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 PlusOne
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Registered: July 2006
Location: Regina, Sask
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| Ragnarok73 wrote on Wed, 06 November 2019 21:55 |
| PlusOne wrote on Wed, 06 November 2019 20:50 |
| Ragnarok73 wrote on Wed, 06 November 2019 21:40 |
| PlusOne wrote on Wed, 06 November 2019 20:23 |
| Ragnarok73 wrote on Wed, 06 November 2019 21:07 |
| Kr55 wrote on Wed, 06 November 2019 19:49 |
Smith is off tonight. Sigh...on track to losing the goalie battle against Jake freakin Allen.
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Yep, and he's the best option too, because Koski would be a worse donkey against the defending champs. Sigh, another night where the goalie digs a hole for his team to get themselves out of.
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Pump the brakes a bit!
Worse Donkey? Goalie digs a hole? While I still have concerns they can be good consistently for the whole season goal tending has not been an issue this season so far. There has been the odd bad goal against but it isnt like the team is fighting though a bad goal, or two, every game.
Oilers are 7th in GA and that is partially due to improved defense but you cant look past the fact that both goalies have been decent at worst and some nights been fantastic.
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I'm not saying that the Oil goalies have been terrible all year, but they have put up some stinkers, like the ones that Koski laid last game and the one that Smith turned in against the Hawks.
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Blaming the goalies is easy and as a fan of this team it has been right more than wrong in the last decade but I think you are way off here.
The Oilers have allowed more than 3 goals only 2 times this season, winning one of those.
They have scored less than 3 eight times.
As mentioned they are 7th in GA and while Bear has been a massive positive surprise and others have improved some this isnt exactly a world class top 6.
I hate the Kosi contract as much as anyone but he cant be blamed for much this year. Every goalie will have the odd bad goal against.
Smith had the bad game with 2 goals caused by his wandering but again there has been a lot more good than bad from him as well.
Credit where it is due and in fact I would suggest the Oilers have had more games where goal tending was the difference in a positive than a negative way.
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I will admit that I've been harsh on the goaltending this year, as it has been much better overall than the previous two seasons. However, is it good enough to get this team into the playoffs and beyond? I'm still skeptical on that score, though further improvement in play by the team's defense corps would help assuage my concerns.
Tonight's game is a good test, because it's against a team that just won it all last year. Unfortunately, so far, they've been failing that test.
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On your fears of it not being good enough for the season/playoffs I will 100% agree.
Survivor LX(I) and 67 Champ(i)on
| CrusaderPi wrote on Thu, 30 January 2020 12:21 |
und(i)sputed O.L.F.N Heavybra(i)n Champ(i)on of the Woooooooooooooooooorld. Plus. One.
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