GDT: WCSF | IV | "Make It So" | Oilers vs. Canucks | 4.14.24 | 7:30PM | SN/CBC

[Soli]

(Oilers trail series 2-1)

Game Day: Tuesday May 14th 2024
Game Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Rogers Place
Broadcast: SN / CBC


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PREVIOUS ENCOUNTERS

GAME 1



GAME 2



GAME 3


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Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Connor McDavid - Zach Hyman
Dylan Holloway - Leon Draisaitl - Evander Kane
Warren Foegele - Ryan McLeod - Corey Perry
Mattias Janmark - Derek Ryan - Connor Brown

Mattias Ekholm - Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse - Vinny Desharnais
Brett Kulak - Cody Ceci
Philip Broberg

Calvin Pickard

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Pius Suter - JT Miller - Brock Boeser
Ilya Mikheyev - Elias Pettersson - Linus Karlsson
Dakota Joshua - Elias Lindholm - Conor Garland
Nis Aman - Teddy Blueger - Sam Lafferty

Quinn Hughes - Filip Hronek
Nikita Zadorov - Tyler Myers
Noah Juulsen - Ian Cole

Arturs Silovs



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• Arrive violently.
  
  
• Do not go quietly into the night.
  
  
• Just win.
  

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[Canovin]

Campbell will eventually have his redemption arc

 

[RegDunlop]

Pickard? Confirmed?
I would start him.

 

[94 Oil Drops]

Hopefully the Pickard starting rumors are true. This series has felt like a horrible fever dream that we haven't been able to wake up from.

Time for the Oilers to wake up and take control.

 

[CornKicker]

i dont normally do this but because of the situation and karma i am going to pickard my nose all day long

 

[oXo Cube]

Pickard barely played against playoff teams this year and when he did play against playoff teams he wasn't good. I think starting him tonight is a fine decision but nobody should expect things to really be any different.

Anyway, Oilers win tonight 7-4.

 

[Pavel10]

Could have scored 7 on silovs last game. Make it so tonight.

6 3 win incoming. Everyone steps up the effort level.

 

[GMofOilers]

I’m going to attend now lol wasn’t going if Skinner was starteing cause I’m done with that fraud, finally a coach with some balls

5-1 game

 

[EchoesoftheEighties]

Pickard just needs to be average and we can win

 

[RegDunlop]

It's the right call. Stu needs to figure out consistency in the playoffs and the team can no longer allow him the time to do it in games.

As for Pickard, I'm totally convinced he can be successful. I said before that Skinner deserved the net due to his work in regular season, so I'll say the same that Pickard deserves a shot due to his regular season and redemption of his career.

I've watched him a bit more than casually last couple of years. To me he is capable. My only concern is for him long. Nothing to base any sample size on or consistency. Anyway good luck Calvin!

And a little bit of ol time hackey wouldn't hurt with some 'messages' being sent. Obviously tough to do when you're concentrating on winning first, but if not initiated at least respond.

One last thing -
Just don't lose the F ing game

 

[Pavel10]

Pickard playing with house money. Doesn't need to be a basket case like Skinner. He isn't even supposed to be playing. Entire city is behind him.

He has 100% upside. Kill it in these playoffs and there is a big fat contract someone is offering you in the offseason.

 

[Canovin]

What's the verdict on Henrique? Seems to be injured for awhile now. We need him in the lineup over Foegele

 

[Louis Cypher]

Need a statement game out of the entire line up. Don't start Skinner.

 

[EchoesoftheEighties]

Please f***ing win. PLEASE

 

[Kerberos]

Season on the line tonight. Anything less than a convincing win will be disappointing.

 

[bobbythebrain]

Why Stetcher isn't in for one of Nurse or Ceci is minblowing.

 

[iCanada]

It's pretty sad that I feel an incredible amount of relief that the organization did the obvious thing and is starting Pickard.

Like JFC. It shouldn't be a relief that we don't make obviously poor choices relying on obviously incapable personnel. That should be baseline.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

1. Get a save, probably need a couple big saves...don't need to be Hasek out there just average
2. Be physical...finish your check
3. bottom 9 needs a goal or two...embarrassing performance thus far....RNH, Kane, McLeod, Foegele, Perry, Janmark, Ryan and even Brown need to do SOMETHING
4. WIN

 

[McJadeddog]

Pickard barely played against playoff teams this year and when he did play against playoff teams he wasn't good. I think starting him tonight is a fine decision but nobody should expect things to really be any different.

Anyway, Oilers win tonight 7-4.

Agreed. We are in desperation mode really, and I don't expect Pickard to be any good. In fact, I expect him to be really bad. His stats against playoffs teams were not good.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Agreed. We are in desperation mode really, and I don't expect Pickard to be any good. In fact, I expect him to be really bad. His stats against playoffs teams were not good.

you expect him to be worse than Skinner?

 

[McJadeddog]

What's the verdict on Henrique? Seems to be injured for awhile now. We need him in the lineup over Foegele

Yeah he has been injured for 2 weeks as of tomorrow. Must have been a pretty decent ankle injury.

 

[Canovin]

you expect him to be worse than Skinner?

He hasn't seen Skinner stats in the playoffs

 

[McJadeddog]

you expect him to be worse than Skinner?

Entirely possible, yes. Goalies are voodoo, so nothing would surprise me (to the positive or negative), but the stats don't lie, and he was pretty bad against playoff caliber teams this year.

It's pretty sad that I feel an incredible amount of relief that the organization did the obvious thing and is starting Pickard.

Like JFC. It shouldn't be a relief that we don't make obviously poor choices relying on obviously incapable personnel. That should be baseline.

The even more obvious thing would have been to bench Ceci and play Stecher. As bad as Skinner has been, Ceci has been worse.

 

[StoveTopStauffer]

Pickard moves/plays the puck way better than Skinner so maybe that'll help boost the offense a bit.

 

[elmeroil]

Even if Pickard isn't good I can stomach that a lot better than trying the same thing over and over and failing. This is the most excited I've been about a game in awhile, my gut tells me Calvin seizes the moment!