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Edmonton @ Anaheim (Game #63) [message #755971] |
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 Adam
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Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
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Two points for Eakins? UGLY.
If the team had shown up for the first period, that's an easy win.
"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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Ragnarok73
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| Adam wrote on Tue, 25 February 2020 22:38 |
Two points for Eakins? UGLY.
If the team had shown up for the first period, that's an easy win.
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I guess we should be glad that they got the loser point after such a terrible first.
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K.McC#24
Messages: 2834
Registered: March 2004
Location: ALBERTA
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Well, when you show up to play roughly an hour late, you get an OT loss to the Ducks and bust their 5 game home losing streak. Have to be 10 times better tomorrow night.
Disappointing.
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Kr55
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Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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| Adam wrote on Tue, 25 February 2020 22:38 |
Two points for Eakins? UGLY.
If the team had shown up for the first period, that's an easy win.
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You're not allowed to complain about the 1st period you chicken little! :)
Yuge game tomorrow
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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overdue
Messages: 493
Registered: October 2014
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A point is a point. Nice to see the new guys can score. Hope we can show up to play in the first next game.
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inverno76
Messages: 2343
Registered: September 2005
Location: Prince Albert, Saskatchew...
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Looked like a team trying to figure out their new scoring lines. They got bettter as the game went on.
Long story short. Blew a relatively easy 2 points, but it could’ve been worse. I like what I seen from Ennis and Athanasiou.
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Mike
Messages: 1397
Registered: August 2005
Location: Moncton, New Brunswick
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Big point I suppose. But the confidence I had going in to OT last year is completely gone.
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Kr55
Messages: 10777
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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So...SN asked which streak would end tonight:
Ducks losing at home
Oilers winning on the road
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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Adam
Messages: 7176
Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
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Gene Principe
@GenePrincipe
"If that's a call(penalty) then there should have been six called on Connor. That was a soft call" @EdmontonOilers Dave Tippett on @cmcdavid97 OT penalty vs @AnaheimDucks
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Nice to have a coach who will actually stick up for his players once in a while.
"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
#FireBobbyNicks
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Kr55
Messages: 10777
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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| Adam wrote on Tue, 25 February 2020 23:22 |
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Gene Principe
@GenePrincipe
"If that's a call(penalty) then there should have been six called on Connor. That was a soft call" @EdmontonOilers Dave Tippett on @cmcdavid97 OT penalty vs @AnaheimDucks
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Nice to have a coach who will actually stick up for his players once in a while.
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McLellan had 50 chances to do that. Every time he doesn't want to comment.
At the same time he gets owned by a coach that before a series even starts is whining about McDavid drawing too many calls.
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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kungpaobenji27
Messages: 340
Registered: August 2003
Location: Irving, Texas
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Thoughts:
-#97 taps Ducks player on the thigh & that's misconstrued as a trip below the knees? Come on...
-First period was full of defensive mind lapses, but the lines were finally developing chemistry a bit too late in the last two periods.
-First line was missing the presence of Yams
-Puck moving of Caleb Jones & Ethan Bear keeps improving....but the team really misses Klefbom's shooting from the point.
-Outside of Klefbom's contributions offensively, they miss other intangibles such as shot blocking/defensive positioning.
-Team will likely go through more re-adjustments regarding chemistry once Kass and Neal are back...but it'll eventually instill more overall hockey sense on at least 3 of the forward lines.
-Seeing Rakell flying around gave me nightmares from that 2017 playoff series.
-Team seemed so eager about the deadline acquisitions that they forgot to prepare for last night's game...good thing Coyotes crapped the bed at home....must win in Vegas coming up....
[Updated on: Tue, 25 February 2020 23:50]
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oilfan94
Messages: 409
Registered: June 2006
Location: USA
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The optimism after the trade deadline reminded me a lot of the 2006 deadline. I remember I was at the first Oilers game with Roloson and Samsonov in Columbus, super excited to see them play for the Oilers. That game had a similar end though...
https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/200603110CBJ.html
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K.McC#24
Messages: 2834
Registered: March 2004
Location: ALBERTA
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| oilfan94 wrote on Wed, 26 February 2020 00:07 |
The optimism after the trade deadline reminded me a lot of the 2006 deadline. I remember I was at the first Oilers game with Roloson and Samsonov in Columbus, super excited to see them play for the Oilers. That game had a similar end though...
https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/200603110CBJ.html
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If I recall correctly the Oilers backed into the 8th seed and needed help to do that, sort of underwhelming. Hopefully the rest of this season has better momentum, and the playoff run is long.
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kungpaobenji27
Messages: 340
Registered: August 2003
Location: Irving, Texas
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| oilfan94 wrote on Wed, 26 February 2020 01:07 |
The optimism after the trade deadline reminded me a lot of the 2006 deadline. I remember I was at the first Oilers game with Roloson and Samsonov in Columbus, super excited to see them play for the Oilers. That game had a similar end though...
https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/200603110CBJ.html
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If you want a laugher...Jokinen's debut with the Flames after the trade deadline in 2009 was groundbreaking only for his presence to eventually disrupt team chemistry rest of the way....
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bigEfromGP
Messages: 816
Registered: July 2006
Location: GP, AB
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| K.McC#24 wrote on Wed, 26 February 2020 00:18 |
| oilfan94 wrote on Wed, 26 February 2020 00:07 |
The optimism after the trade deadline reminded me a lot of the 2006 deadline. I remember I was at the first Oilers game with Roloson and Samsonov in Columbus, super excited to see them play for the Oilers. That game had a similar end though...
https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/200603110CBJ.html
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If I recall correctly the Oilers backed into the 8th seed and needed help to do that, sort of underwhelming. Hopefully the rest of this season has better momentum, and the playoff run is long.
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Canucks had a monumental meltdown, I think 2 wins in their last 11, which is why Oilers got in.
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Mullet
Messages: 40
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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Ugly looking game. Once again played down to the competition. You could see AA was tentative with McD where Ennis just played. IMO AA needs to play his game and react as opposed to trying to defer to McD. Need some practice time to get them into the program. Nurse makes terrible decisions. its unfortunate he is deemed part of the core as opposed to being traded for value instead of chewing up huge cap dollars. Hopefully we can get healthy and back into a system/rhythm soon. Makes tonight the Must Win.
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GabbyDugan
Messages: 828
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton, AB
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Not to make excuses for the Oilers losing to a team on a downward spiral and chock full of AHL'ers, but these guys had what, 2 hours to get used to the new team chemistry? The new guys flew across four time zones to play last night with guys they have never gone to war with. Connor McDavid can make anyone look good, but giving him two line mates that he probably wouldn't recognize on the street? Not going to have much chemistry in such a situation.
Then there was Draisaitl's line - just not the same.
Great job by Caleb Jones. Nice to have a young player show steady gains in confidence and performance after a rather weak performance at training camp.
And the refereeing? Goes without saying.
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overdue
Messages: 493
Registered: October 2014
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Agree with you that Caleb Jones has become a real positive to the season too. He looks strong and confident. Really cheap overtime penalty call on McD to hand the point to the Ducks though. You'd think it would have to be something really blatant in OT before the ref would even consider calling it but that was at least half dive. Makes you wonder sometimes. Ref should be reprimanded by the league for a big mistake in such a key situation. You'd think there would be higher standards in the best league in the world but bad calls are actually pretty common.
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Adam
Messages: 7176
Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
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| GabbyDugan wrote on Wed, 26 February 2020 09:05 |
Not to make excuses for the Oilers losing to a team on a downward spiral and chock full of AHL'ers, but these guys had what, 2 hours to get used to the new team chemistry? The new guys flew across four time zones to play last night with guys they have never gone to war with. Connor McDavid can make anyone look good, but giving him two line mates that he probably wouldn't recognize on the street? Not going to have much chemistry in such a situation.
Then there was Draisaitl's line - just not the same.
Great job by Caleb Jones. Nice to have a young player show steady gains in confidence and performance after a rather weak performance at training camp.
And the refereeing? Goes without saying.
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To be fair though, Anaheim had even more new players in the lineup, and the new players (on both sides) played better than anyone else.
"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
#FireBobbyNicks
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