GDT: WAKE UP, THE SEASON’S STARTED! Oilers v Black Hawks, 8 PM HNIC

[Kerberos]

Bedard is making look McDavid look like the sophomore tonight.

Team is a lot of flavors of ew right now. Gross.

 

[russ99]

Why the hell didn't they just go sign shattenkirk or Shultz like how they thought this was gonna go any other way is amateur hour.

Would love to see Shattenkirk in there. But sounds like he’s lukewarm about playing in Edmonton and is waiting for a preferred spot.

 

[North]

Maybe it’s time to sign Shattenkirk.

 

[BlackDogg]

Oilers not only read all the press clippings, but then also ate them.

 

[Soundwave]

“Emerso
It is
Emberson sucks
Dermott sucks

The D sucked even worse to start last year.

The forwards look asleep, I've been a proponent of Knoblaugh but it looks like he fell into the same "no worries" bullshit trap that Woodcroft did with the preseason.

 

[CrazyJoeDavola]

Same old team that lives and dies by its skill and not intensity/work ethic.

And our coach is against physicality, so we can't even use that to drive up intensity.

 

[Old Boys Club]

selfish and lazy play. Making Chicago look like a competent team, which is incredibly hard to do

 

[K1984]

Looks like Skinner and RNH finally, mercifully switched lines.

RNH has been ass this year so far.

 

[oilers4life5]

Man the refs hate us. I don’t get it.

 

[nexttothemoon]

The sooner we stop playing candy ass hockey the sooner we'll start winning. Same as last year. I'm not worried - they'll get there - but it pisses me off to get outworked consistently

They don't really have the players to not candy ass it... they have to oustcore the opposition because they aren't scaring anyone with 4th liner Perry being the only true grit in the lineup. Even Nurse seems to have lost all bite in his game when he got his $9.25 million jackpot.

 

[AnInjuredJasonZucker]

Nice attempt by Podnogoalsin.

 

[Cloned]

Why was the Emberson experiment a thing in the first place? He's basically a rookie being shoe horned into a top 4 role!

He makes three decent plays but the one bad play he makes is really bad.

 

[Mikey71]

They are not going to fix this until they play like they hate this.

 

[Garbo Man]

Podkolzin has been our best forward so far and no offense to him but that's so sad

 

[Ibanez]

This crap is almost unwatchable. Between the lackluster effort and the worst reffing on the planet, it's more of a chore than a fun time.

Certainly sloppy to start the year. I hope we take things more seriously than last year.

Wakey wakey

McDavid playing pond hockey still.

 

[Gnome17]

Maybe theyre trying to run Knoblauch out of town? Bring Woodcroft back?

 

[GrumpyKoala]

Wasnt he on the team when they started 2-9-1 last year?

Woodcroft era clearly doesn't count

 

[yukoner88]

Oilers not only read all the press clippings, but then also ate them.

And are now shitting them

 

[CycloneSweep]

This is hard to watch. Way worse than last year so far

Last year we played decent but just kept making big mistakes. This year we don’t even look like an NHL team.

 

[ThreeOfAPerfectPair]

Stan Bowman was a grave mistake.

 

[McFlash97]

Anyone saying Knobs seat is hot knows nothing about how a team is built.

This is 100 % acquiring the wrong guys in the top 6 and thinning out the D into oblivion. Blame Bowman and Jackson. When you acquire losers from losing organizations with losing habits and expect them to become winners out of nowhere. Tbe.

 

[Proko88]

Is it too late to fire Bowman and save face?

 

[McOilers97]

This team hasn’t had one of their 1minute+ sustained offensive zone shifts yet. Not even close.

 

[NeverForget06]

Stan Bowman was a grave mistake.

I mean all he did is the Ceci trade I think the problem is bigger than that

 

[brentashton]

Maybe theyre trying to run Knoblauch out of town? Bring Woodcroft back?

Obviously. That’s what they’re doing. /s