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 g2k
Messages: 2840
Registered: January 2003
Location: The Hood
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Start pressuring the defence 50 minutes into the most important game of the season.
Nice.
#firebob #screwitjustselltheteam #ownerisacreep
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CrusaderPi
Messages: 7803
Registered: December 2003
Location: AB Highway 100
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| g2k wrote on Tue, 10 May 2022 23:16 |
Start pressuring the defence 50 minutes into the most important game of the season.
Nice.
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Yeah, it was kind of a let down.
Please do not feed the bears. Feeding the bears creates a dependent population unable to survive on their own. Bears.
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nullterm
Messages: 1033
Registered: July 2007
Location: Port Moody, BC
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I know the Kings need one more, but kinda feels like we used up everything we had in games 2 and 3, and the last 10 minutes of this one. Ooof.
Illegitimi non carborundum.
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 Kr55
Messages: 10770
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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Need to get some more overpriced over the hill vets to teach these guys how to win!
"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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Oscargasm
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Registered: May 2009
Location: YEG
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| Kr55 wrote on Tue, 10 May 2022 23:19 |
Need to get some more overpriced over the hill vets to teach these guys how to win!
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Marleau and Getzlaf were just jokes on retiring, right? RIGHT?
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HamBlaster
Messages: 989
Registered: June 2007
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Oilers are done. To arguably the weakest team coming into the playoffs, with injuries to two of their best players... while we have a completely healthy roster.
I hate this organization with a passion now. They never fail to completely disappoint.
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Kr55
Messages: 10770
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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| HamBlaster wrote on Tue, 10 May 2022 23:21 |
Oilers are done. To arguably the weakest team coming into the playoffs, with injuries to two of their best players... while we have a completely healthy roster.
I hate this organization with a passion now. They never fail to completely disappoint.
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I feel like we could be playing Montreal and still be finding ways to lose. This friggin team. Just know how low to set the effort bar to waste any opportunity they get.
"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: 1033
Registered: July 2007
Location: Port Moody, BC
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| Kr55 wrote on Tue, 10 May 2022 22:25 |
| HamBlaster wrote on Tue, 10 May 2022 23:21 |
Oilers are done. To arguably the weakest team coming into the playoffs, with injuries to two of their best players... while we have a completely healthy roster.
I hate this organization with a passion now. They never fail to completely disappoint.
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I feel like we could be playing Montreal and still be finding ways to lose. This friggin team. Just know how low to set the effort bar to waste any opportunity they get.
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This is the most accurate statement about the Oilers anyone could ever make. Whether the opposition is NHL elite or borderline AHL, the Oilers will have equal odds at win or lose.
[Updated on: Tue, 10 May 2022 23:44]
Illegitimi non carborundum.
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Goose
Messages: 1098
Registered: October 2006
Location: Vancouver
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| Kr55 wrote on Tue, 10 May 2022 22:19 |
Need to get some more overpriced over the hill vets to teach these guys how to win!
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I guess we just saw who was a step behind when Keith stepped on the ice for OT. 
Oilers Goal Differential
17/18: 234 GF / 263 GA (-29)
18/19: 232 GF / 274 GA (-42)
19/20 (82 game pace): 257 GF / 254 GA (+3) in 64 games
2021 (82 game pace):269 GF / 235 GA (+34) after 38 games
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K.McC#24
Messages: 2834
Registered: March 2004
Location: ALBERTA
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Lol. Another lesson to throw on the heap of lessons learned for the group.
Sigh.
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| K.McC#24 wrote on Tue, 10 May 2022 23:20 |
Lol. Another lesson to throw on the heap of lessons learned for the group.
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That they never learn.
Fore!
In fairness to Hall, I've wanted to throw a waterbottle at Eakins all season.
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smyth260
Messages: 1081
Registered: November 2007
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If they lose a third series in a row to an inferior team, I am gonna break.
Clean house or bust
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g2k
Messages: 2840
Registered: January 2003
Location: The Hood
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This teams body language even after they come to life reverts back to doubt so quickly.
Fragile as porcelain.
#firebob #screwitjustselltheteam #ownerisacreep
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CrusaderPi
Messages: 7803
Registered: December 2003
Location: AB Highway 100
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| g2k wrote on Tue, 10 May 2022 23:22 |
This teams body language even after they come to life reverts back to doubt so quickly.
Fragile as porcelain.
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With good reason. The team is a poorly constructed balancing act. We know it, the team knows it, everyone know it.
Please do not feed the bears. Feeding the bears creates a dependent population unable to survive on their own. Bears.
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inverno76
Messages: 2342
Registered: September 2005
Location: Prince Albert, Saskatchew...
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Sports suck.
Whatever I can control in my life, I somehow have success. Blind faith? Fail. Oilers disappoint and lottoMax balls never fall in my favour.
We’ve got the next 2 games though. What’s a Cup run without a adversity?
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Oscargasm
Messages: 5911
Registered: May 2009
Location: YEG
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Not only are the Oilers on the brink by … the Kings… they’re on the brink by a Todd McLellan coached team.
Survivor CHAMP S52 | S66
OG's #MUSTWIN Scale
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Kr55
Messages: 10770
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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| Oscargasm wrote on Tue, 10 May 2022 23:26 |
Not only are the Oilers on the brink by … the Kings… they’re on the brink by a Todd McLellan coached team.
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Team Todd is generous and gives you chances to come back. Erased kings leads many times in the series. You gotta actually play still to win though.
"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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Rutuu
Messages: 144
Registered: March 2011
Location: Brisbane
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| Oscargasm wrote on Tue, 10 May 2022 23:26 |
Not only are the Oilers on the brink by … the Kings… they’re on the brink by a Todd McLellan coached team.
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Unfortunately I think the McLellan is a bad coach narrative is one of many that we tell ourselves, that paint over the real problems with the organisation.
Sigh...Oilers in 7.
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Kr55
Messages: 10770
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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| Rutuu wrote on Tue, 10 May 2022 23:33 |
| Oscargasm wrote on Tue, 10 May 2022 23:26 |
Not only are the Oilers on the brink by … the Kings… they’re on the brink by a Todd McLellan coached team.
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Unfortunately I think the McLellan is a bad coach narrative is one of many that we tell ourselves, that paint over the real problems with the organisation.
Sigh...Oilers in 7.
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Todd showed what he was in SJ before he came to Edmonton. Not much changed. Kings fans have the same complaints and will continue to. Beating our sad team that can't show up wouldn't change much.
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"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: 10770
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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| Kr55 wrote on Tue, 10 May 2022 23:33 |
| Rutuu wrote on Tue, 10 May 2022 23:33 |
| Oscargasm wrote on Tue, 10 May 2022 23:26 |
Not only are the Oilers on the brink by … the Kings… they’re on the brink by a Todd McLellan coached team.
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Unfortunately I think the McLellan is a bad coach narrative is one of many that we tell ourselves, that paint over the real problems with the organisation.
Sigh...Oilers in 7.
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Todd showed what he was in SJ before he came to Edmonton. Not much changed. Kings fans have the same complaints and will continue to. Beating our sad team that can't show up wouldn't change much.
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Just to add. Team is still not great. Wouldn't disagree there. Our star acquisition last summer is looking like a buffoon on almost every goal against the last two games.
Todd still gets even less out of this roster if he is still coaching it though.
"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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Rutuu
Messages: 144
Registered: March 2011
Location: Brisbane
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| Kr55 wrote on Tue, 10 May 2022 23:33 |
| Rutuu wrote on Tue, 10 May 2022 23:33 |
| Oscargasm wrote on Tue, 10 May 2022 23:26 |
Not only are the Oilers on the brink by … the Kings… they’re on the brink by a Todd McLellan coached team.
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Unfortunately I think the McLellan is a bad coach narrative is one of many that we tell ourselves, that paint over the real problems with the organisation.
Sigh...Oilers in 7.
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Todd showed what he was in SJ before he came to Edmonton. Not much changed. Kings fans have the same complaints and will continue to. Beating our sad team that can't show up wouldn't change much.
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I can't tell you how to feel, but he gave us our best run and what he's done with a rebuilding Kings this year is impressive.
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Kr55
Messages: 10770
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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| Rutuu wrote on Tue, 10 May 2022 23:56 |
| Kr55 wrote on Tue, 10 May 2022 23:33 |
| Rutuu wrote on Tue, 10 May 2022 23:33 |
| Oscargasm wrote on Tue, 10 May 2022 23:26 |
Not only are the Oilers on the brink by … the Kings… they’re on the brink by a Todd McLellan coached team.
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Unfortunately I think the McLellan is a bad coach narrative is one of many that we tell ourselves, that paint over the real problems with the organisation.
Sigh...Oilers in 7.
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Todd showed what he was in SJ before he came to Edmonton. Not much changed. Kings fans have the same complaints and will continue to. Beating our sad team that can't show up wouldn't change much.
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I can't tell you how to feel, but he gave us our best run and what he's done with a rebuilding Kings this year is impressive.
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He had by a good margin the most balanced Oilers roster we've had since McDavid was an Oiler and sadly ran our goalie into the ground. Also had us choking leads by going into a shell.
Kings retooled in a hurry, for sure. And McLellan loves having good vets to run and motivate the room for him and has a rejuvenated Conn Smythe goalie to ride. He has done well with the underdog theme. Just don't expect too much more. Still poor at adjusting tactics, still prone to toss individuals under the bus when things go bad.
"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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Oscargasm
Messages: 5911
Registered: May 2009
Location: YEG
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I’ve heard Leon say ‘skating legs’, ‘gotta have our skating legs’ a good 3-4 times already in his post gamer.
Survivor CHAMP S52 | S66
OG's #MUSTWIN Scale
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Category 5 - Incredibly Musty
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Kr55
Messages: 10770
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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| Oscargasm wrote on Tue, 10 May 2022 23:31 |
I’ve heard Leon say ‘skating legs’, ‘gotta have our skating legs’ a good 3-4 times already in his post gamer.
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Dustin Brown out there outskating 90% of our team
"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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Oscargasm
Messages: 5911
Registered: May 2009
Location: YEG
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| Kr55 wrote on Tue, 10 May 2022 23:32 |
| Oscargasm wrote on Tue, 10 May 2022 23:31 |
I’ve heard Leon say ‘skating legs’, ‘gotta have our skating legs’ a good 3-4 times already in his post gamer.
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Dustin Brown out there outskating 90% of our team
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90%? That’s a tad low, friend.
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OG's #MUSTWIN Scale
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K.McC#24
Messages: 2834
Registered: March 2004
Location: ALBERTA
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| Oscargasm wrote on Tue, 10 May 2022 23:31 |
I’ve heard Leon say ‘skating legs’, ‘gotta have our skating legs’ a good 3-4 times already in his post gamer.
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Wow there's some irony there.
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g2k
Messages: 2840
Registered: January 2003
Location: The Hood
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| Oscargasm wrote on Tue, 10 May 2022 23:31 |
I’ve heard Leon say ‘skating legs’, ‘gotta have our skating legs’ a good 3-4 times already in his post gamer.
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Doesn’t that omission seem a bit odd at this juncture. Good on him for admitting it, but…
Skating legs.
Is this game 47 of an 82 game season? Feels like the off ramp to nowhere right now.
#firebob #screwitjustselltheteam #ownerisacreep
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Oscargasm
Messages: 5911
Registered: May 2009
Location: YEG
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Leon sounded… sick. Like head cold sick.
Coughing. Sniffling. Sounded congested.
Survivor CHAMP S52 | S66
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Rutuu
Messages: 144
Registered: March 2011
Location: Brisbane
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| Oscargasm wrote on Tue, 10 May 2022 23:34 |
Leon sounded… sick. Like head cold sick.
Coughing. Sniffling. Sounded congested.
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Unfortunately I believe there is a reason we're avoiding the testing requirements by bussing over the border to fly to LA from Seattle.
...and I don't think it has anything to do with Archibald. Boston lost McAvoy to a positive test...could you imagine that happening to the Harts?!
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| Oscargasm wrote on Tue, 10 May 2022 23:34 |
Leon sounded… sick. Like head cold sick.
Coughing. Sniffling. Sounded congested.
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So wired why they would travel as they do. Covid n all
In fairness to Hall, I've wanted to throw a waterbottle at Eakins all season.
~nullterm 03/22/2014
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nullterm
Messages: 1033
Registered: July 2007
Location: Port Moody, BC
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| Slim Jim Phantom Call wrote on Wed, 11 May 2022 00:07 |
| Oscargasm wrote on Tue, 10 May 2022 23:34 |
Leon sounded… sick. Like head cold sick.
Coughing. Sniffling. Sounded congested.
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So wired why they would travel as they do. Covid n all
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If they are sick... then it puts some game 4 post game comments into perspective as well...
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| Slim Jim Phantom Call wrote on Sun, 08 May 2022 22:48 |
Hopefully this is the last game we see from the Conspiracy Kid here. He is brutal as a hockey player and person.
Whole team played like they got lit up last night in Hollywood, but wow is Arch next level.
Sure hope this absolute no show doesn’t bite ‘em, cuz I have a bad feeling about this.
Wow.
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I have no evidence either way, but they were definitely playing like a hungover team.
The only thing they should be drinking until July is water, gatoraide, or whatever fancy health shakes they make. This ain't the 70s/80s anymore.
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Illegitimi non carborundum.
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Mike
Messages: 1397
Registered: August 2005
Location: Moncton, New Brunswick
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Man - what a letdown after the euphoria of games 2 and 3.
And even in this game, 97 took over in the 3rd, but after we tied it up, seems like they stopped playing the last minute of the game. They were lucky to get it to OT, but sadly the domination by the Kings in the last minute of the 3rd continued in the OT. Looked like boys against men for the full 1:12 of OT.
Smith with another sub .900Save% game. None of the goals were super weak, but he was flopping around on the first one and never really got set, the 2nd was just a shot that got by him. 3rd goal, on his belly flopping around and Brown just flips it by him. 4th goal was a nice deflection by Danault that trickled through his legs. And the OT winner was basically a breakaway, so whatever. I don't put the loss on Smith, and he did make a few really nice stops, but that is 2 sub .900 games against a team that throws everything they can on net. It's not good enough.
I'm pretty deflated right now and sadly don't have high hopes for game 6. What happens if we lose to an inferior opponent for the 3rd year in a row? I don't see any super easy fixes other than an upgrade in net, but I'm not sure that'll be enough.
Bah
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Skoobz
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| Oscargasm wrote on Tue, 10 May 2022 23:34 |
Leon sounded… sick. Like head cold sick.
Coughing. Sniffling. Sounded congested.
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Leon sounded EXACTLY like everyone I know who has or recently had covid sounded. Same nasal tone, same dry sparse cough, and apparently, same fatigue level.
"[It was] really cool to throw on the Oilers gear, the gear that I want to play the rest of my life wearing. It was pretty cool to put it on. With all the history, it was a lot of fun." - Connor McDavid, July 1, 2015
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g2k
Messages: 2840
Registered: January 2003
Location: The Hood
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Maybe Matty will ask Smith why he’s so pissy.
We still have a legendary HHOF bullet in the chamber.
#firebob #screwitjustselltheteam #ownerisacreep
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philly boy
Messages: 135
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Location: E-Town
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Glad I don’t watch this team anymore.
They lose this series their should be a mass fan exodus, and a revolt. Truly something remarkable. Cursed franchise. Even if they win, they have no real chance against a capable opponent.
I think they can make things right but it would take ownership to sell the team and/or a deep organizational purge — we’re talking fundamental deconstruction and tear down, with a full ground up rebuild with new blood in hockey ops. Completely unrealistic and probably hasn’t been done before in any sport. I just think the black cloud from the top is so powerful, and stench from the OBC so pungent, that it really will take a complete overhaul for this team to ever win it all, even with McJesus in the fold.
Team needs better D for starters. And maybe some sports psychologists.
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Goose
Messages: 1098
Registered: October 2006
Location: Vancouver
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This game was like a microcosm of the Oilers. Outshot 16-5 in the first period of a must win game at home.
Put McDrai together and magic can happen for short stints, but it's never enough to overcome the deficiencies of this team for an extended period.
Also, it ended in a wash, but I hate the double minor for drawing blood so much. The dumbest penalty in all of sports.
Oilers Goal Differential
17/18: 234 GF / 263 GA (-29)
18/19: 232 GF / 274 GA (-42)
19/20 (82 game pace): 257 GF / 254 GA (+3) in 64 games
2021 (82 game pace):269 GF / 235 GA (+34) after 38 games
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nullterm
Messages: 1033
Registered: July 2007
Location: Port Moody, BC
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| Goose wrote on Tue, 10 May 2022 22:37 |
This game was like a microcosm of the Oilers. Outshot 16-5 in the first period of a must win game at home.
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The shot discrepancy was due to Kings players blocking shots... but that's probably more of a statement that the Kings were willing to give more to win.
Illegitimi non carborundum.
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Oscargasm
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Registered: May 2009
Location: YEG
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Don’t think I could survive a BoA playoff series anyway 😭
Survivor CHAMP S52 | S66
OG's #MUSTWIN Scale
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Oscargasm
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JP benched midway through the 3rd… he’s going to be this off season’s Ethan bear, isn’t he? 😭
I hate this organization.
Survivor CHAMP S52 | S66
OG's #MUSTWIN Scale
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