 RDOilerfan
Messages: 3908
Registered: January 2016
3 Cups
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I took my youngest to the home opener. I thought the Oilers were the better team for the large majority of the game. When you outshoot the team 40-16 and from what I have read, they had the superior numbers for pretty much everything, you should win.
I think the could use a a few saves. I thought the Oilers had the second best goalie once again and it wasn't close. Desmith made all the saves he should have plus multiple saves he maybe shouldn't have. It's the NHL, goalies are supposed to make several great saves a game. The Canucks for a lot, the Oilers none. That was the difference in the game.
The Oilers defense as a whole unit really needed to work on being harder in front of their net. Just standing there beside a guy not tying him up or anything, really does nothing. Tie up a stick, push a dman out of the way. Do something!
I found the Oilers OK defense for the most part but when they make a mistake, it's a 10 bell one. I thought Nurse had a pretty good game EXCEPT for the 10 bell, beyond dumb mistake he made on the Canucks 3rd goal. Mistakes will happen but if they should just eliminate the 10 bell mistakes and turn them into 4-5 bell, they will be fine.
[Updated on: Tue, 17 October 2023 12:37]
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