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It is supposed to be the Avs year.
Them three-peating would also troll a lot of fanbases that felt like it’s their team’s year, too
It is supposed to be the Avs year.
Them three-peating would also troll a lot of fanbases that felt like it’s their team’s year, too
So Nurse, first and a prospect for Hellybuck now? You know the Stars got oettinger with a late first and now we need to dump everything for a minor upgrade?So many good comments. Nuge was never worth his extension. Can’t drive physical play and hasn’t put on any weight in his NHL career. The Puljaarvi experiment needs to end….don’t care about his metrics as no matter how rosy they are, they are not translating into anything. The guy simply shirts away from physical contact and makes poor decisions.
Same to be said for Nurse. Not ragging on the guy because of one game either. The main criteria cited for signing him was lol the minutes he played. Really? Whatever happened to wanting a D man who could actually defend with a real nasty streak and who could actually get a puck on net reliably. All these little kids with their carbon sticks and they can’t control their shiit’s. Just because a player can log long minutes in a game does not mean he is worth $9+M/yr. If it was up to me and I could get the trade, I would send Nurse, a first pick, and prospect over to Winni peg for Helleybuk.
Evan Bouchard…ClusterF just waiting to happen. The guy lacks a sense of urgency. Coupled with poor decisions on many of his shots where the shots hit a defenders leg. Or he lets an opposing player skate right by him.
Last thing that I really wanted to comment on from the last game…Woodcroft should have put Smith back in the net to start the third or when we tied the game. It just has to be so deflating for the team to claw back to 6-6 and then have Koskinen let in those goals. Just atoricious. He we been able to win that game, Calgary would have been in a funk and we would have had a back breaker of a win.
Even Holland should have known better. Should hav signed Gooberbranson when he could have. He had to at least anticipate the need for size and the need to deal with Calgary. But he sufifers from some acute myopia at times. I wonder whether, if the Oilers lose, he will regret not going all in on a goalie with the first round pick, especially if Kane does not return.
My $0.02. YMMV.
So Nurse, first and a prospect for Hellybuck now? You know the Stars got oettinger with a late first and now we need to dump everything for a minor upgrade?
Imagine if the jets used our first to pick a number goalie and the goalie wins the vezina. Your armchair moves may work on your Playstation.
It is supposed to be the Avs year.
I'd say we are there with NYR.. but they have a good young goalie.At the end of the day we are easily the worst team left in the playoffs so even a single win would be big.
Which makes them better.I'd say we are there with NYR.. but they have a good young goalie.
With healthy Drai and Nurse I'd like our chances a lot more, against any team.Which makes them better.
With healthy Nurse and Drai we would still be the worst of the remaining 8. That’s not necessarily bad. I mean top 8 is super good for this franchise.With healthy Drai and Nurse I'd like our chances a lot more, against any team.
Disagree, you have a completely healthy Nurse and Drai. Game 1 would have been entirely different outcome.With healthy Nurse and Drai we would still be the worst of the remaining 8. That’s not necessarily bad. I mean top 8 is super good for this franchise.
No they aren't. This teams bottom 6 is still an abyss of nothing. The only bottom 6ers we have that can actually play hockey are McLeod and Nuge. The defense is still one of the worst in the league and the goaltending is a coin flip. Top 5 team? lol.Disagree, you have a completely healthy Nurse and Drai. Game 1 would have been entirely different outcome.
This is a top 5 team when fully healthy.
Not laughing at your projection of the team and I stand by my previous post.No they aren't. This teams bottom 6 is still an abyss of nothing. The only bottom 6ers we have that can actually play hockey are McLeod and Nuge. The defense is still one of the worst in the league and the goaltending is a coin flip. Top 5 team? lol.
Which bottom 6 player is a good hockey player?Not laughing at your projection of the team and I stand by my previous post.
You are underestimating our bottom 6, I think higher of them than you do.
Every player on our bottom 6 can play good hockey, we've seen it. Take a look around, we are in round 2 for heaven sakes. You don't get here with bad bottom 6. They have gotten the job done before, why are you doubting them now?Which bottom 6 player is a good hockey player?
Archibald who literally can only hit and is statistically and visually terrible at everything else?
Kassian who plays hockey once a month? Derek Ryan who literally showed up for 2 weeks this year and outside of playing on the PK, isn't good?
If thats the case this team is perfect then, top 5 team, great bottom 6, best top 6 in the world.Every player on our bottom 6 can play good hockey, we've seen it. Take a look around, we are in round 2 for heaven sakes. You don't get here with bad bottom 6. They have gotten the job done before, why are you doubting them now?
But it sounds like you've made up your mind and I am not here to convince you otherwise. I do not agree with your assessment, don't have mock somebody else because they don't share the same opinion as yours.
Bro, easy, it's playoffs. No team is going to be an easy fight. Every team in the playoffs deserves to be here.If thats the case this team is perfect then, top 5 team, great bottom 6, best top 6 in the world.
Then why did we struggle against LA so bad? Why did we get stomped last night? Why did McDavid have to go legendary to even get us out of the last series with Smith playing incredibly well? Must be our top 6s fault.
This team is going to be hard pressed to take this series to 5 games let alone win it.Bro, easy, it's playoffs. No team is going to be an easy fight. Every team in the playoffs deserves to be here.
You can honestly say Oilers are top 8 team for sure this year. And everything you said is a possibility. Oilers are literally here, right now, to prove the world it can be that type of team.
I just give them more credit then you do. Nothing wrong with that.
what's your point exactly?Which bottom 6 player is a good hockey player?
Archibald who literally can only hit and is statistically and visually terrible at everything else?
Kassian who plays hockey once a month? Derek Ryan who literally showed up for 2 weeks this year and outside of playing on the PK, isn't good?
Foegele who has been so bad the coaching staff rather play Archibald on his offside?
Tampa, Florida, Carolina, Colorado, St Louis, Calgary, Rangers, Toronto and Minnesota are all better than us when fully healthy.
ok cool...don't watch the games then if its a formalityThis team is going to be hard pressed to take this series to 5 games let alone win it.
Then as fans, we gotta cheer at the top of our lungs with every single remainder of those games .This team is going to be hard pressed to take this series to 5 games let alone win it.
With healthy Drai and Nurse I'd like our chances a lot more, against any team.
If thats the case this team is perfect then, top 5 team, great bottom 6, best top 6 in the world.
Then why did we struggle against LA so bad? Why did we get stomped last night? Why did McDavid have to go legendary to even get us out of the last series with Smith playing incredibly well? Must be our top 6s fault.
yes, that is the fake news we’ve been fed over the last decade.A big tough guy that can only play 3-4 minutes a night doesn’t keep Lucic in his place. Lucic can play regular shifts and contribute. A guy who can only punch faces does nothing.