Post-Game Talk: WCSF GM 4 | Oilers def. Canucks 3-2 (Garland, Joshua) | Thaaaaaaat sucked.

[Bleach Clean]

That game should have gone to OT

 

[Flik]

So the mighty oilers BARELY f***ing eked out two wins against us. We've already done better in this series than the dumbass pundits thought we would.

Still think we take this series, I don't think we've played all that well. Just have to get our shit together for the best of 3 with two at home. Soucy will be back and that will erase a lot of the issues we saw tonight.

Tocchet needs to understand he's being out-coached by a guy who really doesn't coach all that much.

Oilers in 4!

No wait, in 5!


In 6????

f*** em, we can take this

 

[Jyrki]

Guys skating like they were headed for the dressing room already. Extremely embarrassing.

That aside, the Oilers kind of gave up on trying to flly high and are just playing low event hockey while letting their special teams be the edge. Our PP remains a complete sham and that's the reason the series is tied instead of being a 3-1 lead.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

Canucks dominated the third period when they actually pushed the pace. Why Tocchet waits so long to do it is very puzzling. This turtle style hockey isn’t sustainable.

He's literally trying to load manage in the playoffs. 1-2-3-4 with talent dispersed in the lineup.

Let's be real... this round is the Stanley Cup Finals for this team. He should absolutely be riding his top guys. Load up the top lines FFS.

 

[alternate]

I blame the fair weather fans that quit on their team in the second.

 

[mathonwy]

In the end Juulsens blunder didnt cost us the game. Overall terrible road game, regroup for Thursday.

Just can’t give coilers pp. it’s not rocket science. He is all risk and no reward.

 

[PG Canuck]

I’ve defended the system a lot but I tend to agree. Tired of this waiting till the last moments to actually play.

McDrai were pretty invisible for majority of that period. Oilers resulted to our strategy of dumping the puck to Center, change and live for the next shift.

 

[HockeyWooot]

Team didn’t play well, but kept it close and gave it away at the end.

Juulsen in for Soucy, those type of hits were he puts himself out of position was my biggest fear.

 

[MS]

Ugh. Wasted a great game by Silovs and a great 3rd period comeback.

Edmonton can't protect a lead and can't take a ton of confidence out of this game.

Pettersson woke up in the last 10 minutes of the 3rd period. Crazy the difference when he's suddenly hustling for pucks.

Suspension of Soucy - as expected - ended up costing us. Juulsen simply cannot be trusted in a playoff game. Should have played Friedman.

Hronek ... man. We know he's hurt but the last few games have been rough as hell. Ditto Cole.

Thought Myers was excellent tonight and our best D after Hughes.

Horrible 4-minute PP killed us. Edmonton has done a great job scouting our zone entries and we just can't get set up. And they pressure the hell out of Pettersson and he fumbles it every time.

Lafferty is providing nothing. Don't know why he got bumped up the roster. Give Hoglander another chance over him at this point.

Garland and Joshua again are the guys that come up big.

 

[Scholarships]

The aim for tonight wasn’t to win the game.

The aim is to compete, to minimize the damage on the PK ( the refs will call a ridiculous amount of penalties against the Canucks) and to hammer Drai every chance they get.

Losing the game just means it's a best of 3, great place to be for the underdog.

Winning would have been gravy.

 

[mossey3535]

Lol high stick. NHL couldnt find their phones there though eh

LOL at CBC, as if showing the refs f***ing us will change their behaviour.

 

[Leif Rohlin]

Not even mad lol. When we tied it I knew we'd just end up losing.

The Oilers wanted this one a lot more than we did. Same story as Game 2, same story as Game 5 against Nashville.

Silovs the only one willing to put in the effort.

 

[Jay26]

Can’t play 20 minutes and expect to win the game

As someone else said, this team looks spent… I don’t think they have the energy to grind out a win in this series unfortunately

That was me. I truly believe that. It's not even being negative and pessimistic. I actually really respect how plucky our team is and how far they've come defensively. I just don't think it's feasible to play this way every game in the playoffs. You have to control some of your games. But they're getting by on scrapping and clawing and miraculous comebacks and 1 goal wins. You need to know how to do that in the playoffs but it can't be how you play EVERY game.

I just think the team is overmatched. They aren't quite ready.

 

[bbud]

Juulsen blew the game rest was a battle just do better in game 5

 

[TruKnyte]

Ugh. Wasted a great game by Silovs and a great 3rd period comeback.

Edmonton can't protect a lead and can't take a ton of confidence out of this game.

Pettersson woke up in the last 10 minutes of the 3rd period. Crazy the difference when he's suddenly hustling for pucks.

Suspension of Soucy - as expected - ended up costing us. Juulsen simply cannot be trusted in a playoff game. Should have played Friedman.

Hronek ... man. We know he's hurt but the last few games have been rough as hell. Ditto Cole.

Thought Myers was excellent tonight and our best D after Hughes.

Horrible 4-minute PP killed us. Edmonton has done a great job scouting our zone entries and we just can't get set up. And they pressure the hell out of Pettersson and he fumbles it every time.

Lafferty is providing nothing. Don't know why he got bumped up the roster. Give Hoglander another chance over him at this point.

Garland and Joshua again are the guys that come up big.

Doesn’t matter which team wins this series they’re getting smoked by Dallas.

 

[PavelBure10]

The panel is saying Draisaitl highsticked the puck before the goal. Not conclusive but it's in question. So close, not happy to see Canucks sit back after scoring. Where was this pressure the whole game?

 

[cc]

I wonder if Myers would have lost that board battle with Kane

 

[Peen]

Any time we’ve had pressure, this Oilers team hasn’t been able to prevent goals.

It was criminal how little we created the first 45 minutes of that game.

This Oilers team cannot defend under pressure. Hronek and Pettersson need to wake up. Put Hoglander and Podkolzin in.

 

[Slapshot_11]

Hronek being a f***ing p***y, miller blowing the zone

f***ing idiots

 

[604]

On the plus side, Pettersson played two shifts late that makes you think he may actually start being a difference maker.

 

[Baby Pettersson]

So ya Drai high sticked the puck on the final goal. Shouldn't have counted.

Edit: Nevermind it's good!

 

[Kryten]

LOL at CBC, as if showing the refs f***ing us will change their behaviour.

Sportsnet was justifying the non call so hard. Its incredible

 

[604]

My wife was out and showed up seconds before the Oilers scored. It’s her fault.

Get rid of her.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

My wife was out and showed up seconds before the Oilers scored. It’s her fault.

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

That puck has to get out.

That's such a soft play, completely unacceptable.

How do you let that happen after tying it late, ugh.

It was actually Boeser that failed to clear it lol.