[Updated on: Tue, 17 February 2026 15:54]

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"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

Take me home, country road
to the place where I belong
to Alberta, to see the Oilers
take me home, country road

[Updated on: Wed, 18 February 2026 09:56]

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"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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"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

[Updated on: Wed, 18 February 2026 10:36]

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"Initiative comes to thems that wait"

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"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

What a finish. Was wondering if Marner was gonnna show up. Boy did he. The leafs could use a player like that

Binnington shaky to start, but definitely saved butts by the end. Unbelievable allowing a breakaway with a couple minutes left in the third, thought it was all over, but Binnington saved them.


They have to play so much better than this to go all the way though. Hope some of the depth forwards got a little confidence off this one with those last 2 goals.

"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

McDAVID! Oh YEAH Baby!! (Thank you Lord!)
Tic-Tac-Tao!
Keep on Rockin' in the Free World

[Updated on: Wed, 18 February 2026 13:05]

"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

"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

Adam wrote on Wed, 18 February 2026 14:12

Kr55 wrote on Wed, 18 February 2026 13:01 Just saw that the 3-2 Czech goal had 6 men on the ice all participating in the play leading up to the goal, and all 6 guys hugging to celebrate the go-ahead goal. They had 6 guys all playing like normal as far back as when they started breaking the puck out of their end. 2/6 of the guys after the breakout did a lazy change and they actually had 8 skaters on the ice when the puck went in, haha. Lol, nice one refs. That would have been nightmare fuel if we didn't come back and win. Crazy. I don't know how everyone misses that - not just refs, but Team Canada should have been screaming for the whole shift and even the Czechs should have been desperately trying to sneak someone off. The defence usage is a little troubling. Seems like the coaching staff has even realized that they may have made some errors in how they built this back-end. Bouchard and Schaefer would have improved things considerably over Parayko and Sanheim.

yeah, seems like our side was flustered and panicking and didn't clue in at all too.

Funny quote from the Czech coach, complaining it felt like his team was playing against 6 men (including the refs), after his team literally got to do a 6 man rush, with their goalie still in, to score and almost win the game

"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

Someone fixed the headline:

"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

Kr55 wrote on Wed, 18 February 2026 14:46

Adam wrote on Wed, 18 February 2026 14:12 Kr55 wrote on Wed, 18 February 2026 13:01 Just saw that the 3-2 Czech goal had 6 men on the ice all participating in the play leading up to the goal, and all 6 guys hugging to celebrate the go-ahead goal. They had 6 guys all playing like normal as far back as when they started breaking the puck out of their end. 2/6 of the guys after the breakout did a lazy change and they actually had 8 skaters on the ice when the puck went in, haha. Lol, nice one refs. That would have been nightmare fuel if we didn't come back and win. Crazy. I don't know how everyone misses that - not just refs, but Team Canada should have been screaming for the whole shift and even the Czechs should have been desperately trying to sneak someone off. The defence usage is a little troubling. Seems like the coaching staff has even realized that they may have made some errors in how they built this back-end. Bouchard and Schaefer would have improved things considerably over Parayko and Sanheim. yeah, seems like our side was flustered and panicking and didn't clue in at all too. Funny quote from the Czech coach, complaining it felt like his team was playing against 6 men (including the refs), after his team literally got to do a 6 man rush, with their goalie still in, to score and almost win the game

.. apparently they had Eight (8) players on the ice when the Czechs scored the 3-2 .. Canada was wondering how they got out manned that badly, so quickly..

[Updated on: Wed, 18 February 2026 23:57]

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Skookum Jim wrote on Wed, 18 February 2026 23:55

Kr55 wrote on Wed, 18 February 2026 14:46 Adam wrote on Wed, 18 February 2026 14:12 Kr55 wrote on Wed, 18 February 2026 13:01 Just saw that the 3-2 Czech goal had 6 men on the ice all participating in the play leading up to the goal, and all 6 guys hugging to celebrate the go-ahead goal. They had 6 guys all playing like normal as far back as when they started breaking the puck out of their end. 2/6 of the guys after the breakout did a lazy change and they actually had 8 skaters on the ice when the puck went in, haha. Lol, nice one refs. That would have been nightmare fuel if we didn't come back and win. Crazy. I don't know how everyone misses that - not just refs, but Team Canada should have been screaming for the whole shift and even the Czechs should have been desperately trying to sneak someone off. The defence usage is a little troubling. Seems like the coaching staff has even realized that they may have made some errors in how they built this back-end. Bouchard and Schaefer would have improved things considerably over Parayko and Sanheim. yeah, seems like our side was flustered and panicking and didn't clue in at all too. Funny quote from the Czech coach, complaining it felt like his team was playing against 6 men (including the refs), after his team literally got to do a 6 man rush, with their goalie still in, to score and almost win the game .. apparently they had Eight (8) players on the ice when the Czechs scored the 3-2 .. Canada was wondering how they got out manned that badly, so quickly..

The block that lead to the rush against was possible because the Czech's could stack an extra dude to take a rush at the shooter.



Yeah, pretty sure the Czech coach can give it a rest. He complained that Necas's stick was touched on a breakaway and should have been an automatic penalty shot. A stick touch? Not on hands, or a slash, just the act of touching the stick? That's never been the rule.

"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

McDAVID! Oh YEAH Baby!! (Thank you Lord!)
Tic-Tac-Tao!
Keep on Rockin' in the Free World

There were SIX Czech players against FIVE Canadian players just before the puck went the other way for the Czech's 3rd goal (3-2)

Amateur on ice officials.. FOUR of them on the ice and no one saw it or called it.. Czechs were playing with six players for quite a while.. its not like there was a guy that hopped off the bench a few seconds to early.. they had 6 players active in the play..

No wonder they got an an odd man rush .. the odd man was the SIXTH player!

McDAVID! Oh YEAH Baby!! (Thank you Lord!)
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"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

McDAVID! Oh YEAH Baby!! (Thank you Lord!)
Tic-Tac-Tao!
Keep on Rockin' in the Free World

"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

[Updated on: Thu, 19 February 2026 19:31]

McDAVID! Oh YEAH Baby!! (Thank you Lord!)
Tic-Tac-Tao!
Keep on Rockin' in the Free World

"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

"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

"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

Kr55 wrote on Fri, 20 February 2026 09:25

Turns out Armstrong building 1/2 this team to defend leads has resulted in a team that struggles to score. And we are behind again, with most of our forwards having to deal with D that can't hit a forward with a pass on the fly when Makar is on the bench. Canada's biggest foe these olympics was Armstrong.

Exactly. Hey you've built a garbage team that has no chance of winning anything. But apparently you are golfing buddies with Ken Holland. How about taking that level of incompetence to team Canada?

I think it will be a bit of a blessing if they lose because this tool will presumably never be involved in any significant decisions again. Imagine taking the defense they did and leaving bouchard at home

I mean I'm glad he didn't take any other oilers because it's far better for Edmonton. But honestly what a masterclass in galaxy braining the simplest task you could have.

[Updated on: Fri, 20 February 2026 09:47]

"Initiative comes to thems that wait"