Post-Game Talk: Oilers ruin the Yzerplan

[McOilers97]

Draisaitl was awesome tonight. Best game he's played this year

Pickard an absolute rock

Watching the game, I said to myself that Skinner would’ve been toast on that P Kane partial break that Pickard stayed patient on. Great goaltending.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

Yet still had 2 assists tonight

He started to ratchet it up in the 3rd, but was pretty quiet prior to that.

 

[TheGingaNinja]

`Picks was awesome, specially in the first (3 straight great games by our goalies), the Birthday boy was clutch. Rough first, but the boys put their heads down and got to work beginning in the second for a hard fought come back win.

We're going streaking boys!!

 

[Bryanbryoil]

Watching the game, I said to myself that Skinner would’ve been toast on that P Kane partial break that Pickard stayed patient on. Great goaltending.

Agreed, unless Stu was able to get his pad far enough over on his first push it is very doubtful that he would've made that 2nd push quick enough to stop that shot.

 

[jesusbuiltmyhotrod]

Pickard and Drai players of the game. Getting better but PP and some other of the top players need to get going

 

[McOilers97]

He started to ratchet it up in the 3rd, but was pretty quiet prior to that.

He needs different linemates I think. Move Skinner to McDavid’s LW.

 

[Shanahanigans]

Since his rocky start, Emberson has been awesome. Good, smart , low event hockey with a good first pass to boot.

 

[FlameChampion]

Draisaitl, Ekholm and Bouchard got it done.

Pickard outdueled Talbot.

The PP is rancid. It looks so slow, clunky and predictable.

Not really sure what to make of this team at this point. We are trending up but not sure how great we are.

 

[OfCorsiDid]

.923

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Oilers were the better team after the first tonight
PP needs a lot of work...start PP2 next time

back to .500 ...they weren't .500 until Dec 10th last year!

another big game tomorrow against an opponent they should beat

 

[Bryanbryoil]

He needs different linemates I think. Move Skinner to McDavid’s LW.

100%. Try Perry and Skinner. Move RNH and Hyman down with Henrique for a bit.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

Since his rocky start, Emberson has been awesome. Good, smart , low event hockey with a good first pass to boot.

That feed to Perry was a beauty!

 

[Shaquille Oatmeal]

Oilers can't win unless someone risks getting injured in a fight,

Perry is the heart of the team right now. The big dogs will catch up soon.

 

[sepHF]

Happy Birthday Leon!

 

[JeffSkinner53]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1850702254921117817

 

[tiger_80]

Draisaitl was awesome tonight. Best game he's played this year

Pickard an absolute rock

Bouchard and Pickard.

 

[McFlyingV]

Execution is still sloppy, but will take all the points we can get while they slump. Biggest thing is not digging a big hole like last year until they snap out of it. Leon's line was great. Other lines left a lot to be desired. Thought Podkolzin made some good plays tonight on that Drai line, and the Drai-Arvidsson chemistry continues to build.

Think they need to do some shuffling on the 1st, 3rd, and 4th lines.

I'd run
Skinner-McDavid-Hyman
Podkolzin-Drai-Arvidsson
Nuge-Henrique-Brown
Janmark-Ryan-Perry

 

[K1984]

Draisaitl has slowly been building his game back up, and tonight he found it. That was a great game from him.

McDavid still isn’t there. It isn’t even physical, it’s decision making. He’ll dance around the zone, open up space, then just sift it somewhere and turn it over. I’ve been saying it the whole year, but I think it’s going to be a lot of the same until he’s out of his comfort zone with new line mates. He isn’t executing on much at the moment.

 

[Jumptheshark]

this is one of those games--I will take the win but it never should have gotten to over time

 

[CupofOil]

Pickard and Drai players of the game. Getting better but PP and some other of the top players need to get going

While that's true, the bottom 6 has completely disappeared after a few decent games to start the season. The depth is what pushed the Oilers forward last season, need a lot more from the 3rd line in particular.

 

[Garbo Man]

Execution is still sloppy, but will take all the points we can get while they slump. Biggest thing is not digging a big hole like last year until they snap out of it. Leon's line was great. Other lines left a lot to be desired. Thought Podkolzin made some good plays tonight on that Drai line, and the Drai-Arvidsson chemistry continues to build.

Think they need to do some shuffling on the 1st, 3rd, and 4th lines.

I'd run
Skinner-McDavid-Hyman
Podkolzin-Drai-Arvidsson
Nuge-Henrique-Brown
Janmark-Ryan-Perry

Podz is the wrecking ball on that line. He might not be scoring yet but he creates so much chaos that gives Drai and Arvy time and space to work the puck to each other. There were so many moments in that last game where just the amount of pressure Podz was putting on their D with his forechecking made them cough up pucks to Drai and Arvy left and right. If Podz could chip in a little more on the goal front then he would legit be the perfect compliment to Arvy and Drai.

 

[CanadasTeam99]

I just saw that EDM plays tomorrow. Maybe they were conserving their energy that 1st period...

 

[JeffSkinner53]

 

[Mr Positive]

If we fix the PP then we are golden

Imo a good problem to have. Of course this talent will figure it out again

 

[McFlyingV]

That feed to Perry was a beauty!

Big fan of Emberson's game, but that was an attempted shot that deflected off a skate and ended up right on his blade. Can't believe he didn't put that in.