Edmonton is No Good XI: Mud, Sweatpants and Tiers

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by Tkachukwagon

https://twitter.com/user/status/1877030755773366659

Is this what they call journalistic integrity in Edmonton?

[TheIronMaiden]

Its Friday.

Edmonton Is No GOOD!

[Robbob]

Kind of disappointed that Crosby didn't get all his team mates to come on the ice when he passed Sakic.

[Inferno]

Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden

Its Friday.

Edmonton Is No GOOD!

Edmonton is no good 24/7.

[Buff]

Originally Posted by Dion

Oilers lose to the Pens despite Leon and Connor playing close to 27 minutes

Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent

Such heady ice management for a team that wants/expects to go four rounds deep.

I bet McDavid has never been told "no" in his entire tenure there.

So I took a look a shift length and also total shifts. The Oilers just take long shifts.

For the Penguins most players were right around 45-48 seconds in their average shift length. Only two players exceeded an average of 50 seconds. Petterson at 0:54 and Beauvillier at 0:51. Good line management there.

For the Oilers, only 6 players were under 50 seconds average shift length. Okay so maybe they want to play 50 seconds instead of 45 seconds. Well, they had a lot who played an average shift of over 1:00:
McDavid - 1:10
RNH - 1:04
Draisaitl - 1:08
Hyman - 1:07
Bouchard - 1:10

I know, I know, those are the guys on the top power play unit so that skews the stats. The Oilers only had 3 power plays though.

Then you start to look at when they were out for long. Bouchard, for example, in his first 11 shifts only had 1 shift that exceeded 1 minute. In his last 12 shifts he had only 3 shifts that were under 1 minute. The last shift was the longest at 3:02 to end the game. The rest of the aforementioned players were very similar.

I know we're talking about top conditioned athletes but they're being deployed in a manner that will just burn them out. It is quite amazing that they made it to game 7 of the Stanley Cup. A smart coach who is allowed to control the players' shift lengths could probably make a difference with this team. We know that won't happen. McDavid and Draisaitl are the bosses.

[sureLoss]

Oilers threading the needle on LTIR space. Looks like Kane won't play in the regular season.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1877762941950333370

[McG]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Oilers threading the needle on LTIR space. Looks like Kane won't play in the regular season.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1877762941950333370

I’m no medical practitioner, but I’m pretty sure that (checks internet trade deadline date) March 8 v stars will be Kane’s first game back.

TBH, the biggest surprise would have been if it WAS related to abdominal and knee, because that would be medically interesting.

I suspect Kane was close to returning and a new excuse was needed.

[Sofa GM]

Originally Posted by McG

I’m no medical practitioner, but I’m pretty sure that (checks internet trade deadline date) March 8 v stars will be Kane’s first game back.

TBH, the biggest surprise would have been if it WAS related to abdominal and knee, because that would be medically interesting.

I suspect Kane was close to returning and a new excuse was needed.

What a joke, obvious circumvention of cap……. But NHL does nothing.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Oilers threading the needle on LTIR space. Looks like Kane won't play in the regular season.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1877762941950333370

He would if he went for his surgery earlier.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Is this what they call journalistic integrity in Edmonton?

I'm not sure that either of those terms exist there.

[trackercowe]

Going to for abdominal surgery to find that missing soul?

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by Sofa GM

What a joke, obvious circumvention of cap……. But NHL does nothing.

Why is it cap circumvention if Kane comes back the day after the trade deadline?

[Robbob]

It isn't, they still need to account for his salary. Is he even on LTIR? I thought they didn't put him there so they could accrue cap space over the season.

[Sofa GM]

Originally Posted by Jay Random

Why is it cap circumvention if Kane comes back the day after the trade deadline?

Everyone knows he will be back for playoffs and not a day sooner due to cap compliance. There will be a “setback”……. Let’s stop pretending like that’s not going to happen.

[Sofa GM]

Originally Posted by Robbob

It isn't, they still need to account for his salary. Is he even on LTIR? I thought they didn't put him there so they could accrue cap space over the season.

He is on LTIR. So they need his salary off the books to acquire more help at the deadline.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

To be fair i don't think present day Kane even helps them lol. He could help sabotage their bid, if anything.

Hurry back, money push-ups.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by Sofa GM

Everyone knows he will be back for playoffs and not a day sooner due to cap compliance. There will be a “setback”……. Let’s stop pretending like that’s not going to happen.

You were literally responding to a post that said he would be back March 8, and that was what you called cap circumvention.

[My2Cents]

Dylan Holloway with a nice tidy 15G, 17A and +11 for 32 points in 43 games. Very good for 2.3 million in cap!

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by Robbob

Kind of disappointed that Crosby didn't get all his team mates to come on the ice when he passed Sakic.

But won't there be a ceremony when we honour and immortalize him and his pets?

[schteve_d]

Did anyone else see, and get a kick out of, the SN interview with Kane today? Sweatshirt over a dress shirt.

He's an Oiler, alright!

https://www.nhl.com/oilers/video/raw...-6366922390112