Did Spector hit his head getting out of bed this morning and finally come to his senses? Says the Oilers can't win until McDrai start playing a 200 ft game. No s***. Of course, Oilers fans blame it on everyone but 97 and 29.
Interesting. So you believe that once those two play a 200ft game, EVERYTHING will be resolved, and they'll start hanging more banners?
The lie detector test determined that was a lie.
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Did Spector hit his head getting out of bed this morning and finally come to his senses? Says the Oilers can't win until McDrai start playing a 200 ft game. No s***. Of course, Oilers fans blame it on everyone but 97 and 29.
Caption contest!
McAvi: I backchecked last game; and I did say “let’s go”.
Or
McAvi: I hear you get Corona if you go on your own side of centre.
Did Spector hit his head getting out of bed this morning and finally come to his senses? Says the Oilers can't win until McDrai start playing a 200 ft game. No s***. Of course, Oilers fans blame it on everyone but 97 and 29.
Another Cherry Picked narrative by one of the Queens of Oiler Homerism.
He completely glossed over their “Mike Modano” moment, mostly likely because Holland is running things now and all new comparisons must come up Red Wing. (Unless of course they’re negative, then they’re ignored.)
Of course Connor & Leon already burned through the actual coach (Hitchcock) who actually got Modano to play a 200 ft game & win a Cup.
No need bringing that up, it would spoil the propaganda.
As bad as spectre is thats probably the most honest article he has ever written. No that wont solve all their problems but its a huge start. To bad its too late.
Stauffer jabbed him on Twitter saying it's ridiculous to bash the two forwards who got 15 points in 4 games or whatever, given the goaltending numbers they got (sub.900 save %).
Stauffer jabbed him on Twitter saying it's ridiculous to bash the two forwards who got 15 points in 4 games or whatever, given the goaltending numbers they got (sub.900 save %).
Yeah. Good old Stauffer. The guy who came on the Fan960 in late 2013 and said the problem was Devan Dubnyk who needs to quote “make a save” before they ran him out of town.
Stauffer is just worried about Connor wanting to bolt then his bosom buddy & lifelong pal will literally have no ability to sell any tickets.
Giving up points as a focus to become a complete player that cares about defence too.
^This
Yzerman was an all-offense player until Scotty Bowman showed up in 1993-94 and turned him into a 2-way player. His ridiculous stats took a dip (see: https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/...y.php?pid=5844) and the Red Wings became a contender.
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Stauffer jabbed him on Twitter saying it's ridiculous to bash the two forwards who got 15 points in 4 games or whatever, given the goaltending numbers they got (sub.900 save %).
Hey Staufer... do you think that maybe - and stay with me here - maybe if the guys played some defense, that maybe the goalies' numbers wouldn't be so bad? And if the Oilers didn't give up more 5 on 5 goals than any other team in the play-ins, that maybe they'd still be playing?
If Spector is the chosen mouthpiece for Lowe in assigning blame, and this is the target of the unofficial organizational blame, this is playing with a lot of fire and it's a lot of nerve, and those guys may as well start exploring thier options.
How about teaching these guys those things over the first half decade of their careers, rather then pushing them to try and outscore thier opponents single handledly, and not just trot it out and lament it when it suits them?
I am sure this is from Lowe's playbook of " tough love" torn from the pages of how Slats handled Messier and Anderson in 1983. If this is the narrative in the weeks ahead to hammer on the only players that make that team relevant, expect fire works by the start of next season.
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Fair analysis of his own team but "Haw Haw" at Smith's future with the Oilers
taken from a redditor's summary
Spoiler!
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Said he felt good before getting into play-ins.
Regular season - over the first 70 games - made progress in many areas. 25th -> 12th in points, PP 9th ->1st, PK 30->12th, GA 25th->15th, GF - 20th->14th.-Lots of impact from young players: Bear, Yams, Jones(in 2nd half)
Massively disappointed they didn't beat Chicago. Work to be done over the summer to get to the next step.
Wants to build on to the success of what they had this year.
At GMs meeting was told cap would be between 84-88M, pandemic will affect what this looks like and this will certainly impact Oilers moves.
Relationship with Athanisiou - impact wasn't as good as KH hoped. Will assess over the next 6-7 weeks.
Game 1 - weren't ready to play. Felt like we were chasing during the series. Game 2 - played well. Game 3 - Breakdowns turned into losses. Game 4 - Fine lines. Disagrees with assessment that Oilers looked different during playoffs than regular season. Chicago was ready to go, rest of the series the Oilers played fine, but fine isn't good enough. Must be more prepared for next year. Hoping for this to be a learning moment.
Thought the goal-tending didn't play as well in the playoffs as in the regular season, however its a small window of 4 games. Smith is a UFA, Kosk 2 years left. Evaluating what direction they are going. Wants Skinner to establish himself this year in the AHL. Deciding whether to re-sign MS in the next few weeks.
Middle of the pack in Defense through regular season. (25th-15th GA) wants to be a top 10 team in terms of goals against. The reality of trying to upgrade defenseman - is not easy. Lots of young D in the pool. Scouts are doing video scouting over the playoffs.
Lots of offense (Nuge, McD, Drai), need to get more offense from deeper in the roster. 4 goals/game against, hard to win with 5+ goals every night. Defend better, and more offense from the bottom part is the goals to improve next year.
They want to continue to make steps and it takes small steps. . They wanted to be in a position by March 1st to be control their own fate. Thought they made progress in 19-20 and need to make more in the off-season. Made a lot of progress compared to the 18-19.
comparing to the detroit dynasty, there are way more disappointments than successes. the disappointments fueled the success in detroits. despite four cups, lost 2 finals, took a long road to get here, development of team. The good teams find a way to find a way into the playoffs every year, not making playoffs year after year is a huge step back. Needs to make the team better, deeper.
They (connor, drai) do need to be better defensively but they are learning it. Especially for longer playoff runs. They did recognize drais bad defensive play in Nov, talked to him about it during the end of season meetings. They are learning and getting better, Tip told them to play harder away from the puck and KH believes they have.
KH has determined what he would like to do this offseason. Can he do it? That is the task at hand. They are cap challenged but there are 20 teams like that with the flat cap. Trades will be similar money for similar money, if there is a trade.
Hoping Haas/Nygaard will contribute from being in the lineup from the get go next year. Some improvement has to come from within.
Feels good about the player chemistry (off the ice/on the ice), adding Mike Smith, James Neal adding the vet presence helped positivity in the locker room. Vets are important in the lineup.
Exit interview was only a few hours after the game with Connor. Unique exit interview in that they are typically done a few days after the season is done. In this case it was within hours of the game finishing and the next morning because of people needing to leave the bubble etc. Mood of the meetings: The feeling was of massive disappointment, massively down. Ken intends on reconnecting with the teams leadership group (connor, leon, nurse, nuge) over the next month after everyone has had a change to digest, emotions down, and have time to re-assess and talk about progress, team chemistry. Gathering info for off season to see what moves need to be made.
Believes he has a way better understanding of what the team has in terms of defenseman and what he would like to and decisions moving forward.
He thought Dave Tipp was a big piece of the progress of the team. Says he made all players feel like they have a piece of the pie, stock in the company. When you lose, its easy to second guess decisions and that they're open for criticism. Part of the game and means that fan base cares, fuel for them to do better next ear.
Ennis - fractured leg 2-3 months. Ready for 2020-21 season , UFA but played well. Will talk to the agent as the offseason progresses Larrson - On the ice for monring of game 3, early in the warmup, back spasm. were hoping they would win game 4 to have him in game 5.
FIN
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Damnit, Holland actually sounds like he understands some of the Oilers problems and might work on fixing them rather than shooting for the big UFA signing or believing the Edmonton press.
