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 Jay
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Registered: January 2007
Location: Edmonton
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| Kr55 wrote on Thu, 23 May 2024 23:17 |
Was an interesting note that Skinner went off on his own back in Nov to hire his own goalie coach, and they have been working on big flaws in his style since.
Jack Campbell also went off to get his own goalie coach to stick with him during the season in Legace.
Next GM interviewing Schwartz:
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Hope he's a Michael Bolton fan or he might stop receiving a paycheck.
If the Oilers get this level of goaltending from Skinner it changes everything - they are going to be an extremely tough out, maybe the favourite.
"Initiative comes to thems that wait"
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inverno76
Messages: 2296
Registered: September 2005
Location: Prince Albert, Saskatchew...
2 Cups
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| smyth260 wrote on Thu, 23 May 2024 23:25 |
| NZ Oiler Fan wrote on Thu, 23 May 2024 21:32 |
| Oscargasm wrote on Fri, 24 May 2024 01:24 |
| NZ Oiler Fan wrote on Thu, 23 May 2024 22:21 |
Wooo!
Huge game by Skin. Draj, Nuge & obviouslt McD too.
Did not expect that result...LFG!!!
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How’s the wifey doing, my man?
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Moving to Charlottetown hospital tomorrow. They have some specialists that aren't available to us here.
1/2 wins outta the way.
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Rooting for you and your wife NZ
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Positive thoughts sent.
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Skookum Jim
Messages: 4202
Registered: March 2006
Location: Burnaby, BC
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.. here's one of those Dallas infractions that never rose to the level of the NHL refs interpretation of a rule book violation.. cracks Skinner right in the forehead with a stick swing.. then they go call Bouchard for tapping a guy's shin pad..
Comical.
https://x.com/KrazyKanook/status/1793855450234143038
McDAVID! Oh YEAH Baby!!
Tic-Tac-Tao!
Keep on Rockin' in the Free World
P. Chiarelli math.. T. Hall = A. Larsson, Yak= bag o'pucks (OK he got one right...) K. Russell = $4.1 M+NMC, G. Reinhart= M. Barzal + A. Beauvillier, J. Eberle = R. Spooner,
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g2k
Messages: 2801
Registered: January 2003
Location: The Hood
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| inverno76 wrote on Fri, 24 May 2024 06:42 |
| smyth260 wrote on Thu, 23 May 2024 23:25 |
| NZ Oiler Fan wrote on Thu, 23 May 2024 21:32 |
| Oscargasm wrote on Fri, 24 May 2024 01:24 |
| NZ Oiler Fan wrote on Thu, 23 May 2024 22:21 |
Wooo!
Huge game by Skin. Draj, Nuge & obviouslt McD too.
Did not expect that result...LFG!!!
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How’s the wifey doing, my man?
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Moving to Charlottetown hospital tomorrow. They have some specialists that aren't available to us here.
1/2 wins outta the way.
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Rooting for you and your wife NZ
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Positive thoughts sent.
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In my thoughts and wishing your wife all the best NZOF.
#firebob #screwitjustselltheteam #ownerisacreep
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Mike
Messages: 1371
Registered: August 2005
Location: Moncton, New Brunswick
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| Skookum Jim wrote on Fri, 24 May 2024 09:58 |
.. here's one of those Dallas infractions that never rose to the level of the NHL refs interpretation of a rule book violation.. cracks Skinner right in the forehead with a stick swing.. then they go call Bouchard for tapping a guy's shin pad..
Comical.
https://x.com/KrazyKanook/status/1793855450234143038
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That's the one I was talking about - how do you not call that one or the slash on Holloway's breakaway after the other stuff you called?
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Mike
Messages: 1371
Registered: August 2005
Location: Moncton, New Brunswick
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So what are tickets going for for games 3 and 4? I'm seeing around $400 apiece on Stubhub and Ticketmaster. That about right?
If they were able to get by the Stars I wonder what the SCF tickets would go for.
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RDOilerfan
Messages: 3908
Registered: January 2016
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Great game but the team. They played about as good of a road game as you can get.
From top to bottom, I thought the players played pretty well and I felt they deserved to win. They had multiple chances to win in regulation and I thought Oettinger kept Dallas in it. Skinner had to make some great saves as well but I felt Oettinger had to make more.
I was a little worried when Dallas got that bounce to tie it and then in OT McD misses a sure goal that he scores 99 out of 100 times but they got it done.
I am not going to go off on the refs but when it's 5-1 in PP's and the only PP you give is a too many men call, I have a hard time with that. There are hacks and slashes and holds, guys getting hauled down all the time. I don't know how you don't give the Stars 1 or 2, especially when you see the Oilers calls. Could the plays by the Oilers be called? Absolutely. But were they different than many of what Dallas did? No chance.
Regardless, they got the win and what I love is it wasn't the goalie stealing it and the other goalie being crap. Oettinger was very good but the Oilers won because they were just better.
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inverno76
Messages: 2296
Registered: September 2005
Location: Prince Albert, Saskatchew...
2 Cups
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| Mike wrote on Fri, 24 May 2024 07:23 |
So what are tickets going for for games 3 and 4? I'm seeing around $400 apiece on Stubhub and Ticketmaster. That about right?
If they were able to get by the Stars I wonder what the SCF tickets would go for.
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Depends where you sit I suppose. Buddy is going to game 3 and he got 2 seats in sec 134 for $868 USD (crazy).
I’m thinking $300 gets you in the door. I’m hoping my friends with corporate seats remember my phone number next week. The atmosphere is unbelievable, but not worth a month’s rent for many people.
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Mike
Messages: 1371
Registered: August 2005
Location: Moncton, New Brunswick
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| inverno76 wrote on Fri, 24 May 2024 11:28 |
| Mike wrote on Fri, 24 May 2024 07:23 |
So what are tickets going for for games 3 and 4? I'm seeing around $400 apiece on Stubhub and Ticketmaster. That about right?
If they were able to get by the Stars I wonder what the SCF tickets would go for.
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Depends where you sit I suppose. Buddy is going to game 3 and he got 2 seats in sec 134 for $868 USD (crazy).
I’m thinking $300 gets you in the door. I’m hoping my friends with corporate seats remember my phone number next week. The atmosphere is unbelievable, but not worth a month’s rent for many people.
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Yeah, "in the door" is what I'm looking at - don't need to be rattling the glass. I wouldn't be able to make 2 trips...on the one hand, this is as deep as we've gone since 2006 (1 win in the WCF), on the other, if we could get by Dallas - games 3 and 4 of the SCF would be crazy...
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Mike
Messages: 1371
Registered: August 2005
Location: Moncton, New Brunswick
1 Cup
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| RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 24 May 2024 11:12 |
Regardless, they got the win and what I love is it wasn't the goalie stealing it and the other goalie being crap. Oettinger was very good but the Oilers won because they were just better.
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Skinner was what we needed - he doesn't need to be Oettinger level. Just needs to not let soft ones in, and make a few great stops. He did that last night - hope it continues. If it does, we can keep up with anyone.
And that save on McD - watching it again, looks like the D (was it Tanev?) hit 97's stick as he shot. Either way, great effort by Oettinger, but our guy did his job as well.
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RDOilerfan
Messages: 3908
Registered: January 2016
3 Cups
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| Mike wrote on Fri, 24 May 2024 08:37 |
| RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 24 May 2024 11:12 |
Regardless, they got the win and what I love is it wasn't the goalie stealing it and the other goalie being crap. Oettinger was very good but the Oilers won because they were just better.
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Skinner was what we needed - he doesn't need to be Oettinger level. Just needs to not let soft ones in, and make a few great stops. He did that last night - hope it continues. If it does, we can keep up with anyone.
And that save on McD - watching it again, looks like the D (was it Tanev?) hit 97's stick as he shot. Either way, great effort by Oettinger, but our guy did his job as well.
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I agree. I don't think the Oilers need Oettinger level goaltending to win. If they get it, bonus. But like you said, they just need Skinner to be solid. Solid to me means Skinner makes the saves he should with a few real good saves sprinkled in. In my opinion, if you are a legit decent NHL goalie, you should be able to provide that every night. Skinner did that last night. I hope he can follow it up.
In contrast, to me Oettinger stood on his head for parts of the game. Foegele had a breakaway. He utterly robbed Holloway on a break away. He robbed McD in OT with the help of Tanev. He probably made at least 5 unbelievable, should have been goal stops. He almost stole that game for the Stars.
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Adam
Messages: 7040
Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
6 Cups
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| Mike wrote on Thu, 23 May 2024 22:40 |
| Oscargasm wrote on Fri, 24 May 2024 01:38 |
| Mike wrote on Thu, 23 May 2024 22:34 |
Other than the W obviously, best parts about this game:
The good:
1) contrary to most outlets’ opinions, we can play with this team. W aside, we were the better team tonight.
2) our 4th line was awesome
3) Great game by Skinner. He keeps playing like that, sky’s the limit.
4) McDavid is looking WAY better than last series.
5) McLeod finishing checks
The bad:
1) Those frigging turnovers. What’s going on? Clean that up.
2) starting to sit back with only a 1 goal lead this time.
The ugly
1) The refs
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I honestly thought they generally kept pressing rather than sit back and defend tonight.
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Watch again. Around the 7 minute mark or so. The iced it like 4 times in a row, a couple times with not a whole lot of pressure. Just glad they didn’t try to protect the tie in OT
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I thought they were much better about that then they were last series - they outshot Dallas in the third period still, even with the Stars pushing from behind. I believe only period we didn't outshoot them was the 1st overtime and they got a bunch of shots on that 4-minute powerplay.
"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
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kungpaobenji27
Messages: 337
Registered: August 2003
Location: Irving, Texas
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| NZ Oiler Fan wrote on Fri, 24 May 2024 00:05 |
Woo! 1/2 wins for me.
Wife is being moved to Charlottetown hospital where they have more intensive tests.
Fingers crossed...let's make this 2/2 wins.
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All the best to you guys. Sounds like a you guys are on course for a safe recovery so hoping it stays that way!
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kungpaobenji27
Messages: 337
Registered: August 2003
Location: Irving, Texas
No Cups
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| inverno76 wrote on Fri, 24 May 2024 09:28 |
| Mike wrote on Fri, 24 May 2024 07:23 |
So what are tickets going for for games 3 and 4? I'm seeing around $400 apiece on Stubhub and Ticketmaster. That about right?
If they were able to get by the Stars I wonder what the SCF tickets would go for.
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Depends where you sit I suppose. Buddy is going to game 3 and he got 2 seats in sec 134 for $868 USD (crazy).
I’m thinking $300 gets you in the door. I’m hoping my friends with corporate seats remember my phone number next week. The atmosphere is unbelievable, but not worth a month’s rent for many people.
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Sounds about right. It's about 1K for two tickets in the section 200s in Dallas for game 2 so might have to pass. Best section for the slightly higher up views with less crowded restrooms & easier access to ordering liquor....which I need when watching the Oilers live lol.
Tough weekend with overseas family in town and visiting work clients but it'd be nice to run around town having run-ins with Oilers media, etc. Really upset the TNT studio crew isn't on site filming their show on an outdoor terrace or something to maximize fan engagement.
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smyth260
Messages: 1021
Registered: November 2007
1 Cup
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Bouchard has had an incredible run. Like having another elite forward out there.
Clean house or bust
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Rocksteady
Messages: 502
Registered: March 2007
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Throughout this game I thought this "feeling out" between the team would be a long drawn out affair. Both teams tried to push the other in the most cautious way, but the Oilers showed they can hang with them, less crashing and banging and more of a game of errors.
Top to bottom the lineup deserved a ton of applause, the PK is still operating at a ridiculous pace and the game of the 3rd and 4th line was amazing. I watched it all.. when the fans stand thought you can't see much of the corners so I wasn't aware of the McDavid 2OT goal.
Still, great effort all around.
The very definition of insanity is doing the exact same thing expecting different results.
Generally Disappointed.
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Kr55
Messages: 10424
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
6 Cups
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| Rocksteady wrote on Fri, 24 May 2024 11:26 |
Throughout this game I thought this "feeling out" between the team would be a long drawn out affair. Both teams tried to push the other in the most cautious way, but the Oilers showed they can hang with them, less crashing and banging and more of a game of errors.
Top to bottom the lineup deserved a ton of applause, the PK is still operating at a ridiculous pace and the game of the 3rd and 4th line was amazing. I watched it all.. when the fans stand thought you can't see much of the corners so I wasn't aware of the McDavid 2OT goal.
Still, great effort all around.
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Like how our team suddenly look like stick checking experts. This seems like a great matchup for the Oilers in terms of speed. We were able to be on top of guys all night, and if we are combining that with good sticks, we can eliminate so many chances against. Honestly a bit surprised at how good our sticks have been lately, wonder if Knob has been pushing working on that hard in practice. Hope that continues.
I don't think any of the Dallas D are very physical. Their D play a lot like ours, mostly stick checking and angles/positioning. Tanev leads their D in hits, but his hits are mostly just rub outs on the boards like guys like Vinny and Nurse do. Pretty optimistic that McDavid and Drai will be able to play their game through the series and not take a constant beating like they did against the Canucks.
Benn and Marchment will be taking runs for sure all series on our D, and forwards in the middle of the ice if they can catch a guy. But overall, most likely will be a battle of errors/smarts, and goaltending. We have the high end talent, and we need it against Oettinger. Dallas will just keep grinding for lower quality chances and if we can keep those down and Skinner is on his game, we should have a good shot every game.
[Updated on: Fri, 24 May 2024 11:53]
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tardigrade81
Messages: 2164
Registered: November 2022
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan
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| Rowan Oil Fielding wrote on Fri, 24 May 2024 15:03 |
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That is just beautiful
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tardigrade81
Messages: 2164
Registered: November 2022
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan
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| smyth260 wrote on Fri, 24 May 2024 17:19 |
Bouchard has had an incredible run. Like having another elite forward out there.
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Big time! Gonna be asking for a pay day! But he has been incredible
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