Not gonna critique him today. he was the only guy to score till late in game and he got the assist on the other goal. EVERYBODY else on the team didn't cash anything. The 2nd goal we got was closer to an own goal going off a Wild skate right to goal line where Hyman stuffed it home. We don't even get that one without a lucky bounce. Where the rest of the Oilers offense tonight? MIA?
Wanted Toffoli or Hoffman for years. Boldy would be good. Sigh.
Wont be hard to keep expectations low when Draisaitl and McDavid walk in 1.5 and 2.5 years respectively because Ken Holland has wasted yet another season with goaltending that was never good enough to win a cup.
Sure, I get it. I’m not absolving the goaltending. All 3 goals were bad. Once again though this team was chasing the game all night. They had 1 goal late in the game tonight. Lots of players aren’t playing well and they haven’t for a while. There were a lot of mirages in that win streak. We talked a lot during the back half of that how it didn’t look like they were playing well. It was easy to ignore while we were winning but now that we’ve lost a bunch there’s no point in not acknowledging it anymore.
Ek has a great shot which he showed again on the goal called back. Minny actually have snipers like Ek and Boldy. You don't notice them until goal light is flashing. Thats how it is with one shot scorers that quickly cloak into premium scoring spots. We don't really have those guys strange as it is to say.
Yeah ideally you’d like to have a guy who can score 60 alongside a guy who makes a habit of putting up 50 a year and then a couple of guys who can score 30 a year and then maybe amother guy who’s good for 20.
Gonna say it again. This was not a bad goal, it was a brilliantly taken goal by boldy. Instead of the one timer he plays puck forward, then snipes. Perfectly taken goal. With him going cross ice and Pickard having to respect the one timer possibility this was near impossible to stop.
Yep all three. Way too far over to his left on the 2-1 goal. On #3, for some reason he dropped into his butterfly without even a shot coming then took himself out of the play by coming forward when Boldy was going left instead of tracking and staying with him. I wondered how the hell he wound up 2 feet in front of the blue paint. Horrendous read and gave Boldy an empty net to shoot at.
He scored 50-plus with it in the last 3 years. Don’t know what’s up with him this year. Unless it’s that pp one-timer, he can’t hit the broad side of a barn door this year.
Not sure if you're being flippant. Its a valid concern. Oilers don't have between the dots slot or high slot scorers. Closest thing we have is when Nuge or Booch step up and shoot. We lack traditional range snipers on this team. we have a lot of guys that score on set pieces or around net. What this means is teams can cheat coverage in ways and collapse or be a box, they don't have to worry about the slot areas between dots that a lot of teams can score from. A Boldy or an Ek would give us that added weapon in a spot we don't have it.
who on this roster beats goalies independently? Joke all you want but it isnt a skill we have
Bigger issue was line 1 losing the EV battle. Very rare for that to happen this year. First goal against all 3 forwards get caught up ice notable for Foegele missing high coverage support on a McDavid rush. Late first goal they go to break trailing. Reality is McDavid's line has been heavily tilting the ice and outscoring opposition. He's 17 points ahead of the next Oiler. Definitely want to see McDavid be more selfish but tonight he led the team in shots. Was the other end of the ice that was problematic.
It's because the Oilers don't have a killing mentality. You can count the number of times a game when they pass off a shot in the slot and the puck will inevitably be out of the zone soon after.
We allowed 3, one was an empty netter. Its a 4-3 league. Its not a large feat to win allowing 3 goals.
Boldy fakes one timing that. Everybody on ice expected Boldy to one time it including Nurse, Pickard. Was a brilliant decision for Boldy to instead walk puck forward with pace and then drill it home. Boldy on that play created a different shooting angle that left the goalie helpless because it was coming across bang bang play at speed.
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Fine. I was too angry at Ceci and then the 3 forwards who once again weren’t ready to react to a bad play in their own end to notice exactly how the puck went in on that one.
We wouldn't have prioritized their development and we'd be in the same boat with any of the alternatives. Unfortunately, our scouting, front office, and coaching staff have all cucked our ability to draft and develop any depth talent and it will likely ruin the mcdrai era
