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Re: Review: Calgary @ Edmonton (Game #46) [message #798215 is a reply to message #798214 ]	Mon, 24 January 2022 12:32

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RDOilerfan wrote on Mon, 24 January 2022 09:28

The Oilers have been getting goalied a lot lately, the Florida game the latest example. Nice to see the Oilers get the better goaltending effort in a game for a change, doesn't happen a lot.

Big win for the team. They needed that badly.

I have zero ill will for Koskinen. He's a goalie who can at times give you good games but just isn't consistent enough and lately he's been struggling big time. His contract makes it worse for him but it's not his fault he was offered that contract by Chia. You could see based on his reaction how much wining that game meant to him. I am happy for the guy and hope it's a springboard for more to come as it's been tough on the whole team.

I am the type of fan who doesn't care how you win games, just win.

I don't see Saturday's game as anything more than the Oilers simply outscored their problems. Again. This is where caring about how games are won matters. We know the Oilers can't simply outscore their problems all the time. Eventually they always run into a wall where the power play cools of or penalties simply aren't called.

For what it's worth, with the Oilers monumental win Saturday they are now only 4 points out of the final wildcard spot and 7 behind Anaheim for third.

Wait - are you saying that game shouldn't be the deciding factor on whether the coach sticks around or the team makes changes?

Certainly not. It's already been decided that goaltending, and only goaltending, is to blame. Who picked the tenders or decides when they play or the defense in front of them is completely off the hook.

It's a shame that Mike Smith has so unpredictably been injured this season. If he was in his normal Vezina candidate form, are we having any of these conversations?

Did we blame goaltending last year when the Oilers were sliding? I can't remember who we were mad at during the three game Leafs' sweep. I'm fairly certain Smith caught a little blame during the playoffs.

I thought Ethan Bear was the problem in the playoffs?

Also the three game slide just showed that the Oilers weren't yet ready to "go for it". Wasn't so much anyone to blame, just took the pressure off Holland to make any big moves since there was no way anyone could beat the Leafs last year.

Bear comes to mind too. He never learned that scoring on your own net with super passive defense and swinging your stick around to hit it directly in or deflecting it in is infinitely better than a bad pass that leads to a goal against.

…after being stapled to the bench for 2 hours.

I don’t mind Foegle though.

Technically his bad pass was before the benching. After he finally got on the ice, he was getting yelled at by his coach to get OFF the ice just in time for the Winnipeg goal.

I like Foegele too - just think there were probably other ways to acquire the player that didn't include a good young cost-controlled right shot defenceman.

Also, pretty sure Caleb Jones gets some share of the blame for Winnipeg last year. If he'd played better earlier in the year, then maybe Tippett would have had him playing over Koekkoek just back from a long injury - but once you burn that bridge in March, the coach can't very well play you in May!

"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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Re: Review: Calgary @ Edmonton (Game #46)	By: Adam on Mon, 24 January 2022 09:52
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Re: Review: Calgary @ Edmonton (Game #46)	By: Adam on Mon, 24 January 2022 11:32
Re: Review: Calgary @ Edmonton (Game #46)	By: Kr55 on Mon, 24 January 2022 12:02
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Re: Review: Calgary @ Edmonton (Game #46)	By: Adam on Mon, 24 January 2022 12:32

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