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Re: Review: Edmonton @ Colorado (Game #80) [message #734760 is a reply to message #734758 ]	Wed, 03 April 2019 11:22

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CrusaderPi wrote on Wed, 03 April 2019 11:05

Adam wrote on Wed, 03 April 2019 11:01

CrusaderPi wrote on Wed, 03 April 2019 10:55

Adam wrote on Wed, 03 April 2019 10:51

mightyreasoner wrote on Wed, 03 April 2019 10:37

Kr55 wrote on Wed, 03 April 2019 09:27

Adam wrote on Wed, 03 April 2019 09:12

Is it true that Hitchcock took Draisaitl off McDavid's wing?!? Really? Three games left, with Leon sitting on 47 goals, and they pull him off and put him with plugs?

No thanks to Hitch coming back as coach. No more dinosaurs behind the bench, please.

I'm pretty convinced that hitch is punishing Koskinen right now, setting him up for failure. No surprise he would punish drai and McDavid for looking a bit off too after the elimination. It's nice that he doesn't bash players much to the media but he is definitely an old school grump away from the microphones.

To me, it screams management trying to justify a horrible signing. They love to double down on bad decisions and try and prove how smart they were or how there is reason for optimism and how they have better reasoning than anyone else.

If Koskinen has a good final stretch, they get to point to that contract and sell optimism. But if he is scratched then it looks bad. Also looks bad when Koskinen gets lit up every night, but that's probably just not very good.

If there ever was proof of the OBC being involved in the Koskinen extension, them playing him like madness at the end of a meaningful season rather than giving Stolarz a bit of a test is definitely proof positive. They try so hard to will bad decisions into good ones.

The problem is that it doesn't even help make the decision look good. Playing an exhausted goalie (I think it's something like 29 of the last 30 games he's started now?) is only likely to give him worse results - which makes it look like a worse decision to start him. It was somewhat defend-able while the Oilers were still in a playoff hunt, even if it was a long shot, as you could say he gives you the best chance to win (although again, that makes trading Talbot look stupid if there's no faith at all in Stolarz even against the worst teams in the league), but with the Oilers eliminated, riding him hard to the finish line is just pointless.

When did everyone decide Stolarz was so bad he should never get a sniff of game time? He was a perfectly acceptable replacement level back up in his one start against a far superior team.

Five appearances with the Oilers, four in relief. 4.00 goals against average and .898 save percentage aren't great.

His numbers with Philly this season aren't a lot better. 3.58 and .901 although in his defence, he's played behind two mediocre teams, and those relief appearances, he's coming in cold behind a demoralized Edmonton team already getting blown out.

Hitchcock certainly doesn't seem to have any faith in him, which isn't a good sign, but you're right. It's pretty hard to know for sure when he doesn't get a sniff.

And the Maple Leafs game saw him save 37 of 40 shots...so maybe he would show something if he actually was given a chance.

Maybe the Oilers just figure since he's never been in the long-term plans, why bother giving him anything...but still, if that just destroys Koskinen's numbers even more (and feeds all those bashing him in the media and on twitter), then maybe they're just shooting themselves in the foot...again.

Oh I"m not saying the Oilers should give him 3 case starts showcasing him, but he's not such a downgrade from Koskinen that playing him on the second night of back to backs after elimination is out of the question. He's probably not the future, and that's fine, but he's here now so use him. Like, what did the Oilers tell him when he came here? "Don't unpack and make sure you get your time in at the gym"?

Just the opposite of what they said to Will Acton - "Just stick with the hotel...no need for you to find any other lodging."

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Review: Edmonton @ Colorado (Game #80)	By: OilFans on Tue, 02 April 2019 21:30
Re: Review: Edmonton @ Colorado (Game #80)	By: overdue on Tue, 02 April 2019 21:35
Re: Review: Edmonton @ Colorado (Game #80)	By: Kr55 on Tue, 02 April 2019 21:38
Re: Review: Edmonton @ Colorado (Game #80)	By: CrusaderPi on Tue, 02 April 2019 21:48
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Re: Review: Edmonton @ Colorado (Game #80)	By: CrusaderPi on Wed, 03 April 2019 10:31
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Re: Review: Edmonton @ Colorado (Game #80)	By: mightyreasoner on Wed, 03 April 2019 10:37
Re: Review: Edmonton @ Colorado (Game #80)	By: Adam on Wed, 03 April 2019 10:51
Re: Review: Edmonton @ Colorado (Game #80)	By: CrusaderPi on Wed, 03 April 2019 10:55
Re: Review: Edmonton @ Colorado (Game #80)	By: Adam on Wed, 03 April 2019 11:01
Re: Review: Edmonton @ Colorado (Game #80)	By: CrusaderPi on Wed, 03 April 2019 11:05
Re: Review: Edmonton @ Colorado (Game #80)	By: Adam on Wed, 03 April 2019 11:22
Re: Review: Edmonton @ Colorado (Game #80)	By: mightyreasoner on Wed, 03 April 2019 11:07
Re: Review: Edmonton @ Colorado (Game #80)	By: CrudeRemarks on Wed, 03 April 2019 21:28
Re: Review: Edmonton @ Colorado (Game #80)	By: Kr55 on Wed, 03 April 2019 21:35
Re: Review: Edmonton @ Colorado (Game #80)	By: Adam on Thu, 04 April 2019 01:07
Re: Review: Edmonton @ Colorado (Game #80)	By: CrusaderPi on Thu, 04 April 2019 08:20
Re: Review: Edmonton @ Colorado (Game #80)	By: Kr55 on Thu, 04 April 2019 11:43
Re: Review: Edmonton @ Colorado (Game #80)	By: CrusaderPi on Thu, 04 April 2019 11:45
Re: Review: Edmonton @ Colorado (Game #80)	By: K.McC#24 on Wed, 03 April 2019 09:37
Re: Review: Edmonton @ Colorado (Game #80)	By: mightyreasoner on Wed, 03 April 2019 10:33

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