GDT: [WCSF GAME 3] | Edmonton Oilers vs Anaheim Ducks | 4.30.17 | 5:00PM | SN | 2

[oil Leaks]

Forget about it, on to the next game. Talbot will bounce back

 

[Arturs Irbe]

what exactly does Eberle do on this team?

Free giveaways and soft play. Worth 6m/y apparently.

 

[Mcnofool6110]

Just have a better first. And dont screw up, Talbot

 

[CrazyJoeDavola]

Talbot laid an egg, but this game is on our coaching staff for not teaching this team anything new since Nov. We're doing the same stupid breakout strategy and we fail to adapt. There are no in-game changes no nothing. We don't breakout as a team and it's because we're employing the same **** over and over again without any adjustments.

McLellan and co, this one's on you. Teach this team something new for once

 

[Draiskull]

**** Josh...

 

[The Batman]

Oilers always bounce back. Rebound game at home.

 

[LemmyUlanov55]

Talbot has always been bouncing back, he'll be alright in game 4.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Talbot laid an egg, but this game is on our coaching staff for not teaching this team anything new since Nov. We're doing the same stupid breakout strategy and we fail to adapt. There are no in-game changes no nothing. We don't breakout as a team and it's because we're employing the same **** over and over again without any adjustments.

McLellan and co, this one's on you. Teach this team something new for once

Lol yeah McLellan told Nurse to spike it up the boards to nobody in particular.

Like that was as braindead a hockey play as you can get.

 

[suddeninterest]

Of course he does. Talbot was no good tonight, but the whole team laid an egg defensively. From 30 seconds in when the Sekera/Russell pairing didn't recognize the Duck player behind them to Nurse with the idiotic rim around the boards to Drai and Eberle with soft giveaways right at the blue line.

Talbot was part of the problem definitely. But the team needs to refocus and clean up the mistakes they made tonight.

I expect a better effort from Talbot and the rest of the team on Wednesday. Extra day to get over this loss and look at where things went wrong and work on some stuff in practice.

Agreed, when you get scored on less than a minute into the game you just know things aren't gonna go well. Hopefully the whole team can set this aside and clean it up defensively.

 

[Draiskull]

Lol yeah McLellan told Nurse to spike it up the boards to nobody in particular.

Like that was as braindead a hockey play as you can get.

Pretty sure Todd coached and endorsed that play at some point this season

 

[Arturs Irbe]

This really could be a 10-10 game. Slopppppy.

 

[McBigYak]

Talbot laid an egg, but this game is on our coaching staff for not teaching this team anything new since Nov. We're doing the same stupid breakout strategy and we fail to adapt. There are no in-game changes no nothing. We don't breakout as a team and it's because we're employing the same **** over and over again without any adjustments.

McLellan and co, this one's on you. Teach this team something new for once

It's like people have a little wheel in their place that they spin and it either lands on Talbot,Eberle,Nuge,Lucic or Mclellen and that's who they blame.

Why the **** is it the coaches responsibility when a player(Nurse) makes an absolutely bone headed play? You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

That play works. Was it the right time to use it? No. That's on the player.

 

[The Batman]

Pretty sure Todd coached and endorsed that play at some point this season

Yep, started noticing the team incorporate that play a lot right after facing an opponent who did it against us a few times.

 

[CrazyJoeDavola]

Lol yeah McLellan told Nurse to spike it up the boards to nobody in particular.

Like that was as braindead a hockey play as you can get.

Seriously? Everyone of our D-men have had this conditioned in their brains to do this all year long. It's nothing new. Where were the fwds to support the breakout better? This is rinse and repeat the same terrible breakout strategy we've been doing all year long. We've just been luck enough to outscore our problems. Not in the playoffs

 

[Bangers]

Meh, Oil were due a bad game in this round; I figured it would be game 2.

Last time Talbot had a bad game, he won the next two - I'm not worried.

Oil in 5!

 

[vsove]

Nuge has shown that he has another gear in these playoffs.

Eberle.. hasn't.

Talbot, man, worst possible time to let in a softie.

 

[Canovin]

Would love Manson on this team

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Pretty sure Todd coached and endorsed that play at some point this season

Even a junior leaguer knows not to slap it up when you have nobody along the wall. What was Nurse trying to do? Ice the puck?

 

[Uindicator]

Free giveaways and soft play. Worth 6m/y apparently.

No heart and needs to grow some **lls

 

[Zguy370]

what exactly does Eberle do on this team?

If only he can give half the effort and play with half the heart of Desharnais and Cagiulla, for a small dude

 

[Draiskull]

**** the refs... get the wrong guy again

 

[LemmyUlanov55]

Kassian stare of death..

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Seriously? Everyone of our D-men have had this conditioned in their brains to do this all year long. It's nothing new. Where were the fwds to support the breakout better? This is rinse and repeat the same terrible breakout strategy we've been doing all year long. We've just been luck enough to outscore our problems. Not in the playoffs

He slapped it up the boards. Why the eff would you take a goddamn slapshot from behind your net?

It was a stupid play and he knows it.

 

[BudBundy]

what exactly does Eberle do on this team?

Well, tonight he is:

G A pts +/- Ice time $6.0M cap hit
0. 0. 0. -3. 14:52. 0 value

 

[McBigYak]

He slapped it up the boards. Why the eff would you take a goddamn slapshot from behind your net?

It was a stupid play and he knows it.

If you have no Ducks along the boards and an Oiler at the red line to tip the puck its a great play.

Guys tend to just look at when it fails, but I have seen that play work out well numerous times this season.

Nurse did it at an absolutely brutal time though, Ducks player read it from a mile away.