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Edmonton @ Buffalo (Game #28) [message #683130] |
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 Ragnarok73
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Well, that sucked. That is all.
"There's no greater springboard to development than failure." - Craig MacTavish, April 13/15.
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"Sabres think the suck is their ally? They merely adopted the suck. The Oilers were born in it...molded by it."
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nullterm
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That was a very Oilersy finish to the game.
Illegitimi non carborundum.
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HamBlaster
Messages: 1499
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Wow. Nice finish.
Terrible job by the guys tasked with finishing the game... and then a totally lazy penalty by Larsson to gift the game to the Sabres.
Beauty job boys... beauty.
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Mike
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Location: Moncton, New Brunswick
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Good ol Oilers. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory since 2006. Never change.
Also, that was a fracking chintzy call on Larsson there.
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Mike
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Registered: August 2005
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Final minute of a 1 goal game with empty net, I would have McDavid in there. Every. Damned. Time. He just needs to get his stick on the puck and it's game over. What the hell is hendricks gonna do?
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K.McC#24
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| Mike wrote on Tue, 06 December 2016 19:52 |
Final minute of a 1 goal game with empty net, I would have McDavid in there. Every. Damned. Time. He just needs to get his stick on the puck and it's game over. What the hell is hendricks gonna do?
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Letestu the draw guy lost another important draw as well, so.....
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Kr55
Messages: 17135
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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Bustin those slumps. Risto didn't score in 50+. Kane feeling like trash with only 1 goal this year, we let him pick up 2.
Team still plays down to their competition. When will it stop?
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
"In Brad we trust"
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mazankowski
Messages: 281
Registered: June 2006
Location: Kelowna BC
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Don't know how you can call that penalty on Larry in a tie game in the third.
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K.McC#24
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| mazankowski wrote on Tue, 06 December 2016 19:52 |
Don't know how you can call that penalty on Larry in a tie game in the third.
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I think they're going to call a jersey tug like that every time.
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Suomalainen
Messages: 2881
Registered: May 2002
Location: Boulder, CO
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Except when it's Kadri on McDavid
97.
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K.McC#24
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| Suomalainen wrote on Tue, 06 December 2016 20:24 |
Except when it's Kadri on McDavid
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Right, I was trying to forget that one.
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Adam
Messages: 12730
Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
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Don't love the sending out of the grind line with 45 seconds to go. Put your best players on the ice. Don't overcoach. Seems like a theme is developing here.
Weak penalty on Larsson, but not a great game for the Oilers.
That's two losses to Phoenix, Toronto and Buffalo now...
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Mike
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Location: Moncton, New Brunswick
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| Adam wrote on Tue, 06 December 2016 22:51 |
Don't love the sending out of the grind line with 45 seconds to go.
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"Love"? Yeah, that's far from the emotion I felt seeing them out there. If McDavid and Draisaitk were out there, Oilers leave with 2 points.
Does any team have more tying goals scored against in the last minute than the Oilers the last few years? Seems other teams always score on us.
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Adam
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| Mike wrote on Tue, 06 December 2016 19:58 |
| Adam wrote on Tue, 06 December 2016 22:51 |
Don't love the sending out of the grind line with 45 seconds to go.
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"Love"? Yeah, that's far from the emotion I felt seeing them out there. If McDavid and Draisaitl were out there, Oilers leave with 2 points.
Does any team have more tying goals scored against in the last minute than the Oilers the last few years? Seems other teams always score on us.
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Everything about that seemed stupid. Why were the Oilers calling the timeout? Sure, we rested Letestu...but they rested more important guys. And even if you really want Letestu out there...why Hendricks over McDavid?
And we traded Hall for Larsson because he's apparently the #1/2 defenceman we've been missing - noted for his defensive prowess. So why is Kris Russell getting the tap on the shoulder there?
Honestly, the Oilers played poorly tonight and probably didn't deserve two points, but McLellan's doing a terrible job lately. He's overcoaching every night. Maybe less over-thinking about the in-game management and more work on the powerplay would be called for?
"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
#FireLowe #FireChiarelli #FireBobbyNicks #FireKeithGretzky #FireKenHolland #FireTippett
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V
Messages: 324
Registered: November 2004
Location: Calgary, AB
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That was brutal. Sabres weren't even skating. They looked like garbage. And the Oilers couldn't put it away. This team is going to miss the playoffs, no question.
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V is quite possibly the best poster on Oilfans.
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Suck it J$.
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ziltoid
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Questionable coaching decisions. First the timeout, then Hendricks and Russel - Sekera out for the final shift instead of McDavid and Larsson - Klefbom. This loss is on the coach, imo (should never have gone into OT).
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K.McC#24
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Pissed that one away, failure to box out or even try to assert position on the tying goal, bad penalty late to lose it. Well done.
Unclear to me why the 2 D on the Oilers in Sekera and Russell, least able to deal with traffic in front of Talbot were defending when Buffalo had pulled their goalie? I think two Sabres were inside any of the Oilers, Russell took a swing at the rebound but Kane all alone to hammer it home.
Really unfortunate, a poor start, a comeback and a lead late, this game was there for the Oilers but these are the Edmonton Oilers, so not shocking. Not one of Talbot's better performances.
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WhoreableGuy
Messages: 1448
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Location: Calgary
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Drai looked gassed with 3 minutes to go then I see him back on with a minute left to defend the 6 on 4.
"Bah Gawd! Would somebody stop the damn draft!"
- Jim Ross calling the NHL Draft Lotto 2015 as the Oilers win
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Suomalainen
Messages: 2881
Registered: May 2002
Location: Boulder, CO
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So frustrating on all accounts. Feels like the Oilers never score on the empty net and more often manage to muddle it up and allow the tie.
No reason for any of that at the end - just like the Phoenix and Toronto games, it's unacceptable.
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Jakey
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Location: Leduc
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Garbage game, pathetic effort & team has no pulse. When will they learn and finally get over this crap? Beyond belief & beyond frustrated!!!
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g2k
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Location: The Hood
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Should have won this game in the 1st period, but instead they have a crap period.
This team needs to come out and put their stamp on games against teams on the limp playing their second game in two nights. The first periods are a problem.
Starting to wonder about the coach now too.
#firebob #screwitjustselltheteam #ownerisacreep
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K.McC#24
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| g2k wrote on Tue, 06 December 2016 20:24 |
Should have won this game in the 1st period, but instead they have a crap period.
This team needs to come out and put their stamp on games against teams on the limp playing their second game in two nights. The first periods are a problem.
Starting to wonder about the coach now too.
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Personnel decisions in certain situations have cropped up a few times this year.
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mightyreasoner
Messages: 2365
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Location: Edmonton
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So the super optimistic take: points in four straight games, and 6 of a possible 8 in December.
Last 10 games: 5-2-3
Less optimistic: those five losses include two to Arizona, and one to each of Toronto and Buffalo.
This is a team they should have beat, the team just didn't look great top to bottom. And agreed, some questionable coaching decisions to say the least.
If Fayne is out, and Oesterle is injured in Bakersfield (I'm thinking he must be since he wasn't in the lineup tonight), than are we reaching to Simpson next game? That's starting to get pretty deep in the organizational depth chart.
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OilPeg
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| mightyreasoner wrote on Tue, 06 December 2016 22:52 |
So the super optimistic take: points in four straight games, and 6 of a possible 8 in December.
Last 10 games: 5-2-3
Less optimistic: those five losses include two to Arizona, and one to each of Toronto and Buffalo.
This is a team they should have beat, the team just didn't look great top to bottom. And agreed, some questionable coaching decisions to say the least.
If Fayne is out, and Oesterle is injured in Bakersfield (I'm thinking he must be since he wasn't in the lineup tonight), than are we reaching to Simpson next game? That's starting to get pretty deep in the organizational depth chart.
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Should focus on this a little bit more, they're 5-5 in the last 10, but three losses they still got points...the old Oilers would not have had those points, so this is definitely a step in the right direction. Focus on the positives guys, they're there, you just gotta find em.
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But he (Belanger)'s as soft as room temp. margarine.
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Turris in the BOA will be like an ice cube in the Sahara.
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CrusaderPi
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| OilPeg wrote on Wed, 07 December 2016 09:49 |
| mightyreasoner wrote on Tue, 06 December 2016 22:52 |
So the super optimistic take: points in four straight games, and 6 of a possible 8 in December.
Last 10 games: 5-2-3
Less optimistic: those five losses include two to Arizona, and one to each of Toronto and Buffalo.
This is a team they should have beat, the team just didn't look great top to bottom. And agreed, some questionable coaching decisions to say the least.
If Fayne is out, and Oesterle is injured in Bakersfield (I'm thinking he must be since he wasn't in the lineup tonight), than are we reaching to Simpson next game? That's starting to get pretty deep in the organizational depth chart.
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Should focus on this a little bit more, they're 5-5 in the last 10, but three losses they still got points...the old Oilers would not have had those points, so this is definitely a step in the right direction. Focus on the positives guys, they're there, you just gotta find em.
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4 points up on the ninth place team, but there are a lot of games in hand. Times are trepidatious.
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benv
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It's always "what have you done for me lately". Last year around this time the Oilers rattled off six wins in a row to put themselves in a tie for 8th in the west. We are all going gaga, but then they of course lost 7 of their next 8, and the playoffs were once again out of reach.
This year after an incredible start, they've been somewhat inconsistent, but still right at the top of a very close pack. If they can just avoid those terrible streaks, they will hopefully be ok.
PS: With Buffalo and the Islanders winning last night, every team in the east is 0.500 or better. Must be lots of OT games going on there. For once the Oilers can be thankful to be in the west (where there's two less teams and 4 sub 0.500 teams).
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philly boy
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didn't think it was a "garbage effort". Thought they were the better team *clearly* for long stretches. Should've had the 2 points no problem. Crunmy way to lose the game. dont like the coaches' decisions with the players on the ice at the end of the game. Forest from the trees perspective this team is levelling out to where it's supposed to be IMO. Still lots of growing pains. They'll be alright.
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No show in the first, mid boggling coaching choice with the Buffalo net empty and who was on the ice after this.
As soon as that timeout was called, I could feel a loss. Todd, as well as the officials with a brutal call, gifted that to the Sabres.
I've said this before, but can someone please tell me what RNH brings that Lander doesn't?
In fairness to Hall, I've wanted to throw a waterbottle at Eakins all season.
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LetsBawesome
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I know its been referenced many times but come on refs!! Just because the Oilers are faster than almost every team, the officials don't have to call anything against them?? All i ask for is some consistency.... the Kassian hook was a marginal call, there was the same play if not worse on the Oilers... The Larrsen call was very chinsy as well. Mc David puts the puck off the boards to go around a guy and he totally gets in his way and impedes, Drai almost gets his hand chopped off......and we get the boarder line calls against us?? I get there can be a call almost every time on Mc David but this is getting frustrating. Hawks Rangers Pens all get those calls!!! If TMac wants to get some credibility he should take the fine and go off one day after a game on the officials because we all know Mc David is too much of a pro to. The coach needs to stickup for his guys on this and soon.
Their is my rant, and to the silver lining....we got a point and watch them go get 3 more on the back to backs.....
Not sure if they are a true playoff team yet but if we keep picking a point here and there and win some there like we have we will be talking playoff race come march!!
And yes it was a poor effort but they are still young and this is going to happen, TMac does need to be better, the season is well far enough to let the new leaders take over at the end of games to finish them off
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Deegee
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The Oilers are 22nd in the league for PIM a game, and actually 9th in the league when you compare power play time to penalty kill time. They are hardly abused by the refs, and in fact by stats alone and without watching the games are one of only 13 teams that spend more time on the power play than on a penalty kill.
[Updated on: Wed, 07 December 2016 02:16]
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NZ Oiler Fan
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| Deegee wrote on Wed, 07 December 2016 02:11 |
The Oilers are 22nd in the league for PIM a game, and actually 9th in the league when you compare power play time to penalty kill time. They are hardly abused by the refs, and in fact by stats alone and without watching the games are one of only 13 teams that spend more time on the power play than on a penalty kill.
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While that is true, that's still no reason for the officials to ignore infractions when they occur. If McDavid gets hooked / interfered with 6 times a game then penalize the opposition 6 times a game. It's almost as if the thought process is that they've already penalized them several times so they better ease up on the calls to keep it even. That's what infuriates me. If it's an infraction then call it.
As to the game itself I'm absolutely flabbergasted that McClellan called that time out when he did. Sabres had no time out so why call one at the exact time that they would have if they had the ability to? Questionable personnel decisions in the last minute of games has burned us twice in a row now. Why wouldn't you have McDavid out there?
I love Matt Hendricks, but he's done. Doesn't bring anything that Slepyshev or Pitlick do better and cheaper.
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Kr55
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| NZ Oiler Fan wrote on Wed, 07 December 2016 08:27 |
| Deegee wrote on Wed, 07 December 2016 02:11 |
The Oilers are 22nd in the league for PIM a game, and actually 9th in the league when you compare power play time to penalty kill time. They are hardly abused by the refs, and in fact by stats alone and without watching the games are one of only 13 teams that spend more time on the power play than on a penalty kill.
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While that is true, that's still no reason for the officials to ignore infractions when they occur. If McDavid gets hooked / interfered with 6 times a game then penalize the opposition 6 times a game. It's almost as if the thought process is that they've already penalized them several times so they better ease up on the calls to keep it even. That's what infuriates me. If it's an infraction then call it.
As to the game itself I'm absolutely flabbergasted that McClellan called that time out when he did. Sabres had no time out so why call one at the exact time that they would have if they had the ability to? Questionable personnel decisions in the last minute of games has burned us twice in a row now. Why wouldn't you have McDavid out there?
I love Matt Hendricks, but he's done. Doesn't bring anything that Slepyshev or Pitlick do better and cheaper.
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Calling a time out to get Hendricks and Russell/Sekera out there to battle to maintain our 1 goal lead, and at the same time letting Buffalo rest all their top guys.
Who honestly didn't see that result coming? McLellan was acting more scared than the players were.
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
"In Brad we trust"
- All Oilers fans, Present Day
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RDOilerfan
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Disappoint game for sure. I thought the first Kane goal was a weak one on Talbot. He has to stop that every time.
The second goal was horrible defensive coverage. When you are a vet dman and your supposed only skill is defending and there is an opposing players standing 6 ft from the goal right beside you, is it not a good idea to TIE THE MAN UP? Don't stand there and watch him score!! I leaned that when I was a dman as a young person. If there is a man in front of your goal, you tie up the freaking man. I argued this yesterday, Fayne is a bad dman, the more you play him, the worse you make your team. He barely played because he got injured but he cost his team a goal because he can't even do hockey basics.
I thought Russell wasn't very good last night. He's no world beater, he's a stop gap and he probably plays too much but he wasn't good at all.
What is up with Letestu and his draws? He stunk last night. 30%. 46% the previous night, 36% against the Ducks. His job is to win draws. Win some freaking faceoffs.
The defense as a whole. I would do the pairings I said. Klefbom/Larsson, Sekera/Benning, Russell/who ever now. You would have 2 strong pairings, play them 20+. The 3rd you limit minutes. Russell playing over 20 is too much for him and I don't think he and Larsson work.
I am absolutely shocked the ref called that penalty on Larsson, especially with what 15 seconds left!!! Is it technically a penalty? Yeah sure I guess if you have the rule book in your hand. But how many times does that exact thing happen in a game on both sides and NEVER gets called? I don't know basically every shift in the defensive zone multiple times. McDavid probably gets held or interfered with maybe 10 times for every 1 time it actually gets called. For me, if you are going to call a penalty at the end of the game going into OT, it has to be like brutal, nasty play, dragging a guy down on a breakaway or a no doubter like a puck over the glass.
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McDavid97
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Why are some of the simplest concepts for a coach not done properly?
Have your best guys out there for the final minute.
Do not use your timeout to rest the best players on the other team when your 2-3 tier players are out there.
That call on Larsson was suspect.
The reffing needs to be better. Yes we are getting a lot of calls it's nice. But when you slash Drai or impede McDavid so blatantly that needs to be called. They would call 10 delay of games if it happened, they need to be calling this all the time. Players will stop doing it then.
So Oilers to lose a game when winning by a goal with a minute left.
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Kr55
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| McDavid97 wrote on Wed, 07 December 2016 09:00 |
Why are some of the simplest concepts for a coach not done properly?
Have your best guys out there for the final minute.
Do not use your timeout to rest the best players on the other team when your 2-3 tier players are out there.
That call on Larsson was suspect.
The reffing needs to be better. Yes we are getting a lot of calls it's nice. But when you slash Drai or impede McDavid so blatantly that needs to be called. They would call 10 delay of games if it happened, they need to be calling this all the time. Players will stop doing it then.
So Oilers to lose a game when winning by a goal with a minute left.
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On the Larsson penalty. Did anyone see McLellan's post game? He was pretty mad at Larsson for that penalty. I just don't get McLellan sometimes. That was a weak ass call. If anything he should be questioning what the hell the refs were watching the rest of the night if that is a penalty.
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
"In Brad we trust"
- All Oilers fans, Present Day
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g2k
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| Kr55 wrote on Wed, 07 December 2016 09:41 |
| McDavid97 wrote on Wed, 07 December 2016 09:00 |
Why are some of the simplest concepts for a coach not done properly?
Have your best guys out there for the final minute.
Do not use your timeout to rest the best players on the other team when your 2-3 tier players are out there.
That call on Larsson was suspect.
The reffing needs to be better. Yes we are getting a lot of calls it's nice. But when you slash Drai or impede McDavid so blatantly that needs to be called. They would call 10 delay of games if it happened, they need to be calling this all the time. Players will stop doing it then.
So Oilers to lose a game when winning by a goal with a minute left.
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On the Larsson penalty. Did anyone see McLellan's post game? He was pretty mad at Larsson for that penalty. I just don't get McLellan sometimes. That was a weak ass call. If anything he should be questioning what the hell the refs were watching the rest of the night if that is a penalty.
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What bugs me is this pussy media sometimes doesn't ask the coach tough questions only 20 minutes removed from said questionable coaching decisions.
It's weird world. It only happened 20 minutes ago. It's on everyone's mind. Social media is already all over it. And it's like it never happened only 20 minutes later when the microphone is in the coaches face.
I was dying to hear TM rationalize on his late game coaching wizardry. Fail on the media. Fail on the head coach.
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CrusaderPi
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| g2k wrote on Wed, 07 December 2016 10:54 |
| Kr55 wrote on Wed, 07 December 2016 09:41 |
| McDavid97 wrote on Wed, 07 December 2016 09:00 |
Why are some of the simplest concepts for a coach not done properly?
Have your best guys out there for the final minute.
Do not use your timeout to rest the best players on the other team when your 2-3 tier players are out there.
That call on Larsson was suspect.
The reffing needs to be better. Yes we are getting a lot of calls it's nice. But when you slash Drai or impede McDavid so blatantly that needs to be called. They would call 10 delay of games if it happened, they need to be calling this all the time. Players will stop doing it then.
So Oilers to lose a game when winning by a goal with a minute left.
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On the Larsson penalty. Did anyone see McLellan's post game? He was pretty mad at Larsson for that penalty. I just don't get McLellan sometimes. That was a weak ass call. If anything he should be questioning what the hell the refs were watching the rest of the night if that is a penalty.
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What bugs me is this pussy media sometimes doesn't ask the coach tough questions only 20 minutes removed from said questionable coaching decisions.
It's weird world. It only happened 20 minutes ago. It's on everyone's mind. Social media is already all over it. And it's like it never happened only 20 minutes later when the microphone is in the coaches face.
I was dying to hear TM rationalize on his late game coaching wizardry. Fail on the media. Fail on the head coach.
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This is the worst part about Spector's book (that I never read). There are stories the media could be telling in the Edmonton sports market, but they just don't. So far I can only come up with two explanations are they're either cowardly or lacking talent. For as long as I've been alive the formula has been the same: suck up and scapegoat.
Please do not feed the bears. Feeding the bears creates a dependent population unable to survive on their own. Bears.
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McDavid97
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| g2k wrote on Wed, 07 December 2016 10:54 |
| Kr55 wrote on Wed, 07 December 2016 09:41 |
| McDavid97 wrote on Wed, 07 December 2016 09:00 |
Why are some of the simplest concepts for a coach not done properly?
Have your best guys out there for the final minute.
Do not use your timeout to rest the best players on the other team when your 2-3 tier players are out there.
That call on Larsson was suspect.
The reffing needs to be better. Yes we are getting a lot of calls it's nice. But when you slash Drai or impede McDavid so blatantly that needs to be called. They would call 10 delay of games if it happened, they need to be calling this all the time. Players will stop doing it then.
So Oilers to lose a game when winning by a goal with a minute left.
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On the Larsson penalty. Did anyone see McLellan's post game? He was pretty mad at Larsson for that penalty. I just don't get McLellan sometimes. That was a weak ass call. If anything he should be questioning what the hell the refs were watching the rest of the night if that is a penalty.
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What bugs me is this pussy media sometimes doesn't ask the coach tough questions only 20 minutes removed from said questionable coaching decisions.
It's weird world. It only happened 20 minutes ago. It's on everyone's mind. Social media is already all over it. And it's like it never happened only 20 minutes later when the microphone is in the coaches face.
I was dying to hear TM rationalize on his late game coaching wizardry. Fail on the media. Fail on the head coach.
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Self preservation of the coach to blame Larsson with a questionable call when he's the one that didn't put out the best players and called a time out. You screw up just blame someone else and this spineless media won't challenge you.
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g2k
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| McDavid97 wrote on Wed, 07 December 2016 11:07 |
| g2k wrote on Wed, 07 December 2016 10:54 |
| Kr55 wrote on Wed, 07 December 2016 09:41 |
| McDavid97 wrote on Wed, 07 December 2016 09:00 |
Why are some of the simplest concepts for a coach not done properly?
Have your best guys out there for the final minute.
Do not use your timeout to rest the best players on the other team when your 2-3 tier players are out there.
That call on Larsson was suspect.
The reffing needs to be better. Yes we are getting a lot of calls it's nice. But when you slash Drai or impede McDavid so blatantly that needs to be called. They would call 10 delay of games if it happened, they need to be calling this all the time. Players will stop doing it then.
So Oilers to lose a game when winning by a goal with a minute left.
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On the Larsson penalty. Did anyone see McLellan's post game? He was pretty mad at Larsson for that penalty. I just don't get McLellan sometimes. That was a weak ass call. If anything he should be questioning what the hell the refs were watching the rest of the night if that is a penalty.
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What bugs me is this pussy media sometimes doesn't ask the coach tough questions only 20 minutes removed from said questionable coaching decisions.
It's weird world. It only happened 20 minutes ago. It's on everyone's mind. Social media is already all over it. And it's like it never happened only 20 minutes later when the microphone is in the coaches face.
I was dying to hear TM rationalize on his late game coaching wizardry. Fail on the media. Fail on the head coach.
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Self preservation of the coach to blame Larsson with a questionable call when he's the one that didn't put out the best players and called a time out. You screw up just blame someone else and this spineless media won't challenge you.
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TM's words, "naturally the penalty at the end of the game was a senseless one".
How about "naturally" TWO questionable coaching decisions at the end of the game were "senseless" ones?
[Updated on: Wed, 07 December 2016 11:44]
#firebob #screwitjustselltheteam #ownerisacreep
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