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 PlusOne
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I brought this over from the Habs PGT as it seemed relevant here;
| Skookum Jim wrote on Wed, 07 April 2021 01:23 |
| Adam wrote on Tue, 06 April 2021 09:43 |
| Skookum Jim wrote on Mon, 05 April 2021 19:50 |
Oilers will be in tough to win against Sens back to back, Sens are big and fast, something Oil are not. Could easily be 2 losses.
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It amuses me that these comments come up every time we're about to play the Sens. They're as tough as a wet paper bag. They've got a bunch of young players that run around trying really hard and pulling a lot of pucks out of the back of their net.
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Sens have a 3-4 record vs Leafs, and a 4-3 record vs Habs, both teams which Oil suck against.. I wouldn't be considering these guys as a mere speed bump.. wish it were so.. Murray is out, and their backups, including once-an-Oiler-always-an-Oiler Forsberg, are playing well...
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This season of only playing a small group of teams has really opened my eyes to how important matchups seem to be.
A lot of the time I would assume the following to be true;
Team A beats B who beats C who beats D
Team A should therefor beat Team D most of the time.
That doesn't seem to be true this year. There are teams who seem to "have another teams number" and there isn't really an explanation. All evidence shows Team A is better than Team D yet Team D beats them. Or Team A and Team B are close in all aspects yet one of them has a dominant record over the other head to head.
I suspect this is especially true when a team has some large holes in the roster. In the case of the Oilers is seems the Leafs and Habs are able to exploit those, the Sens haven't.
Conversely I think the play of the Sens has been over hyped. They were 100% supposed to be awful so every little thing they do right is put on a pedestal. The media doubles down on this for goalie play. They have gone through an amazing amount of tenders so when one does have a good game it is a big story. Not quite Zamboni driver big but when your 5th string goalie has a good game it is news.
The Oilers are a decent team, some nights even a very good team, but they can't take anyone lightly. That said, there is no reason to think the Sens can slow them down.
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| 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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