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 Adam
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Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
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On the one hand, it's a terrible weekend and the team played poorly and gave up two games to much inferior teams.
On the other hand, it's just two games, so I wouldn't get too worked up about it or start pushing to see everyone sent to Bakersfield just yet.
Some quick thoughts:
- obviously, the Oilers need to find ways to start games better. It's not just the other team scoring first a lot, it's getting badly outshot and outplayed in the first period of games. They have to find a way to be better.
- Some baffling choices on who to punish tonight by Tippett. Russell gets walked on the first goal, generally isn't great. He still gets 4 minutes more than his defence partner Broberg (who didn't get walked). Ryan's string of minuses got even worse as he was on for both the first two Kings goals. He's still up 3 minutes on Tyler Benson who was even. If you're a youngster, you can't even miss a check or you're sitting. If you're in your 30s? Doesn't matter how many times you screw up, you'll still get your ice time. That kind of inconsistency isn't the hallmark of a great coach.
- That penalty was a penalty, but a pretty iffy minor. There's no shortage of hits from behind like that in every game, and they usually don't get called at all. Only reason this one did is because Kempe's head rattled off the glass. It wasn't nearly as vicious as the cross-check from Larsson on Draisaitl's jaw Friday night that went uncalled.
- The call clearly took the wind out of the sails for the Oilers. They folded the tent the second 97 left down the tunnel.
- The other ridiculous thing with the refs this year is these behind the play "battles" where a guy just hangs on to a star player and fights with him and the refs just watch it and occasionally encourage them to stop and play nice. There were two of those with Draisaitl and Edler tonight. There was at least one similar one against the Kraken on Friday. And if you're watching clips, there's a ridiculous one against Matthews tonight in the Jets/Leafs game.
Anyhow, they better play better on Tuesday.
"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
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