 RDOilerfan
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Registered: January 2016
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No need to panic in my opinion. I still think when you put the 2 rosters together, the Oilers are the better team and I am confident they will win the series.
I felt all along, in order for the Canucks to beat the Oilers they need these things to happen.
- They need the Oilers top guys to go quiet in the series.
- They need Skinner to lose Oilers games.
- They need the Oilers special teams to suck.
- They need breaks.
Bonus points for the refs not calling anything but that's way lower on my list.
What happened last night.
Top guys: I watched the whole game.
- If I didn't look at the box scores, I wouldn't have known McD played. I know they will check McD hard but he didn't have a single great rush, not a great play. Didn't even get a single shot on goal. On top of that 27.8% on the dot which is pathetic.
- Nuge. I know in Edmonton he's borderline untouchable but at some point, teams that win have guys like Nuge step up. Nuge is a vet, longest serving Oiler. He's a good player, not a top player. I know I am being extra hard on him but he's been around a long time and it's the same crap, he's just be OK. Hyman has clearly stepped up, when will Nuge.
- Kane was quiet. Home town, I thought he would be flying around. Especially when Zadorov was getting in his face early.
- Leon. He was great to start. Hampered by something. Hopefully it's a cramp like was reported which would make sense for him to leave a bit early in the second. Get it worked on then he comes back. The Canucks were targetting him big time.
Goaltending:
Skinner made some good saves but that Garland goal can't go in. I didn't love the Zadorov goal. I won't fault him on the Miller goal because that was an unreal tip and I bet if you did that 20 times, 19 go somewhere else as he put that perfect. But either way, Silovs wasn't very good so all Skinner had to be was mediocre and he wasn't. He will bounce back.
Breaks:
First Canucks goal. Shot goes way wide, hits the boards in the perfect spot to bounce out right on Joshua's tape. I am not sure if you practiced that, it would go that well.
Second goal, Lindholm is trying to pass it across. Oilers have it covered, deflects off Skinners stick and in. Pretty lucky.
Nuge hits the post. Silovs has no clue the puck comes out front. Nuge is all alone. He's not a 4th liner who might get the jitters. He's a top 6 guy. The only way he doesn't score is if he missed the net completely or puts it off the post or bar. He hits the post.  I sill can't believe it.
All that happened and they ended up losing. Now the Oilers did not play well in the second half of the game. It looked to me, they forgot how normal hockey is played. The Kings just sit back and wait. Oilers dmen could get the puck, hang out behind the net, skate to the top of the circles, hang out, wait for a line change, figure out what they wanted to do then do it because no one was in their face. The Canucks actually forecheck so it looked like the Oilers dmen weren't ready to have to someone pressuring. They seemed to casually go back for pucks then it clicked in "Oh yes, I have to skate". They weren't used to a player near them when they were breaking the puck out. I lost count how many times they tried a routine breakout and couldn't make a tape to tape pass.
The refs didn't stop the Oilers from losing but they didn't help. The Canucks were banging and to only give 1 penalty, which was a too many men is hard to believe.
Either way, the Oilers played an immature game and they looked in disarray. I think they will figure it out.
One more note. At what point will McLeod show he can be a good 3rd line center. I view 3rd line center as a very important role on a team. They tend to have important defensive responsibilities and in my opinion are the leader of the offensive side for the bottom 6. He's got the size, skill and speed to be a very good 3rd line center than can chip in offense. He's got the defense down. WHEN will he do something offensively.
38 total playoff games. 3 goals, 9 pts. He didn't score a single goal last playoff in 12 games, doesn't have a point in 6 games so far. 48 shots in 38 games. So barely a shot per game. He has 5 shots in 6 games this playoff. Just like Nuge, at some point in time some of their secondary players have to step up.
[Updated on: Thu, 09 May 2024 08:34]
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