Post-Game Talk: Capitals 2, Oilers 1 (SO)

[TheRebuild]

Good game I thought. Nurse is a beast.

 

[BoldNewLettuce]

Oh another wtf moment Strome got multiple touches of the ice while JP got none and he was the best winger this game.

meh.

jp is still a little tentative

strome isn't that bad from what i see. sure he does absolutely nothing but he seems to make smart plays and does some good stuff defensively.

 

[bobbythebrain]

Letestu was a good option. This has been already discussed.

 

[GMofOilers]

It's too depressing for me to check the standings. How many points are we out of a playoff spot? And I'm not even being cheeky, it seriously pains me to look.

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[VainGretzky]

Letestu!? That's who we're going with? Yup, awesome.

Every goalie in the league knows it's his only move I think it's failed 10 times in a row but Tmac still uses him .

 

[CycloneSweep]

Mclellan is not a good coach. I can go down the laundry list of curious decisions that he has made the last few years but I don't have time since I have to get to sleep in 3 hours.

I agree fully. Todd is not the coach to push us over the top. He is an average coach who takes talent and stifles them.

 

[Kagomeboy]

Good efffort by the boys ,love the SO.going to get better.

 

[McKappa]

It's too depressing for me to check the standings. How many points are we out of a playoff spot? And I'm not even being cheeky, it seriously pains me to look.

Tonight likely didn't hurt our chances but we need a win streak at home to stay relevant for much longer.

Next week is big

 

[bobbythebrain]

meh.

jp is still a little tentative

strome isn't that bad from what i see. sure he does absolutely nothing but he seems to make smart plays and does some good stuff defensively.

Mishandled 2 grade A scoring chances. He is brutal

 

[Drivesaitl]

Letestu on the shootout, lol. I just don't what to say.

I will say this game was a cure for insomnia. A game in which even the 3 on 3 segment had only one SOG.

Caps to me just aren't any good. Should be able to beat this club. That said I've never thought much of the Capitals.

Rangers were more of a test.

 

[VainGretzky]

Letestu was a good option. This has been already discussed.

What's his % on his last 10 attempts because he has that one move

 

[Soundwave]

Lowest scoring team in the league and widening that gap further. Yikes.

 

[YakDavid]

I normally hate making officiating a statement and normally say our powerplay is brutal but come one. Fans will say that "well our pp is bad its not worth having in" but to me it ruins games letting it go then randomly calling it. This so called cracking down on slashing has yet to happen. I'm consistently seeing one to two calls against us for nonsense then everything let go.

 

[CycloneSweep]

Good efffort by the boys ,love the SO.going to get better.

You love the shootout?

 

[McKappa]

Oh yeah by the way, the shootout is Pejorative Slured, NHL, pls get rid of that along with half the league's refs and the Arizona Coyotes franchise

 

[walktheboulavard]

Darnell Nurse with a casual 77% CF in 21 minutes of 5v5.

His hockey IQ low though, no?

 

[booyakasha]

I would love to hear how people defend the Strome trade now lol. You have to be blind

but he's half the price, and getting rid of Eberle was addition ny subtraction, ..and he's grittier and plays harder than Ebs, and, and, and....

 

[harpoon]

He's our new Sakic. Seriously what is the coaches love fest with slow, very average skilled centers.

And by Sakic you mean Reasoner, right?

 

[Mr Positive]

It can still be a good night if Anaheim can be left without a point, but that's still TBD

 

[booyakasha]

His hockey IQ low though, no?

yup, HFOil keep telling me he's dumb as rocks.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Holtby's sell-job on the goalie interference is disgraceful and embarrassing...karma usually bites them in May though

 

[BoldNewLettuce]

also...i dont understand all the doom and gloom about being bad in november.....

in years past....yes of course.....but assuming this team improves....i mean even if they didn't improve im not sure i would totally bet against them not sweeping a few series from some of the teams in this divij.

its a trash divij.

Get sekbeauty back.
Get the powerplay going.
Cut off a referees pinkie finger
and i think they can still make things interesting.

 

[Burnoutboi]

I would have put so many players ahead of Testtube in the shootout.

Was it just me, or did Larssen get pushed around a lot tonight?

 

[CupofOil]

At least there were a couple of positives to take out of this road trip. Pulju is playing with confidence for the first time in his NHL career, he's flying out there and creating fits for the defense, that whole line looks really good IMO. If (big if) Khaira can build on this, he would be a big boost to the bottom 6 and Nurse was pretty awesome this entire road trip. He doesn't display much instinct in the offensive zone but he has been a wall defensively, really impressed with his positioning and stickwork.

 

[FlameChampion]

Letestu was once decent in the shootout but after making the same move 10 times in a row, the goalies know what hes going to do. I dont think hes scored in like his last 5. (off the top of my head)

 

[YakDavid]

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kinda think this needs to be stated more.