 RDOilerfan
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Registered: January 2016
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| Dragon_Matt wrote on Tue, 14 November 2023 11:47 |
I saw one big difference. The saves.
After bad goals against, it appears as though the Oilers lose their drive (not sure you can blame them for the .750 goaltending they received to start the season) Last night Skinner made saves, and the Oilers didn't let up. A bad goal against can be so deflating, and I think seeing so many of them in the first 10 games really shook the whole roster.
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I agree with you.
I thought after that early first goal, the Oilers looked extremely tentative. Coach just got fired, insane couple of days. Then first minute, everything that has gone wrong to date to get the coach fired happened in the first minute. I am sure the whole team probably sunk and here we go again set in. So for Skinner to give them a few saves, saves they weren't getting before was huge. Skinner let them take a breath and let them get into the game, it took them a bit to recover but they got there.
In my opinion, I feel like Leon's struggles have been the poster boy for the whole teams struggles. Nothing has gone right this season and the same goes for Leon. 3 time 50 goal scorer. Other seasons he would have but the seasons were cut short. He's been missing shots since game 1 he never missed. Fanning on 1 timers that are automatic. Bobbling pucks. You name it. it's gone wrong for him. So when he scored that goal scorers goal, I thought it was obviously huge for him but huge for the team. The one thing a new coach does is I think it resets the season for the players. Whatever happened with the old coach happened with him, onto the new guy. I might read into it too much but I think that goal was a signal of turning the page on the first month.
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