Post-Game Talk: We’re all smilin with you tonight Stu

[29Beast97Mode]

 

[FunkyChicken]

Great overall game. Dominant.

I wish someone would develop a stat for expected penalty minutes for.
Refs are getting a little ridiculous. Our PPs per possession time is so low.

 

[ahmedou]

La Bamba is trending in Twitter Oilers

Kleenex is trending in Twitter Golden Knights

 

[Moregoalspls]

I wasn’t sure …so I guessed…lol

It was a great joke. It set me up to emphasize it

 

[jesusbuiltmyhotrod]

Great overall game. Dominant.

I wish someone would develop a stat for expected penalty minutes for.
Refs are getting a little ridiculous. Our PPs per possession time is so low.

Oilers are 7 and 3 and have carried the play most games yet never had more PPs than the opposition. Make it make sense

 

[MoontoScott]

Its like having Dave Semenko there to be king cop of everything AND Kane is filthy skilled and scores a lot of goals.

On a value level per pricetag he's top beef in playoffs. My only worry was how the hell could he dial his game up to be this good, but somehow he does. He's a freak of nature. Few players can miss a whole year and play like this.

But theres also something else in Kane. His Alpha presence and everything from calm to sharp dressed dude he comes in grinning, confident, and it just becomes infectious to the team. He's such a big part of this team, pun intended.

He's the kind of guy you wouldn't like at a family party but on the ice he can really give you an edge.

You need some snarly b*stards in the playoffs.

 

[McAsuno]

 

[jesusbuiltmyhotrod]

He's the kind of guy you wouldn't like at a family party but on the ice he can really give you an edge.

You need some snarly b*stards in the playoffs.

How the f*** do I even know this lmao

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

Who knew going in to the playoffs that our depth was the club's greatest strength? I thought for sure it was Mc-Drai.

Sweet to know the truth.

I knew once healthy our forward depth was going to be stacked.

 

[Drivesaitl]

Leon didn't get any points but he was much better tonight, a much needed performance from the big man.

Not sure if you saw my comments but it was a brilliant move. KK put Kap and Pods with Drai in what was simply meant to be a shutdown line, a sawoff line allowing the Oilers to stack the other lines.

What deserves mentioning is this line rendered the Eichel line to absolutely nothing in this game and then the Oilers were able to roll Vegas in the other matchups and have more depth there.

Its not about Drai, its about changing his role and the team winning. No glory and highlights, but this was essentially Bryan Trottier keeping a clean board and giving up nothing so that his team could win the other matchups.

 

[Austerlitz]

Beat the refs. Beat the Knights. Good deal.

I was real hard on Stu but really nice bounce-back from him. Looked calm, looked poised.

 

[Lay Z Boy GM]

Hah Kane mentioning Hills “slashing penalties.. well, not penalties but slashes”

lol I am so glad Kane is back

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

I hate spec

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Knoblauch really is a great coach. I don't always agree with everything he does but he doesn't get enough credit around here.

 

[Drivesaitl]

He's the kind of guy you wouldn't like at a family party but on the ice he can really give you an edge.

You need some snarly b*stards in the playoffs.

I'd like him at the party too!

I've had friends like that who were the party person in the room of 100's. Just exudes persona. I like that aspect of him as well. He's a boss in every aspect. Would be a fascinating guy to know.

 

[Moregoalspls]

Best part of the Vegas team going after Kane was him backing out ripping his helm off and pretty much asking them to line up

 

[BudBundy]

Never in doubt

 

[bucks_oil]

Seemed to have more focus tonight and feeling and seeing the puck better. His reads were all there. It helped that the Oilers were really negating the pass across all night.

Stu played a good game.

I dunno, he looked pretty freakin’ weak on the third goal.

Markander StoneKane didn’t even get his A-shot off, no screen, above the hash marks and somehow SHiller lets it in. Never gonna win anything with a guy like that in net.

 

[Mr McV]

Kane is a beauty. In his own way, he is a leader of this team.

 

[OilerTyler]

Oilers are 7 and 3 and have carried the play most games yet never had more PPs than the opposition. Make it make sense

That's what happens when you play American teams in non-traditional hockey markets. It's been very clear for a long time that the league likes to put their thumb on the scale to help grow the game down south.

If the Oilers make it past Vegas we better hope our path to the cup is through Winnipeg and Toronto.

 

[Ninety7]

Massive statement by skinner

Let’s keep it rolling fellas!

 

[rboomercat90]

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All these clips I’ve seen tonight from Hill losing his shit, on only two of them does an Oiler actually contact him. One was Hyman where he did graze him as he was crashing the net but he had turned away and was trying to miss him. The other time was when a stationary Kane was cross checked from behind over top of Hill. All those other times were fly bys including the play where Hill stuck his leg out to trip Janmark who was skating past the crease after a whistle and started an altercation that bafflingly led to a Vegas power play.

This narrative that the Oilers were running Hill tonight was nonsense. Hill for whatever reason started the game unhinged. He was like that the entire first period and then his behaviour was normal again the rest of the game and coincidentally there were no more incidents after that.

If there’s a story here it’s what was up with Hill to start the game.

 

[Lay Z Boy GM]

Knoblauch really is a great coach. I don't always agree with everything he does but he doesn't get enough credit around here.

He’s great in the playoffs because he seems to solve teams eventually. Problem is we lose the first couple games sometimes.

Winning against Vegas in the first 2 games was huge.

If we get to the west finals I hope that Knob has a handle on Dallas, figured them out last year so hopefully we’re ready to go game 1.

 

[ahmedou]

 

[harpoon]

He's the kind of guy you wouldn't like at a family party but on the ice he can really give you an edge.

You need some snarly b*stards in the playoffs.

He would be welcome at any gathering of my family. Honored to have him.