Post-Game Talk: Oilers suffer from narcolepsy again to start the season

[TheSuperElite]

another year with trash goaltending

 

[Fishy McScales]

Meh. They look preseason sloppy but not that bad.

They've been driving most of the play for two games but getting insanely punished for every mistake.

They are third overall with a xGF% of 65.28 but are rocking a 0.846 PDO so far.

 

[McJadeddog]

Meh. They look preseason sloppy but not that bad.

They've been driving most of the play for two games but getting insanely punished for every mistake.

0.846 PDO so far.

3rd best xGF% and worst actual GF%. They have a a 1.6% ES shooting percentage, lol. Things will settle out.

 

[Morpheus]

 

[The Panther]

Didn't watch game one (mercifully) but I saw this one. It wasn't like the Oilers totally sucked or anything, but it's clear that the big players are hugely underperforming. The team collectively has lost the eye of the tiger.

Hard to see how this season's going to go. On the one hand, the club is Western Conference champs and have shown the ability to more than overcome slow starts. So, this might just be an unfortunate blip.

On the other hand, the Oilers are the oldest team in the League, and have a soft defence core. After high priced / big name additions to what was seemingly already a good offence, the club now has zero ES goals in two games (no, Perry's doesn't count).

It's just a matter of the club finding its identity again. It seems they need to go through this process EVERY year.

 

[Throttlehead]

We lost a lot of speed since last year, I still don't understand why we didn't resign Holloway and kept someone like Perry. Our PK looks way worse so far, and for some reason the PP is really predictable.

There is nothing gelling on the Draisaitl line at all, lets hope it happens.

Our biggest problems are defence and goaltending. Ceci and Broberg would look pretty friggin good right now. There is no way we can continue with Nurse, even if he plays better, he will never be a 9 mil player. I would package him up with draft pics whatever and move him. The dmen we could pick up for that 9 mil would be way batter. I was hoping Skinner would be solid this year but he seems to be the same old Skinner, he can play pretty good for some games and then complete trash in others. You can't win with that kind of goalie.

We've lost all our top draft picks and prospects. I still would have liked to see Lavoie on Draisaitl's wing for a few games, the kid had a gun and had size. Leon would have gotten him the puck.

They are sleep walking right now as the masses are predicting them for the cup, BS you still have to play the games and they aren't even close. McDavid being upstaged by Bedard....not cool. The Knob needs to get in the room and start reading the riot act, no more lack luster f**king around.

 

[Sra1974]

another year with trash goaltending

3 goals for, two games. Entire team is trash right now, there’s not a single facet of the team or game that looks good.

 

[OiledUp]

"Ok guys. Remember what Woody's numerologist said last year. October is the 10th month so we're only allowed to actually play for ten minutes per game in October. Got us to the finals didn't It? So hold back guys. No trying too hard out there."

 

[nabob]

Only watched half the game last night, but did anyone on the Oilers attempt to throw an actual hit yesterday? Such a lifeless effort.

 

[Zerotonine]

Well we don’t have to. I think I’ll watch the Bengals instead.

Ain’t nobody got time for efforts like this

Lol the Bengals have been just as bad this season lolol

 

[brentashton]

I, seriously, do not understand this.

 

[CycloneSweep]

I, seriously, do not understand this.

I mean it’s pretty easy.
1- We replaced a bunch of speedy players with slower players.
2- We downgraded our defence and Nurse looks as bad as he did last year.
3- Our goaltending has fallen back down to earth (for their ability)
4- McDrai and co are either still sad OR think regular season is beneath them.

 

[McDNicks17]

9 hits tonight. At home. After an abysmal g1. This is knobby who is actively preaching against physicality based on his comments during the playoff run.

This team has zero f***ing work ethic and intensity and just relies on its skill to win games

The perfect game is no hits.
-Dallas Eakins

 

[BlackDogg]

I mean it’s pretty easy.
1- We replaced a bunch of speedy players with slower players.
2- We downgraded our defence and Nurse looks as bad as he did last year.
3- Our goaltending has fallen back down to earth (for their ability)
4- McDrai and co are either still sad OR think regular season is beneath them.

5. McDrai is another year older as well and Drai is on a kedge anchor contract

 

[TKB21]

Ty "can't be worse than Ceci" Emberson was -2 in only 14:39 minutes...lowest time among defensemen

no wonder Grier had no problem throwing him into the trade

Emerson looks like AHL fodder, Stecher better be drawing in next game. Granted Dermott is also ass, what a shocker that is….

 

[TB12]

Feel I could dig up my old posts from this time last year and just repost them. I don't disagree that they look horrible to start, but I'm not worried. And I'm not panicking. Lots of reasons (or excuses, YMMV) for this start and we all know this group never makes things easy on themselves. This train will get rolling here soon.

Also, Bedard has a pretty sick release.

 

[InTheBox]

I should know better than to watch the first 15 games of the season. This team is so bad at the start of every year. It's amazing how we can't score either. I guess like last year, I'll watch Arizona, I mean Utah for now. At least the effort is there every night with them.

 

[Heavy Dee]

I, seriously, do not understand this.

Easy to understand when you don't have a meaningful training camp with any competition for jobs.

Defense was seriously downgraded and goaltending the wasn't upgraded.

This could go on for awhile. Every team brings their best against the cup favorites.

 

[InTheBox]

I can't believe Gleason wouldn't be better than a few of our dmen. Why don't we give him a chance?

 

[McDNicks17]

Stuff like this must drive the coach nuts. Bedard's goal was literally a 5 on 2 because McDavid and Drai were just standing below the goal line and not even moving.

The D sucks, but it's no secret that the forwards make it way harder for them than it should.

 

[McDrai]

I can't believe Gleason wouldn't be better than a few of our dmen. Why don't we give him a chance?

My thoughts exactly. Gleason is better than Dermott, Emberson, etc but for some reason always gets sent down despite strong preseason performances. You don’t need to be a scout or coach to see that the wrong player is down on the farm. Our evaluation of talent is actually pretty gross.

 

[GOilers88]

Just here wondering where the Fire Knoblauch thread is.

 

[CupofOil]

Wake me when the Oilers are ready to play NHL hockey. I had plans so I couldn't watch anyway but I'm sort of apathetic right now knowing that they would do this out of the gate so I didn't have a ton of interest trying to watch this game.

I said this after last game, one of these seasons they're not going to dig out of the early hole. Who knows, this could be that season. I guess we'll see.

 

[CupofOil]

We kept it under 6!

Team preparedness and defense has been a joke since the start of training camp

They have 2 goals through 2 games. It's not just the defense.

 

[bobbythebrain]

Staples had Nurse as the best dman on the night lmao

One shift he f'ed up 4 consecutive passes and a classic needless icing.

He had 3 classic downlow skates that he just threw away as per usual, then couldn't hit the net on a prime slot chance

Just for context, watch Thomas Harley play. He cycles downlow alot, and last nite he did several times and it always ended up on a teamates stick.

Nurse has to go.That contract is holding the team back bigtime