What was Brett Kulak doing?

[Mr. Fancy Pants]

^ If you told the Oilers they'd give up 2 goals in Game 7, they'd take that every time. They're not a team that's built to win 1-0

 

[CaptainScrewy]

McDrai combined for 0 goals, 0 assists and 2 shots. Not really Kulak's fault of all people.

Thats my Con [sic] Smythe winner baby!

 

[Muffin]

Better the question is wtf was Bouchard doing behind his own net with time running out on his season?

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

Can’t blame the defense when the forwards get one goal

You can still blame the defense.

That was an awful play by Kulak. and a soft goal by Skinner.

Yes the Oilers didn't outscore their mistakes, but it was a still a big mistake.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Skinner was responsible for the second one. What Kulak did is allow a 0.03 expected goal chance.

Factoring in who the shooter is and the traffic crashing the net and screening the goalie, that number is wrong.

Probably more than double your figure at least. Sam Reinhardt is gonna score more than 3/100 in that scenario.

Kulak shoulda stepped up and instead of backing up, oilers had numbers back

That said, this thread is stupid

 

[TheUnusedCrayon]

What was Bouchard doing?

Verhaeghe's opening tip-in goal | NHL.com

EDM@FLA SCF, Gm7: Verhaeghe's incredible redirection goal opens the scoring

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That's elite classic Bouchard zone coverage. He covers zones not players, as I'm told. He had that corner marked.

 

[FinlandPanther]

What was Bouchard doing?

Verhaeghe's opening tip-in goal | NHL.com

EDM@FLA SCF, Gm7: Verhaeghe's incredible redirection goal opens the scoring

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Looking in 2 different directions.

 

[zar]

Lots of blame to go around in a 2-1 game. Win as a team, lose as a team.

 

[Saskatoon]

I might be wrong but to me it looked like Draisaitl got his stick on Reinhardt's enough to slightly adjust his shot angle last second. So Skinner was prepared to save the shot but the last second bump made him miss.

Maybe my eyes decieved me though

 

[Dirty Dan]

This game was much tighther and showed Edm didn't belong, they gave a 56 goal scorer room and that was the difference

 

[Mike C]

This game was much tighther and showed Edm didn't belong

I'm a neutral fan. A one goal game in the 7th game of a Cup Final indicates to me that they certainly did belong

 

[OysterForever]

Nah the second one was 100% on Skinner

 

[chaser17]

Kulak has been a stud for 3 consecutive playoff runs. Sure he coulda had a better gap but that's hockey, shit happens.

 

[viceroy]

Asked myself the same thing when he played in Montreal

The f you on about?

 

[Dirty Dan]

I'm a neutral fan. A one goal game in the 7th game of a Cup Final indicates to me that they certainly did belong

Idk, they looked good for 3 games but in the end of the third it looked like they weren't gonna beat Bob, just defeated

 

[OilerTitanFan]

Now Kulak is to blame for the oilers scoring one goal. Me as an oiler fan, there is no excuses because we have both mcdavid and draisaitl. You don't score you don't win, plain and simple. I don't care if Kulak pulled a Steve Smith and scored on Skinner. This is on the big boys up front to get it done.

 

[Mike C]

Idk, they looked good for 3 games but in the end of the third it looked like they weren't gonna beat Bob, just defeated

Big gap between not belonging and coming up short against a 2 time Vezina winner, up for a 3rd who was on his game

Panthers played great but Oilers were a good opponent. As an aside, Skinner should have been pulled way earlier

 

[OilerTitanFan]

^ If you told the Oilers they'd give up 2 goals in Game 7, they'd take that every time. They're not a team that's built to win 1-0

No kidding. A powerhouse powerplay got nothing tonight. I'm not even sad about tonight for some reason.

 

[StreetHawk]

Plenty of blame to go around, Bouchard didn't help Kulak by leaving the front of the net to go defend an invisible player on the first goal.

On the second goal, Draisaitl could have taken a couple of more strides instead of coasting back and maybe he does a better job at disrupting Reinhart's shot.

Drai instead of backing up opted to go forward and check verheqge. Like Connor in the first set of games in fla when he tried to pick off a pass to Barkov which he didn’t get allowed a 3 on 2 to develop from inside the panthers blue line. Leon too aggressive and thinking offense vs be the responsible C and 3rd man high and back off into a defensive position. Then it’s Ceci’s lack of mobility as he has to turn and skate towards skinner vs skate backwards which allows verheage to build up speed and attack the net. Also is not able to see Foegle catch up to the wide winger and go to the net with him since his back is to that side. Kulak looks like 3 times over his right shoulder to see the rush and try to find his teammates positioning. Doesn’t appear to be much communication with Ceci going on.
If there was good communication then Kulak should have stepped up on Reinhart to take away time and space. But instead you see him position himself between Reinhart and verheage as it Ceci wasn’t there.
Just overall bad defensive zone coverage and communication.

 

[Artemi Panarin]

Flames Legend Brett Kulak

 

[Guess]

Kent Hughes sends his regards.

 

[Leafshater67]

Skinner shoulda had that second one

 

[HockeyWooot]

It’s a shame has he was pretty solid throughout the run.

 

[TMLife17]

Skinner was responsible for the second one. What Kulak did is allow a 0.03 expected goal chance.

Letting a 57 goal scorer fly in at top speed and take an uncontested shot from in the slot inside the circle is a 0.03 xG chance now?

Ok either that's a wild exaggeration or whoever marked that down as 0.03 xG needs a new job.

Saveable? Sure. Dangerous chance to give up? Definitely.

 

[DamonDRW]

Kulak actually played great in the finals.