GDT: Game 4: Flames vs. Oilers part II

[karnige]

God Whitney is BAD.

other then dubs they have all been bad.

 

[subnet]

that's what a good goalie does - not allow rebounds...

 

[Tarus]

You can tell the refs heard all the critisims from the last game.

They've put the whistles away so there is no chance anyone can accuse them of rigging the results in the 3rd period.

 

[dustrock]

Does anyone remember a successful forecheck or cycle this entire game?

 

[frag2]

"We both knew we were going to have to walk by the Islander locker room, and we were dreading it: having to see all the happy faces, the champagne shampoos, the girlfriends' kisses, the whole scene we wanted so much.
But as we walked by, we didn't see any of that. The girlfriends and the coaches and the staff people were living it up, but the playeres weren't.
Trottier was icing what looked like a painful knee. Potvin was getting stuff rubbed on his shouler. Guys were limping around with black eyes and bloody mouths. It looked more like a morgue than a champion's locker room.
And here we were perfectly fine and healthy. That's why they won and we lost. They took more punishment than we did. They dove into more boards, stuck their faces in front of more pucks, threw their bodies into more pileups. They sacrificed everyting they had.
And that's when Kevin said something I'll never forget He said, 'That's how you win championships'"

-Wayne Greztky, "Gretzky an Autobiography"

Twas an awesome book. And that's the player culture these days. It's just a game where they get paid a lot and meh attitude. Doesn't help the vets take it easy too

 

[SDig14]

Hall has definitely struggled this game, no doubt.

He will bounce back next game IMO.

 

[Ninety7]

dump and chase and dump and chase and dump and chase

 

[Draiskull]

the look on J.Schultz's face during the timeout... "yeh we are not winning this game coach"

 

[AlowlyMcOilersfan]

Does anyone remember a successful forecheck or cycle this entire game?

If you consider successful resulting in a shot, then no.

 

[Rafters]

Does anyone remember a successful forecheck or cycle this entire game?

Yep...team in red

 

[GetThePuckOut]

Indeed they are but the Flames were the 27th ranked offense last year. Like I said, only Kipper kept them from being a bottom feeder.

This isn't the same Flames team, if you haven't noticed yet.

Hudler and Cervenka have both looked great tonight. Bouwmeester is in vintage form under Hartley. This is clearly a better team than last year.

 

[nabob]

5 shots in 39 minutes...

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Time for the patented Iginla empty netter?

 

[Jtown]

everything is 1 v 5. ONly time i see this team make passes is on the pp. If they could do that even strength then the offense would be formidable.

 

[Lay Z Boy GM]

I don't get why Hall can't just dump pucks in. You're not going to beat 2-3 players, man. Dump it in and use your speed to chase it down. You can't deke out the whole team, bud, it is not working.

I think Krueger is maybe allowing too much freedom for our offensive players. Hall can't just be let loose, he keeps trying to same junk over and over.

Also I agree that Gagner and RNH need to be switched.

Yay meaningless goal...

 

[oilers_smyth_94]

It's funny how so many were saying that he has to be re-signed before July 1st.Watching the games this season,he's been nothing short of awful.


Same with Jeff Petry.

Smid's an important piece to our team, and of course he needed to be re-signed right away. Do you want Potter logging those minutes? Didn't think so. He's having a bad game, but he's been better than the rest. Petry's playing like he played most games last year (in my opinion), downright scary. I was enjoying Petry's play this week, he was often our best D-man.

Everything's been bad tonight. Can't win face-offs, can't get any offense going other than the powerplay, taking stupid penalties, can't stop the Flames coming in our zone, can't win any battles.

And now they score. A little too late don't you think?

 

[Alex87]

Well, at least it will look close on paper.

 

[AlowlyMcOilersfan]

el oh el

 

[The Nuge]

Well at least they got one

 

[Crabapple]

pad those stats boys

 

[karnige]

wow look what happens when you throw it at the net.....

 

[ZJuice]

Meh better than a 5-2 or 4-2 loss..

 

[GatoradeG*]

**** off bums. 4-3 was flattering.

 

[Draiskull]

we woke up too late

 

[flashyflash]

4 coaches now and the same results.

we need a different mentality in management.

Get kevin lowe as far away from this organization.