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 tardigrade81
Messages: 2266
Registered: November 2022
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan
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Nurse!!
What a win!
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Ragnarok73
Messages: 2419
Registered: February 2011
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Holy crap, Darnell. Good saves by Jacky-Boy in OT too.
"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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CrusaderPi
Messages: 7804
Registered: December 2003
Location: AB Highway 100
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See? Nothing to worry about.
Please do not feed the bears. Feeding the bears creates a dependent population unable to survive on their own. Bears.
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Kr55
Messages: 10779
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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Campbell first star. No question. Made the "KEY SAVES"
"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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Mike
Messages: 1397
Registered: August 2005
Location: Moncton, New Brunswick
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| Kr55 wrote on Tue, 21 March 2023 01:31 |
Campbell first star. No question. Made the "KEY SAVES"
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Nah man - Kr55 for first star. You were on fire in the GDT. 
I don't trust going into the playoffs with Campbell as our backup. That was his 7th game in a row below .900. .856 overall during that stretch. He's given up 4 or more 6 times in a row ("only" 3 7 games ago). Gives him a 4.62 AA over his last 7 games. .850% and 4.9GAA over his last 6.  Overall, amongst goalies who've played 20 or more games, he's 53rd (of 57) in save % (.882) and 51st in GAA with 3.57. All the guys below him? All on non playoffs teams (CHI, BUF, ANA, SJS, VAN, CBJ). Any decent guys in Bakersfield we could bring up? Are we allowed to sign FAs? With Campbell it's not just the numbers - he just really does not look comfortable back there at all, and he's looking awfully small back there for someone who is 6'3".
Anyway - we got 2 points, so yay! Not thrilled to see the Kings win, but always fun to see the Flames get thrashed.
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oilfan94
Messages: 410
Registered: June 2006
Location: USA
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| Mike wrote on Tue, 21 March 2023 09:01 |
| Kr55 wrote on Tue, 21 March 2023 01:31 |
Campbell first star. No question. Made the "KEY SAVES"
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Nah man - Kr55 for first star. You were on fire in the GDT.
I don't trust going into the playoffs with Campbell as our backup. That was his 7th game in a row below .900. .856 overall during that stretch. He's given up 4 or more 6 times in a row ("only" 3 7 games ago). Gives him a 4.62 AA over his last 7 games. .850% and 4.9GAA over his last 6. Overall, amongst goalies who've played 20 or more games, he's 53rd (of 57) in save % (.882) and 51st in GAA with 3.57. All the guys below him? All on non playoffs teams (CHI, BUF, ANA, SJS, VAN, CBJ). Any decent guys in Bakersfield we could bring up? Are we allowed to sign FAs? With Campbell it's not just the numbers - he just really does not look comfortable back there at all, and he's looking awfully small back there for someone who is 6'3".
Anyway - we got 2 points, so yay! Not thrilled to see the Kings win, but always fun to see the Flames get thrashed.
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Fun fact, you can actually sign a free agent after the trade deadline, but he would not be allowed to play in the playoffs. Biggest example I can think of was when Marty Turco signed with the Bruins after the deadline in 2012. Rask was injured for a few weeks and Tim Thomas, as good as he was, was not the kind of goalie that could play a lot of games in a row unless it was playoffs. So Turco was brought in as a stop gap (but if you look at the stats, they probably should have just let Khudobin play more that season instead).
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g2k
Messages: 2840
Registered: January 2003
Location: The Hood
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Nurse gets her done!
2 points.
#firebob #screwitjustselltheteam #ownerisacreep
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Skookum Jim
Messages: 4421
Registered: March 2006
Location: Burnaby, BC
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Imagine if we could swap Reimer for Campbell.
Campbell lets in 7 pucks.. 0.788 save %
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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Skookum Jim
Messages: 4421
Registered: March 2006
Location: Burnaby, BC
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First star of the the game is the Oilers Video Review Team.⭐
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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Kr55
Messages: 10779
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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| Skookum Jim wrote on Mon, 20 March 2023 22:33 |
Imagine if we could swap Reimer for Campbell.
Campbell lets in 7 pucks.. 0.788 save %
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Beat 8 times total. Wins 5-4.
That's not luck, it's skill.
"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: 4421
Registered: March 2006
Location: Burnaby, BC
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| Kr55 wrote on Mon, 20 March 2023 21:45 |
| Skookum Jim wrote on Mon, 20 March 2023 22:33 |
Imagine if we could swap Reimer for Campbell.
Campbell lets in 7 pucks.. 0.788 save %
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Beat 8 times total. Wins 5-4.
That's not luck, it's skill.
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was it 8?
I only recall 3 called back?
[Updated on: Mon, 20 March 2023 22:57]
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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Kr55
Messages: 10779
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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| Skookum Jim wrote on Mon, 20 March 2023 22:52 |
| Kr55 wrote on Mon, 20 March 2023 21:45 |
| Skookum Jim wrote on Mon, 20 March 2023 22:33 |
Imagine if we could swap Reimer for Campbell.
Campbell lets in 7 pucks.. 0.788 save %
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Beat 8 times total. Wins 5-4.
That's not luck, it's skill.
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was it 8?
I only recall 3 called back?
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I'm being mean and including the one Ceci saved :)
"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: 4421
Registered: March 2006
Location: Burnaby, BC
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| Kr55 wrote on Mon, 20 March 2023 21:52 |
| Skookum Jim wrote on Mon, 20 March 2023 22:52 |
| Kr55 wrote on Mon, 20 March 2023 21:45 |
| Skookum Jim wrote on Mon, 20 March 2023 22:33 |
Imagine if we could swap Reimer for Campbell.
Campbell lets in 7 pucks.. 0.788 save %
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Beat 8 times total. Wins 5-4.
That's not luck, it's skill.
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was it 8?
I only recall 3 called back?
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I'm being mean and including the one Ceci saved :)
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OK.. you can't count that one!
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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Kr55
Messages: 10779
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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| Skookum Jim wrote on Mon, 20 March 2023 22:56 |
| Kr55 wrote on Mon, 20 March 2023 21:52 |
| Skookum Jim wrote on Mon, 20 March 2023 22:52 |
| Kr55 wrote on Mon, 20 March 2023 21:45 |
| Skookum Jim wrote on Mon, 20 March 2023 22:33 |
Imagine if we could swap Reimer for Campbell.
Campbell lets in 7 pucks.. 0.788 save %
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Beat 8 times total. Wins 5-4.
That's not luck, it's skill.
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was it 8?
I only recall 3 called back?
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I'm being mean and including the one Ceci saved :)
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OK.. you can't count that one!
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I'm counting it! Because only 1/2 the times he was beat counting sounds so much more amazing :)
Reviews and Ceci saving the day were all part of the plan leading up to the key saves to close out the 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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NetBOG
Messages: 2951
Registered: January 2006
Location: Parts Unknown
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Reimer should have a lot of PRIDE in his game tonight
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Skookum Jim
Messages: 4421
Registered: March 2006
Location: Burnaby, BC
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| NetBOG wrote on Mon, 20 March 2023 21:34 |
Reimer should have a lot of PRIDE in his game tonight
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He's not a proudful fellow.
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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NetBOG
Messages: 2951
Registered: January 2006
Location: Parts Unknown
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Did they just say Wednesday is a home game with an 8:52 PM start? How does the league think thats ok? Both teams are on mountain time.
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Skookum Jim
Messages: 4421
Registered: March 2006
Location: Burnaby, BC
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| NetBOG wrote on Mon, 20 March 2023 21:37 |
Did they just say Wednesday is a home game with an 8:52 PM start? How does the league think that's ok? Both teams are on mountain time.
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I checked Oilers schedule.. you are correct .. 8:30 MTN Wednesday.. and 8:00 MTN Saturday vs. Vegas.
NHL couldn't care less about the Oiler fan base.
When is the last time a USA team has played at 8:30 PM on home ice?
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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CrusaderPi
Messages: 7804
Registered: December 2003
Location: AB Highway 100
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| Skookum Jim wrote on Mon, 20 March 2023 22:42 |
| NetBOG wrote on Mon, 20 March 2023 21:37 |
Did they just say Wednesday is a home game with an 8:52 PM start? How does the league think that's ok? Both teams are on mountain time.
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I checked Oilers schedule.. you are correct .. 8:30 MTN Wednesday.. and 8:00 MTN Saturday vs. Vegas.
NHL couldn't care less about the Oiler fan base.
When is the last time a USA team has played at 8:30 PM on home ice?
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That's the Wednesday night national tv broadcast start time fir the second game. All season it's been like this. It is silly because the ESPN / TNT between game show is awful, but it's nothing new.
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: 2343
Registered: September 2005
Location: Prince Albert, Saskatchew...
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| CrusaderPi wrote on Mon, 20 March 2023 22:52 |
| Skookum Jim wrote on Mon, 20 March 2023 22:42 |
| NetBOG wrote on Mon, 20 March 2023 21:37 |
Did they just say Wednesday is a home game with an 8:52 PM start? How does the league think that's ok? Both teams are on mountain time.
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I checked Oilers schedule.. you are correct .. 8:30 MTN Wednesday.. and 8:00 MTN Saturday vs. Vegas.
NHL couldn't care less about the Oiler fan base.
When is the last time a USA team has played at 8:30 PM on home ice?
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That's the Wednesday night national tv broadcast start time fir the second game. All season it's been like this. It is silly because the ESPN / TNT between game show is awful, but it's nothing new.
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I’m travelling to BC on Wednesday. I approve.
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Skookum Jim
Messages: 4421
Registered: March 2006
Location: Burnaby, BC
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| CrusaderPi wrote on Mon, 20 March 2023 21:52 |
| Skookum Jim wrote on Mon, 20 March 2023 22:42 |
| NetBOG wrote on Mon, 20 March 2023 21:37 |
Did they just say Wednesday is a home game with an 8:52 PM start? How does the league think that's ok? Both teams are on mountain time.
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I checked Oilers schedule.. you are correct .. 8:30 MTN Wednesday.. and 8:00 MTN Saturday vs. Vegas.
NHL couldn't care less about the Oiler fan base.
When is the last time a USA team has played at 8:30 PM on home ice?
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That's the Wednesday night national tv broadcast start time fir the second game. All season it's been like this. It is silly because the ESPN / TNT between game show is awful, but it's nothing new.
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Still be interested to see when a USA team has played at 8:30PM on home ice. ?
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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CrusaderPi
Messages: 7804
Registered: December 2003
Location: AB Highway 100
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| Skookum Jim wrote on Mon, 20 March 2023 22:58 |
| CrusaderPi wrote on Mon, 20 March 2023 21:52 |
| Skookum Jim wrote on Mon, 20 March 2023 22:42 |
| NetBOG wrote on Mon, 20 March 2023 21:37 |
Did they just say Wednesday is a home game with an 8:52 PM start? How does the league think that's ok? Both teams are on mountain time.
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I checked Oilers schedule.. you are correct .. 8:30 MTN Wednesday.. and 8:00 MTN Saturday vs. Vegas.
NHL couldn't care less about the Oiler fan base.
When is the last time a USA team has played at 8:30 PM on home ice?
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That's the Wednesday night national tv broadcast start time fir the second game. All season it's been like this. It is silly because the ESPN / TNT between game show is awful, but it's nothing new.
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Still be interested to see when a USA team has played at 8:30PM on home ice. ?
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Ninja edit!
Updating this because research is best done on my "lunch hour". The normal start time for the second game of the Wednesday TNT doubleheader is 7:30 or 8 pm mountain (why the NHL doesn't pick one and forces their fans to find games is beyond me). This week's second games seems to have a later start because the first game is in Denver at 6 local time. Which is a ridiculous premise on its own.
There have been a couple 8:30 (8:52) starts this year because of the Wednesday national broadcast. St. Louis got one. Minny and Dallas got 2. I think it's safe to say the NHL hates fans, but not one set of fans in particular.
https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nhl/news/tnt-nhl-broadcast-s chedule-analysts-hosts-2022-23-season/naj5jwiugbapt6jbvwjmpd qh
[Updated on: Tue, 21 March 2023 13:37]
Please do not feed the bears. Feeding the bears creates a dependent population unable to survive on their own. Bears.
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Skookum Jim
Messages: 4421
Registered: March 2006
Location: Burnaby, BC
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| CrusaderPi wrote on Tue, 21 March 2023 12:26 |
| Skookum Jim wrote on Mon, 20 March 2023 22:58 |
| CrusaderPi wrote on Mon, 20 March 2023 21:52 |
| Skookum Jim wrote on Mon, 20 March 2023 22:42 |
| NetBOG wrote on Mon, 20 March 2023 21:37 |
Did they just say Wednesday is a home game with an 8:52 PM start? How does the league think that's ok? Both teams are on mountain time.
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I checked Oilers schedule.. you are correct .. 8:30 MTN Wednesday.. and 8:00 MTN Saturday vs. Vegas.
NHL couldn't care less about the Oiler fan base.
When is the last time a USA team has played at 8:30 PM on home ice?
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That's the Wednesday night national tv broadcast start time fir the second game. All season it's been like this. It is silly because the ESPN / TNT between game show is awful, but it's nothing new.
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Still be interested to see when a USA team has played at 8:30PM on home ice. ?
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Ninja edit!
Updating this because research is best done on my "lunch hour". The normal start time for the second game of the Wednesday TNT doubleheader is 7:30 or 8 pm mountain (why the NHL doesn't pick one and forces their fans to find games is beyond me). This week's second games seems to have a later start because the first game is in Denver at 6 local time. Which is a ridiculous premise on its own.
There have been a couple 8:30 (8:52) starts this year because of the Wednesday national broadcast. St. Louis got one. Minny and Dallas got 2. I think it's safe to say the NHL hates fans, but not one set of fans in particular.
https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nhl/news/tnt-nhl-broadcast-s chedule-analysts-hosts-2022-23-season/naj5jwiugbapt6jbvwjmpd qh
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I noticed Chicago got one as well on a Wednesday.. game finished at 11:30pm.. people likely getting home at 1am.. yeah those ticket holders should get FREE beer and burgers, paid by the NHL.. Bettman Beers & Burgers!
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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K.McC#24
Messages: 2834
Registered: March 2004
Location: ALBERTA
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Dear God that was some kind of 3rd period and OT.
Oilers had to have had maybe 10 huge chances in the final frame and how many in half an OT. Shouldnt have gotten to OT, but oh well.
They won in spite of Jack Campbell and some abysmal coverage in their zone. Jack maybe gets 2 more starts imo. He let 7 in. The staff absolutely has to crack down on the coverage, because a garbage team just exposed them.
Ekholm is a godsend. Nurse I thought didnt play very well until the GWG.
Calgary just soiling the sheets against LA on the one night I want a w.
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Skookum Jim
Messages: 4421
Registered: March 2006
Location: Burnaby, BC
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| K.McC#24 wrote on Mon, 20 March 2023 21:44 |
..The staff absolutely has to crack down on the coverage, because a garbage team just exposed them.
Ekholm is a godsend. Nurse I thought didnt play very well until the GWG.
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Same problem all year.. I've never seen a team's defensemen both converge on to one side of the ice so many times on a rush.. leaving a free guy wide open going down the middle behind them.. its like they have zero peripheral vision..
Happened on the E65 goal where both % and 25 converge on 2 SJ forwards and the puck is slid out to a wide open E65.. same thing happened with Broberg and Kulak.. except I think Broberg was on the his correct side, where he was supposed to be, and Kulak had come all the way across from the his side to the opposite boards.. SJ player goes behind both of them.. scores.
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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Kr55
Messages: 10779
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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One day Bouch will shoot when there is a golden opportunity. Still some confidence left to build in his offensive game at the NHL level.
"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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inverno76
Messages: 2343
Registered: September 2005
Location: Prince Albert, Saskatchew...
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Ekholm is unreal. A great interviewer too.
Campbell still sucks and this team can play sloppy Junior hockey at the bat of an eyelash. “We played some goo….playoff teams lately and I think we treated this game like an exhale” ~ EK14
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Mike
Messages: 1397
Registered: August 2005
Location: Moncton, New Brunswick
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| inverno76 wrote on Tue, 21 March 2023 01:55 |
Ekholm is unreal. A great interviewer too.
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He's a stud. Any doubt he's our #1? 10P, 9 points, +15 - not a single game in the minuses so far. Let's hope it continues for the length of his deal.
And how good is Karlsson? Even in his "down" years in San Jose where he was sharing the minutes with Burns, he was almost a 55 point Dman (paces of 70, 59, 35, and 57). And then this year? Just wow. I would have no problem seeing the Oilers add him if they could find a way to make it happen. I think his defensive deficiencies are overblown - his zone exits are probably the best of his generation, both skating it out and moving it up with control to his forwards. And the guy has a chance to hit 100 points this year. As a Dman!
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Skookum Jim
Messages: 4421
Registered: March 2006
Location: Burnaby, BC
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Has to be said, whatever those Oiler video review dudes are getting paid.. its not enough! 
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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nullterm
Messages: 1034
Registered: July 2007
Location: Port Moody, BC
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Ekholm ties it up twice.
Nurse puts it away.
Ceci with a goal line save.
Dmen winning the most exciting game of the year.
Illegitimi non carborundum.
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RDOilerfan
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It wasn't pretty but they won. Style points mean nothing to me, just win the game.
Holy man Ekholm is good. I knew he was a good player but I had no idea he was this good.
Bjugstad looks like he fits in seamlessly.
The Oilers need to double their video review guys salary and make sure he never leaves.
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Dragon_Matt
Messages: 766
Registered: January 2009
Location: edmonton
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All we needed was a hail mary pass to Nurse... between the red line and their blue line... Why was our D-man there??? I mean... he scored... so good. but why was he an option for that play?
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Adam
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Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
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| Dragon_Matt wrote on Tue, 21 March 2023 11:28 |
All we needed was a hail mary pass to Nurse... between the red line and their blue line... Why was our D-man there??? I mean... he scored... so good. but why was he an option for that play?
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3v3 - people are going to be fluid as to where they are on the ice.
It's funny, people always seem surprised about activating defence still. Too many people who still think back to the very structured view of systems that they learned in minor hockey, but it's a little more advanced at the pro level, and more advanced now than it's ever been.
The Oilers in the 1980s were pioneers in this - they tried to turn every situation in to an out-man chance, which involves taking some risk, but creates opportunities too. It's come a long way from there too - especially with great skating defencemen. They are going to jump up regularly, and then race to get back. You're just not going to see NHL teams where the two defencemen just stay back passively and prepare to defend all the time.
"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
#FireBobbyNicks
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Dragon_Matt
Messages: 766
Registered: January 2009
Location: edmonton
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I'm not surprised about activating defense. I'm surprised that they had possession in our zone and Nurse was already behind them looking for a pass. They lost possession and we retrieved. It was lucky, not expected.
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NZ Oiler Fan
Messages: 1189
Registered: October 2006
Location: Kensington, PEI
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| Dragon_Matt wrote on Tue, 21 March 2023 14:28 |
All we needed was a hail mary pass to Nurse... between the red line and their blue line... Why was our D-man there??? I mean... he scored... so good. but why was he an option for that play?
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I assumed he'd just come on the ice on a line change, but I'd have to re-watch to see for sure.
Why we'd be on a line change when the opposition had the puck deep in our zone is beyond me though, but then our decision making in certain situations also boggles my mind, so there's that.
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Dragon_Matt
Messages: 766
Registered: January 2009
Location: edmonton
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Just re-watched the highlights. Nurse was in our end defending the shark that flubbed the puck into the corner from the opposite side faceoff circle. As soon as the shark let it go, he took off towards center ice with no certainty we'd gain control.
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kungpaobenji27
Messages: 340
Registered: August 2003
Location: Irving, Texas
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Bizarre game...stopped watching at the first intermission so that I could take somebody to the airport.....
90 minutes pass...and I get back on time to watch the last 15 minutes of the third. Interesting how waived off goals will cause those delays.
Sharks PK along with Reimer performed very well last night...no wonder they're ranked 6th at killing those penalties.
-I don't think 97 and 29 were as sharp as they wanted to be all night
-Crazy to see how depth scoring/Dmen chipping in with goals still resulted in a OT win opposed to a more convincing victory
-Really don't know what it is with Campbell...he played quite well in January till about mid-Feb and has managed to implode yet again. So I guess this is what the pundits meant when referring to him as a career streaky goaltender
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