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Re: Review: Dallas @ Edmonton (Game #3) [message #835121 is a reply to message #835120 ]	Tue, 28 May 2024 08:38

Kr55
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RDOilerfan wrote on Tue, 28 May 2024 08:24

Kr55 wrote on Tue, 28 May 2024 08:16

RDOilerfan wrote on Tue, 28 May 2024 08:01

Holy cow, what a tail of 2 different periods.

The Oilers were absolutely dominating the Stars in the first period and the 2 goals against probably flattered them. If not for Oettinger, the Oilers easily could have had another maybe 2 more after the first.

Then the 2nd. What in the actual F was that!! How the hell do you come out that flipping flat after your first!!! Everyone expected the Stars to push back but it looked like a men's team vs a kids team for almost the whole 2nd period. It seriously looked like they thought the game was over after the first period.

The worst of the bunch was the fab 5 unit. McD's line plus Bouch and Ekholm looked unreal the first period then as a 5 man unit, I am not sure they could have played worse. On for the Stars first 2 goals against and looked like it was their first time playing hockey. If you are going to have your best center, your best winger, then probably your 4th best forward plus your best offensive dman and best defensive dman all playing together virtually all the time and play them as much as those guys get, you CAN'T have them be a pile of garbage like they were in the second.

Yes there is other guys who made mistakes in the game but that 5 man unit was absolutely awful in the second and it cost them big time.

Those guys scored 2, and were on the ice for 2 against. Nuge was probably the biggest offender on both goals, we should probably try Henrique on the first line again.

But that's just a tie game. Who was out there starting tire fires to give Dallas the lead twice? These are players that rarely ever are able to create anything in our favor. That's how games are won and lost this time of year. Lack of depth, and weak links on D sunk us again. And Skinner let in a stinker.

Sorry man, I think you are letting those 5 off the hook WAY too easily. You literally said Nuge was the problem on the first 2 Dallas goals. He made plays that CAN'T happen. Those plays don't happen, very likely they don't score. The Stars scored 3 goals in just over 3 mins and that line was on for 2 goals. That means that line was on for probably 2 out of the 3 shifts in the span. They don't make those bad mistakes, at least 1 of those goals doesn't happen, probably both. The Stars do all that pushing and potentially get nothing to show for it, it can take the will of a team.

Those guys get way too much ice to give them a pass and then try to throw the blame on someone else. Momentum in hockey is MASSIVE. It can literally change how a game is going. I am willing to bet that the the Stars and the Robertson line handing the McD line their lunch like they did in the second period gave the whole Stars bench a massive boost.

Those are the only guys that will ever win us games. And for sure they are probably playing too much, but that's because the depth on this team sucks. It's a very very flawed team still, and the GM made no real effort to improve it. Just thought that the same guys would absorb playoff experience powers to super boost them this year. Unfortunately, most of the depth on this team is playing exactly the same. Thank goodness for Vinny being able to take pressure off Ceci's ice time, but he's struggling against Dallas too now.

I pointed out the bad plays, and how we sag in the second is definitely disappointing. I think Dallas has made good adjustments between periods and taken us by surprise by how dramatically their effort and execution has shifted between the 1st and 2nd periods for a couple games in a row now.

As for letting guys off the hook, I don't think I am really. Just pointing out what many knew, this is still a team completely dependent on a small group of players to do anything productive, and most of this lineup is just guys you hope don't get scored on. And that gets harder as a series goes on, especially against a well constructed roster with good coaching. IMO Dallas is now clearly attacking some of the D on our team, knowing they will make weak panic plays on clear attempts. It's getting hard to watch sometimes.

Also doesn't look like we will be winning the goaltending battle any time soon, so we probably need to be better than Dallas throughout our lineup to beat them. It's a very tall order for this roster.

[Updated on: Tue, 28 May 2024 08:41]

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Review: Dallas @ Edmonton (Game #3)	By: OilFans on Mon, 27 May 2024 21:00
Re: Review: Dallas @ Edmonton (Game #3)	By: tardigrade81 on Mon, 27 May 2024 21:08
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