tardigrade81 wrote on Tue, 08 November 2022 13:49

First time poster here folks! I’m very active in Oilers HF boards! Been browsing this forum for a while. You folks seem like good people! Been an Oilers fan for 17 years (I was 18 at the time, was our Cup appearance year) I live in Regina, Sk. I enjoy chocolate pudding, and drinking various IPA’s. I have a 3 year old kid who I’m trying to get into hockey, another kid on the way in February. Now then, you’re all caught up on my life. Can the Oilers turn this little losing streak around? Last night was horrendous. 4 PP goals…. Need more discipline and to kill a PP here and there. Hoping Soup has a big game for us tonight. He’s more than due for a good one

Welcome Tardigrade.



Don't be too put off by the negativity around last night's game threads. This is one of the most knowledgeable groups of Oilers fans on the internet and we're not always slitting our wrists over the mediocre play of the team.

You're definitely correct, if you're going to have a woefully bad penalty kill, then you can't also take more penalties than most other teams. Goaltending has to start making a few more saves, but the team has to stop giving up glorious chances too. I think it comes down to systems play - a little more support from the forwards at 5v5 and a little more aggression on the PK - not necessarily hitting people more, just more pressure and less time for the opposition.

"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
#FireLowe #FireBobbyNicks #FireKenHolland #FireKeithGretzky