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The Coiler Way

We’re just tanking for a 1st overall pick. We’ll be back next year

Ahh to be an oilers fan. Show a glimmer of optimism before the season starts....means a big Ole kick to the groin

So, here's my thought. Fire Knob, rehire Woody. Then next season, when they start slow again, fire Woody, rehire Knob. Just keep mixing it up.

Maybe we can add another forward for Ekholm or somethin...?

Another site is pushing for the signing of Kevin Shattenkirk, defenceman. I mean he is 35, so why not? He is perfect for our senior citizens crew. LW he might give Nurse a push.

WIN A ####ING GAME!!! RIGHT ####ING NOW!!!

DIG THE #### IN

Surprised so many people think this is a cup hangover. This is just how the Oilers start. They can’t get up for games until their backs are against the walls.

Were just a bizarre team with inconsistent goaltending.

I am looking for any excuse but in the end you’re 100% correct.

How do you get a save % of 829? Skinner is at 615 (5 goals on13 shots) and Pickard at 778 (6 goals on 27 shots), Total of 11 goals on 40 shots is a save % of 725.

I remember during last year's October regular season game against the Flames, the Oilers were coming off a 4-game losing streak.
They pulled it together to beat the Flames in dominating fashion, and then proceeded to lose the next 4 games
It always makes me laugh to think about that. "We might suck right now, but we refuse to lose to Calgary."

I'm between "It's SO over" and "It's game ####ing 3!". McDrai, RNH, Hyman and Bouchard are playing miles below what we know they are capable of. I suspect three deep playoff runs losing to three eventual cup winners has caught up to them mentally more than physically. I think they'll wake up, they just need time.
I'd shuffle the top 6 tbh. Load up the top line with McDrai and add Hyman. Let Nuge center Skinner and Arvidsson. That may jolt the guys to get going.
While it's been crappy overall, gotta say there are some positives. I thought Henrique has looked great and probably the best Oiler thus far. Skinner and Arvidsson were among the better Oilers last night. There are signs of life, just need it to be consistent.
We'll get there soon. I reckon we'll start playing regular season hockey by game 10 or so.

Panic Room

The Oilers locker room before the season opener:

Knob: “Let’s treat this season like it’s a 7 game playoff series.”

Oilers: “So lose the first 3 games and then try to win the next 4?”

Knob: “Yes. Think back to the Finals and how you battled back from 0-3”

*Oilers go on to lose the first 3 games of the season *


In all seriousness, I don’t think we have a chance in hell of winning this one. Are we as bad as the scores have indicated? I don’t think so. But it seems like we are playing hockey on expert mode at the moment. Every chance ending up in the back of our net, colossal breakdowns on defense, and an offense that has to work their asses off for a goal or two. Calgary will feast on us tonight. We need a bit of break in order to reset from whatever the f*** this is.

The Oilers are on the Deja Vu channel tonight again.

Oilers have the worst defensive group in the NHL.

Flames are going to bully us.

Not giving up more than 4 goals has to be considered a success at this point.

Tonight, I hope they atleast ACT like they care

It's not the Stanley Cup Finals, so I doubt it, unfortunately

I hope that we see some hockey

Huberdeau has more goals than McDavid and Drai combined. Embarrassing
The loss in the SCF broke McDavid.
Corry Perry is a goal scoring leader on this team after two games. Let that sink in.

9 Million Reasons

Can a Flame punch Nurse in the face a couple times please

This Dermott Nurse pair is something

What was nurse doing there? Oh right, sleeping,

You could insert any name next to Nurse and make that statement

Ekholm pulled a nurse there.

Skate to bouchard and then give him the puck.

Nurse needs to sit the #### down Jesus

Darnell has to go. Somehow he has to go.

Lol i heard bob on the radio saying he's seen enough of the nurse/dermott pairing. Wow, nurse part of a trash d pairing? Who could've seen that coming?!

Nurse has to be the dumbest defenseman in the league.

I mean he has permanent "huh" face.

Thank heavens he's also slow, otherwise he would have tipped that one home on Skinner.

When did Nurse become soft as ####? He used to be mean. A real prick in front of the net.
I get fighting less, that’s fine. But he hardly hits, hardly gets into scrums.
He’s the guy who should be going after Backlund. And not giving him an option to fight.

He’s been trying to punch but the refs keep mobbing him

Nurse is ####ing useless. 9mil a year to watch you put the puck back into the corner instead of making a play

f*** someone teach Nurse how to f***ing pass. I was his biggest supporter and even I am starting to give up on the guy.

What the f*** is Nurse even doing there lol?

I guarantee if Nurse is scratched next game nobody will be complaining about the defense. He isn’t an NHL player right now.

Rat to Glory

MCDavid takes a hit and no one comes to help or punish the guy who did it.

Someone kill Popsicle please

Posposil has been everywhere - where the heck is Kadri?

time for #11 to get driven into the boards

Hackland has deserved to get his face caved in for years.

Why hasnt someone ripped backlunds head off yet?

K, turns out Backlund was also the little ####in bitch too.
Calgary Flames? More like the Calgary little ####in bitches am I right?

So no one is going to come to Drai's aid. Doesn't matter if it's clean. Grab your f***ing nuts and show you're playing for each other.

We get f***ed twice there. Backlund should be stretchered off after that ####

Good on Nurse for giving Ratmus some cheese.

This team needs some muscle....atleast have McDavids back or its going to be a long season for him

Yep and it started with McDavid last night. He took a retaliatory penalty. We’ve got two issues here. One is that we’ve got nobody on this team capable of providing a deterrent to players cheap shotting our stars so they get frustrated by the beatings they take on a nightly basis. The second is you have games where the officials refuse to call those infractions against our stars (seems to happen a lot more often in the past few years). Not sure how either of these gets addressed but it needs to happen.

Typical inbred type game

Disallowed Goal #1

Wtf.. really?

Louie getting hard with the Oilers goal getting challenged

Stu Grimson saying that Perry wasn't allowing Vladar to go side to side, wtf is he watching? Complaining that he's screening the goalie. What a dumbass.

Thats not even close, it should be a good goal.

You can lay on talbots pad, but God forbid the Flames stick hits our players leg lol

GOD DAMMIT JUST LET US HAVE OUR GOAL

Is the rule again that you can’t have a toe in the blue paint? Didn’t that rule go away years ago?

That's definitely a good goal for the Maple Leafs. Let's see what they do for Oilers

Hahahahahahahahahaha f*** this league. Seriously.

Going to watch baseball.

These f***ing idiots don’t even know the rules of their own league.

At least we now know that the league is willing to call goaltender interference on Cory Perry to get a goal disallowed, he just has to be playing for the Oilers apparently

Damn, that was some bull####

Louie he's in the blue paint but he didn't initial contract with the goalie you dweeb

Find someone who loves you as much as Louie DeBrusk loves the situation room officials

Lel, sounds about right. 20m review lmao

didn’t bennett literally bowl over a boston goalie last year and it was fine? vladar could move fine

Id throw #### at the refs when they're leaving the ice

The league pursuing a black and white standard that says if you make ANY contact with the goalie, no matter if it impacts the play or not, that the goal is called back is an all time short sighted move, even for this incredibly stupid league.

This is worse than the late 90s foot in crease rule.

With a Little Help from Gary Bettman

Wait, they didn't call that? Lmao you have got to be kidding me. f*** you Bettman

WHAT THE f*** ARE THE REFS DOING.

f***ing shoot the puck at their heads

Refs: gotta protect the goalies. Refs: wait no not that goalie.

I hate being vindicated about these biased incompetent refs as it means we are getting boned again. It’s the worst part of the NHL by far.

Like 3 missed hooking calls so far.

Remember the Hall, RNH, Ebs rookie days when they had to get older and pay their dues and earn the "veteran calls"?

Pepperidge Farms remembers.

Well, f*** me sideways, the Oil are the oldest team in the league and can't buy a f***ing call. Tired of the refs seeing the Oilers and then a team of Lady Byng candidates.

The refs in this league have a collective room temperature IQ, which doesn't help either

I hope these ref's wifes cheat on them

These refs are anti oilers tonight
####ing refs burn in hell

Hyman does 1-tenth of what their buttplug dildo does to Skinner and gets the call. I (almost) forgot how much I hate NHL officiationg.

Problem is you bitch to the refs about missed calls and they take it personal and every ref gets
"revenge" on the team all season long because they are a cliquey bunch of babies who can't take valid criticism.

A bull#### Goalie interference? Yeah call that on Edmonton.
A Flames player slashes our Goalie? Haha good hockey play.
Ridiculous

Every single season the mandate against this team gets more ridiculous. Wouldn't be surprised to see us average less than 2 pps/game this season.

Disallowed Goal #2

Wooooohooo

Try taking that back refs!

(but seriouasly please dont)

Damn it, he's offside by about 2 feet

How the f*** did the linesman miss that???

Half the goals we've scored this season have been called back.

That was offside. I get it.

But I'm still mad about that "goalie interference" call. Such horse####. Absolutely no contact, and any that there was was initiated by their ######bag goalie. f*** sakes.

hahaha you can’t make this #### up

if you switched Skinner and RNH’s contracts I wouldn’t bat an eyelash.

lol. The start of the season just insists on being torture

League: How do we get more offense in the league?

Also League: This

Wow. Arvidsson. Jumped the gun quite a bit

3/5 of Oilers goals this season called back keep it up

having these many challenges is really a disservice to the refs, calling them out for bad reffing.

I personally hate offside as is, if it doesn't affect the play, it shouldn't come back.

Flames have now challenged the first Oiler goal, scored has now been changed to 0-0.

Rasmus burns McDingus

Sick defense by 97. Be more f***ing casual.

McDavid needs to be a lot better. He’s playing more like Todd Marchant than Connor McDavid right now.

McDavid has absolutely no idea what he’s doing in his own end. f***ing embarrassing.

97 & 29 showing zero effort. Are they waiting for a power play to get going?

Right down main street, just enjoying the city lights while rat face gets a shot from the slot.

Yeah, not impressed at all. Lots of standing around and stick waving. Top players look particularly horrendous in our defensive zone as well.

Why does it always feel like Edmonton needs to execute a perfect three-way passing play to find the back of the net but half the time our opponents just throw slop to the net it goes in?

Gut wrenching game to watch. Fml.

Broke mcdavid’s ankles.

f*** off. How did everyone forget defence?

Just undressed Hyman and McDavid.

Yup. 0-3 coming.

Call back another goal.

Can we ####ing hit somebody?

There was a Flame within 6 feet of the net so we should review that

That's just brutal effort from McDavid .

dangles through mcdavid and ekky lol

Yikes from McD and Hyman there lol

Total ####ing defensive breakdown. Anderson skating around our zone like a bunch of ####ing pylons and Skinner waves at it. Terrible. Just ####ing awful.

Well could have told you Flames would score after having two goals called back. That was a pathetic defensive effort and Stu should have made that save.

Refs aren't great but Hyman and Mcdavid doing "fly bys" and letting Andersson walk into the slot for a goal is a big problem. This team doesn't like team defense.

Mantha’s 300th!

Well proof that effort beats talent.
These guys need to ####ing wake up.

Its like they are playing beer league

We look so… ordinary.

Skinner with a weak af rebound. Can’t happen.

that was silly. Got taken to f***ing school.

Great coverage there Hyman.

We get one of the easiest possible schedules to start the year and we don’t even look like an NHL team. Absolutely trash.

Getting punked in our own building for the third straight game is a great look. This team just doesn't care.

Slow, weak and can’t handle the puck. No big surprise they have lost all 3 games.

theyre so ####ing slow

Natural Statrick has the following:
Flames High Danger chances: 11
Oilers High Danger chances: 4
Boys are getting fed badly

Oilers have been very lifeless after that 1-1 goal

This game is a ####ing joke. Literally not even enjoying this blatant match fixing bull####.

Holy ####, it's decade of darkness level of play again. Every single guy on this team sucks so far. Not one glimmer of hope.

Mcdavid just doesn't give a ####

On that goal against, how many cross ice pass did they make? Wtf were the forwards doing aside from puck watching?

When your captain and other top guys look like they're phoning it in, it really sets the tone for the other guys :|

This team is playing like dog####. Painful to watch. Please tell me they’ve all got the flu or something.

Costco with the dagger

literal costco brand player scoring on us is ####ing unreal

I heard it’s the same as a regular player just different packaging

Of course it's his 1st NHL goal. Of course it is.

Oh my God of course a first nhl goal

Someone grab that puck and throw it in the crowd

So we're going 0-3 lol.

Three straight losses at home. ####ing brutal

0-3-0. ####

0-3 ain't that big of a hole I guess

Pathetic amount of puck watching on that

Turning this dog #### off, again. Three games in a row i’m not gonna finish watching.
I said this already …. “I don’t want to talk about last year.”
You are playing just as poorly as last seasons opening games. Like, seriously, #### off trying to dismiss the #### plays and coordination. Irritating as ####.

Alright I give up trying to be positive. This team is ####ing pathetic right now and none of the players seem to give a ####

Guys. Maybe I’m the problem. I’ve watched every game in my new recliner so far. Next game I won’t watch or sit in the recliner.

I'm out. This team is garbage. Hopefully they can fix this #### before the season is out of reach.

Zary with a long bomb EN

After the Flames get their empty net goal Oilers will have given up 15 goals in 5 games. That’s not going the cut it.

It's Mark Spector's fault. He jinxed the Oilers with his comment about Cigago and Calgary being bottom feeders.

My god ... could they at lease look like they give a fuk.

If you don't like this then you don't like Oilers hockey in October... which uhhh... makes you not a masochist. Ka-chow.

Can we show up on time, EVER!?! I'm so sick of slow starts, seasons and games. It's so disappointing. I know there's gonna be some time to get used to the new additions, but this is ####ing pathetic. We can't score more than 1 goal??? I'm not a doomer just pissed.

It’s not the coach. It’s never been the coach.
Knoblach will be another coach ran out of Edmonton by these ####s.

All I’m asking for is connect your passes, be patient and shoot into the net instead of shooting like a headless chicken and have a solid defense. Is that too much to ask for from a hockey team that went all the way to Game 7 SCF a few months ago man?

It’s just the same old pass it around the outside and flop it on net when you start getting pressured (unless you’re Evan “the shinpad bandit” Bouchard and then it goes the other way for either a breakaway or a two on one). When can we get some actual plays to use? We have a decent amount of shots, but barely any good chances. Sucks watching other teams come out and work hard, and we just float around.

####ing brutal. No one on the team gives a #### right now, besides Skinner (F). No fight, no pushback. Hell we won’t even defend our goalie when players are hacking and slashing him. Better figure it out quick.
Edit. Oh and Arvi has been amazing. But the rest of em, ####ing garbage so far

Just no care right now by the Oilers. No intensity, no try, no excuse

Seeing Flame players smiling in the Oilers building is not good. I am not entertained.

Worst team in the league by far now by several metrics.
Only team to have lost 3 games without picking up a point.
They are -12, second worst team is -6.
f***ing unbelievable.

Jeff Skinner wondering what Elder God he offended in a past life to be cursed this badly

Who the f*** cares about goaltending?

WE’VE SCORED 2 GOALS IN 3 GAMES

We could have a reanimated Jaques Plante back there and we’d still be 0-3.

I think the last 2 years was their real Cup window. Team is too old, slow and uninspired now.
Yeah I know it's just 3 games but you can't do this #### every year and keep expecting to dig out of it, it's going to wear on these old legs playing catch up all season. Plus when you have Darnell Nurse at $9.25m on your team, you're always at a major disadvantage.

These f***ers are playing like they're still depressed about losing in game 7. They're passive, they're slow, they unengaged. If someone described their play as "pouty" this is what I'd envision.

Just yikes.

It really feels like even though its only 3 games in to the season that this team could really go off the rails in a hurry if they don't catch a couple of breaks.

We have no extra forwards, everybody knows they are golden, will get mega minutes no matter how awful they are. No accountability on this team, it’s actually the opposite, the worse you play, and the further behind we fall, the more ice time you get. It’s like minor hockey where the best players get the icetime with no repercussions ever.

McDavid, Draisaitl, RNH, Hyman, Nurse.They’re the problem this year so far. Anyone else want to pretend it’s every else’s fault? Anyone?

I’ll go ahead and highlight the worst offenders from that group, because I don’t know if I have time to rip all of them as much as they deserve.

McDavid is playing the worst hockey of his career, hands down. As a cherry on top of him producing nothing offensively, he apparently has decided to take a nonchalance to defensive play this year too. Both the 1st and 3rd goals were squarely on him. The third one especially embarrassing. Swimming around changing the puck in the middle as he gets turnstiled and shot around.

Darnell Nurse, as it stands today at this moment, is not an NHL player. Dermott sucks too, but he’s the better player on that pair. He can’t play hockey anymore. Every shift is in our end, every shift is turnover filled, every shift produces Grade A’s on our net. I would scratch him next game, but it will never happen. He woke up when he was embarrassed last playoff, time to embarrass him.

Nuge I would also consider scratching. Plodding around the f***ing ice turning it over with his trademark soft area chip passes to the opposition. He’s been f***ing terrible from the opening puck drop this season, and a drag on whoever is unfortunate enough to play with him.

Guys who haven’t had a camp with the Oilers yet are probably wondering what the f*** is going on. Perry, Skinner, and Henrique are probably wishing they went elsewhere to try and win, as these three are doing their job on time as the leadership group f***s the season around.

I want this team skated into the f***ing ice tomorrow.