GDT: [WCSF GAME 3] | Edmonton Oilers vs Anaheim Ducks | 4.30.17 | 5:00PM | SN

[OnTheBrink]

Just gotta shout out to my boy nuge!!! Been beating this game and all series really, only Oiler who has showed up for the whole 40min. Got faith the boys will pull this one through.

 

[Canovin]

I think he's absolutely gone in the summer. He's the complete opposite of what Chiarelli looks for in a goalie.

He's been the worst player for the Oilers since the playoffs started. 6M could be better use elsewhere

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

a dominating 2nd period....play like that in the 3rd and we'll score 2

lets get Talbot off the hook

 

[K1984]

Why are we all over them 5 on 5, but we get a pp and zip?

Because our break ins on the PP flat out stink. The Ducks clearly studied it and know how to defend it.

Time to switch it up.

 

[The Batman]

Shortly after Mcdavid scored his goal he pulled off a similar cutback move on the opposite side right in the slot and I REALLY wished he shot instead of passing it off the Lucic.

 

[Connor McFries]

Honestly the only crappy thing in the second other than the weak goal given up was that the Oilers don't seem to be hitting. They need to be pumping the ducks every chance. Especially getzlaf. Get him off​ his game.

 

[Patch101]

Remember the beauty saucer he made into space for McDavid?

But yeah, I agree.

Ya, decent pass ... but ... he's here to score goals. I want the old Ebs back.

At this rate if the team needs to open salary I can see him leaving town.

 

[Game 8]

Manson waking up Lucic was the best thing that could have happened to us. Dumb move! That will cost you a series, not the goal at the other end.

 

[North]

That was not a tough bounce, that was just garbage goaltending

Okay, but you know what? The team needs to bail him out too sometimes.

I'm not going to get on him for one bad goal after he bailed out the team numerous times in Anaheim.

 

[Harry Goldfarb*]

Shortly after Mcdavid scored his goal he pulled off a similar cutback move on the opposite side right in the slot and I REALLY wished he shot instead of passing it off the Lucic.

Yeah I wished he had shot there too. Lucic ended up getting a fairly poor angled shot off.

 

[Tom Collins]

Shortly after Mcdavid scored his goal he pulled off a similar cutback move on the opposite side right in the slot and I REALLY wished he shot instead of passing it off the Lucic.

Agreed. His shot is so much better than it seems even he gives himself credit for.

 

[harpoon]

Ebs is a goalie?

Some posters hate Eberle so much that they blame him for everything that goes wrong. Anywhere on the ice.

He's been the worst player for the Oilers since the playoffs started. 6M could be better use elsewhere

Like this guy. He just can't help himself.

 

[Ritchie Valens]

The way Gibson kicks out rebounds, too bad McDavid didn't get a low shot off, the rebound may have gone right to Lucic there.

 

[sepHF]

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Also can they please put DD, Pouliot, or better yet Slepyshev on the second unit over Caggiula?

I like the guy's hustle, but he brings nothing to the unit. As noted Nuge is the only one able to carry the puck on the second unit, the others are just bobbling it.

Eberle and Maroon down low, Nuge, Sekera, and Slepyshev working the umbrella.

 

[syz]

Yeah I wished he had shot there too. Lucic ended up getting a fairly poor angled shot off.

Lucic cradled it and it blew his angle. Pass probably surprised him.

 

[VainGretzky]

Nuge remembering why he was a 1st overall for a reason this playoffs.

 

[sepHF]

The Wagner goal? That wasn't a deflection. Talbot just misplayed it. I'm not mad at him for it but it was just a really bad time to lose focus.

It hit Pouliot's stick

 

[Connor McFries]

The way Gibson kicks out rebounds, too bad McDavid didn't get a low shot off, the rebound may have gone right to Lucic there.

True that... They should be looking for low 5 hole goals or a rebound. But if you can Snipe it .. do it.

 

[HockeyGuy1964]

I'm sure glad a bunch of posters here aren't coaching our team.

 

[djdub]

Shortly after Mcdavid scored his goal he pulled off a similar cutback move on the opposite side right in the slot and I REALLY wished he shot instead of passing it off the Lucic.

I was hoping for the no look five hole shot. Would have worked.

Oh well, Oil owned that period. Have to keep the foot on the gas here.

 

[Mr Positive]

Some posters hate Eberle so much that they blame him for everything that goes wrong. Anywhere on the ice.

I support Eberle but he needs to be more than just preventing chances against and moving the puck okay. That's what a checking line does.

The real frustrating thing about him is that I see him just almost in the right spots. He's a half second behind being a great offensive player again.

 

[syz]

I like how Kate Beirness' commercial gets so much air time during Rogers hockey games.

 

[Tom Collins]

I'm sure glad a bunch of posters here aren't coaching our team.

Yes, because fans posting in a gameday thread of an NHL team in the playoffs should only post if they have calm insight into our troubles and the way forward. What kind of post is this?

 

[BlackDogg]

Shortly after Mcdavid scored his goal he pulled off a similar cutback move on the opposite side right in the slot and I REALLY wished he shot instead of passing it off the Lucic.

Luc double clutched that one instead of one timing it - otherwise I think he'd a scored.