GDT: WCSF - Game #1 BoA : Oilers in Cowtown | 7:30pm MT/ 9:30pm ET/ 3:30pm HST (Bryanbryoil)/ Thursday 3:30am EET | CBC, SN, ESPN, BSSC/630CHED, AM570

[Rengorlex]

Draisaitl seems to lose all his skating ability when he has to back track, does fine when he smells a scoring opportunity though

 

[OfCorsiDid]

Board is way too emo, IMO. They weren't supposed to win tonight, tying it 6-6 doesn't really change that. This should show you that the Flames are as vaunted as people like myself and @Drivesaitl said and that they are very beatable.

Both teams looked awful tonight. Markstrom was the worst part on his team and the Oilers was more of a team effort of suckage defense but they can play better.

Idk man it feels like a missed opportunity. Very rarely can you overcome 4 goal leads. Needed to strike while the iron is hot.

 

[russ99]

Positive is we came back down 5-1.

Sadly if we adapted our D-zone game we could have stole this one.

Lets get ‘em in game 2.

 

[Heavy Dee]

Smith will be better but so will Markstrom...

Nurse will be the same...

 

[TheNumber4]

4:43 left. Plenty of time for more McD miracles. Jesus didn’t only walk on water once (I think)

 

[Oilhawks]

Another silver lining. Koskinen has shown to be done, so Skinner should be next man up. If Smith looks shakey to start next game, Skinner will be in.

 

[RandomGuy79]

I don't get why this team plays injured players that are causing a ton of chances. Just f***ing bench them!

 

[CupofOil]

How do you claw back just to go back to playing like dogshit i dont get it

They played like dogshit the whole game. Markstrom being a sieve and a couple of gifts by the Flames kept this from being a complete laugher. It was a full 60 minute non-effort by the Oilers tonight.

 

[FanOfSadTeam]

Just pisses me off more after that comeback. So f***ing Oilers.

 

[CycloneSweep]

Nurse is still injured for sure

since the start of the season?

 

[OfCorsiDid]

I don't get why this team plays injured players that are causing a ton of chances. Just f***ing bench them!

Because they're better than anyone we can replace them with even while injured.

 

[MettleMcOiler]

Every line should be putting pucks on net. Let's Go Oilers!

 

[TheNumber4]

Another silver lining. Koskinen has shown to be done, so Skinner should be next man up. If Smith looks shakey to start next game, Skinner will be in.

Ride or die with Smith. Oilers won’t hang em put to dry next game. Don’t need to talk about Skinner, it ain’t happening.

 

[McDrailers]

I don't get why this team plays injured players that are causing a ton of chances. Just f***ing bench them!

You can’t when you have so many offensive black holes. Drai at 30 percent is a bigger threat than Ryan, Pool, RNH, Kassian, etc

 

[RattsSSV]

Another silver lining. Koskinen has shown to be done, so Skinner should be next man up. If Smith looks shakey to start next game, Skinner will be in.

Kosk hasn't played in a couple weeks and has a better gaa than smith tonight. Not all on him.

 

[5 14 6 1]

Nurse -3

 

[Roof Daddy]

What a bunch of p***yes. Calgary finishing their checks, our guys are out for a casual skate.

And our PP may as well be the PP of an Eskimo nudist in January. Non-existent.

 

[Tom Brady]

Skinner wasn’t good against Calgarys farm team last week.

And sadly he would still be a better option than the 2 losers played in this game.

 

[Metamind]

Also Kassian has 0 hits, if he isn’t going to do his one damn job than don’t dress him

 

[CycloneSweep]

Idk man it feels like a missed opportunity. Very rarely can you overcome 4 goal leads. Needed to strike while the iron is hot.

Tying it 6-6 then giving up the 7th goal failing on your Pp and then immediately giving up the 8th probably deflated any good feelings they had about the second half of the game.

 

[PostBradMalone]

since the start of the season?

It must be in the head because the absolute worst defensive defender on this team.

 

[Oilhawks]

Idk man it feels like a missed opportunity. Very rarely can you overcome 4 goal leads. Needed to strike while the iron is hot.

It's game 1 of a best of 7. I think you take the silver lining that they tied up the game from a 4 goal deficit and build on that.

Flames look very beatable. Sutter and their clueless fans should not be celebrating this game. Sutter won't, even if their fans do.

 

[Tarus]

Nurse is still injured for sure

He's struggled all year

Constantly trying to do too much, and fixating on trying to recapture his goal scoring prowess he displayed last year.

He needs to refocus his game and stop thinking he's bobby orr

 

[BlackDogg]

Oilers kill fans spirits twice

 

[48g90a138pts]

I don't get why this team plays injured players that are causing a ton of chances. Just f***ing bench them!

It's the playoffs. That will never happen. Guys will play with broken bones. It's the NHL not the NBA