Post-Game Talk: Parental guidance advised

[Soundwave]

Such a pathetic franchise, even with McDrai for nearly a decade haven't won a division. Finally get our chance to make it a race.. and this is the type of hockey they put forth.

Organization doesn't want to do anything about mediocre at best goaltending, they don't deserve to win a division title. Simple as that.

 

[Soundwave]

Strome getting the game winner to shove it up Knob's ass was rather fitting.

Player with some offensive skill that was badly mismanaged by the coach here (Koala) who was high on the smell of his own farts from a successful year the season prior, kept playing Strome in the bottom 6 and never gave him any time with McDavid or Draisiatl until his scoring whittled down to virtually nothing and then he had zero trade value, leaves and immediately scores at a 20 goal pace elsewhere.

Gee ... wonder who that could be applicable to here.

 

[TheNumber4]

Yup, that's what I'm going by.


Actually 4 mill against the cap. And with us not being the ones paying him, that's the number that hurts this year.

It does. But it’s still a sunk cost. Happens whether we bring Brown back for a $1M or not.

 

[Drivesaitl]

100% agree, I was hinting at that with how it seems to transcend coaches, management etc. Obviously not entirely so, but seems to be an influence. I would like them to step back from this and let the coaches and management make these decisions unfettered by their input

Edit: I get a player wanting to play with a player to a degree (ex Leon wanting Pod on his line, apparently), but also need to recognize when to let the coaches changes

Leon perhaps to a fault would be agreeable with almost anybody on his line. Provided the players make the effort. Pods and Arvid fit that description. But he's always affable and full of praise about anybody on his line. I used to think he was fooling with his Yama comments but they were serious.

He just is a player that isn't gonna roll on anybody like that. he defers to the org that way. I think its mostly McD that wants certain players, and well, JJ here.

Sure Pods is working but he's a lot of a pylon out there offensively. Some games it hurts that he doesn't finish anything. Just my take, I doubt he's gonna find scoring at this level. The degree of snakebit. Its like that Ducks player that hasn't scored in 70 games ans was wide open with time in front of our net....shoots wide..

Must be hard in draft too to predict players that will settle in at this level and find their scoring vs those that will freeze up and always look nervous or unconfident with scoring. The one thing you can't teach.

3 goals playing nearly half a season with Drais' sublime passing, it ain't great.

 

[Soundwave]

Leon perhaps to a fault would be agreeable with almost anybody on his line. Provided the players make the effort. Pods and Arvid fit that description. But he's always affable and full of praise about anybody on his line. I used to think he was fooling with his Yama comments but they were serious.

He just is a player that isn't gonna roll on anybody like that. he defers to the org that way. I think its mostly McD that wants certain players, and well, JJ here.

Sure Pods is working but he's a lot of a pylon out there offensively. Some games it hurts that he doesn't finish anything. Just my take, I doubt he's gonna find scoring at this level. The degree of snakebit. Its like that Ducks player that hasn't scored in 70 games ans was wide open with time in front of our net....shoots wide..

Must be hard in draft too to predict players that will settle in at this level and find their scoring vs those that will freeze up and always look nervous or unconfident with scoring. The one thing you can't teach.

3 goals playing nearly half a season with Drais' sublime passing, it ain't great.

Need to play with McDavid to get goals, Leon is not a slam dunk to get goals for linemates 5 on 5.

 

[Drivesaitl]

Yeh I mean it could have friggin Sam Carrick at that price. At $1M, Brown is more than covering that bet.

Its not an either or relationship. Carrick did nothing here, and didn't elevate to do something even in playoffs. Didn't seem like he even wanted to be here. Not much of a player in anycase. Make you wonder how some guys even get into the NHL. Theres nobody here, not one fan, that said lets bring Sam Carrick back. hehe

 

[Drivesaitl]

Need to play with McDavid to get goals, Leon is not a slam dunk to get goals for linemates 5 on 5.

Because Drai who feeds Pods great chances 5X a game is the reason Pods, who has never established scoring in the NHL can't score.....jebus

Jesus Christ could be Pods Center and scoring salvation wouldn't occur.

At some point the commonsense recognition is just that Podz can't score at this level but this being a known even before he got here.

 

[Soundwave]

Because Drai who feeds Pods great chances 5X a game is the reason Pods, who has never established scoring in the NHL can't score.....jebus

Jesus Christ could be Pods Center and scoring salvation wouldn't occur.

At some point the commonsense recognition is just that Podz can't score at this level but this being a known even before he got here.

Drai will never have a reliable scoring line here, unless McDavid is on it, I'm done with even hoping for that. Ain't happening.

We don't have like $9 million in cap lying around now to go find another set of wingers for him, that's not how things work in a cap world, you have to make things work when the options that are presented to you.

 

[Jumptheshark]

We lost to the f***ing ducks!

 

[Drivesaitl]

Drai will never have a reliable scoring line here, unless McDavid is on it, I'm done with even hoping for that. Ain't happening.

We don't have like $9 million in cap lying around now to go find another set of wingers for him, that's not how things work in a cap world, you have to make things work when the options are presented to you.

Podz is virtually a pylon out there. Watch the first period. Drai fed him with such a perfect pass through traffic the Anaheim crowd was gasping. Pods doesn't even have his blade on ice even though he's parked in the slot and the puck bounces harmly off his skates. This is who Drai has the task of getting scoring from. lol.

Pods has zero hands. Sure he works on the line. Its a lot of constant frustration as he whiffs on pucks or isn't even ready.

But yeah I get it. Blame Drai because a fire hydrant ain't scoring.

We lost to the f***ing ducks!

No answer to the Flying V or whatever that was. heh. I still can't get my head around the Anaheim Ducks even having an NHL team. Looks like people in Anaheim can't either. They think it must be a Disney remake.

 

[Sethual]

Need 2-3 top 6 wingers, a goalie and a. RHD.
Do something.

Anyways have and always will

 

[Soundwave]

Anyways have and always will

Arvidsson has 4 points in his last 3 games since being moved back into the top 6, at least there's that.

 

[Scrapin Ice]

We lost to the f***ing ducks!

What is this damn fog were all walking around in anyways?

 

[K1984]

Team is just predictable.

Once they got up 2-0, I was thinking to myself "Are they just going to mail it in for the rest of the game?". Yep. Sure enough.

Once Anaheim scored and it was 3-2, it was like "How long till they tie it up?"

This team is either 1) Not as good as they think they are or 2) They cant help but continuously play to the level of their competition

I think they have been playing poor lately. They just been lucky. They deserved this game today.

Pickard cant let that 2-1 goal in. I would be slagging Skinner for it so its only fair. But judging from the way this one went, it was probably inevitable that the Oilers were going to lay an egg after being a gifted a poor performance from Dostal.

I think the team needs some kind of a shake up. They are too comfortable.

This group has been comfortable for years whether they deserve to be or not. That just isn’t going to change. They’ve been shooken up many times in many different ways, but they still find ways to do this. It’s engrained.

The culture of the group is that they’ll only play well or to near max effort when they absolutely have to. They decided that after a great December and a game yesterday that a half cocked effort was all that was needed against a team like the Ducks, and they got the result they earned.

The game was there to just be won if we just gave 20 mins of effort in the first. Both teams were straight legged and half assed to start the game and I think at some point the Ducks realized that they can win if they were the first team to dial the effort level up past 1/10 and they did.

 

[I am the Liquor]

Here comes the sky is falling morons

Followed closely by the turd polishers

 

[GhostfaceWu]

McDrai normally do exactly that - out produce their entire roster. Have three years in a row basically.

If you look at his post history he was saying this exact same thing last year. It's alright to be doom and gloom in gdts from time to time but the guy uses no objectivity to look at things it's always his feelings that set him off into oh they are the worst team ever assembled dribble.

 

[CycloneSweep]

Podz is virtually a pylon out there. Watch the first period. Drai fed him with such a perfect pass through traffic the Anaheim crowd was gasping. Pods doesn't even have his blade on ice even though he's parked in the slot and the puck bounces harmly off his skates. This is who Drai has the task of getting scoring from. lol.

Pods has zero hands. Sure he works on the line. Its a lot of constant frustration as he whiffs on pucks or isn't even ready.

But yeah I get it. Blame Drai because a fire hydrant ain't scoring.


No answer to the Flying V or whatever that was. heh. I still can't get my head around the Anaheim Ducks even having an NHL team. Looks like people in Anaheim can't either. They think it must be a Disney remake.

Pods wouldn’t be an issue with that line if the other winger could do something offensively. Arvidsson is barely better offensively than Podkolzin. Like if Drai could find one winger that knew how to score and put up points than Podkolzin is a decent fit there for the rest of what he brings.

If you look at his post history he was saying this exact same thing last year. It's alright to be doom and gloom in gdts from time to time but the guy uses no objectivity to look at things it's always his feelings that set him off into oh they are the worst team ever assembled dribble.

Have you ever read your own posts my dude?

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Just a piss poor effort overall. Burn the tape, skate them at practice and get ready for Tuesday

 

[BudBundy]

People laugh at LA, but I can easily see us losing to them this year. They play that football style the refs don't call and we are just always all perimeter

You’re not wrong. LA plays a clutch and grab style and play it well. They’ve also accumulated enough talent to combine with their grit to hammer a team that takes them lightly. This current bunch of Oilers, at least thus far, seems way too content to play on the outside and wait for McJesus or Draisaitl to draw two players. Ornery wingers who drive to the slot are wanted.

 

[unicornBLOOD]

ok, first off, it's only 2 games, 2 losses, and I still feel very good about the Oilers, as a team. What stinks is that coming into this weekend, I was feeling great, confident, and now I feel a whole other way. Big picture, still love this team, and most of it's parts. But, they definitely have some work to do before the playoffs. They are a better team, than they showed this weekend. More than anything, jut bummed out that they killed the positive buzz and vibes that so many of us were feeling about the Oil, coming into and out of the Christmas break. Far from the end of the world, or even cause for concern, just a big time buzz kill, and downer.

 

[Duke74]

Need to play with McDavid to get goals, Leon is not a slam dunk to get goals for linemates 5 on 5.

Because McDavid gets the best wingers and Draisaitl gets the leftovers that can’t finish worth shit. And other than Hyman, which players have been scoring with McDavid this year? It’s not like McDavid has been a 5x5 wizard this year even with the best two wingers. Give Hyman to Draisaitl and saddle McDavid with junk and Draisaitl has a double digits point lead on him.

 

[Duke74]

Drai will never have a reliable scoring line here, unless McDavid is on it, I'm done with even hoping for that. Ain't happening.

We don't have like $9 million in cap lying around now to go find another set of wingers for him, that's not how things work in a cap world, you have to make things work when the options that are presented to you.

What’s a reliable scoring line?? Even McDavids line, gift wrapped with the teams two best wingers, isn’t always “reliable.” Most of McDavids points come with Draisaitl on the ice with him.

 

[OfCorsiDid]

Somehow I knew even before this game they were gonna lose. My day was already too terrible.

 

[Took a pill in Sbisa]

We're never going to win a division title again are we

 

[Oilhawks]

We're never going to win a division title again are we

Nope.

At least, not with this core