 RDOilerfan
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| NZ Oiler Fan wrote on Fri, 10 May 2024 07:06 |
Sure hope Drai is feeling better. I have my doubts as to that "back cramps" excuse that Knoblauch mentioned. It looked to me like something much worse.
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My guess is he had a back spasm or a sore muscle in his back. There wasn't an obvious play where he looked hurt. There was a play where he was twisted a bit reaching for a puck and a Canuck crosschecked him in the back. Shortly after the trainer was with him and I thought he said back. Then he left.
This makes sense to me. He left early to get treatment. Then came back. If you watched him play, he was avoiding some contact a bit and when he skated, he looked a bit more upright. When your back is a bit sore, you can still do some things as long as it's not serious, but you tend to move around a bit more gingerly. Which is what occurred. So hopefully with some treatment that night, treatment yesterday and treatment today he will be OK.
If it was serious, I don't think he would have played that game because they were up the whole time and you don't expect your team to collapse, especially Skinner like that. Fingers crossed.
For the game, I expect the Oilers to be a lot better. Skinner will be a lot better. What I like about him, is he takes accountability when he makes a mistake. He doesn't go Campbell and talk about how much he sucks. But he doesn't deflect blame and talk team this, team that. He wasn't at his best, he knows it, he admitted it, he's a young goalie, I think he will have a good game. Just like he did in the Kings series.
I think the D core and I touched on it yesterday, looked rusty. From 1-6 they at times looked like they couldn't make a 10ft pass to save their life. THe amount of icings they had because they missed a routine outlet pass was ridiculous. Bouch and Ek where the best but even they I didn't think looked as sharp as usual. The big thing for me is McD. I thought he wasn't very good at all. There are games when he doesn't score points but it's pretty rare you see him have a game where he literally does nothing. Not a big rush, not a great play, not even a shot. He was invisible. I know the Canucks are a good defensive team but no team is that good. The Kings try to play a extreme defensive style, at times it seemed they almost had a guy laying on McD's back and he was able to make some plays. So I am expecting McD to be extremely motivated. Plus lots of other guys just looked off last game.
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