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Calgary @ Edmonton (Game #30) [message #724394] |
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 Kr55
Messages: 10777
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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I dunno if it's the goalie looking solid, or the players not looking like they are in full panic mode constantly, or both, but that was a lot easier to watch than a usual Oilers defending a lead finish.
"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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Adam
Messages: 7176
Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
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| Kr55 wrote on Sun, 09 December 2018 21:35 |
I dunno if it's the goalie looking solid, or the players not looking like they are in full panic mode constantly, or both, but that was a lot easier to watch than a usual Oilers defending a lead finish.
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Interesting thing is that seemed like a fairly easy shutout...I don't remember too many times when he was really tested. The team played really solid defence tonight. Lots of strips on the backcheck. That Kassian one on Monahan was awesome.
"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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Kr55
Messages: 10777
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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| Adam wrote on Sun, 09 December 2018 21:38 |
| Kr55 wrote on Sun, 09 December 2018 21:35 |
I dunno if it's the goalie looking solid, or the players not looking like they are in full panic mode constantly, or both, but that was a lot easier to watch than a usual Oilers defending a lead finish.
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Interesting thing is that seemed like a fairly easy shutout...I don't remember too many times when he was really tested. The team played really solid defence tonight. Lots of strips on the backcheck. That Kassian one on Monahan was awesome.
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Definitely needed more from those PP's. Hitch seems to have made that point clear, and obviously something to focus on.
Team definitely lost a lot of their intensity in the 3rd, but damn, the support around the net and the defensive pressure was on point still. That usually goes totally out the window with this group when the going gets tough.
"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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nullterm
Messages: 1034
Registered: July 2007
Location: Port Moody, BC
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Hitch Oilers playing far more consistent and structured. Way less panic. A lot more support from each other both during play and after whistles. I love it.
Illegitimi non carborundum.
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Kr55
Messages: 10777
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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| nullterm wrote on Sun, 09 December 2018 21:42 |
Hitch Oilers playing far more consistent and structured. Way less panic. A lot more support from each other both during play and after whistles. I love it.
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One thing of note, Tkachuk was really running around like a donkey in the 3rd. He was trying really damn hard to try to get the Oilers chasing him again.
I wonder what this team would have done in this 3rd under McLellan.
"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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Leia
Messages: 410
Registered: May 2003
Location: England
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| Kr55 wrote on Sun, 09 December 2018 21:35 |
I dunno if it's the goalie looking solid, or the players not looking like they are in full panic mode constantly, or both, but that was a lot easier to watch than a usual Oilers defending a lead finish.
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Koskinen is doing a fine job, but he's not the most stylish netminder we've had. It's ugly but effective. Talking of ugly hello PP our old friend, what the heck was that about, we just seemed to forget how the handle the puck let alone control a zone.
That aside, a win's a win and we are defending so much better than previously, which gives us a platform to win tight one goal games. With the 3rd and 4th lines now having a much more defined role, and performing to it as they did tonight, we are able to look so much better than we have done for quite some time now.
Still some poor no calls, but the one that mattered counted in our favour with the goal being wiped off, so I'll excuse a couple of calls not going our way for that.
Take me home, country road
to the place where I belong
to Alberta, to see the Oilers
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g2k
Messages: 2840
Registered: January 2003
Location: The Hood
2 Cups
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Another shutout in Rogers for Koskinen. That’s 3.
#firebob #screwitjustselltheteam #ownerisacreep
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Ragnarok73
Messages: 2419
Registered: February 2011
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The only bad thing about the game tonight was the PP being completely ineffective. Always good to beat the #%*}}{ Flames.
"There's no greater springboard to development than failure." - Craig MacTavish, April 13/15.
5-14-6-1
"Sabres think the suck is their ally? They merely adopted the suck. The Oilers were born in it...molded by it."
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CrudeRemarks
Messages: 1703
Registered: November 2010
Location: Edmonton
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| g2k wrote on Sun, 09 December 2018 21:35 |
Another shutout in Rogers for Koskinen. That’s 3.
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Single season record is 8. He should break that by February eh?
You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you just might find, you can get a lottery pick.
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K.McC#24
Messages: 2834
Registered: March 2004
Location: ALBERTA
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Huge.
That's what a neutral zone trap looks like when you're locking it down. Thats what puck retrievals in your own zone looks like, for most of the game. I would rather have seen some more offence, but I think Hitch has assessed his D and this is the way to win hockey games. Oilers took away a lot of pucks in the neutral zone at times tonight.
Very nice night for Koskinen. Co-MVP in my books stepping in and delivering when they needed him. Hopefully Talbot can keep his recent play.
I'm giving this a MOGA.
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NetBOG
Messages: 2951
Registered: January 2006
Location: Parts Unknown
2 Cups
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Oilers Win
Vegas Win
Ducks Win (Taylor Hall is such a frigging loser)
Oilers still in a tie for 3rd in Pacific/2nd Wildcard. Just gotta keep winning and maybe we can get some separation.
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Kr55
Messages: 10777
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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| NetBOG wrote on Sun, 09 December 2018 21:58 |
Oilers Win
Vegas Win
Ducks Win (Taylor Hall is such a frigging loser)
Oilers still in a tie for 3rd in Pacific/2nd Wildcard. Just gotta keep winning and maybe we can get some separation.
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hehe, Hall on the ice 2 GF, 1 GA.
Hall off the ice, 3 GF, 4 GA.
He's an Oiler again. I will be somewhat satisfied when he bails on NJ. I really don't see him staying long term on a budget team, spinning his wheels. At least don't have to see any more NJ fans cocky about the trade.
"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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WhoreableGuy
Messages: 592
Registered: August 2006
Location: Calgary
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MOGA!
Drai looked drunk out there. Keep it rolling into Colorado!
"Bah Gawd! Would somebody stop the damn draft!"
- Jim Ross calling the NHL Draft Lotto 2015 as the Oilers win
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Kr55
Messages: 10777
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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| WhoreableGuy wrote on Sun, 09 December 2018 22:17 |
MOGA!
Drai looked drunk out there. Keep it rolling into Colorado!
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Drai played 24:30 tonight. Vs McDavid's 21:30.
Hope Hitch knows what he's doing with Drai. He's been getting big minutes for that big body.
"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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Skookum Jim
Messages: 4419
Registered: March 2006
Location: Burnaby, BC
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| Kr55 wrote on Sun, 09 December 2018 21:27 |
| WhoreableGuy wrote on Sun, 09 December 2018 22:17 |
MOGA!
Drai looked drunk out there. Keep it rolling into Colorado!
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Drai played 24:30 tonight. Vs McDavid's 21:30.
Hope Hitch knows what he's doing with Drai. He's been getting big minutes for that big body.
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If that's the case (I think Hitch had LD on the PK), then its showing in LD's energy level. He has a tendency to get the puck in the O-zone, then stops with the puck to look around for a pass, but while he does, he stops moving his feet and the Defense close in, forcing him into a bad pass, or cough-up. Needs to keep moving.
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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Babaganoosh2.0
Messages: 396
Registered: December 2018
Location: Southern AB
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Been away awhile. Someone want to tell me what the hell MOGA is?
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inverno76
Messages: 2343
Registered: September 2005
Location: Prince Albert, Saskatchew...
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| Babaganoosh2.0 wrote on Mon, 10 December 2018 01:18 |
Been away awhile. Someone want to tell me what the hell MOGA is?
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Make Oilers Great Again
I was the same as you and had to ask.
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 CrusaderPi
Messages: 7804
Registered: December 2003
Location: AB Highway 100
6 Cups
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| inverno76 wrote on Mon, 10 December 2018 08:05 |
| Babaganoosh2.0 wrote on Mon, 10 December 2018 01:18 |
Been away awhile. Someone want to tell me what the hell MOGA is?
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Make Oilers Great Again
I was the same as you and had to ask.
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The alternative slogan for this season was "the Oilers just aren't ready; great hair though."
Please do not feed the bears. Feeding the bears creates a dependent population unable to survive on their own. Bears.
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K.McC#24
Messages: 2834
Registered: March 2004
Location: ALBERTA
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| Skookum Jim wrote on Mon, 10 December 2018 00:13 |
| Kr55 wrote on Sun, 09 December 2018 21:27 |
| WhoreableGuy wrote on Sun, 09 December 2018 22:17 |
MOGA!
Drai looked drunk out there. Keep it rolling into Colorado!
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Drai played 24:30 tonight. Vs McDavid's 21:30.
Hope Hitch knows what he's doing with Drai. He's been getting big minutes for that big body.
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If that's the case (I think Hitch had LD on the PK), then its showing in LD's energy level. He has a tendency to get the puck in the O-zone, then stops with the puck to look around for a pass, but while he does, he stops moving his feet and the Defense close in, forcing him into a bad pass, or cough-up. Needs to keep moving.
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LD is so talented and yet he's probably the guy I yell at most watching a game. You see him just hauling ass on that breakout where Connor scored the goal, then you see possession on the RW 5x5 and on the PP where he just gets lazy with his feet, coasts, grinds to a near halt...painting himself into a corner. Then the cutiepie or blind prayer pass for a turnove...or sometime a great feed. The young man could be great, among the top half dozen forwards in the game because you can see that in him...you get glimpses. Sometimes he's really motivated on the backcheck and you see a beauty of a defensive play and an opportunity going the other way, but sometimes not so much.
I do think he loses his legs as the game goes on, you can see that forced stride when he's trying to get off at the end of a shift. I don't know if you need him on the PK. If someone can get into his mind and manage him properly, it's the difference between a star player who can finish with Connor and a superstar. I think some of these traits are what's keeping him from being a 2nd line center right now. He's young though and he can evolve. Hope he does.
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Skookum Jim
Messages: 4419
Registered: March 2006
Location: Burnaby, BC
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BIG FREAKING MOGA ! Yeah. BABY.  
Solid game. Happy time. Hopefully this loss inspires the Cow-flames to hit the skids.
Gravel playing really well, working his way up the ladder. Lucic, Kassian, Brodziak work horses out there, playing smart and HARD, shift after shift. Great hit by Lucic on Hamonic. Makes me happy to see flames hitting the ice.
Zytkov looking like a player, quicker feet than I was expecting, plays smart, and works along the wall well. We'll see if he has a shot in the weeks to come.
Nuge is nuging it. McD is getting scarier every game, an unstoppable force. I think part of the problem now is that poor Leon isn't in good enough shape to keep up to the minutes McD can put out, LD seems to lag for stretches of the game.
Koskinen is playing unreal. Now 8-2-1, and a solid 0.928.
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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overdue
Messages: 493
Registered: October 2014
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One nothing for most of the game. Pretty tense at the end there but they pulled it off mainly thanks to Koskinen but also a solid defensive game by the entire team. I liked the way they kept their cool this time when the two flames sh... disturbers went to work to try to get them off their game and take a stupid pentalty or two. Bennet ends up in the box for running Koskinen so it backfired on them this time.( Not that our power play was dangerous ) Big win to keep us in the race. The team is learning to not get rattled in tight games which will go a long way if they make the playoffs. Hitchcock is putting certain players in a situation to gain confidence and get better. I like how he uses some of the 4th line guys on the second pp unit. This is team building.
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GabbyDugan
Messages: 828
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton, AB
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.....a great win in the Battle of Alberta....excellent goaltending, good defense, and I would say Hitchcock outcoached Peters....
...it helped the Oilers that Calgary was missing a few key players, especially Giordano, their captain and possible Norris candidate...also, Calgary was playing their third game in four nights...
...I thought the defense was very solid...even the third pairing of Gravel and Benning seems to be getting better each game....
...I actually liked the way the referees called the game...could have been a parade to the penalty box all night long, bit the zebras let them play...in a game like that ,it was a good way to handle things...
...good to see Puljujarvi contributing...he's going to be okay...
...frustrated a bit by Draisaitl...this is the guy who almost singlehandedly got Germany qualified for the Olympics and ended up playing about 100 energetic and high performance games that season....he does get the scoring chances, but sure muffs a lot of those golden opportunities McDavid gives him...
....got to get that power play going...I agree that just putting McDavid out there as much as possible isn't quite the answer...need some guys who shoot first,ask questions later...pretty passes are cute, but I hate cute...
.....any one seen Chiarelli lately???....
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Kr55
Messages: 10777
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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| GabbyDugan wrote on Mon, 10 December 2018 11:06 |
.....any one seen Chiarelli lately???....
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If the team keeps rolling under Hitch, my money is on a Kevin Lowe appearance to talk about how he pushed the idea to make this coaching change :)
"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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Kr55
Messages: 10777
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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Play of the game
"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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K.McC#24
Messages: 2834
Registered: March 2004
Location: ALBERTA
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Lol there were a couple good shots on the telecast of Jockey nearly in tears on the Calgary bench. Still a child.
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