robrob74 Posted October 18, 2019 Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 57 minutes ago, travel_dude said: Have you watched any of their games? I have. Dominating on the scoreboard but nowhere else is regression in the making. Playing the weakest teams in the league (at this point) and really bad goaltending doesn;t really mean anything. You're right, I watched a period against philly and they seemed ok like any other game or team and scored some nice goals. It was only a period but they scored goals much like goals scored against us, off of mistakes. Great players make you pay and we make mistakes and they kill you. Good on the oilers for making it count. We kind of don’t make other teams pay for their mistakes often enough, not like the way other teams do to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted October 18, 2019 Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 8 hours ago, robrob74 said: You're right, I watched a period against philly and they seemed ok like any other game or team and scored some nice goals. It was only a period but they scored goals much like goals scored against us, off of mistakes. Great players make you pay and we make mistakes and they kill you. Good on the oilers for making it count. We kind of don’t make other teams pay for their mistakes often enough, not like the way other teams do to us. Arguably the CHI game was the toughest test so far. McD held off the scoresheet and a -2. Crawford has been the best goalie they have faced so far. That there is pretty telling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTech780 Posted October 18, 2019 Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 Edmonton is averaging the least amount of shots at 25.6 shots per game and are giving up 33 shots a game. They are getting out shot and out chanced every night. They also won't be able to sustain anything near the 45.5% on the PP. Reality is going to hit them in the face hard. They are winning games right now and good for them, but it isn't because they are playing well, it's because they are playing weak teams and getting lucky with weak goalies. I just can't see anyway that they will be in the playoff mix down the stretch if they continue to play the way they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmac70 Posted October 18, 2019 Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 27 minutes ago, JTech780 said: Edmonton is averaging the least amount of shots at 25.6 shots per game and are giving up 33 shots a game. They are getting out shot and out chanced every night. They also won't be able to sustain anything near the 45.5% on the PP. Reality is going to hit them in the face hard. They are winning games right now and good for them, but it isn't because they are playing well, it's because they are playing weak teams and getting lucky with weak goalies. I just can't see anyway that they will be in the playoff mix down the stretch if they continue to play the way they are. Have to agree. They are taking advantage of poor teams and it appears a great set up in scheduling. They have played more than half games where lesser teams are coming in from a B2B situation. The best team they have played to date is Chicago, tonight they get the Wings after the Flames, sets up for another easy test. Good on htem for taking advantage, however, let us review this after they play some teams that are a test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addicted Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 Neal with yet another goal tonight this guy says he scores 30 this year......😕 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheersMan Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 1 hour ago, Addicted said: Neal with yet another goal tonight this guy says he scores 30 this year......😕 Hey, easy there now, don't walk too far out on the plank. One goal every 3-4 games from here on out should get him there. Any other fearless predictions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addicted Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 16 hours ago, CheersMan said: Hey, easy there now, don't walk too far out on the plank. One goal every 3-4 games from here on out should get him there. Any other fearless predictions? Yep....Neal with 30, and the Oiler’s still miss the playoffs! Lucic with 3...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheersMan Posted October 20, 2019 Report Share Posted October 20, 2019 2 hours ago, Addicted said: Yep....Neal with 30, and the Oiler’s still miss the playoffs! Lucic with 3...... That is a reasonable prediction, but Lucic already has his 3 fights. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addicted Posted October 20, 2019 Report Share Posted October 20, 2019 13 hours ago, CheersMan said: That is a reasonable prediction, but Lucic already has his 3 fights. Touché Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anie8706 Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 I’m going to be realistic here. The real test is in December. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjgallow Posted October 22, 2019 Report Share Posted October 22, 2019 On 10/17/2019 at 11:43 PM, travel_dude said: Have you watched any of their games? I have. My condolences Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted October 22, 2019 Report Share Posted October 22, 2019 57 minutes ago, jjgallow said: My condolences With the sound off, it's almost bearable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sak22 Posted October 24, 2019 Report Share Posted October 24, 2019 General question. If Toby Rieder scored 12 goals last year at exactly the same point in a game and deficit as his first as a Flame, would the Oilers have made the playoffs? Because they only lost by 3 or more goals 24 times last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted October 24, 2019 Report Share Posted October 24, 2019 20 minutes ago, sak22 said: General question. If Toby Rieder scored 12 goals last year at exactly the same point in a game and deficit as his first as a Flame, would the Oilers have made the playoffs? Because they only lost by 3 or more goals 24 times last season. I never undertood that comment when he said it. The Oilers won games in OT when they were down a single goal. Their PK was terrible, but that's not on one player. Perhaps if they weren't leaders in negative goal differential they would have gotten in. 12 goals would not have made a dent in that. BTW, the Oilers look no different this season. Little to no scoring in the bottom 6. Little attention to detail on defensive play. No doubt they can win 9-8 games. Those would be McDavid 5 point nights. The funny thing is that goals were easy to come by in games against feeder teams, but two games in a row against structured teams. WPG is a team lacking defense but a structured team. Minny has issues, but playing defensively is not one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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conundrumed Posted October 27, 2019 Report Share Posted October 27, 2019 The Panther's put the run on Smith to start the 2nd. 3 goals in 1:16 I think it was. The Panthers are making the real Oilers stand up. 3-0 Pants after 2. They haven't lost in regs in 6. Good luck Edmonchuk. This is what a good team looks like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted October 27, 2019 Report Share Posted October 27, 2019 6 minutes ago, conundrumed said: The Panther's put the run on Smith to start the 2nd. 3 goals in 1:16 I think it was. The Panthers are making the real Oilers stand up. 3-0 Pants after 2. They haven't lost in regs in 6. Good luck Edmonchuk. This is what a good team looks like. He took a shot on the Cats' PP where he was barely able to play. Finished out the period and started the one where he gave up a bunch. It did not look that the "injury" had any thing to do with the 3 goals. They were typical Smith goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conundrumed Posted October 27, 2019 Report Share Posted October 27, 2019 Watch the 3rd goal. Watch his reaction. Look familiar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted October 27, 2019 Report Share Posted October 27, 2019 2 minutes ago, conundrumed said: Watch the 3rd goal. Watch his reaction. Look familiar? I watched the Boyle goal and that was classic Smitty. Played in a crouch, then face first unable to wait out the guy with the puck. Launch forward to make the save. Like the line goes, 50% of the time it works every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conundrumed Posted October 27, 2019 Report Share Posted October 27, 2019 I'm seeing Fla does not give a crap about the name on the back of the jersey. Under Quenneville, this should be some team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conundrumed Posted October 27, 2019 Report Share Posted October 27, 2019 I was a little disappointed by the Panthers. I was thinking 7-zip as the Oilers get a reality check. Good enough, I guess. McDavid-Draisaitl didn't seem to worry them at all. No panic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carty Posted October 27, 2019 Report Share Posted October 27, 2019 27 minutes ago, conundrumed said: Watch the 3rd goal. Watch his reaction. Look familiar? Sure did... and Smith lasted 22 minutes and 36 seconds before he got the hook... That looked familiar to... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conundrumed Posted October 27, 2019 Report Share Posted October 27, 2019 3 minutes ago, Carty said: Sure did... and Smith lasted 22 minutes and 36 seconds before he got the hook... That looked familiar to... He should worry more about his assignment more than everyone else's. Glad he's gone. He's one hot mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted October 30, 2019 Report Share Posted October 30, 2019 Looks like Neal is reverting to being completely one-dimensional. 10g 1a -4 Lucic is 0g 3a -3 To make matters worse, Neal has resulted in Nuge going dry. Twice that I have seen, Nuge has taken a shot on the PP and Neal deflects it in. Neal isn't adding any assists on Nuge goals, suffice to say that he isn't able to set up Nuge. So, they have added potentially a 20 goal scorer and have subtracted a 20 goal scorer by him playing with Nuge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sak22 Posted October 31, 2019 Report Share Posted October 31, 2019 9 hours ago, travel_dude said: Looks like Neal is reverting to being completely one-dimensional. 10g 1a -4 Lucic is 0g 3a -3 To make matters worse, Neal has resulted in Nuge going dry. Twice that I have seen, Nuge has taken a shot on the PP and Neal deflects it in. Neal isn't adding any assists on Nuge goals, suffice to say that he isn't able to set up Nuge. So, they have added potentially a 20 goal scorer and have subtracted a 20 goal scorer by him playing with Nuge. Bumped off Nuges line tonight, but adds on the PP. Last night had a nice turnover on Detroits winner. Neal this year is essentially like a lefty specialist in baseball, only provides one value to a team and can only be relied on for a small percentage of the game and not every game. The main difference is the lefty specialist is in high demand and can perform on any team, Neal can only perform when he plays with the best players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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