Post-Game Talk: Things Happened!!!

VainGretzky

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McOilers97

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The terms "undeserved win" and "we had the better goaltending" often go hand in hand.

How often has the latter half of that statement been true this year? 3 or 4??
You’re so right. Pickard was really good, and we deserved a win like, as fans, with Skinner frequently making many of us want to pull our hair out.
 

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Missed the game and just watched it on Oilers + (Oilers in 20 - what a great way to see all the commercial free best 20 minutes of a game!). Looks like we started slow and finished strong! Goaltending looked tight on both ends.

Take the win get some sleep and back at it tomorrow night!
 

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Start Pikard more. He made that great side to side save with the game tied. Things like that skinner rarely does.
Skinner doesn’t make that save in a million years. His inability to move laterally, would more likely than not, have seen him trip over his feet and allowed the puck to enter the very middle of the net as he flailed wildly.
 
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To be fair to Skinner he doesn’t get to play almost exclusively against bottom 10 offences like Pickard does.
To be be fair, Stewart probably isn’t even the best goalie on the team named Skinner and the other one grew up figure skating not strapping on the pads.

.903. Make it so.

Set course for the Win system. Maximum warp.

Engage.
 
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Where's all the chicken Littles?
They will be back after the next loss, tonight is all about the knob polishers

Didn’t get to see the game just the hilights, (thanks sn app for posting the scores for those of us hoping to watch the game after the fact) but it seems we were outplayed in the first half but rallied back. Nice play by Nuge in OT.
 

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They were lucky Utah went to sleep after going up 2-0. Oilers were terrible 5v5, especially the top end. Top 6 centers need to be better in their own end, and team needs to take better care of the puck. PP was better but got pretty lucky on the Leon goal. But I liked that they changed it up a bit, worked some differed set ups and tried attacking from different angles. I still don’t like how much work they put into trying to open that seam to Draisaitl and keep forcing it to him even though teams aren’t giving it up at all.

Podkolzin seems to be gaining more confidence, he’s got a heavy shot and he can get it off quick, just needs to use it more.
 

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Welcome to the 2024/2025 season Nuge!

Great goal. Hopefully that gets him going.
Was gonna post this but got drunk instead. Figured Oilers would come back in this one, just had that feel to it. Overall not impressive to get these OTW against weak clubs but its still two points and the team won the game expending basically one period of effort. Team is a cheat code in OT 3 on 3 again and teams just terrified to play us in extra time. I have to remember its just regular season and style pts don't count. Just bag the two pts. Team seems mercenary in OT again. Basically is we get to OT we're bagging pts.

What a heater Drai is on. Wow.
 
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