Edmonton is No Good XI: Mud, Sweatpants and Tiers

[Groot]

Originally Posted by Jay Random

To be fair, I'm not sure Stauffer knows his left from his right. It could be his error.

Even the game tracker on NHL.com routinely mixes up players' positions while they're on the ice. For instance, I've seen it showing Kadri on the wing and Kuzmenko at centre. I suspect the people in charge are only concerned with getting the line combinations right, and don't care if the positions on each line are wrong.

While normally that could be true, Knoblauch has confirmed his apparent genius. Even better, he'll rotate mid-game. Harder for him to give away pucks if the opposition doesn't know what side to expect him on.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1848773276874772960

[Enoch Root]

When a player is struggling with the finer points of defensive play, the cerebral answer is to have them split their time between the left and right s, that way the errors they commit on each side will cancel each other out.

#coachingmasterclass

[Robbob]

Originally Posted by Groot

While normally that could be true, Knoblauch has confirmed his apparent genius. Even better, he'll rotate mid-game. Harder for him to give away pucks if the opposition doesn't know what side to expect him on.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1848773276874772960

I don't think it will be by design, Nurse just ends up flailing all over the place naturally.

[looooob]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

I thought they might try to put Arvidsson on the third line to give them more overall depth...but nope.

That bottom 6 is old, slow, and is going to struggle offensively for sure.

yeah for the supposed deepest group of forwards in the cap era the 3rd line is a 32 year old, a 37 year old and a 30 year old with a combined total of 2 career 20 goal seasons, the most recent being 4 years ago

[Enoch Root]

Average age, 33, combined for 1G, 2A 3P in 6 games

Flames' 3rd line:

Average age 28 (have 9 20-goal seasons), combined for 6G , 9A, 15P in 5 games

[McG]

Originally Posted by looooob

yeah for the supposed deepest group of forwards in the cap era the 3rd line is a 32 year old, a 37 year old and a 30 year old with a combined total of 2 career 20 goal seasons, the most recent being 4 years ago

It’s the goalie’s fault.

[RedHot25]

Originally Posted by Groot

While normally that could be true, Knoblauch has confirmed his apparent genius. Even better, he'll rotate mid-game. Harder for him to give away pucks if the opposition doesn't know what side to expect him on.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1848773276874772960

....or what to do when the norris trophy winning defensive pair is split up, confusion abounds!

https://edmontonjournal.com/sports/h...nugent-hopkins

This in from Bob Stauffer of the Oilers radio network, news that Troy Stecher is in for Ty Emberson.

[RedHot25]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

When a player is struggling with the finer points of defensive play, the cerebral answer is to have them split their time between the left and right s, that way the errors they commit on each side will cancel each other out.

#coachingmasterclass

A master at play, just look at his motivation of nurse's best partner ever....

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/584...n-stats-nurse/

In the postgame media avail, Knoblauch addressed a question from The Athletic’s Daniel Nugent-Bowman surrounding the play of Emberson. “Like a lot of our guys, he was just kind of there. Not positive or negative.”

Where does that put the young defenceman? Sixth or seventh, a far cry from the preseason talk of the second pairing.

[looooob]

Originally Posted by RedHot25

A master at play, just look at his motivation of nurse's best partner ever....

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/584...n-stats-nurse/

he has to play 45 more games this year or he's UFA

[Reggie Dunlop]

Edmonton is No Good XII: "Just Kind of There."

[McG]

Edmonton is no good XXII: 12 flavours of nom,nom,nom.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent

It was so rich when the oiler buffoons were in here last season making a racket about Dube. Looked in a mirror lately?

Did this actually happen?


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[Tbull8]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

Did this actually happen?


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Yup and all over Twitter as well

[Rising_Oil_Prices]

Ok, you guys win an argument I wasn’t even making. Congrats. My only point again, is that judging one’s character by the hockey team they cheer for is plain stupid, and it says a lot more about the person saying it, than it does about any hockey fan they’re slighting.

[direwolf]

Haha, stupid Oilers!

[Don Benji]

Whenever the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Oilers it reminds me of the time they beat them in the Stanley Cup Finals. Then Chris Pronger demanded a trade from the Oilers after only one season. The following years were quite bleak. Lol.
Edmonton is No Good.

[All In Good Time]

Originally Posted by Rising_Oil_Prices

Ok, you guys win an argument I wasn’t even making. Congrats. My only point again, is that judging one’s character by the hockey team they cheer for is plain stupid, and it says a lot more about the person saying it, than it does about any hockey fan they’re slighting.

Hey!
Dig up!

[dino7c]

2 wins lol

we did that in game 2

[Eric Vail]

Originally Posted by Rising_Oil_Prices

Ok, you guys win an argument I wasn’t even making. Congrats. My only point again, is that judging one’s character by the hockey team they cheer for is plain stupid, and it says a lot more about the person saying it, than it does about any hockey fan they’re slighting.

Can we say they have poor taste?

What if someone's five favourite hockey players were the guys who have been charged with sexual assault? Would that say anything about that fan's character? What if Lawrence Phillips and O.J. Simpson were an NFL fan's two favourite running backs of all time?

Is it that surprising that fans around the league look down on a team that employs Nicholson, Bowman, Perry, Kane when everyone knows they have a checkered past? They did not hesitate to bring any of them in when most teams wouldn't go near them.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

PtErAdAcTyL-LiKe!!!!!
(Scores on next shot)

Then McDavid taking off into outer space on the Canes OT winner. Lol great night of No Goodness.