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Carolina @ Edmonton (Game #10) [message #853474] |
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 Kr55
Messages: 13185
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
6 Cups
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NUUUGEEEE
LEVVIIIII
McDrai 5 points a piece casually too :)
That was a crazy game.
Levi won't be happy with the sav%, but he had to make so many huge saves to salvage this 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
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Mike
Messages: 2013
Registered: August 2005
Location: Moncton, New Brunswick
2 Cups
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| Kr55 wrote on Fri, 23 October 2026 00:57 |
NUUUGEEEE
LEVVIIIII
McDrai 5 points a piece casually too :)
That was a crazy game.
Levi won't be happy with the sav%, but he had to make so many huge saves to salvage this game.
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Not often I’m impressed by a 5GA/.815% performance, but I don’t think I really fault him for a single one of those. On top of that, another 3-4 absolute robberies from point blank.
I think we gave up more grade A chances tonight that the whole year combined. Shades of last year. Part of it of course is being up against a very good team, but a bunch of brain farts creeping back in. Assuming Babcock won’t be happy with parts of that game.
And McDavid. Wow. Does he hit 100 points before Christmas? What a crazy start.
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tardigrade81
Messages: 4649
Registered: November 2022
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan
4 Cups
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That was fun! What a win!!!
Good night Oil Fam!
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Ragnarok73
Messages: 2522
Registered: February 2011
2 Cups
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If this is a preview of the SCF, I will need heart pills. This was a crazy ass game.
"There's no greater springboard to development than failure." - Craig MacTavish, April 13/15.
5-14-6-1
"Sabres think the suck is their ally? They merely adopted the suck. The Oilers were born in it...molded by it."
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Suomalainen
Messages: 1085
Registered: May 2002
Location: Boulder, CO
1 Cup
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That was a roller coaster.
Be nice to see some scoring from someone other than the best two players on the planet.
97.
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smyth260
Messages: 1266
Registered: November 2007
1 Cup
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I am sufficiently entertained!
Clean house or bust
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Kr55
Messages: 13185
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
6 Cups
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Frank Seravalli @frank_seravalli
#LetsGoOilers Connor McDavid has now matched Wayne Gretzky’s best 10-game start to a 200-point season.
1984-85 Gretzky 11-19–30
2026-27 McDavid 7-23–30
Gretzky had four career 200-point seasons (only one to do it). Other three starts he had 25, 24 and 17 through 10 GP.
broke that one with 31 points now
and:
[I][Jason Gregor @JasonGregor
McDavid has also set the record for most assists in the first 10 games of a season. Mario Lemieux had 21 in 1989/1990.
McDavid has 23./I]
We are watching something truly insane right now
"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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Leia
Messages: 594
Registered: May 2003
Location: England
No Cups
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If that was the acid test this team needed, we passed it, but only just. The Canes filled up the neutral zone so well for large parts of the game it was like a modern version of the trap, and it's effective. However, the fight and grit by the Oilers on the D is a marked improvement on previous years and yeah we gave up goals, but none were cheap goals.
The plaudits will go to Drai and McDavid, but what a performance from Nuge on his return. Two points and the winning goal in the shoot out. He'll soon become the player with most Oilers games, so where he ends up in terms of status upon retirement I don't know but he's been some Oiler for sure.
Take me home, country road
to the place where I belong
to Alberta, to see the Oilers
take me home, country road
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Jay
Messages: 1394
Registered: January 2007
Location: Edmonton
1 Cup
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| Kr55 wrote on Thu, 22 October 2026 22:15 |
Frank Seravalli @frank_seravalli
#LetsGoOilers Connor McDavid has now matched Wayne Gretzky’s best 10-game start to a 200-point season.
1984-85 Gretzky 11-19–30
2026-27 McDavid 7-23–30
Gretzky had four career 200-point seasons (only one to do it). Other three starts he had 25, 24 and 17 through 10 GP.
broke that one with 31 points now
and:
[I][Jason Gregor @JasonGregor
McDavid has also set the record for most assists in the first 10 games of a season. Mario Lemieux had 21 in 1989/1990.
McDavid has 23./I]
We are watching something truly insane right now
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Top 3 scorers in the league.
Mcdavid
Draisaitl
Bouchard
that's absurd. I wonder when was the last time that happened 10 games in. I'm assuming 80s Oilers.
Whats more likely - Mcdavid 200 points or Draisaitl 50g in 50 games?
My only hope for this team moving forward is health. If they can avoid major injuries to their big 3 they are going to be tough to beat.
"Initiative comes to thems that wait"
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inverno76
Messages: 2638
Registered: September 2005
Location: Prince Albert, Saskatchew...
2 Cups
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Only comparable I can remember:
Olerud
Molitor
Alomar
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Kr55
Messages: 13185
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
6 Cups
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I had no idea we lost 6 shootouts in a row before last night. Derek Ryan on Dec 30th, 2023 was our winning goal in our last shootout win. I guess just got used to the idea we would never get a big save again in a shootout.
"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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oilfan94
Messages: 591
Registered: June 2006
Location: USA
No Cups
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| Kr55 wrote on Fri, 23 October 2026 10:27 |
I had no idea we lost 6 shootouts in a row before last night. Derek Ryan on Dec 30th, 2023 was our winning goal in our last shootout win. I guess just got used to the idea we would never get a big save again in a shootout.
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I knew it had been a while but nearly 3 years? That is a crazy long stretch.
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tardigrade81
Messages: 4649
Registered: November 2022
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan
4 Cups
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Savoie once he returns too will provide a nice spark
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