GDT: Oilers Vs Campbell's cat. - 5PM - SNW

[brentashton]

Schwartz...

Except that Schwartz doesn’t coach defense. Thank Christ.

 

[Soundwave]

Prime Hasek still lets in 3 a game with these guys

Guess 39-year-old Mike Smith is better than Prime Hasek then.

 

[MoontoScott]

McLeod can get f***ed too.


Useless player

Good figure skater though.

 

[KCC]

What a disaster tonight. Shame because EDM played some decent hockey the last 4 games.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

I’m too depressed to even feel anything right now.

 

[Lay Z Boy GM]

Alright I’ve been stuck in traffic and just tuning in (f*** Vancouver traffic man). I thought we’d be down way more based on the tone in here.

I’m still hopeful we beat these punks

Flame me all you want but I’d give anything to have Tkachuk on McDavid’s wing.

could have..

Man I might make a “could have been” roster on nhl24 or something and cry my eyes out at what could have been.

I never thought it would be possible to mismanage the mcdavid era so badly and that was after the decade of darkness.

 

[CupofOil]

Last year was the zenith it seems.

That was their window. The stars were all aligning for them to win a Cup. The Ekholm addition gave them a boon, Skinner was confident coming into the playoffs, the bottom 6 was strong, west was weak, #8 seed made the Cup finals from the east, McDrai at absolute peak performance. The window slammed shut the moment the Oilers went penalty happy in Game 5 against Vegas.

 

[K1984]

This is the worst team in their own end that I’ve ever seen. Not just Oilers, this is literally the worst defensive team in the NHL in my lifetime.

 

[Soundwave]

Has a team ever fired 2 coaches in the same season?

I'm actually curious about this and also the bit about a GM firing and then re-hiring the same coach later on, lol.

 

[Zguy370]

Has a team ever fired 2 coaches in the same season?

don't think so, let's make history

 

[McFlash97]

They are playing zone because they believe it could actually be worse playing man to man.. Last year they played on the rails low and that seemed to work pretty well.... outnumber teams down low, take the puck and get on the attack.

All the goals are being scored from the slot 20 ft out rushes and rebounds. Fxxx playing down low. Just play man to man. Idiots straight up.

 

[Ritchie Valens]

Why did we hire another nice coach? Team is in the basement and still playing like limp dicks.

Because Double J stalked him or something.

 

[bellagiobob]

@foshizzle told me Bouchard is good defensively lol

Bouch is the poster boy for using advanced stats strictly as a complement to the eye test. In this case advanced stats are an epic fail.

 

[MoontoScott]

Nothing against Picard but put Stu in for 3rd period.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

just Bouchard doing Bouchard things

 

[CupofOil]

I think I’m going to take up drinking again.

Wait, you stopped?

 

[K1984]

Bouchard has put his two own goals in the net tonight again.

Are we still going to pretend he’s really good defensively or?

 

[sepHF]

confidence is so massive in sports, half the team looks like they have the yips, its unreal to watch

I think I have seen Ekholm make more misplays this game then he made all of last year after the trade, including the playoffs. He's not the only one either, everyone except Kane looks broken on this team

they have to make a trade, they gotta get a goalie. The fact that they didn't address it in the offseason and now sit in a terrible negotiating position is inexcusable

there are 30 goalies with some form of ntc/nmc in the league, no one is gonna waive to play in Edmonton when they're 5-10

They basically dropped the ball and wasted an entire year by not addressing the gaping hole in the lineup in the offseason

 

[barry halls]

We really needed a coach that rips into these guys and tell them to get their head out of their asses. Don't think Knob is that guy.

He was bad hire, needed a guy like Tocchett or Torts. Should have just rode out the year with Woody and waited for other coaches to hit the open market this summer rather than hiring another calm, soft-spoken, nice guy coach.

 

[McRpro]

Has a team ever fired 2 coaches in the same season?

The 95-96 Senators did.

 

[Soundwave]

Evan Bouchar

The D is silent.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

On the plus side I get a tooth yanked tomorrow morning that has a split root and I think I’ll do it without anaesthesia to replicate what it must feel like to be on the bench with this team on the ice.

 

[Lay Z Boy GM]

That was their window. The stars were all aligning for them to win a Cup. The Ekholm addition gave them a boon, Skinner was confident coming into the playoffs, the bottom 6 was strong, west was weak, #8 seed made the Cup finals from the east, McDrai at absolute peak performance. The window slammed shut the moment the Oilers went penalty happy in Game 5 against Vegas.

Campbell f***ed last year up. Well, Holland did by signing that brain dead contract. Should have signed a cheaper goalie and added another center or dman.

 

[Oilers333]

This may be Bouchards worse game yet

 

[Bryanbryoil]

Put Ekholm on PP1 for the rest of this game or next to send Bouchard a message.