2017-18 Around the League | Congratulations Washington Capitals!

[OilCountry93]

Jesus, c’mon St. Louis. f***, I hope Smith is out long term because those a-holes might be legit.

 

[Yeah15]

Ugh why is Calgary good

GM makes savvy trades

 

[Del Preston]

Good god almighty. The Oilers will probably be seeing Dominik Hutton on Thursday now.

 

[oobga]

Playing with Schwartz/Tarasenko doesn't hurt but 22 points to start off the year isn't too shabby for Brayden

Dang, didn't know he was putting up points like that this year. But I am still supremely confident that he will inevitably be a disappointment again

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

that 3rd period was the first time I've watched a Flames period since game 1 against us

sorry guys, I'll stay away permanently

 

[Ritchie Valens]

What happened to Smith?

 

[CycloneSweep]

f***... Calgary has 13 more goals than us and Gaudreau has more points than McDavid lovely.

 

[Del Preston]

What happened to Smith?

Tkachuk sat on him.

 

[OilCountry93]

GM makes savvy trades

I wonder what it feels like to have a competent GM.

 

[Ritchie Valens]

****... Calgary has 13 more goals than us and Gaudreau has more points than McDavid lovely.

...but only 6 points ahead.

If they were off to a start like TBay is on, there'd be no catching them but six points is very catchable in my opinion.

 

[RalphKing]

^ I dunno... they have improved and look better and better. I haven't really seen an arc of improvement for our boys. Sekera will be huge for us when he's back but I'm glass half empty for this year.

 

[OilCountry93]

It would really help if JP could come in and have the kind of games Jankowski’s is having. But having Jagr on your line helps immensely. #chiadropstheballagain

 

[Ritchie Valens]

^ I dunno... they have improved and look better and better. I haven't really seen an arc of improvement for our boys. Sekera will be huge for us when he's back but I'm glass half empty for this year.

Smith has also been propping them up making 40+ saves most nights. He is why they are where they are in my mind, giving them solid goaltending. In 11 of their 17 games so far they've been held to 3 or less goals but Smith has been stealing them a few victories. The Oilers have 15 games in the same department scoring three or less goals but they have no one to blame but themselves for being in the position they are in.

The Flames don't scare or worry me...I still see that team as being highly overrated from top to bottom. Treliving improved the goaltending for sure but also took a gamble on Smith as he isn't young and has a lot of miles on him. I guess we will see how long this injury keeps him out. I shudder to think what would happen if Talbot went down for any length of time.

 

[Ritchie Valens]

Tkachuk sat on him.

Keith?

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Keith?

If so, we probably wont hear from Smith for the rest of the year.

 

[oilers'72]

Hockey like Mom used to make.

Buffalo at Pittsburgh @ 5 PM SN1, ATTSN-PT, MSG-B
Columbus at Montreal@ 5:30 PM TSN2 (regional), RDS, FS-O
Dallas at Florida @ 5: 30 PM FS-F, FS-SW+
Washington at Nashville @ 6 PM NBCSN, NBCSWA
Philadelphia at Minnesota @ 6 PM FS-N, NBCSP+
Arizona at Winnipeg @ 6 PM TSN3, FS-A
Vancouver at Los Angeles @ 8:30 PM FS-W, SNP

 

[NeverForget06]

It would really help if JP could come in and have the kind of games Jankowski’s is having. But having Jagr on your line helps immensely. #chiadropstheballagain

Jagr is slow. 1 goal. We didn't need him

 

[OilCountry93]

Jagr is slow. 1 goal. We didn't need him

Right. 5 points in 8 games, we definitely couldn’t use a guy producing at greater than 0.5 ppg.

 

[BlackDogg]

Of course Holtby couldn't be a sieve against us.

 

[Del Preston]

Vancouver is crashing hard back to earth.

 

[LaGu]

Vancouver is crashing hard back to earth.

Looks like they have outplayed LA so far. LA scored on PP but VAN looks much stronger right now.

Wouldn't be surprised if that changes though now that VAN tied it.

 

[Del Preston]

Looks like they have outplayed LA so far. LA scored on PPs but VAN looks much stronger right now.

Wouldn't be surprised if that changes though now that VAN tied it.

I've embarrassed myself.

 

[Splatter]

3 days in Edmonton: Ideal for some Blues

Short St. Louis Post-Dispatch article with a few quotes from Blues from the Edmonton area.

 

[Del Preston]

Hopefully Vancouver can hang on here. 3-2 with under nine minutes remaining. That would leave the Oilers only eight back of 1st in the division, which is kinda weird considering how this season has gone so far.

 

[Ritchie Valens]

No 3 point game is all I ask.