WCSF: Vancouver Canucks [PAC1] vs Edmonton Oilers [PAC2] - Edmonton wins 4-3

[iggy_oi]

So Campbell for game 5 then?

[Nammer403]

McDavid for career high for TOI today?

[Steve Bozek]

Imagine fellatio as performance art by staples. This is it…all of the 1980s jammed right together. He even finds room to squeeze in:

“They really do know a thing or two about winning.”[/QUOTE]

“They really do know a thing or two about winning draft lotteries.”
FYP, David!

[Engine09]

If anything, it's nice to know that all of BC now understands Edmonton is a garbage team of crybaby divers. 2 more wins and we can go back to hating the Canucks, but they have a job to do first.

[cam_calderon]

Skinner comes from a family of nine children, each of their first names starting with the letter 'S' (Samantha, Shannon, Sharon, Sandra, Sarah, Sheldon, Scott, Stephen).

lol

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by Toonage

On Pickard who has 10 minutes of game time in this series? Go after him. Up that volume. Don't let him get settled.

I disagree. IMO, the best way to make a goalie comfortable is with plenty of shot volume.

I think the best way to get in a goalie's head is to minimize shots, don't let him feel the puck, and wait for high-danger, cross-crease opportunities. Nothing is going to rattle a goalie more than looking up a the scoreboard and seeing 2 goals on 3 shots.

Goalies get comfortable by making saves and feeling the puck. Peppering them from everywhere only feeds this. And IMO, this is part of why it seemed like we faced allstar goaltending every night, under Sutter.

[direwolf]

Originally Posted by Nammer403

McDavid for career high for TOI today?

Oh definitely. I anticipate the wonder twins will both hit 35 min tonight. Oilers are desperate, and it's the only move they have.

[Scornfire]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

I disagree. IMO, the best way to make a goalie comfortable is with plenty of shot volume.

I think the best way to get in a goalie's head is to minimize shots, don't let him feel the puck, and wait for high-danger, cross-crease opportunities. Nothing is going to rattle a goalie more than looking up a the scoreboard and seeing 2 goals on 3 shots.

Goalies get comfortable by making saves and feeling the puck. Peppering them from everywhere only feeds this. And IMO, this is part of why it seemed like we faced allstar goaltending every night, under Sutter.

100%, just pass it around and raise his anxiety levels, make him constantly have to think about the next pass

[Aarongavey]

I guess one can add Edmonton to the list of teams (New Jersey, LA, maybe Colorado, possibly Toronto and Ottawa) that will be looking to trade for a starting goalie this offseason.

[MrButtons]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

I disagree. IMO, the best way to make a goalie comfortable is with plenty of shot volume.

I think the best way to get in a goalie's head is to minimize shots, don't let him feel the puck, and wait for high-danger, cross-crease opportunities. Nothing is going to rattle a goalie more than looking up a the scoreboard and seeing 2 goals on 3 shots.

Goalies get comfortable by making saves and feeling the puck. Peppering them from everywhere only feeds this. And IMO, this is part of why it seemed like we faced allstar goaltending every night, under Sutter.

Beat me to the punch; came to say the same thing. Hard to get a feel for the game if you don't see anything and then deal with a partial breakaway out of nowhere.

[Yeah_Baby]

Originally Posted by cam_calderon

lol

If you think it's giving Trad evangelical family, you'd be right. (Based on what I've heard)

[DeluxeMoustache]

The beautiful thing is that they still don’t get it and never will

It’s the egregious defensive gaffes that make the difference, not the presence or absence of 20 plus shots from the perimeter

The team strategy is to flop, get power plays and let the wonder twins out score their defensive problems.

If they have trouble scoring, double down and increase wonder twin TOI. They will save the day. You could see last game that they were trying to do it all themselves and stopped even trying to find Hyman

When they have bad turnovers and allow grade A chances that find the back of their net and then the wonder twins fail to score, then they simply turn on the goalie

Cam Talbot is a career .914 goalie. He has had two sub .900 seasons. His last year in Edmonton, and then a couple of years ago on a brutal Ottawa team. They identified him as the problem.

Never change, Oilers. Thoughts and prayers to any and all goalies that play there


Funny enough, Mike Smith did ok there, and I suspect it was because he was unafraid to call them out on their ####

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Aarongavey

I guess one can add Edmonton to the list of teams (New Jersey, LA, maybe Colorado, possibly Toronto and Ottawa) that will be looking to trade for a starting goalie this offseason.

With 9 million in cap space and 15 players signed, they're going to have difficulty getting a starting goalie in free agency.

I mean the most likely thing to trade is Jack Campbell, but unless the Oilers dramatically bribe a team, nobody is taking on his starter level salary hit.
With the Oilers set to lose guys like Foegele, Henrique, Janmark etc, they are going to need to focus on improving their forward depth, and that's going to cost money. The Oilers should almost be breathing a sigh of relief that Holloway and Boingberg haven't done anything to earn a increase. And the Oilers don't have much cheap good talent coming up to help them out.

Also because Draisaitl's contract is ending at the end of next year, and he's probably going to be looking for a significant raise as the cap is going up, and Pissy probably considers himself a top player in the NHL, any cap savings have to be put towards an honest effort to sign him.

Don't forget that Bouchard's contract is coming up at the same time, and though he's a RFA, he's going to want top pairing money in exchange for any kind of contract of length.

Right now a legitimate starting goalie is out of their reach unless they can move a guy like RNH, or Nurse. Nurse is a disaster at 9 million bucks, and RNH isn't a guy that inspires much in the playoffs.

[metroneck]

Originally Posted by sarge

https://edmontonjournal.com/sports/h...iver-a-message

Am I being dense, but Messier thinks they need to T-Bag their own jerseys?

Um, OK.

[Rhett44]

It is weird to me the Oilers don't play Stecher.

He certainly isn't a savior, but I think he is a decent depth dman.

Just another reason why the Oilers are no good.

[Nufy]

Originally Posted by metroneck

Am I being dense, but Messier thinks they need to T-Bag their own jerseys?

Um, OK.

Normal advice is to "wear your heart on your sleeve..."

Oilers recommend to sexually abuse the logo in front.

[Bingo]

Originally Posted by metroneck

Am I being dense, but Messier thinks they need to T-Bag their own jerseys?

Um, OK.

You said it better than I would have.

But yeah that's an awkwardly worded "man up" slogan.

Sounds like a hazing ritual ... pre shorn.

[DeluxeMoustache]

So are they going to wear their cups on the outside of their jerseys?

[ReinhartonD]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

When's the JR presser calling for Parros to be fired? Cmon, I need some more entertainment.

Did you see the Bruins' GM presser to "not complain about the officiating"? Chef's kiss.

[Toonage]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

I disagree. IMO, the best way to make a goalie comfortable is with plenty of shot volume.

I think the best way to get in a goalie's head is to minimize shots, don't let him feel the puck, and wait for high-danger, cross-crease opportunities. Nothing is going to rattle a goalie more than looking up a the scoreboard and seeing 2 goals on 3 shots.

Goalies get comfortable by making saves and feeling the puck. Peppering them from everywhere only feeds this. And IMO, this is part of why it seemed like we faced allstar goaltending every night, under Sutter.

I get it, but I'd capitalize on his being nervous. Like when a backup enters the game, you pepper them.