Game 4: BEST players have to be BEST players

[Jordan!]

Yuck

[GullFoss]

15% chance of coming back from 3-1

[Jason14h]

Completely opposite of what made us successful all year - From forwards to D to especially goaltending

Get the intensity back and - although this will sound crazy - stop worrying about McDavid. If they don’t get the puck they won’t score

[Hockey_Ninja]

Originally Posted by Elkyiv

When will he finally put together a roster of players who show up in the playoffs?

That’s more on the players than the GM. He put together a good team. No one is playing up to the level they need to be at to win

[CalgaryFan1988]

Not sure what happened to Markstrom after the Dallas series, but what a stats dive. I still come back to Kassian standing on his arm in game 1. Vladar should start the 2nd, Markstrom is off (even though the 3rd goal was deflected). Can't believe we are losing to the Oilers in the playoffs, they aren't even any good.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Gaskal

Yeah dominating play doesn't matter when your goalie can't make the saves they need to be making.

It should be 1-0 Oilers and we should all be cursing Toffoli for gifting the Coilers a PP, but here we are with our goalie playoff PTSD.

Goal one was on him. Goal 3 it would have been nice for him to make a stupendous save, but it wasn’t a softy like I thought at first.

[Scary Eloranta]

Originally Posted by Flames_Gimp

are you guys still going to game 5? i don't think i can handle the heart break and humiliation of being eliminated by the garbage oilers at home with 5000 oiler fans cheering.

Not going now that’s for sure.


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[soulchoice]

Originally Posted by timbit

Don’t give the forwards and D an excuse.

Most of them have been worse than Markstrom.

Perimeter Perimeter Perimeter.

That’s why I don’t give any credit to the possession as it has been all perimeter. The moment the oilers got the puck and entered the zone after, all it took was one shot and it was a goal. Yet again.

[Manhattanboy]

I’m not mad at Markstrom. I’m sad at how badly this is going for him. Thats rough.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Originally Posted by timbit

Don’t give the forwards and D an excuse.

Most of them have been worse than Markstrom.

Perimeter Perimeter Perimeter.

Wish I could thank this one more than once.

'The goalie sucks so we can't do anything'. Quite the cop out.

[Kipper_3434]

I'm so done with Markstrom's play against the oil. Give me Wolf lol

[LIP MAN]

Sorry, but enough of the apologies for Markstrom. He needs to be better. Straight up. He has show he can do this, and needs to in a hurry. Team is playing well, just need a goal here and we get them panicked. This isn’t the Lightning, they’re as fragile as we think they are.

[GullFoss]

Originally Posted by soulchoice

That’s why I don’t give any credit to the possession as it has been all perimeter. The moment the oilers got the puck and entered the zone after, all it took was one shot and it was a goal. Yet again.

Because Markstrom hasn't played well. This isn't rocket science.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Elkyiv

When will he finally put together a roster of players who show up in the playoffs?

There are 7 of 32 teams left in the playoffs right now

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by Flames_Gimp

are you guys still going to game 5? i don't think i can handle the heart break and humiliation of being eliminated by the garbage oilers at home with 5000 oiler fans cheering.

More like 10,000. Everybody is going to be unloading their tickets now. It’ll be by far the biggest Oiler crowd of the year.

[bubbsy]

Markstrom isn't a big game goalie. This choke job is one that will be remembered for years.

[the_only_turek_fan]

Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov

They have ZERO confidence because our goalie can't stop an effing beach ball.

They can still finish checks right?

[Flame On]

And the excuse birds are out for Markstrom's poor performance. I'm not even saying he's a bum in general, he's been great. But in this series he's been very poor. And expecting the rest of the team to play exactly the same way as they have all season, while they worry about the sieve behind them is naive in the extreme.

[N-E-B]

I should just start dropping money on the Oilers to win so that no matter what I come out ahead

[badradio]

Beat ‘em up