GDT: WCF - Game #4 Oilers host Avs 6pm MT: Just Win One Game, Then Work on the Next

[KarmaPolice]

And 4 to 2...Smith was bad again..should have tried koskine or rode Skinner.

It was obvious Smith did not have it this series. Huge mistake to ride him.

 

[foshizzle]

Sorry but get out of here with that. Skinner won't start over Smith. The only way this team can move forward is with a real starting goalie. Even an average starting goalie who doesn't give up games. Smith as backup is the only way.

Well, Holland has painted himself into a corner. He has Smith locked in for another year. Skinner is waiver exempt. Holland has no idea what Skinner can do at the NHL level. His choices are run with Skinner and Smith- trade Skinner and run with Holland's guy and Smith. No there options

 

[TheNumber4]

They gave what they could. Just not good enough to match the Avs.

Avs are better. Take away our stupidity I think we win atleast a game or two. Never seen so many bad decisions in a series, enough to make a heaping pile

 

[nabob]

I think that once it hit the goalie and the rebound came out , it doesn’t matter.

Hitting the goalie isn’t possession

 

[Royisgone]

How is there not a top post level camera angle.

The rule as it stands is idiotic because it is so hard to enforce.

The rule should be changed to something that is more enforceable, like shoulder height of the shooter.

 

[The Moose]

Go Rangers! Or Tampa!

 

[KarmaPolice]

Avs are better. Take away our stupidity I think we win atleast a game or two. Never seen so many bad decisions in a series, enough to make a heaping pile

Couldn't get a stop from the goalie when we needed as well. That makes it hard to win.

 

[GreeningOil]

Ah well. All that I have learned is that a goalie is a good investment.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Hitting the goalie isn’t possession

So technically it shoulda been no goal.

Oh well.

Less wear and tear on Draisaitl and Nurse, hopefully they're back for training camp

 

[TheNumber4]

Couldn't get a stop from the goalie when we needed as well. That makes it hard to win.

Think the fatigue cratered Smith.

 

[ManofSteel55]

Well, Holland has painted himself into a corner. He has Smith locked in for another year. Skinner is waiver exempt. Holland has no idea what Skinner can do at the NHL level. His choices are run with Skinner and Smith- trade Skinner and run with Holland's guy and Smith. No there options

He can run with 3. He can also send Smith to the minors which would eat roughly half his cap hit. It is what it is. But if Holland doesn't have a plan for upgrading goalie he deserves a series of swift kicks between the legs.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Think the fatigue cratered Smith.

I'm sure that was a big factor. He's one of the older players in the league, and he's played a lot of hockey these past few weeks. I think Woody should've went with Koskinen at a couple more points in this series. But anyway, the Avs are the better team, so probably wouldn't have mattered.

 

[The Moose]

Smith was atrocious this series. We are not going to win it all with him in net, that much is clear.

 

[Dirt McGintty]

Its a Canadian broadcast and 3 times I've heard them talking about the AV's getting the "Killshot" goal against the sole Canadian team in the playoffs. Just beyond the pale that the Canadian telecast is cheering on the AV's.

Ron is just horrible.

Holloway or McLeod with the OT winner.

I mean maybe I wasn't paying enough attention, but did the broadcast at any point in this series suggest Edmonton as being Canada's team? That happens like every time there is one Canadian team left. Except this year the entire cast is butt hurt that Edmonton beat Calgary.

 

[Heavy Dee]

That was obviously a goal. Oilers gave up a 3-1 lead in an elimination game. Not much else to say.

That wasn't an obvious goal ffs

Thanks now go f*** yourself