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Sometimes the best explanation is the simplest explanation.
They had 8 goals in the last 2 games and created a ton of chances so the timing of this post just doesn't jive with what's actually happening.
Maybe he can sew nets from them.
The thing is, Bouchard and Ekholm have had a lot of defensive struggles this season so it's fair to point out their errors but the difference is that they historically bring a ton of positive to the table to mask those errors. Skinner, at best, is an average starter and I'm talking the two seasons prior to this one, not this year when his best has been far more sparse than the previous ones, so there's a reason why pretty much the entire fanbase is criticizing the goaltending above all else. The GYB guys constantly fail to acknowledge that and, as you say, just give a passing "maybe a save should have been had there" before absolutely roasting Bouchard especially for endless hours or talking about this huge problem apparently of Oilers players not bashing heads when their goalie gets bumped, as if Dallas for instance ever does any of that or most teams in the league nowadays and as if it really matters anyway in the context of winning hockey games on the regular.
Does he stop the yellow beachball? I'm dying of anticipation!
Again they didn't score last night until the game was over. It was garbage time by that point. Too little, too late, as is usually the case with the team. They also had a drastic edge in power play time as well. If only they scored on their first two chances, maybe we're having a different conversation.
Blackwood was making 2.35 at the time of the trade. Pickard would have either been sent down, or included in the trade, bringing the space to 1.35M. Send Kapanen to the AHL and we would have been there. We wouldn't have had the cap space to sign Klingberg without shuffling more money around though.
I just hope there are options to improve. I'm not sure who, but we have to be able to do better.
Yeah they didn't score until late because the opposition goalie outplayed the Oilers goalie in the first half of the game again, what exactly am I not saying here that you're not understanding?
Over the last year he's started doing that stupid frog splash or lunging with his arms on cross creases because he knows he can't move an inch laterally and he's being taught to try and do something different, instead of actually working on it, losing weight...etc.
When you're down 4-0 in the middle of the third period, the game is effectively over. They didn't tie the game. I'm not sure they've ever come back from that deficit in such a short time in their history. Few teams do. Hell Dallas didn't come back from that deficit a few weeks ago even though they came close.
"The iceberg already hit, why are people discussing the iceberg, theres nothing we can do about the iceberg" haha. just kidding around, its no so bad. But jk aside people talk about it because its a huge X factor.
Every team has brain farts, that's hockey, but it's amazing how the Oilers brain farts almost always end up in the back of their net.
I mean, leaving the Stars' best sniper wide open in a prime scoring area wasn't going to end well. Those kinds of goals didn't happen last year.
