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 Kr55
Messages: 9805
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
6 Cups
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| Skookum Jim wrote on Tue, 13 November 2018 17:25 |
| K.McC#24 wrote on Tue, 13 November 2018 09:33 |
| Skookum Jim wrote on Tue, 13 November 2018 10:14 |
Make it 5. They'll be out hustled again.
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Probably a good night to PVR again.
WT EFF?....10 days since the win over Detroit and what had looked like a competent group for a long stretch prior to that, what's going on? All teams go on a funk for a stretch at some point, but this looks like it's gone off a cliff. It's like they're so fragile that they get mired in a negative outcome and the whole team catches the same flu.
The keys to this game are simple. Goaltending needs to stand, to not let in the first or second shot against, period. The team needs to not get in a 2-0 hole in the 1st, and like it or not Connor and whoever his linemates are (sounds like the Draisaitl plan to drive the 2nd line is on the back burner) needs to strike early to get the team on their backs.
If Montreal scores early, this is probably over early, and I don't see how the HC comes through a 5 game skid in a season where he's got no capital to spend to overcome it. The GM doesn't have the capital either.
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Definite PVR game. I've seen Montreal play, their record is not surprising when you see them play, they are everywhere, quick, everyone is on the puck at all times, all hustle. You can't always bring more skill as a player, but you can always bring more hustle and intensity (note to Oilers not named Connor).
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But, just remember, if you take any risk that goes bad, it'll probably end up in your net, and you will get a custom video of your mistakes from the coach after the game that you have to watch.
"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
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