Mcavi looked very regular last night. Have to wonder if residual COVID from his summer infection+condensed schedule will affect his ability to perform. The oilers will fight for worst in the league if he plays more games like that.
Ken Holland - "Jimmy baby, its Ken, I'm going to throw you a life line. How'd you like to come to Edmonton to play for the Oilers?"
Jimmy Howard - "Stevie Y, this is the worst prank you've tried to pull off yet"
Slams the phone down, it rings again and Howard picks it up with an exagerrated sigh
Jimmy Howard - "What!"
Ken Holland - "Really Jimmy its me? How would you like to extend your career and make some money and play with Conna?"
JH - "I don't know Holland, I got a guy on the other line that wants to buy a set of White Walls, I'll get back to you"
KH - "What? This is a NHL goalie job, you can make 100's of thousands of dollars"
JH - "Yeah, but I'd have to play behind a talentless blueline, coached by a moron who clearly doesn't know how to set up a defensive scheme, and have to sit there and watch the two so called generational players, playing like their controllers were unplugged while the opposition is bearing down on me in a 5-2 rush. I think I'll pass"
KH - "But Jim . . . "
JH - "Plus on reflection, its Edmonton, if I wanted to play in a building that smelled like raw sewage, I could probably play in Toronto, hard pass"
The phone hangs up and Holland hangs his head in failure.
Kevin Lowe in a sad voice "Like a Vipa?"
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Mcavi looked very regular last night. Have to wonder if residual COVID from his summer infection+condensed schedule will affect his ability to perform. The oilers will fight for worst in the league if he plays more games like that.
As the broadcast crew said last night "They'd never seen Conna more frustrated. Not that they're making excuses for him that in the first three games after a long break that he's looked awful in two games, and ripped up a bad Canucks defense in the other one. He's regular because he's already pulling the chute because he's probably not going to win an individual trophy.
And get ice cream with Sprinkles after every game.
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Quote of the night after the Habs 4th goal by the commentators, 'Not even Mcavid could get back in time'
I actually thought the quote of the night was immediately after that same goal, watching the replay of the two-on-one and the puck entering the net, Louie DeBrusk says, "How often have we seen that?"
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"What the Oilers are looking at is: are there any amateur goaltenders in quarantine in those two cities they could use as a No. 3 in those two particular situations," Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman reported during the Headlines segment of Hockey Night in Canada.
Toronto or Winnipeg Kijiji maybe?
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I actually thought the quote of the night was immediately after that same goal, watching the replay of the two-on-one and the puck entering the net, Louie DeBrusk says, "How often have we seen that?"
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Quite often, Louie
The Oilers have given up 10 - TEN - 5on5 goals already this season. Plus a shortie, for a total of 11 while even strength or man advantage.
The next closest is Chicago, who are the early favorites to finish 31st, with 8, and they started with 2 on the road against the cup champs.
They are effed. Kostinen is swimming with the fishes and they have no choice but to keep playing him. Skinner can't be liking what he is watching. Another thrashing by Montreal and this team will unravel.
Next 7 games they play Montreal once, Winnipeg twice, and Toronto 4 times. With the way they are playing, they could be in quite the hole.
Is there some sort of rule that allows players being waived and then claimed across the border to be put on the COVID list while they quarantine? I noticed both Eric Comrie and Anton Forsberg were placed on the COVID list after being claimed (even though I’m not sure Forsberg even left Canada when Carolina initially claimed him). Seems like a way to temporarily stash a third goalie without having to take up a roster spot.
And I can only imagine the calls Holland is receiving from teams looking to “help” them out. I’m guessing Winnipeg offered him Forsberg for a first round pick plus David Putney because the Bombers need a punt returner.
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They are effed. Kostinen is swimming with the fishes and they have no choice but to keep playing him. Skinner can't be liking what he is watching. Another thrashing by Montreal and this team will unravel.
Next 7 games they play Montreal once, Winnipeg twice, and Toronto 4 times. With the way they are playing, they could be in quite the hole.
Maybe Mike Smith is smarter than we thought:
<< Looks at schedule >>
“Ooh, that hamstring is starting to feel a little tight”
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So, over on the other board some Oilers fans are not worried...
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"...Superstars generally need more time to get oiled up and working how they can. This applied tonight, and in the Habs game against Toronto. I mean energy clubs, from game 1 you can bring that, the game isn't complicated ... Put the same clubs together a month from now and its a different game. I suspect even Monday will be.
"When the Oilers get their world class players on the same page again, and get sharp again they can do things that few other teams can. WE weren't finishing tonight. A lot of nights we will."
You see, it is not that the Oilers are bad, rather, it is because they are so damn good. Apparently the super-special skilled teams all take a few games to get going, while the grindy-pumpkin teams pile up wins with talentless flopping and hacking. Because the Oilers are awesome, it may take until Game 10 or 15 before they reveal their dominance.
But alas, you know things are truly bad in Edmonton when...
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"Neal's forechecking has been very good last season. His hustle often leads to turnovers and hard board battles in the O zone."
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"is he close to returning?"
When James Neal is the Great White Hope, then you know that hope is lost.
Edmonton is no good.
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I know it's Oiler fans, so arguing is pointless, but I would argue that the opposite is true:
Offense comes naturally, defense takes work. Typically, we see offensive players (and young players in particular) doing well early, but then the strong defensive teams, and older players, slowly take over.
So far, there have been a little over 6 goals per game, which is above the average of the last few years (last year there were 5.07 GPG). SO about 20% above last year's average so far.
