The sad/stupid thing about that SN tweet is that it wasn't even the younger guys who let the Oilers down.
- 1st Kraken goal, RHN, Draisaitl and PoolParty give up a 3 on 2 when RNH and Draisaitl can't make a simple pass, Barrie and Ceci give up a shot from a long ways out that Skinner probably should have stopped.
- 2nd goal, Kassian lets his man Larsson walk in and score, Ryan was also nearby but didn't do much of anything.
- 3rd goal, Kassian gives the puck away outside the Oilers blueline which gets to Blackwell, who skates through Barrie and Ceci like they're pylons and roofs the backhand.
4th goal, Wenneberg has the puck at the dot, Russell goes down to block a shot that isn't happening, takes himself out of the play and slightly screens his own goalie, Wenneberg then shoots and the shot goes under the pad of Skinner, another goal he probably should have had. The rebound would have been put in anyways as McDavid clearly has no idea how to play defense in front of his own net, leaves his guy right in front of Skinner ready to knock in any rebound.
So, really.............the misleading SN headline should have been something like
'Oilers vets and goalie let down youngsters in loss to Kraken'.
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