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Washington @ Edmonton (Game #53) [message #849767] |
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 tardigrade81
Messages: 3924
Registered: November 2022
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan
3 Cups
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Bouch with a monster game
Had loss written all over it, but wow.
What a win. Ugly. But we got it
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PlusOne
Messages: 1722
Registered: July 2006
Location: Regina, Sask
1 Cup
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Brought over from the GDT;
| Kr55 wrote on Sat, 24 January 2026 23:39 |
| PlusOne wrote on Sat, 24 January 2026 21:48 |
| Kr55 wrote on Sat, 24 January 2026 22:29 |
Stastney nice deflection goal now. But past Ingram.
Now someone else on our team almost kicked one in on Jarry. This team is in disarray.
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Stastney seems to have stuff like that happen to him a lot. I dont know if it is bad timing and angles by him or simple bad luck but he has a lot of pucks bounce off of him and towards the net.
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Our bottom 4 D and bottom 6 forward group might collectively be the crappiest looking I’ve seen in years.
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I disagree on the bottom 4 side. I dont think Nurse is as bad as some believe. If he was being paid a couple million less I maintain that a lot of fans would love him. Walman has had a rough time since coming back from injury but I still think he is a good enough second pairing guy.
Bottom 2 is a concern.
They dont even need good play from the bottom half of the roster. The top half is good enough to win with acceptable play by the supporting cast, including goalies.
Survivor LX(I) and 67 Champ(i)on
| CrusaderPi wrote on Thu, 30 January 2020 12:21 |
und(i)sputed O.L.F.N Heavybra(i)n Champ(i)on of the Woooooooooooooooooorld. Plus. One.
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PlusOne
Messages: 1722
Registered: July 2006
Location: Regina, Sask
1 Cup
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| tardigrade81 wrote on Sat, 24 January 2026 23:49 |
Bouch with a monster game
Had loss written all over it, but wow.
What a win. Ugly. But we got it
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Ugly? What did you find ugly?
I thought the team played really good for the most part. Not a perfect game by any stretch but it was far from "ugly". Caps got lucky to get a point.
Survivor LX(I) and 67 Champ(i)on
| CrusaderPi wrote on Thu, 30 January 2020 12:21 |
und(i)sputed O.L.F.N Heavybra(i)n Champ(i)on of the Woooooooooooooooooorld. Plus. One.
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Leia
Messages: 538
Registered: May 2003
Location: England
No Cups
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What was that???
Neither side at it's best, Oilers with an goalie pull yet it's the Caps goalie who lets at least 3 through him. No one wanted to keep a lead for very long. Both teams PP were below average and yet that was a hell of a fun game to watch and a game that if you didn't watch hockey and were watching for some reason would grab your attention and may make you give hockey a chance.
Bouch with a hell of a game, that pass at the end for McDavid whilst being whacked at, was excellent.
Take me home, country road
to the place where I belong
to Alberta, to see the Oilers
take me home, country road
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Kr55
Messages: 12398
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
6 Cups
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| PlusOne wrote on Sat, 24 January 2026 22:51 |
Brought over from the GDT;
| Kr55 wrote on Sat, 24 January 2026 23:39 |
| PlusOne wrote on Sat, 24 January 2026 21:48 |
| Kr55 wrote on Sat, 24 January 2026 22:29 |
Stastney nice deflection goal now. But past Ingram.
Now someone else on our team almost kicked one in on Jarry. This team is in disarray.
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Stastney seems to have stuff like that happen to him a lot. I dont know if it is bad timing and angles by him or simple bad luck but he has a lot of pucks bounce off of him and towards the net.
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Our bottom 4 D and bottom 6 forward group might collectively be the crappiest looking I’ve seen in years.
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I disagree on the bottom 4 side. I dont think Nurse is as bad as some believe. If he was being paid a couple million less I maintain that a lot of fans would love him. Walman has had a rough time since coming back from injury but I still think he is a good enough second pairing guy.
Bottom 2 is a concern.
They dont even need good play from the bottom half of the roster. The top half is good enough to win with acceptable play by the supporting cast, including goalies.
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IMO Nurse is having a rough season. His xGF is his lowest in over half a decade. Lots of our D have had abysmal stats with him, and it even got Stecher traded to went on to be perfectly fine with Toronto (and he was fine here too in his time away from Nurse, but we decided to just ignore that).
Also really strangely he seems to have lost trust to be on the first PK unit. Maybe rightfully so. His xGA/60 on the PK is his highest of his entire career while getting his PK time against 2nd units instead of first units. No idea what happened there, but this has lead to his overall use dropping ~1:30 per game. Not even taking advantage of that elite athletic pedigree anymore. Lowest ice time/game since his 3rd NHL season.
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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