CantLoseWithMatthews
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Edmonton..looks bad
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Del Preston
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But not surprising. They were losing 2-0 five minutes into the game, can't score right now, and had seven PPs.
hagelin1381
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Meh, they had 51 shots tonight. Sucks they went down so early. I think they'll be alright
CanuckGame39
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They go down early every game, unprepared to play every game. I'm starting to think it's a coaching problem more than a personnel problem but need a bigger sample size to know for sure.
They had 51 shots cause they trailed for 59 minutes.
I truly never thought their whole team would be that great, their defense and goaltending are below average, and beyond McDavid and Draisaitl the rest of the forward lineup is pretty mediocre.
It's clear to me that Toronto is and will be the much better team for as far as we can tell at the moment.
Not having sekera is a gaping hole in their defence...puts more pressure on dmen to play above their slot
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They have been outworked on small details and relying too much on top line
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They have been outworked on small details and relying too much on top line
Smells of desperation going down 3-0 in the first on home ice to be a bad team.
cptjeff
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One of the league's top defenses, a forward group that's average to good and includes one of the league's top goal scorers, and goaltending that should be decent to good. The Canes are not a terrible team this year.
Oh, and a substantial part of why McDavid was terrible tonight was Jaccob Slavin. Who also had a goal, in case anyone's counting.
Roboturner913
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and an assist, and a +3, and 5 blocks, and 27+ minutes. In case anybody's counting.
Zirakzigil
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There has been something wrong with the team as a organization for awhile. They were gifted McDavid and still havent put it together. They are playing uninspired hockey.
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They'll turn things around in Seattle or Quebec, but seriously we all saw how McD looked when he was drafted by Edmonton. The kid got paid and has a free ride, looks like he's took the foot off the peddle and I don't blame him. Look at what he has to play with
Mav3rick07
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Oh no , we're outshooting our opponents on a nightly basis but just can't buy a save . If only we had a goalie .
Talbots notorious for slow starts he needs to get into his groove , LB shouldn't have started tonight . LB had a .750 save percentage tonight lol
Talbots notorious for slow starts he needs to get into his groove , LB shouldn't have started tonight . LB had a .750 save percentage tonight lol
DanM
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The Oilers will come around and play better for sure, they have some great talent, and I want to see them do well. However, they have been overrated and Cam Talbot was not the goalie everyone thought he was last year, I said it before, he is not the answer. In saying that it is early and they are not as bad as people keep saying, this is still a good team.
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MessierII
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Soliloquy of a Dogge
I love you, Boots
Oh, are we still promoting the ignorant fallacy that McDavid was angry/depressed that he had to be selected by Edmonton?
Or are you referring to something else?
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Perhaps the Oilers are due for some regression this year? They were extremely healthy last year and got a lot of career years out of their players.
Cup or Bust
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If you said it before you were obviously wrong because he played very well on NY and played great for 73 games last season and 2 rounds of the playoffs. Talbot has been the least of problems. I am not worried about Talbot for even one second. The Oilers played like complete garbage his last 3 starts. I am pretty confident you will be proven wrong saying it again.
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