[OOT] October 15 with eight games.

[My2Cents]

Oilers managed to muster all their strength, push out everything they can... and they managed to beat Philly in OT. I am sure their next opponents are trembling.

[memphusk]

They won, but wow are they bad.

[Rejean31]

This Sportsnet commentary with Ken Reid is an absolute ####ing embarrassment!!!

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Someone needs to tell Michaels to get a bigger dictionary than the two-paged rig pig one he works with.

SeIsMiC. Lol Seismic dumbass.

[Jbo]

McDavid had to play 24+ minutes in an October game to win against Flyers in OT

[Manhattanboy]

The Oilers entire fanboy broadcast crew are the worst in pro sports.

[OminousFlames]

ughhh.. way to ruin a really good night in hockey.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Edit: No Good

[Inferno]

Originally Posted by Jbo

McDavid had to play 24+ minutes in an October game to win against Flyers in OT

And need help from the officials. If that's the other way no doubt the Flyers get called. He probably gets a penalty shot out of it too.

[dino7c]

I agree its a ridiculous non call but the Flyers can't just stop playing, like what were they thinking?

[Sandman]

-Schwindt plays 8:40 in the Golden Knights' loss to Caps, -1.
-Ice Time leader for Tampa Bay in their 4-1 victory over Vancouver was Moser, who played 23:33.
-Ovi gets his 700th NHL assist.
-Vrana got a goal, but only played 8:46 in the Caps win. Hendrix Lapierre played 8:53.
-Jackson Blake (Jason's son) has come a long way since being drafted in the 4th round of the 2021 Draft to being a member of the Hurricanes. He scored his first NHL goal tonight in the Canes' 4-2 win over the Devils in 10:08 TOI.
-3 goals and 5 points in 5 games for Anton Lundell to start the season.
-Chinnakov leads the Jackets in scoring, with 5 points in 3 games.
-Matt Boldy played 21:48, Zuccarello played 21:14, and Kaprizov played a whopping 27:59 in their 4-1 win over St.Louis. Minny goalie Gustavsson scored a goal.
-Dylan Holloway only played 11:28 tonight for the Blues, while Broberg played 16:26- second last for D on the team.
-Juuso Parssinen was a healthy scratch for the first 2 Preds games, and only played 5:54 tonight, with 1 assist and a -3.
-Stamkos has no points in his first 3 games with Nashville.
-Stankoven has 5 assists and a +3 in his first 4 games this season.

[Tsawwassen]

Originally Posted by Samonadreau

Holy crap, how is it still the 1st int. in the Coilers game. 830 start?

Originally Posted by tsquared1967

Puck drop was around 8:20 pm (delay about 10 minutes) for some reason. All the whining during the 1st period by the Oilers stretch the period longer.

The reason for the later start, ESPN doubleheader with Wild-Blues game.

[Tsawwassen]

Final scores
https://www.espn.com/nhl/scoreboard/_/date/20241015
https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/scores/2024-10-15
https://www.foxsports.com/nhl/scores?date=2024-10-15
https://fieldlevelmedia.com/news/nhl...hnny-gaudreau/
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4 at 3 in regulation time

https://fieldlevelmedia.com/news/nhl...hnny-gaudreau/
https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/...6-c85d27949c3c
https://www.espn.com/nhl/game/_/game...s-blue-jackets
https://www.espn.com/nhl/recap/_/gameId/401687650
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl...ener-1.7353186
https://www.foxsports.com/nhl/florid...boxscore-41589
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4 at 1
Goalie goal!
https://fieldlevelmedia.com/news/goa...ry-over-blues/

[WhiteTiger]

Oilers looking like they won the Stanley Cup last night...

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by Vedder

Oil in a heap of trouble. Feel good comeback will have Sportsnet going crazy, but I think the depth is even worse than first thought. 93 in terminal decline with zero impact at even strength. Hyman coming back to reality. The rest of the forwards are SLOWWWW.

Yup.

• As you said, RNH looks like a replacement level player.
• Hyman is off to a slow start, but I think he'll be fine (but expecting 54 G again is asking for disappointment)
• Draisaitl's diving antics aren't getting the attention he craves
• The forecheck game is completely gone (who could have predicted that, after taking Foegele, McLeod, Holloway and Kane out of the lineup?)
• With no forecheck, and little physicality up front, the lack of speed becomes a huge issue.
• The defense is BAD. Obviously moving Ceci, Desharnais and Broberg for Stecher, Brown, Emberson and Dermott was a downgrade, but I don't think anyone in the organization thought it would be this much of a downgrade. They keep searching for a partner for Nurse, but that isn't the answer - the answer is to have a legit 2nd pair, and shelter Nurse as much as possible on the 3rd pair. And they simply don't have the cap space or assets to acquire two 2nd pairing guys.
• Their goaltending is exactly what we suspected - inconsistent.

They are going to have to rely entirely on the PP, to try and outscore teams. Two problems with that: other teams have learned how to defend the PP (at least somewhat), and the league is onto their diving antics.

It is going to be a grind for them, all season. They'll have their streaks, when the PP runs hot, but they are going to have their challenges as well. And the big challenge lurking around the corner is that they are the oldest team in the league, and this grind is going to wear very heavily on them. Can they persevere and still have enough in the tank for a long playoff run? We'll see. But personally, I doubt it.

And next year is even worse, due to their cap issues

[NegativeSpace]

Originally Posted by Vedder

Oil in a heap of trouble. Feel good comeback will have Sportsnet going crazy, but I think the depth is even worse than first thought. 93 in terminal decline with zero impact at even strength. Hyman coming back to reality. The rest of the forwards are SLOWWWW.

That was my thought on Sunday: the Oilers look very slow. If they can't increase the pace of their play, then they may be in for a long season.

In addition, Hyman seems to have cooled off compared to last season where everything went in for him.

[WhiteTiger]

Just watched the 'highlights' of the Coilers game. Oof, that team is in trouble. Looks like folks are wise to them and tired of their diving ways. Hopefully they get more and more calls against them. The 'dive for a PP' BS is such a negative on hockey.


Also, I see Skinner got shot while behind his net again.

[McG]

Listened to 880 chud for the last few minutes and OT and it’s as bad as snet with the obvious recognition that it’s a home broadcast. Can confirm that it was like a trophy of some kind was won with the tying and winning goal. Commentary team said something like “flyers should be mad about that winning goal” which I immediately translated into should have been a penalty against the oilers.

Also read this morning that the “nuclear option” was deployed with success last night. In game 4. Last game of an 1-3 homestand.

Terrible team is terrible.