronto cares about that small a difference. People always do that with cities, when a place is quite close by. Of course playing in Toronto is a homecoming for him when it’s that close. That’s like me getting upset that someone said a BC boy playing in Vancouver is a homecoming since he’s from Coquitlam. That would be completely stupid to correct someone on that.

 

[lionsDen]

I wouldn’t think so, we’ll see how this affects the team though. Still way to much hockey to be played

 

[Chips]

the most insufferable fanbase AINEC imo

That's hilarious coming from Leafs fans.

Settle down now, the rest of us think you’re all special

 

[Chips]

In all seriousness, I think zone defense wasn’t a bad idea, most of the league is going that direction, and I think the Oilers will get it down better.. but it requires positional and effort buy in from all your centers (or at least someone acting as the center in the D zone)


Draisaitl is capable of defense but just so often.. doesn’t. I thought McDavid improved a lot personally though maybe needs to be more consistent

 

[Nemesis Prime]

It wouldn't be HF Boards without some clown threads 10 games into the season.

 

[Three On Zero]

It wouldn't be HF Boards without some clown threads 10 games into the season.

That's kind of the point of a forum dedicated to hockey, you discuss a variety of things as the season progresses and current outlooks for teams

 

[dragonballgtz]

Been saying Holland was a bad hire since the day he was brought in. Dinosaur with no real vision in today's league. McDavid/Draisaitl are good enough to overcome the bad roster though, doubt they miss.

He couldn't fix Detroit's defense after Lidstrom retired. The drafting of defensemen from 2003 to 2018 is crap. Quincey, B. Smith, Jensen, and Hronek are the only decent drafted defensemen during that time.

 

[1989]

I would partly place the blame on McDavid at this point. All the offseason talk of "Cup or bust" mentality. The early preseason "captain's skate" stuff. The lack of showing up in games so far. Not getting the team to buy in effort-wise on the ice.

Just needs to keep his head down and let his game do the talking because the actual talk clearly isn't working. All the posturing magnifies the great big Edmonton spotlight on him and his team unnecessarily.

The other part is just inept management but that's been the story for like 2 decades.

It must be exhausting to be an Edmonton fan around these parts... and no, they won't miss the playoffs.