GDT: Preseason Game 6, Canucks at Oilers beer leager. Sportsnet 7PM

[Tobias Kahun]

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What do you think the chances are the OEG follows Utah's lead?

Atleast at Rogers you can see the whole sheet of ice from every seat.

Theres a bunch of seats at the utah arena with obstructed view.

 

[iCanada]

Josh brown rocking an expected 22.75 xGF%.

I'm surprised it is so high.

 

[Oilslick941611]

Feels like players are looking around seeing guys like Laine/Doughty go down for nothing games and aren't putting themselves in any situations to get injured.

feels like?

is this your first time watching preseason? No one gives 100% let alone veterans. it's about going through the motions and getting reps in. Nothing else. The coach isn't coaching to win, the coach is evaluating players in positions they don't usually play in and getting a view of the players that will be on the team.

 

[RipsADrive]

I'm not really concerned about the 0 goals since the offence will show up when it counts.

Definitely a bit worried about how poorly these depth defencemen are showing against the Canucks B squad forecheck though. Not giving me a ton of confidence based on what I'm seeing.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

Josh brown rocking an expected 22.75 xGF%.

I expected him to be better than this. At this rate I'd waive him.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Against a bunch of AHL plugs they should be showing a bit better, especially nearing the end of pre-season. D is going to be an issue again I see, especially the bottom pairing. Man, I feel for Kulak depending on who he gets to babysit. Poor bastard will end up having to cover off for dregs like Brown.

The D wasnt an issue last year.

 

[LTIR]

I expected him to be better than this. At this rate I'd waive him.

Should sign Barrie if for nothing else but to piss of Flames

 

[T-Funk]

Can someone tell me how you take a team seriously that does not have a name? Like how long do they need to come up with one?

Even worse is how they picked a temporary placeholder name that will have to be changed when they do pick their terrible final name.

Like just pick Utah Salty Yetis and get it over with.

 

[Oilhawks]

Ekholm- Bouchard
Nurse - Emberson
Kulak - Stecher
Dermott

Brown flushed down

Make it so

 

[iCanada]

The D wasnt an issue last year.

Won't be this year either, tbh.

Bouchard will improve, Emberson looks like an improvement over Ceci, and Stecher is equal to Desharnais.

I still would like us to upgrade RD for the playoffs, but we'll be ok.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Ekholm- Bouchard
Nurse - Emberson
Kulak - Stecher
Dermott

Brown flushed down

Make it so

Brown or Dermott should be the #7.

 

[oobga]

The D wasnt an issue last year.

Was a headache for Knob pretty much the entire year. Crying for help demoting Ceci to the 3rd pair mid-season. After all the headaches we still have to watch Nurse and Ceci look like dopes to get scored on 3 minutes into game 1 of the finals. Ends up having to throw Broberg into the fire to try to mitigate Nurse, and only works because Skinner does backflips.

D is still a huge issue that needs to be fixed.

Won't be this year either, tbh.

Bouchard will improve, Emberson looks like an improvement over Ceci, and Stecher is equal to Desharnais.

I still would like us to upgrade RD for the playoffs, but we'll be ok.

Hope Emberson works, but can't take him for granted already. Hardest job on this team right now is 2nd pair RD, and Emberson hasn't even played a full NHL season yet. Not half a season even. Bouch being better doesn't save us from issues Knob had to juggle all last season with the bottom 4.

 

[tardigrade81]

Josh Brown's pre-game ritual- View attachment 911212

Lmao

This is my new Halloween costume!

Or when me and the wife have our freaky sex costume !

 

[OfCorsiDid]

Won't be this year either, tbh.

Bouchard will improve, Emberson looks like an improvement over Ceci, and Stecher is equal to Desharnais.

I still would like us to upgrade RD for the playoffs, but we'll be ok.

We will absolutely have the room to do so with all that accrual happening this season

 

[CanadasTeam99]

Josh brown rocking an expected 22.75 xGF%.

Whoever recommended him...Lowe needs to go take that guy to a barn and beat the sh** outta him

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Was a headache for Knob pretty much the entire year. Crying for help demoting Ceci to the 3rd pair mid-season. After all the headaches we still have to watch Nurse and Ceci look like dopes to get scored on 3 minutes into game 1 of the finals. Ends up having to throw Broberg into the fire to try to mitigate Nurse, and only works because Skinner does backflips.

D is still a huge issue that needs to be fixed.



Hope Emberson works, but can't take him for granted already. Hardest job on this team right now is 2nd pair RD, and Emberson hasn't even played a full NHL season yet. Not half a season even. Bouch being better doesn't save us from issues Knob had to juggle all last season with the bottom 4.

You would think for having so many D issues, The results would match that.

But they didnt.

The Oilers were a top 10 defensive team in the NHL last year.

 

[oilers4life5]

Emberson has been okay but does not scream top 4 to me.

 

[JeffSkinner53]

Canucks fans really bragging about winning a pre season game

 

[oilers4life5]

Who are the refs for this game?

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Little concerned that Sherwood is running around like an idiot and nobody is doing anything. Paging Josh…make yourself useful.

 

[iCanada]

Canucks fans really bragging about winning a pre season game

I mean probably.

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

I bet this is what the NHL will look like when it expands to 36 teams.

 

[ConnorNova0929]

Canucks fans really bragging about winning a pre season game

They can hang a banner next to the "we woulda beat the Oilers with Demko" banner they will be putting up this year...

 

[Vagabond]

Stetcher is carrying the play. Nice.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

I bet this is what the NHL will look like when it expands to 36 teams.

Nah, because the better players will try harder in regular games