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Post-Game Talk: Server migration = loss

Honestly had a bad feeling before this one, and it was cemented when I saw this lol
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The team was absolute garbage in the 1st yet the game was decided in the 1st even though Pittsburgh was under siege in the 2nd and 3rd periods. I don't care if you are a Skinner booster or detractor, he is a very hot and cold goalie and when he is cold he is borderline unplayable for that game. We need another option in net in case he goes cold when it matters most.
 
FlameChampion said:
Don’t really want to make much out of this one. This type of game was bound to happen. Hopefully they rebound against Chicago.
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The Blackhawk game is a tell for me in a bunch of ways:

We traditionally play a brand of Oiler half cocked hockey in Chicago since the Blackhawks have sucked (a la Montreal and Columbus the last few years)

This year we have basically decided to no show in games against bad teams.

Our worst traits as a team all showed up in this one after arguably the best game of the year.

If we dick around to start that game - we’ve decided to do it again because we don’t respect the opponent. If we run through them like we should with even a moderate effort, maybe the team learned that games don’t exist where you can half cock it and win.
 
Something hilarious about Stuart Skinner spending about 2 months trying to slowly bring his averages up to even barely above league average and then one game later and they’re back below .900 lol.

But in all honesty these ones happen. Horrendous 1st period from the team. Can’t be giving up the looks they did. Rest of the game doesn’t matter, this one was over once it was 4-0.
 
K1984 said:
The Blackhawk game is a tell for me in a bunch of ways:

We traditionally play a brand of Oiler half cocked hockey in Chicago since the Blackhawks have sucked (a la Montreal and Columbus the last few years)

This year we have basically decided to no show in games against bad teams.

Our worst traits as a team all showed up in this one after arguably the best game of the year.

If we dick around to start that game - we’ve decided to do it again because we don’t respect the opponent. If we run through them like we should with even a moderate effort, maybe the team learned that games don’t exist where you can half cock it and win.
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Its one of my biggest complaints about the team. We just never seem to impose our will on teams. Feels like were always just dipping our toes in the water. Then when we get up ahead, we tend to take our foot off the gas.
 
VGK is getting pounded by the Isles.

Seems like it might have been play like an idiot day.

Nothing lost. Nothing gained.
 
Skinner goes from a 'shutout' (he deserved it...but it doesn't count) to being mediocre.

This crazy roller coaster lack of consistency is what his detractors are most worried about.

Penguins are not good, they need to upgrade backup so Knob doesn't act like a knob and actually changes the goalie when Stu shits the bed and isn't overplayed to begin with
 
Third line was an exercise in futility.

Bouchard’s effort seems stuck on outdoor rink shinny level. It is just completely mind boggling. He is the cowardly lion, no heart.
 
LeonDraisaitl29 said:
Man Bouchard really needs to stop overthinking and fumbling the puck. All you have to do is apply a little pressure and he bobbles it.
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The play with about 35 seconds left in the game made me scream at my TV. Coming out of the timeout, Drai wins the face off about as clean as possible to him in an absolutely prime shooting position but instead of ripping it he just skates back towards the blue line and then tosses a pass back towards Drai in the corner that gets picked off by Crosby and sent down the ice. You’re down two inside a minute, shoot the damn puck!!!
 
This season our offense has been pedestrian but the team has been elite at suppressing high value scoring chances. I think these things are correlated to the fact if we are not suppressing at an elite level we are sunk within 15 mins lol

I don't get it. We gave given parkatti a voice in management yet are fine running one of the worst statistical goalies over the last two years? And it's compounded by the anomaly of Pickard, who looks about the same as Skinner, and might have developing into a solid NHLer at 30, or not.

Blackwood is at .940 with Colorado at just over two million :clap:
 
Oilhawks said:
Skinner goes from a 'shutout' (he deserved it...but it doesn't count) to being mediocre.

This crazy roller coaster lack of consistency is what his detractors are most worried about.

Penguins are not good, they need to upgrade backup so Knob doesn't act like a knob and actually changes the goalie when Stu shits the bed and isn't overplayed to begin with
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Maybe he is quite consistent, and goes from passable when the oilers are on, to exposed when they aren't.

Statistically we have have been with Vegas this year, and Dallas last year, but how better would our stats be with Oetinger or Hill? We have to acquire a 1B to really know imo, even if people still believe in skinner
 
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