Edmonton is No Good XI: Mud, Sweatpants and Tiers

[Locke]

Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent

"Good job by Bouchard not panicking there"

promptly gives it away to a leaf in the slot lol

That was great!

Immediately serves it up on a platter and then f's off to the bench.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by sch19lks

What’s defence?

In Edmonton, defence is what keeps de hoboes out of de yard.

[BigThief]

Originally Posted by Locke

I loved watching him hustle to the bench afterwards.

"You already got the minus bro. Its too late to hustle now."

Honestly I can't recall if I've seen such a sad move like that before. The giveaway is his fault and he does minimal skating to start then totally gives up on the play. When he gets a -1 he hustles off to the bench. It's wild. Usually guys will take a spin near the boards.. he just bolted.

[CalgaryFan1988]

Everybody talking about Bouchard and nobody mentioning McDavid.

First goal standing in front of the net doing nothing, 3rd goal a beautiful pass to McMann.

It's funny, even NHL.com writes "McDavid shines in home loss". Yeah, he got 2 points but he was also on for at least 3 goals against and finished with a -3.

[kevman]

4 goals against. He was on for all 4 goals against.

After 18 games the Oilers have won 5 in regulation. If it weren't for 3 on 3, they'd be even further down the standings.

[Tkachukwagon]

Apparently it was Skinner’s fault that Bouchard doesn’t want to play defence

https://twitter.com/user/status/1857979171559059857

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by kevman

4 goals against. He was on for all 4 goals against.

After 18 games the Oilers have won 5 in regulation. If it weren't for 3 on 3, they'd be even further down the standings.

Lets look at who their wins are against.


Philly a non playoff team.
Nashville worst team in the league
Pittsburgh a non playoff team
Detroit a non playoff team

Nashville again.
Calgary a rebuilding team but a surprising one
Vancouver a playoff team
Islanders a non playoff team
Nashville again


Who'd they lose to and how would they lose.
Leafs a playoff team
Vegas a playoff team

New Jersey a playoff team (Shotout 3 goal loss)

Columbus a bottom feeder (Blowou)

Carolina a playoff team

Dallas a playoff team (Blowout)

Calgary a playoff team (blowout)

Chicago a non playoff team (Blowout)

Winnipeg a playoff team (Blowout)

Vancouver a playoff team (Blowout)

Seattle a playoff team (Blowout)


Anyone that thinks that this is a serious cup contender is delusional. This is a team that prays on weak teams that they should be yeeting, and gets easily handled by playoff teams, and gets their faces kicked in by real contenders.



If I was coach Knobby, I would be questioning the teams commitment on two fronts. They get badly out hit in most games and badly out give away the puck in most games. That's the sign of a slow team and their leadership visually doesn't give two craps to come back on the back check.


Second, this team gives up leads in the final frame, that to me just screams of a poor fitness level, except maybe McDavid and Draisaitl who drive this team in Overtime and rarely leave the ice.


Now Oiler fans can go all out and blame Skinner, and he is a terrible solution as a starting goalie. But lets be completely honest. Watch the film. The Oilers are adept at terrible own zone play and blatant brain farts that lead to not 3 star, not 4 star, not 5 star, but the rare 10 star offensive chances over and over again, where a .800 svpct might actually be stellar play.


Once again Captain Dig In, and his side kick Superrich piss face, lead by example on their sloppy defensive play.


This Oilers team is a pretender. And we can't point to an easy schedule as a helper, because it won't matter, this was a Oilers team that the hockey press and the fans promised was going to skip to the Stanley Cup and then batter whoever they faced.


The truth is becoming apparent. Not only is this team poorly built, slow, old. But their core doesn't give two craps.


And its good to see.

[RedHot25]

That's wild. I don't know how you can look at that cumulatively and blame it all on Skinner, yet here we are with Oilers fans.

[dirk diggler]

I wonder if they will look to LTIR Nurse and acquire some real defense. Now is the opportunity for them.

[browna]

Originally Posted by dirk diggler

I wonder if they will look to LTIR Nurse and acquire some real defense. Now is the opportunity for them.

Yup. Watching it again Nurse's injury is magnified by the hit on the ice, given his chinstrap so loose mean his helmet isn't protecting his head fully when he does land.

But yes, the focus for the Oilers organization won't be on the players health, it will be on the cap implications.

Rinse and repeat for Oilers fans.
First every season it's blame the goalie.
Then it's blame the coach until he's gone.
Then it's the leagues fault for not enough powerplays.
Then it's back to the goalie or scapegoating a second or third line irrelevant forward.

[dirk diggler]

As a Flames fan, i want him back as soon as possible. The Oilers would likely LTIR him and then get another "scoring" forward. Look forward to seeing what the legendary Stan "look the other way" Bowman will do

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache

lol.



Turn the puck over to a very skilled shooter alone in the slot with time and space and blame the goalie



Never change, Oiler fans

Skinner sucks, though.

They're not all his fault, but sometimes a goalie needs to make a save.

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[Reggie Dunlop]

Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent

"Good job by Bouchard not panicking there"

promptly gives it away to a leaf in the slot lol

That's what made it even funnier.

[Slava]

Originally Posted by RedHot25

That's wild. I don't know how you can look at that cumulatively and blame it all on Skinner, yet here we are with Oilers fans.

Well, there is a lot of blame to go around. But, last night, he let in 4 and made 18 saves. That's pretty pathetic. This season, he's well under 900 in terms of save percentage. The defense is bad, but still...that's not exactly good goaltending.

[CalgaryFan1988]

Originally Posted by Slava

Well, there is a lot of blame to go around. But, last night, he let in 4 and made 18 saves. That's pretty pathetic. This season, he's well under 900 in terms of save percentage. The defense is bad, but still...that's not exactly good goaltending.

Isn't that what the Oilers paid for though? If they wanted a top 10 goalie, they should have went out and got one. But they can't because they capped themselves out on scoring more goals.

[Reggie Dunlop]

[Tkachukwagon]

The truth is that Skinner AND Bouchard both are no good.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1858070645185343933

[CrazyCaper]

Originally Posted by Locke

I loved watching him hustle to the bench afterwards.

"You already got the minus bro. Its too late to hustle now."

Bouchard hustling back to the bench after a goal is the equivalent of a car who speeds up after sitting at the light after it turned green for 6 seconds and I've laid on my horn!!

[chemgear]

Originally Posted by browna

Yup. Watching it again Nurse's injury is magnified by the hit on the ice, given his chinstrap so loose mean his helmet isn't protecting his head fully when he does land.

But yes, the focus for the Oilers organization won't be on the players health, it will be on the cap implications.

Rinse and repeat for Oilers fans.
First every season it's blame the goalie.
Then it's blame the coach until he's gone.
Then it's the leagues fault for not enough powerplays.
Then it's back to the goalie or scapegoating a second or third line irrelevant forward.

Hasn't he always had a long history of not wearing a helmet, not wearing a helmet properly or even using his helmet as a weapon?

[1Nite]

Originally Posted by CrazyCaper

Bouchard hustling back to the bench after a goal is the equivalent of a car who speeds up after sitting at the light after it turned green for 6 seconds and I've laid on my horn!!

That would be because he's always looking both ways before crossing the intersection.