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 welcometotheOC
Messages: 719
Registered: April 2010
Location: Also, sadly, Cowtown
No Cups
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| Adam wrote on Tue, 28 March 2023 18:21 |
| Oscargasm wrote on Tue, 28 March 2023 18:00 |
| NetBOG wrote on Tue, 28 March 2023 14:04 |
So much negativity for a team that is 10-2-1 in the busiest month of the year.
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It’s MustTM season … need we say more?
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And sticking your head in the sand rarely makes your problems disappear.
The Oilers have played great offensively, but the team defence and particularly the goaltending has been sloppy to say the least. We continue to get good results but we have to be aware that as hesitant as the NHL is to call penalties in the regular season, they're likely to call only a fraction of those in the playoffs. It's a major part of our attack. We have 81 PPG, out of a total 291 goals. That's 27.8% of our offence. If we have to rely on our ES play, well, we go from 281-250 in GF/GA down to 172-161 - still above even, but a significant drop-off.
The team should be concerned about it's play, and we should be hoping that the coaching staff has a plan to tighten it up and to compete well 5v5 against some really good teams in the post-season. With Skinner & Campbell as your tandem, you just can't afford to give a lot of good looks to the other side.
A win tonight would be really big for the team - especially if in regulation. These head-to-heads against VGK and LAK are the chance to close the gap if we hope for home ice. Hopefully we can show much stronger than we have the last 5-6 games because we probably need that if we're going to win convincingly.
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Now, this team may not be capable of it, but I seem to recall the same criticisms of the glory days teams. They had Fuhr and Moog, though - but perhaps this team can change its style like the Boys on the Bus did? ok, maybe not - flame away haha
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