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"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013

"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015

5 x $5,000,000

Please do not feed the bears. Feeding the bears creates a dependent population unable to survive on their own. Bears.

Please do not feed the bears. Feeding the bears creates a dependent population unable to survive on their own. Bears.

Please do not feed the bears. Feeding the bears creates a dependent population unable to survive on their own. Bears.

[Updated on: Thu, 26 January 2023 12:43]

RDOilerfan wrote on Thu, 26 January 2023 13:53

tardigrade81 wrote on Thu, 26 January 2023 10:46 Well I wouldn’t say we weren’t good enough. Took their goalie making the save of the year to win it for them, but overall i see what you mean. The effort in the first period just wasn’t there You are right in that the Oilers could have won that game but Korpisalo stole it but the Oilers were bad. They played nothing like they did in the previous 6 games and if Columbus wouldn't have been as bad as they are, they would have easily beat the Oilers with all those give aways. You can't win in the NHL playing like the Oilers did. Even McD, the amount of times he tried to go through 4 Jackets was ridiculous and to me shows some arrogance thinking he could do it against that team. They are still pros and have some pride. McD and company thinking all they had to do was just show up and they'd win is a joke. So while I was pissed off and still am as that should have been a free win, I am glad they lost because they played like it was a shiny game. So hopefully that never happens again.

Better to get these reminders now then in the playoffs. Only thing hurt here is pride. Hope they stew on this all break and come back nice and pissed off just like you are . Go Oilers!! We all know what Draisaitl is like when he's pissy/pissed.

[Updated on: Thu, 26 January 2023 15:13]

Babaganoosh2.0 wrote on Thu, 26 January 2023 15:11

RDOilerfan wrote on Thu, 26 January 2023 13:53 tardigrade81 wrote on Thu, 26 January 2023 10:46 Well I wouldn’t say we weren’t good enough. Took their goalie making the save of the year to win it for them, but overall i see what you mean. The effort in the first period just wasn’t there You are right in that the Oilers could have won that game but Korpisalo stole it but the Oilers were bad. They played nothing like they did in the previous 6 games and if Columbus wouldn't have been as bad as they are, they would have easily beat the Oilers with all those give aways. You can't win in the NHL playing like the Oilers did. Even McD, the amount of times he tried to go through 4 Jackets was ridiculous and to me shows some arrogance thinking he could do it against that team. They are still pros and have some pride. McD and company thinking all they had to do was just show up and they'd win is a joke. So while I was pissed off and still am as that should have been a free win, I am glad they lost because they played like it was a shiny game. So hopefully that never happens again. Better to get these reminders now then in the playoffs. Only thing hurt here is pride. Hope they stew on this all break and come back nice and pissed off just like you are . Go Oilers!! We all know what Draisaitl is like when he's pissy/pissed.

Honestly, hopefully the coach smartens the hell up next game. We can't play the top guys those minutes every night and expect it to be a successful strategy. They have to rely on the rest of the roster some times and give the stars adequate time to rest.

If you can't play Holloway or McLeod against the Blue Jackets, then what does that say about them against the Bruins or Avs?

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RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 27 January 2023 08:24

Adam wrote on Thu, 26 January 2023 17:24 Babaganoosh2.0 wrote on Thu, 26 January 2023 15:11 RDOilerfan wrote on Thu, 26 January 2023 13:53 tardigrade81 wrote on Thu, 26 January 2023 10:46 Well I wouldn’t say we weren’t good enough. Took their goalie making the save of the year to win it for them, but overall i see what you mean. The effort in the first period just wasn’t there You are right in that the Oilers could have won that game but Korpisalo stole it but the Oilers were bad. They played nothing like they did in the previous 6 games and if Columbus wouldn't have been as bad as they are, they would have easily beat the Oilers with all those give aways. You can't win in the NHL playing like the Oilers did. Even McD, the amount of times he tried to go through 4 Jackets was ridiculous and to me shows some arrogance thinking he could do it against that team. They are still pros and have some pride. McD and company thinking all they had to do was just show up and they'd win is a joke. So while I was pissed off and still am as that should have been a free win, I am glad they lost because they played like it was a shiny game. So hopefully that never happens again. Better to get these reminders now then in the playoffs. Only thing hurt here is pride. Hope they stew on this all break and come back nice and pissed off just like you are . Go Oilers!! We all know what Draisaitl is like when he's pissy/pissed. Honestly, hopefully the coach smartens the hell up next game. We can't play the top guys those minutes every night and expect it to be a successful strategy. They have to rely on the rest of the roster some times and give the stars adequate time to rest. If you can't play Holloway or McLeod against the Blue Jackets, then what does that say about them against the Bruins or Avs? He's been increasing Holloway's ice time lately. He played over 13 mins. I do not think playing McLeod more is a good idea. Not until he decides to stop playing like such a perimeter player. You have to take the puck to the goal to score. There are very few players in the NHL that can score from distance. He's 6'2, almost 210 and skates like the wind. He should be taking the puck to the goal all the time and at his size with his speed, he would be difficult to defend. IF he did that consistently, he would generate more goals for himself as well as his line. If I am the Oilers, if you aren't going McD, Leon, Nuge as your 3 centers, then they need to get themselves a bottom 6 center for the playoffs.

It's the worst team in the league and we rode 4 forwards and two defencemen as if the team had no chance without them on the ice. Here's some TOI stats:

Draisaitl 24:22
McDavid 23:59
Hyman 21:18
Nugent-Hopkins 19:26
Ryan 15:45
Janmark 15:32
McLeod 13:45
Holloway 13:28
Foegele 12:25
Puljujarvi 11:00
Kostin 9:25

And on defence:

Nurse 25:48
Ceci 22:56
Kulak 19:14
Broberg 15:06
Bouchard 14:05
Desharnais 12:50

That allocation is nuts given who we were playing, and the fact we were leading or tied for a significant portion of the game. That looks like a coach who doesn't trust 75% of his lineup to play against the worst competition they could be facing.

And as pointed out many times above, it's not like it was a game that the star players were absolutely dominant. If they were on fire, then maybe it makes sense to keep sending them over the boards, but they were struggling and looked tired. Just foolish.

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As a further argument that the bottom six should be trusted with ice time, especially in games where they're up against minnows and the stars are struggling:



Courtesy of Sid (@NHL_Sid) on twitter.

A lot of this is the last month, when suddenly we started getting more contribution from these guys but even so - they weren't in so deep a hole that they couldn't score their way out of it as would have been the case in a lot of previous seasons.

That chart is absolutely damning on the Tippett era. My god.

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