Pre-Game Talk: Decisions decision decisions

[Little Fury]

Huh I did not expect them to actually start Pickard but then I didn't expect them to be in such a desperate situation in the first place.

 

[Canovin]

I hope Campbell or Rodrigue dressed up as the zamboni guy just in case

 

[Skar]

Would have to figure they'd keep riding Pickard if he picks up a win here

 

[CycloneSweep]

Order a salad and cut out the carbs then, is what Brown told Ryan to do! Lol.

I like bread though.
Everything is better between two buns

 

[Reasonable Oil Fan]

Well
At least both teams are down to their third string goalies now

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

good that Pickard is starting...he cannot be worse than Skinner at this point

 

[syz]

This is what I feared would happen when Holland didn't go out and try to find a safety net for Skinner shitting the bed again at the TDL. Hope Pickard can pull it off, I guess.

 

[Heavy Dee]

Pickard is most likely better than Silovs so there's that.

There is nothing to suggest this is true.

 

[Canovin]

There is nothing to suggest this is true.

There's something called bigger sample size. I'm also sure Pickard can make more saves against 18 shots

 

[CrazyJoeDavola]

It's your time, Calvin. We'll be cheering hard for you.

 

[elmeroil]

Anyone suggesting they're going to put Skinner in the PB will be disappointed. I'd be ok with that but no chance they're going to do that to Skinner

 

[bone]

Just need one of these by Hughes or Zadorov to complete the comparison.

For timing of the game and the quality of the scoring chance, Zadorov's Game 2 goal was in the same realm, especially when considering one of those shots was Lidstrom, the other Zadorov.

Fortunately Edmonton came back to erase that one, where Vancouver didn't in that game (Detroit was down in the series 2-0 when it happened and won out from there).

 

[CornKicker]

honestly all pickard just has to stop 91% of the shots and we win

 

[MessierII]

honestly all pickard just has to stop 91% of the shots and we win

Even like 85%

 

[Forgot About Drai]

Tochett's team would be 0-3 if the Oilers had an actual goalie instead of a cardboard cutout in net which shows how much that stuff you're talking about actually matters.

Highly disagree. Gamesmanship is 100% a thing and affects the games in many ways. The media and general perception affects refs and it always has. From basketball to hockey. Even if you disagree that it affects the refs, it certainly has a profound effect on the players. Seeing your coach step up for you and advocate for you is a empowering thing.

Not to mention, he hasnt had the team ready to go in the first period once. Blaming just skinner for Knobs shortcoming is hilarious.

 

[K1984]

Edmonton media be like...

"the team needs to be better at limiting scoring chances to help out their goalies. It's all on the defensive structure of the team leading to the goals against".

Now they are saying "the team isn't allowing enough scoring chances to help out their goalies. The defensive structure of the team is too strong leading into too much time between scoring chances leading the to goalie being ill-prepared to make the saves".

What the f*** do they want, is it ever the goalies fault? Is the goalie at least not somewhat culpable in his own poor performance?

This drives me crazy.

I love Strudwick and love GYB, but I was rage driving listening to him crow on about the "low intensity start." We skated them into the ground for the first 10 mins and it only went the other way after they scored on the PP and we chose to soil ourselves over it.

It was the goalie on Sunday, it was the goalie yesterday, and it's still the goalie today. He's the only reason it isn't at least 2-1 Oilers in the series at the moment.

 

[Behind Enemy Lines]

Where did Hyman go? The fact that 6 people liked this with two Drai is scary

You’re late to the party. It’s been pointed out twice and I’ve said subconsciously I must have been trying to clone Draisaitl. Most could figure out on their own though that it split up McDavid and Draisaitl. With Hyman running as he has all season with the 100 assist guy.

Hope you’re no longer scared.

 

[CrazyJoeDavola]

I think it's really concerning that RR asked Knob about physical play, and Knob essentially brushed it off saying it's not a priority. That really explains why this team doesn't play with physical intensity; because they're not encouraged to and doing so doesn't give depth players more opportunities and additional ice time if they play hard that way.

 

[CornKicker]

You’re late to the party. It’s been pointed out twice and I’ve said subconsciously I must have been trying to clone Draisaitl. Most could figure out on their own though that it split up McDavid and Draisaitl. With Hyman running as he has all season with the 100 assist guy.

Hope you’re no longer scared.

i think the real issue is of all the players you tried to replace with a drai clone you chose hyman. im pretty sure we could pick 10 better options for that lol

 

[Little Fury]

Highly disagree. Gamesmanship is 100% a thing and affects the games in many ways. The media and general perception affects refs and it always has. From basketball to hockey. Even if you disagree that it affects the refs, it certainly has a profound effect on the players. Seeing your coach step up for you and advocate for you is a empowering thing.

And again, this series would be 3-0 to the Oilers if Skinner wasn't trash.

Not to mention, he hasnt had the team ready to go in the first period once. Blaming just skinner for Knobs shortcoming is hilarious.

Knobs isn't letting in soft goal after soft goal. Whatever else the team has struggled with, at the end of the day if you're goalie isn't making the easy stops he should you aren't going anywhere.

 

[Forgot About Drai]

And again, this series would be 3-0 to the Oilers if Skinner wasn't trash.


Knobs isn't letting in soft goal after soft goal. Whatever else the team has struggled with, at the end of the day if you're goalie isn't making the easy stops he should you aren't going anywhere.

Agree to disagree. I think Knob can be passionless and lost while also Skinner being ass lol.

I do agree that Skinner is the bigger problem, my point is, that it just shouldnt be lost that Knob is being significantly out coached

 

[Canovin]

Highly disagree. Gamesmanship is 100% a thing and affects the games in many ways. The media and general perception affects refs and it always has. From basketball to hockey. Even if you disagree that it affects the refs, it certainly has a profound effect on the players. Seeing your coach step up for you and advocate for you is a empowering thing.

Not to mention, he hasnt had the team ready to go in the first period once. Blaming just skinner for Knobs shortcoming is hilarious.

Oilers started game 1 with 4-1. We also scored first in game 3

 

[Forgot About Drai]

Oilers started game 1 with 4-1.

I would argue that they still came out flat and lost in the defensive zone in that game as well, but fair enough.

 

[Behind Enemy Lines]

i think the real issue is of all the players you tried to replace with a drai clone you chose hyman. im pretty sure we could pick 10 better options for that lol

It’s a joke. I had been multi tasking when posting and made a mistake. A pretty obvious one that most people intuitively figured out. I don’t delete or edit change my posts. Instead leave my goof ups.

But yes, there would be a hella lot of other clone options. Not really big issue. Most people figured it out or scrolled by.

 

[Little Fury]

Agree to disagree. I think Knob can be passionless and lost while also Skinner being ass lol.

I do agree that Skinner is the bigger problem, my point is, that it just shouldnt be lost that Knob is being significantly out coached

I'm open to the argument, but I don't buy it's because he's not working the refs and media enough. I think we could swap coaches and end up with the exact same result because we have a bottom 9 that can't score, a $12.5 million defence pair that can't defend and a goaltender who has completely forgotten how to stop pucks.