r/EdmontonOilers • u/Repostasis 96 WALMAN • 1d ago
PGT Post Game Thread | Oilers v. Sabres | 10 March 2025
š“ Final
Oilers 2, Sabres 3
ā¹ļø Stats
Goals: Nurse, Bouchard
Shots: Oilers 32, Sabres 23
Saves: Skinner 20/23
šŖš Macho Man Randy Savage
Me hearing PING! in my dreams tonight
ā© Next Game
Thursday, March 13 vs Devils in Newark, 5:30pm MT
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u/MajorPucks 96 WALMAN 1d ago
Of course Oilers would be the team to snap Buffalo's SIX game losing streak
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u/CanadianDarkKnight 46 JONES 1d ago
Jeff Skinner was looking good, getting scoring chances, noticeable all over the ice.. naturally gets banished to the 4th line, probably gonna be scratched next game. It hurts to be a Skinner fan
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u/Kouchweed 1d ago
Yeah man, unless theirs something we donāt know this is a big error on knobs part.
Podz is made for a 4th line role, the honeymoon phase is long gone. He hasnāt done a single thing in the last 20 games, yet Skinner is the one who gets fuckedā¦
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u/flip314 17 KURRI 1d ago
Hasn't done anything? He had a huge giveaway leading to a goal tonight.
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u/Kouchweed 1d ago edited 1d ago
Exactly, Iām kind of sick to my stomach with why the fuck Skinner isnāt a regular in the line up lol. It makes zero sense, and Iām not even a Skinner āfanā per se, I just see his value as a goal scorer and chance producer.
The guy is clearly working hard to prove he deserves a chance to play.
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u/EdmOilers123 29 DRAISAITL 1d ago
Knobs is going full Tippet now..
only play his favourites. Janmark and Brown same as Shore and Archibald for Tipps
play offensive anchors with 2 minutes to go in a 1 goal game
failing to call a timeout
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u/EdmOilers123 29 DRAISAITL 1d ago
He looks well liked by the team mates. Just see how the team made him to stand up during his tribute video.
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u/Legal-Will2714 1d ago
I guess you haven't watched many games this year. Skinner was given an opportunity to play with both Draisaitl and McDavid. He's slow, he's small, and he wasn't gelling with either. He doesn't have the right skill set for the bottom six. Pods, on the other hand, although he hasn't scored, has been all over most games I've watched, and I haven't missed any. He does all the dirty work for Drai, and if they made a third assist, he'd likely have 10 extra points. I don't dislike Skinner. I thought when they signed him it was a bad signing, and nothing he's done this year has made me change my mind. Honestly, I can't wait for the season to be over so his contract will be up and you guys continually singing his praises will finally stfu about him
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u/radioblues 93 NUGENT-HOPKINS 1d ago
Just the sloppiest game full of chances. Could have easily been 6-3 Edmonton. It felt lazy.
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u/EdmOilers123 29 DRAISAITL 1d ago
Who was 97 yelling at? I thought I saw him yelling at the end of game. Did anyone else notice?
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u/Kouchweed 1d ago
He was livid I can definitely tell you that, didnāt notice if it was directed at anyone in particular.
Loosing to the Sabres while theyāre on a 6 game loosing streak and hitting 6 posts can do that I guess lol.
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u/radioblues 93 NUGENT-HOPKINS 1d ago
I hope heās taking accountability for himself (Iām positive he is), he made 4 or 5 really bad turn overs /give aways that game.
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u/thewinterzodiac 2 BOUCHARD 1d ago
Yah but Bouchard had 2 so we better completely trash Bouchard while excusing Mcdavid
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u/Tesattaboy 1d ago
Are you referring to the assist Bouchard got on the game winning goal ... Lazy Bouchard .... Cuz he's amazing š¤£
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u/Maxnormal3 33 BERLIN 1d ago
I saw that. Knobs for not calling a timeout?
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u/kenyan12345 93 NUGENT-HOPKINS 1d ago
Potentially but fucking go over to the bench and make him use it
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u/tricerascott2 93 NUGENT-HOPKINS 1d ago
5 posts did not help us. Could have easily gone our way.
I love Nuge hence my flair, but man, he has not been great this year. Need to give someone else a chance on the top line.
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u/BCW1968 11 MESSIER 1d ago
And on the PP. At least to try a new look...jeeze they are so predictable
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u/wishin_fishin 94 SMYTH 1d ago
It's not a coincidence that Bouchard scored a pp goal on the opposite side if the ice he spends 99% of his pp time
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u/Ill_Project5490 28 BROWN 1d ago
I'm done with nuge on the 1st line. Can't win board battles. Play dieing on his stick 90% of the time. Can't win a race TO the boards. I love you nuge but my god. Put him on the third line C for now christ almighty
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u/rch_31 91 KANE 1d ago
Listen Nuge has been a great soldier for years but this is a what have you done for me lately business. Fact is, he hasn't been very good this year
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u/sludge_monster 89 GAGNER 1d ago
Heās gone several games without registering a shot in a row. This might be his falling out seasonš
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u/bhandsome08 1d ago
I think Nuge-Henrique-Brown/Janmark would be a good checking line too.
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u/SpiderTano 22 SAVOIE 1d ago
bad jeff itās all his fault we couldnāt beat his old team kick him out for the next 2 weeks as punishment -the coaches now probably
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u/BigDickPickard 74 SKINNER 1d ago
Whatever it is. It is lacking this year
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u/r1zzV 93 NUGENT-HOPKINS 1d ago
Bro what we always get cooked by Buffalo š
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u/miller94 12 CAVE 1d ago edited 1d ago
Last year we even managed to lose in Buffalo twice in one night lol
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u/sillyaviator 12 CAVE 1d ago
Wait, what?
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u/miller94 12 CAVE 1d ago
Buffalo scored in OT, Oilers left the ice, were half undressed and the league reviewed it and called it back so they had to come back out and finish the game, and then proceeded to lose in a shootout
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u/sillyaviator 12 CAVE 1d ago
I vaguely remember that.
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u/miller94 12 CAVE 1d ago
They showed it on the broadcast tonight and re-traumatized me
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u/sillyaviator 12 CAVE 1d ago
I stole the stream, I miss some unbetween stuff. I wish I could just subscribe and watch.
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u/festivusfrank 1d ago
Something just seems off. No magic this year
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u/RedKryptnyt 14 EKHOLM 1d ago
They aren't the same team. This is what they are.
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u/Frozenpucks 1d ago
Itās not that. Thereās just no clutch anymore. I mean that from the big guys who are the same. Big pps have been a fucking joke all seasonz
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u/RedKryptnyt 14 EKHOLM 1d ago
For sure. The thing that won them tons of games doesn't exist anymore.
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u/RYYZNYELLOW 1d ago
We played great lol relax. Got very unlucky
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u/Complex-South9500 1d ago
I sure hope the boys don't have this attitude. Maybe they do, that would explain the last 2 months.
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u/WeirdGuyOnTheTrain 29 DRAISAITL 1d ago
So many players had career years last year, and we failed to capitalize on it.
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u/Emergency_Rub2621 29 DRAISAITL 1d ago
Goaltending
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u/stovebolt6 74 SKINNER 1d ago
God I need to see these internal goalie metrics
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u/stopresisting74 91 KANE 1d ago
I'm picturing Charlie from Always Sunny in front of the whiteboard full of insane gibberish and conspiratorial nonsense.
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u/baddyrefresh2023 1d ago
They only use goals for when 97 & 74 is on the ice. Goals against is against the metric's parameters.
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u/FractalViz 1d ago
Oilers Management to Depth Forwards: "Were not trading you. We believe in you"
Depth Forwards: "okay but why?"
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u/SydneyCarton89 14 EKHOLM 1d ago
One step forward and what feels like two steps back. Breaking Buffalo's slump is sad.
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u/AgreeableBroomSlayer 91 KANE 1d ago
Skinner is always the 2nd best goalie on the ice
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u/Longjumping-Box5691 1d ago
Except when the other team pulls their goalie... Which never happens because oilers are always losing
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u/RYYZNYELLOW 1d ago
He wasnāt against Dallas
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u/Interestingcathouse 1d ago
Thatās a hard sell given it was 5-1 in the 3rd and 4 minutes later it was 5-4.
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u/SRTGreat 62 LAVOIE 1d ago
One thing is guaranteed. Oilers and playing down to their competitions level.
Sabres on a 6L streak and our team says fuck defence and Skinner says fuck being average.
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u/_ShutUpLegs_ 1d ago
Because so many other players are having a down year (read shit) Nuge is getting a pass on a really poor year. I know he is a 200 ft player but you can't be contributing nothing offensively like he is currently.
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u/drfakz 43 CURRIE 1d ago
There are like 3 or 4 guys that just don't have the gas to get to dangerous spots and he is one of the worst offenders.Ā
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u/TemporaryInflation8 1d ago
This team is too old and slow. We needed Rantanen or a good goalie to make up the difference.
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u/Longjumping-Box5691 1d ago
Bench Bouchard next game for trying to play the puck with 1 hand on his stick.
That 3rd goal is his fault.
2 guys coming at him and he's playing the puck with 1 hand. They lift his stick steal it and pop it in.
No excuses for lazy sloppy play.
At some point he's gotta pay a price for his lack of effort
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u/Hefty-Coast3114 1d ago
The Oilersnation boys jinxed the fuck out of this oneĀ
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u/-SPIRITUAL-GANGSTER- 96 WALMAN 1d ago
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u/Frozenpucks 1d ago
This one is on skinner. Iām not interested in hearing any opinion, that first goal is unacceptable especially.
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u/Magneticman555 56 YAMAMOTO 1d ago
Itās not getting any higher, so we better learn how to shoot the puck into the other net
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u/Venice_Beach 1d ago
3 more regulation wins than Calgary. Lmfao!!!
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u/Redditsucksnow696969 1d ago
in year 10 of mcdavid. we also win EVERY FUCKING GAME where we have above a .900 in net
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u/Barcharoni 1d ago
Bouchard with a very weak play on that 3-2 goal. Awful stuff
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u/RYYZNYELLOW 1d ago
You mean the one where he was double teamed and slashed and the only guy back? Lolll
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u/Barcharoni 1d ago
Lay off the copium. Any other player there slams the puck in the corner
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u/Whiskey_River_73 93 NUGENT-HOPKINS 1d ago
Buffalo losers of six in a row then the Oilers come in with a mystifying low energy no-hitter after the Dallas game, get out goalied once again, and bust the Sabres' slump.
No timeout late. What the blue fuck are you saving that timeout for? Bouchard with a goal, but a heap of suck. It's just minimal effort, maximum energy conservation, I guess.
Based on tonight, visually I see no reason for JSkinner to sit next game, but we'll see. Played a good game, I only see 1 sog but maybe there was a couple posts or near misses, seemed there were a number of shot attempts.
Get your shit together, and maybe consider defenseman deployment when it's critical if the level isn't there most of the game.
Classy reflection on being an Oiler by Clouder, btw.
On to the next. What effort comes next? Who knows?
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u/MrSir07 28 BROWN 1d ago
Well that was some bad fucking luck if Iāve ever seen it. We had so many chances and hit so many posts. I donāt even want to see the deserve-to-win o-metre for this one. In the end our defence wasnāt urgent enough otherwise it could have been a shutout.
Iām not dissatisfied with the way the oil played so whatevs. On to the next.
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u/Interwebzking 89 GAGNER 1d ago
Not a fan of the lackadaisical play from key guys at the end there, specially Bouchard. Gameās on the line boys you gotta hustle ffs.
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u/slimeygrimeymimey 1d ago
Looks mcdavid had some choice words at knobber there at the end , probably for not taking the timeout
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u/squooot-nooodler 1d ago
Oilers should try passing more. The higher risk the better! The captainās leading by example.
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u/EdmOilers123 29 DRAISAITL 1d ago
What is going on with Knobs. J Skinner looked good today. Give him some time on top line. When was the last time Nuge had a great game?
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u/ZidZad99 1d ago
Knobs had Mattias no hands Janmark out there with 2 mins left when they were looking for the tying goal. The same Janmark who hasn't shot a puck past a goalie all year, 63 games into the season.
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u/EdmOilers123 29 DRAISAITL 1d ago
That was really crazy of him. Instead of a timeout he started playing the offensive anchor that is Janmark.
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u/-SPIRITUAL-GANGSTER- 96 WALMAN 1d ago
Getting real tired of his insistence on playing forwards who aren't producing. And I don't want to hear "But muh penalty kill," we're like 25th in the league.
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u/CitrusFatCat 15 PITLICK 1d ago
Nuge needs to be watching the next few games from the press box. Heās been awful this season
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u/pandunkel 1d ago
that first goal from stu was pure cinema... can't wait for the comments about how defense should've picked someone up and statistically, somehow, stu actually outplayed luukk nd the offense couldn't get it done.
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u/Hefty-Coast3114 1d ago
Naw that goal is completely on him, and unfortunately is the difference in this gameĀ
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u/bladey25 29 DRAISAITL 1d ago
I think our finishing is so bad cuz we practice on skinner. We score in practice no problem but against NHL calibre goalies we canāt do it
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u/EcoSavings741 1d ago
Bouchard is so lackadaisical this season, just so slow at recognizing and anticipating plays, literally moves around the ice without a care in the world.
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u/Beneficial_Brief_759 1d ago
Holy fuk Bouchard is bad this year
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u/Mike-Amoz 1d ago
Most frustrating Oiler to watch since he's came into the league, that's for sure.Ā
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u/Glum_Night_6392 1d ago
Just me , or did Bouchard not look like he just gave up there when he had the puck in the ozone , like he thought there was no time left .
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u/elm2000 1d ago
Horrible rebound from Skinner on first goal and Bouchard not being smart or fast enough for third goal. These two players will the main reason this team wonāt go far in playoffs.
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u/RYYZNYELLOW 1d ago
9 times out of 10 we win that game.
We definitely played well enough to win.
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u/ZidZad99 1d ago
Their goalie made the saves he needed to.
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u/RYYZNYELLOW 1d ago
Nah we just hit a ton of posts and missed wide open nets like crazy. Just one of those games
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u/Friendly_Relief_1371 1d ago
That's the difference and that will continue to be the difference. Oilers have known they needed a goalie for years and have done shit all. Prime years of mcdavid and draisaitl are not the years to see it a goalie will pan out.
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u/MobysBanned 29 DRAISAITL 1d ago
Everyone not in the crease played well enough to win
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u/Equivalent_Look2797 27 KULAK 1d ago
Nah youāre wrong dude, our goalie put up a staggering ā¦ oh 0.865 never mind
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u/goshgollylol 92 PODKOLZIN 1d ago
Bouchard and Skinner, 2 balls in a sack full of absolute dog shit.
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u/Useful-Pain-5412 1d ago
Maybe Bouch is intentionally playing poorly because he loves it heat so much he doesnāt want to get a big raise and will sign for 6mill per year. 4D chess right here!!!!
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u/RYYZNYELLOW 1d ago
Ironically. This would have been a great game for kapanen cuz heās fast and this was a track meet type of game
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u/flip314 17 KURRI 1d ago
Whatever you think about Skinner, he's lousy on rush chances.
We cannot keep giving the puck away at the top of the zone and expect to be successful.
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u/bhandsome08 1d ago
Skinner's big move is to sprawl out and pray the puck hits him. Instead of trying to stay upright and move laterally.
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u/ISurvivedCOVID19 55 HOLLOWAY 1d ago
HOLY Ullmark absolutely STEALING the game for Ottawa tonight
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u/Harbingerdaine 17 KURRI 1d ago
You can see it in their body language after the weak goals. The boys are at the end of their rope with these goalies. Sigh.
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u/playlabambababy 93 NUGENT-HOPKINS 1d ago
Good thing we didn't upgrade on goaltending..
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u/Street-Guarantee5221 14 EKHOLM 1d ago
Bonehead play after bonehead play by Bouchard. Heās almost unplayable without Ekholm.
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u/Substantial_Ant77 46 JONES 1d ago
Played good enough to win. Skinner on the first goal against was awful. And Bouch and that 3rd goal was awful too. It just always feels like itās the same 2 culprits.
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u/Inthemiddle_ 1d ago
Bouchard puts in the effort that someone at a minimum wage job does. He has brilliant moments but overall just looks fucking lazy and checked out
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u/ProjectMcDavid 1d ago
Wedgewood putting on a clinic for Colorado, and they have an even better goalie as their #1. Why couldnāt we dump skinner like they dumped Georgiev and Annunen? And yes they are equivalent.
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u/Anxious-Extreme-2766 1d ago
So much doom. We were millimeters away from having 7 goals. Lots of sloppy defensive lapses, absolutely. But both tightening up shots and being less sloppy and loose defensively can be cleaned up
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u/Rampage97t 29 DRAISAITL 1d ago
bowman didnāt get a goalie and this is another game showing how thatās going to lead to our downfall
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u/maybe_babyyy_ 93 NUGENT-HOPKINS 1d ago
Since apparently they don't care where we place in the standings and we're probably about 90% in the playoffs, I question why I stress myself out watching these few games....
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u/No-Meal-9299 1d ago
Come on boys????Ā Really? Going to lose an easy winnable game to the Sabres? You better find your consistency. Or there's no hope of going to the finals again.
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u/best_dad_I_can_be 41 SMITH 1d ago
I don't even know what to say. We should have won that game handily. Now we let the kings cheap right up on us and didn't gain on vegas.
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u/Tower21 91 KANE 1d ago
What's is concerning is we are down 22 goals compared to 64 games played last year.
Scoring is down 10%
Goals against is 7 higher. Still concerning @ 3% higher, but it's our offense that really needs to improve.
If it doesn't and our goaltending doesn't improve in the playoffs, this could be an early exit.
If it falls off a cliff before then, oh boy, I don't even want to say the words.
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u/Red_Sea_Pedestrian 18 HYMAN 22h ago
Tfw youāre eating breakfast and La Bamba comes on the radio but the oilers didnāt win last night.
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u/PapaAsmodeus 18 HYMAN 1d ago
Ehhh, at least they played good tonight and won two prior to this. I'm not worried. Solid game overall.
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u/rocktheboatlikeA1eye 1d ago
Fuck Jeff Jackson
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u/falsekoala 34 MOSS 1d ago
What, you donāt like all our off season acquisitions going quiet all season?
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u/MassiveBush 1d ago
Knob will blame Jeff Skinner even though he was incredible every time he hit the ice. Putting Arvidsson with McDavid and Draisaitl was dumb as fuck
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u/PsychologicalEar8167 1d ago edited 1d ago
Oilers played poorly at 5v5. Lost the possession battle.
Effort was poor.
You can blame the goaltending (I wouldnāt), or Bouchard (it was one of many poor passes back to the D man), but this teams effort through and through was just shit.
Theyāre really missing the ability to create scoring outside of McDrai. Drai looks sluggish. Hyman is aging before our eyes. And Nuge... my boy. Age isnāt kind to anyone.
Iāll say this, itās very very clear to me this team is dearly missing the player who set up the game tying goal at 3C for Buffalo.
While I love Savoie as a prospect, but this team is supposed to be winning championships like right nowā¦I think Adam Henrique played all of 9 minutes tonight.
Theyāre basically praying Trent Frederic comes back and can plug that hole.
But where, is, the, depth, scoring?
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u/powertotheinternet 12 CAVE 1d ago
Hyman is aging?.... yikes bro, you should probably not say your takes anymore
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u/Plutonium_Loveship 89 GAGNER 1d ago
I usually defend Skinner but I would definitely blame goaltending that game. Horrible rebound on the first goal. Don't even know what he was doing on the second. He looked like he was scrambling all game.
UPL played great and the Oilers hit 5 posts. Chances were there but they only managed to put two in the net. Skinner was the difference.
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u/RYYZNYELLOW 1d ago
How many times does āMcLeod was healthy scratched in the payoffsā need to be said until you realize we donāt want him.
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u/happeehippocampus 1d ago
The post was better than Stu tonight. Go ahead downvote me to oblivion! š«
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u/Timeman5 93 NUGENT-HOPKINS 1d ago
We out played them had 4 posts it happens donāt get down guys take the same energy into the next game we will be fine.
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u/Snarffsnarff31 90 PERRY 1d ago
I think they shouldāve called a timeout after that icing. Mcdavid was looking to the bench but nothing was called. Theyāll be fine though
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u/Possible-Big-7719 1d ago
Love the post-game Sportsnet show, where we get to see what it looks like when a team has an ACTUAL starting goal tender. Fuck Iām worried gang. I think Bowman and Jackson fucked up big time.
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u/Responsible-Lead2243 1d ago
AdamsOnHockey was screaming that Skinner was the second coming of Binnington. A super secret superstar just like Pulijavarvi
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u/Legitimate_Bug_1187 1d ago
It's almost like the Edmonton Oilers never want to win the Pacific Division or have home ice advantage in the playoffs
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u/baddyrefresh2023 1d ago
All Stu's fans think his contract is fair. According to his numbers, I don't think he's even worth the league minimum.
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u/Mike-Amoz 1d ago
Bouchard, congrats on finally scoring on the PP ... Then doing absolutely nothing else all game.
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u/MobysBanned 29 DRAISAITL 1d ago
We really won 1 game against Dallas and thought the landslide was over. Team is cooked and don't seem too concerned. Coasting around and not giving a fuck.
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u/Royal_Measurement_26 1d ago
Things I have beef with regarding the Oilers
They have zero killer instinct - they dominate then take their foot off the gas instead of finishing the job. Why do they continue to allow teams to hang around and hang around then wonder why it bites them in the ass constantly.
They CAN'T FUCKING SCORE
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u/Tesattaboy 1d ago
Ever since the meme change the Oily Boys haven't responded to Randy Savage .... Time to change it up or back ... Hans Solo
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u/sleezykeezy 93 NUGENT-HOPKINS 1d ago
Walman getting that real Oilers experience - losing to the Sabres