Edmonton is No Good VIII: There's Still Something in the Water!

[Titan]

Originally Posted by thefoss1957

Doesn't diminish my point. The 'Hawk front office left Toews some veterans to ease his leadership burden.

Famously, Seabrook, settling an out of sorts Toews down, in a playoff series vs. Detroit, where some truly poor refereeing took away a goal, late in an elimination game, where the 'Hawks were on the ropes. I can't imagine any of the Oilers stepping up and telling McGlorious to "chill, we've got this", the way Seabrook did. (And Seabrook ended up with the OT winner!)

Sorry. Was not intending to diminish your point. It just seems ludicrous to even compare the two leadership wise. I agree completely.

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed

When you just missed the playoffs for the 13th time in 14 years, missing the playoffs is obviously not a fluke.

The Oilers are the worst team in North American sports history, and it’s not even close.

In a league where 50%+ of the teams make the playoffs every year, a team with trained dog for a coach would get their team to the playoffs more than 1 time in 14 years.

The Leafs are not far behind. They have been pretty awful since the lockout and have made the playoffs the last few years but they can't win a series.

[troutman]

Originally Posted by Firebot

the Oilers should have just gotten a bye to the playoffs.

The Oilers were playing terribly when the season was postponed. They were lucky that the season was not concluded, as they would have dropped down the standings, maybe even out of a playoff spot altogether.

[FBI]

Originally Posted by troutman

The Oilers were playing terribly when the season was postponed. They were lucky that the season was not concluded, as they would have dropped down the standings, maybe even out of a playoff spot altogether.

So basically, kind of the same as what actually happened

[Huntingwhale]

Originally Posted by Larry David

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This is amazing. I would gladly buy a pallet of these and hand them out for Halloween.

[stemit14]

Has anyone asked McDavid why he was not wearing any oilers SWAG during his post-game interview? It seems strange... especially since RNH was dressed up in it beside him and, as far as I know, all the other players interviewed after any games were either wearing their team swag or were still in their underarmour shirts.

McDavid looked like a guy who just got out of the clubhouse bathroom after binge-drinking his way through 18 holes on a Vegas golf course.


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[thefoss1957]

Originally Posted by Titan

Sorry. Was not intending to diminish your point. It just seems ludicrous to even compare the two leadership wise. I agree completely.

The similarity between two...Insta-Captains of franchises with a history, from day 1 on the roster by age 20, that is why I feel they, and the franchise's approach, can be compared, with some validity.

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by Firebot

There's a 5 vs 5 stat post flying around on the Oilers HFboards about shooting percentage quality and chances generated against the Hawks, to perpetuate the idea that the Hawks were very lucky to have even won against the Stanley Cup favourite juggernaut known as the Oilers and how the Oilers should have just gotten a bye to the playoffs.

Must be something in the water. That's the only way that the Oilers can lose to the 23rd ranked team in the NHL in 4 games. Not because Nurse was a pylon, not because Mike Smith scored in his own net, not because Draisatl is invisble in the defensive zone, not because Kassian was a 3.2 million white elephant, not because RNH had 8 points and still managed to be a -2, and MCDavid leads the playoffs and is a +1.

Also don't look at McDavid's 43.1% FO, Haas 41.7%, Ennis at 33.3%. Those are meaningless, faceoffs don't score goals or pad stats.

Well said.

Clinging to advanced stats and bad luck is so oilers.

Stubborn/delusional to a fault.

I'd say I'm surprised but I can't be.

Also merely moving RNH to the second line would apparently be enough to beat the Hawks, according to the pool cue and his friend.

How can you be so arrogant still, after losing fair and square and not even in five games?

This is what I mean when I replied to WO403 about how you can't feel bad for their fans or team. They turn around after being outright beaten and eliminated and throw these tidbits and we deserve a 5th first overall in your face.

And yet I hope they don't change because this is what keeps the incompetence and shortcomings in place. They convince themselves there's nothing wrong, that they just pulled the short end of the stick and thus carry on with the same faulty approach, mentality and blueprint that lands them in the same place 13 out of 14 years.

Keep the excuses and belief flowing, I say.

[Robbob]

It is funny that when the Oilers are having all the luck and unsustainable shooting percentage (i.e. Yamamto shooting %, Neal and his run in October, etc) then it is explained as skill and the type of the team they are.

[The Yen Man]

Originally Posted by Firebot

There's a 5 vs 5 stat post flying around on the Oilers HFboards about shooting percentage quality and chances generated against the Hawks, to perpetuate the idea that the Hawks were very lucky to have even won against the Stanley Cup favourite juggernaut known as the Oilers and how the Oilers should have just gotten a bye to the playoffs.

Must be something in the water. That's the only way that the Oilers can lose to the 23rd ranked team in the NHL in 4 games. Not because Nurse was a pylon, not because Mike Smith scored in his own net, not because Draisatl is invisble in the defensive zone, not because Kassian was a 3.2 million white elephant, not because RNH had 8 points and still managed to be a -2, and MCDavid leads the playoffs and is a +1.

Also don't look at McDavid's 43.1% FO, Haas 41.7%, Ennis at 33.3%. Those are meaningless, faceoffs don't score goals or pad stats.

Hey, the more they think they are unlucky, the better. Just means they'll keep doing the same thing over and over again, to our absolute enjoyment. What a garbage team.

[LChoy]

For those in the know, why do Oilers fans keep insisting that the Drai-RNH-Yam (DRY) line is the best line in hockey? There is a lot angst on the Oilers boards about Tippet's refusal to use that line.

LChoy

[OldDutch]

Originally Posted by transplant99

https://twitter.com/user/status/1292734317907464192

entitlement

[topfiverecords]

Biggest risk playing the lowest ranked teams of the 24? What?

I know it's Covid world, but that's too far off the edge.

[Gaskal]

Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers

Any goalie that continually waves his arms around after goals like they were everyone’s fault but his own, is an #######. Consistently making your teammates look bad on national television.

Yeah, I don't even like it when Rittich glares daggers at his d-men after they mess up. They know they messed up, they don't need a reminder, be a good teammate and calm them down.

[thefoss1957]

I understand some of the resentment towards an ex-Flame, like Smith, but, I will defend the guy. It was the Oil D that cost game 1, not Smith. Especially on the goal where Smith coughed up the puck, behind the net. Rink audio, clearly had the D-Man heading for Smith, and the puck, while calling "Hey-Hey!" At that point, Smith turned back towards the boards to play the puck, and failed to see that D-man peel across the slot instead of continuing to the corner, where Smith had committed to playing the puck. That mis-communication is on that D-Man (couldn't tell which one).

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

Biggest risk playing the lowest ranked teams of the 24? What?

I know it's Covid world, but that's too far off the edge.

Why is that a risk lol?

If they didn't expand then they would've been an easy out in the first round in 4-5 games anyways. None of those three teams were ready/able to elevate to play at a playoff level.

Nothing was risked because they weren't going anywhere regardless. If you cant beat a 12 seed then you weren't getting anywhere near the cup.

Blackhawks didnt have a magical elixir of good luck to overcome the oilers, the oilers just sucked in their half of the rink and at key times in the game. But let's chalk it up to bad luck and now the universe owes us a lottery.

At least the pens and leafs people are living in reality and thinking we suck, we need to do something here, rather than plugging their ears and dancing around the clear issues with their team.

[Enoch Root]

Having to win to advance - what a crazy concept. So unfair to Edmonton.

You will hear no such garbage from Pittsburgh media. Probably not even Toronto.

[WhiteTiger]

In this bizarre 2019-20 season, it will be sweet justice if the top-ranked player in the NHL’s entry draft goes not go to a weak team, but to a stronger one.

The NHL draft is designed to help out the weakest teams in the league by allowing them to select the top player in any give draft year.

How can Staples be so blind. Even with the play-ins....if your team is in the running for the #1 draft pick, it's not a strong team! If any of the teams were as strong as he's crying about, the play-in would have been a shoo-in for them.

[schteve_d]

Just back from a few days of camping. I managed to get all caught up on CP last night so this morning I cruised on over to HFOilers for a laugh. There's a 50 game PGT that I just can't put down. It's incredible. I might be there all day!


Edit: I just learned that Nurse's cap hit goes to $5.75M next year! Wow. Oil fans are not at all impressed with him, or Klefbom, or Tippet, and have they ever turned on their caveman Kassian! How quickly things change!

[CaptainCrunch]

Lots of whining by Oiler fans and Staples about how unfair the reffing is. The whole it would be justice for the Oilers to get the 1OA because its so unfair that they had to play a bottom feeder team in a qualifying round when they should have gotten a bye. But the league is out to get them.


Frankly the Hawks saved the Oilers the embarressment, can you imaging how bad it would have been if the Oilers had faced a actual for real playoff team.


Oh and it this doesn't scream unsustainable stats bump nothing does.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1292860869844451332