GDT: Preseason Game 8, Oilers at Canucks in the final (thank God) beer leager. Sportsnet 8 PM

CycloneSweep · 2024-10-05T00:42:49-0400

McTedi said:
I'm not sold on the theory that our D is worse. I would say at the very least the same and i dare say slightly better. Although preseason stats don't suggest that.

The d is worse. Potential to be better if Emberson can be better than Ceci and Nurse gets better. But as of right now it’s worse than it was going into the playoffs

JeffSkinner53 · 2024-10-05T00:42:55-0400

Congrats Vancouver

oobga · 2024-10-05T00:44:05-0400

harpoon said:
Meh … easily satisfied I guess. Emberson did not stand out in a positive way to me at all. Had one sequence early in the third where he botched a routine clear leading to several Canuck chances on goal while he stood on the wrong side of his man desperately reaching in with his stick.

Yes, this team has be looking for any tiny positives

I missed most of the 3rd, so just gonna wrap myself up in this analytics page on naturalstattrick and rock myself to sleep.

kevy9999 · 2024-10-05T00:44:18-0400

McTedi said:
I'm not sold on the theory that our D is worse. I would say at the very least the same and i dare say slightly better. Although preseason stats don't suggest that.

We are better defensively, it will show in regular season. People commenting here saying our defense is worse clearly know nothing about hockey and are new to the country and the game lol

McTedi · 2024-10-05T00:44:21-0400

CycloneSweep said:
The d is worse. Potential to be better if Emberson can be better than Ceci and Nurse gets better. But as of right now it’s worse than it was going into the playoffs

Explain how it's worse, Ceci is addition by subtraction. I do miss Vinny. Needed a better option for 3rd pairing RD.

Heavy Dee · 2024-10-05T00:44:47-0400

kevy9999 said:
Only thing shitty is your comment lol it's preseason now go back to watching women's water polo. Leave hockey to people like kevy

Kevy the Klown

kevy9999 · 2024-10-05T00:45:32-0400

McTedi said:
Explain how it's worse, Ceci is addition by subtraction. I do miss Vinny. Needed a better option for 3rd pairing RD.

Vinny was slow and didn't move puck well

Heavy Dee said:
Kevy the Klown

Good response

CycloneSweep · 2024-10-05T00:46:33-0400

McTedi said:
Explain how it's worse, Ceci is addition by subtraction. I do miss Vinny. Needed a better option for 3rd pairing RD.

It’s not addition by subtraction if your replacement isn’t as good as you were. Emberson is still very unknown and Josh Brown is a worse Desharnais.

If Emberson can play better than Ceci we good, but that’s still an IF.

Donnys · 2024-10-05T00:47:04-0400

Hopefully now the real season is starting they step it up. But I suppose if they crap the bed for the first half of the season like they usually do it might help with the Bouchard contract.

Jumptheshark · 2024-10-05T00:49:09-0400

I do love how some fans take the preseason so serious.

McTedi · 2024-10-05T00:49:37-0400

CycloneSweep said:
It’s not addition by subtraction if your replacement isn’t as good as you were. Emberson is still very unknown and Josh Brown is a worse Desharnais.

If Emberson can play better than Ceci we good, but that’s still an IF.

Ceci was a f***ing puck whiffing plug last year and arguably our worst D man. Him being gone can only improve the D. I want a bonafide 2nd pairing RD. If we get that and Ty slides down then it gets considerably better. There is no way it's worse.

Oilhawks · 2024-10-05T00:50:09-0400

Jumptheshark said:
I do love how some fans take the preseason so serious.

It's really something only fans of teams that have never won anything should take serious

Kind of a shame to see the meltdowns here

nexttothemoon · 2024-10-05T00:52:52-0400

So how do we feel the new faces looked tonight?

Arvidsson ok
Skinner meh
Stecher mediocre
Emberson meh
Podkolzin ok

Honestly Philp might have looked the best out of all the new faces and he's never played a game in the NHL.

Broberg Speed · 2024-10-05T00:54:24-0400

walktheboulavard said:
Apparently you f***ing do. jumping in between a convo that didn't involve you. He's gaaabage, I know it burns but it's the truth. Watch this spirit squad take this team to the finals again and brobeans paid $4.5 mil getting careened into end boards with his head down.

wishing injury on a player... be proud of yourself

and Kulak does suck poo-poo

McTedi · 2024-10-05T00:56:40-0400

nexttothemoon said:
So how do we feel the new faces looked tonight?

Arvidsson ok
Skinner meh
Stecher mediocre
Emberson meh
Podkolzin ok

Honestly Philp might have looked the best out of all the new faces and he's never played a game in the NHL.

Agree with that assessment. That being said everyone looks rusty even the big boys. I like Emberson more than some of you I think. His passing is clumsy but obviously the team is a bit disjointed atm. He skates well and positionally looked solid.

harpoon · 2024-10-05T00:57:33-0400

oobga said:
Yes, this team has be looking for any tiny positives I missed most of the 3rd, so just gonna wrap myself up in this analytics page on naturalstattrick and rock myself to sleep.

To clarify … I’m not necessarily down on Emberson. I just don’t see him as a second pair answer on a team hoping to compete for the SC. I did think Nurse played well for the most part.

CycloneSweep · 2024-10-05T00:57:45-0400

Broberg Speed said:
wishing injury on a player... be proud of yourself

and Kulak does suck poo-poo

Better than Broberg.

Broberg Speed · 2024-10-05T00:58:26-0400

CycloneSweep said:
Better than Broberg.

f*** that noise Kulak is cooked

McTedi · 2024-10-05T00:59:10-0400

Broberg Speed said:
wishing injury on a player... be proud of yourself

and Kulak does suck poo-poo

I think it was more of a comment that Broberg had a tendency to get blown up.

CycloneSweep · 2024-10-05T00:59:20-0400

harpoon said:
To clarify … I’m not necessarily down on Emberson. I just don’t see him as a second pair answer on a team hoping to compete for the SC. I did think Nurse played well for the most part.

Emberson was never meant to be the answer. He is a stop gap till we find the answer by the deadline a stop gap as we gain cap room so we don’t have to use our LTIR till we see how Kane is recovering.

Jimmi McJenkins · 2024-10-05T00:59:33-0400

According to the Fancies, Nurse and Emberson were very good, there might be something here.

CycloneSweep · 2024-10-05T00:59:50-0400

Broberg Speed said:
f*** that noise Kulak is cooked

And he is still better.

McTedi · 2024-10-05T01:00:11-0400

Broberg Speed said:
f*** that noise Kulak is cooked

Kulak is a better Dman than Broberg as of today. Tomorrow who knows?

walktheboulavard · 2024-10-05T01:01:07-0400

Broberg Speed said:
wishing injury on a player... be proud of yourself

and Kulak does suck poo-poo

I am not wishing injury on nobody, does it to himself, he's got a track record of deer in headlights moments. Kulak way better then him in the playoffs.

Broberg Speed · 2024-10-05T01:01:37-0400

McTedi said:
I think it was more of a comment that Broberg had a tendency to get blown up.

didn't sound that way to me

CycloneSweep said:
And he is still better.

hopefully Kulak gets traded early I want him off this team, he flat out sucks

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