13-14 Around the League III: Vanek to NYI

[LeafsMonster]

Oviiii! 3-2 caps

 

[Pi]

Justin Schultz is terrible defensively..he's very smart in the offensive zone but absolutely dirt in the defensive zone.

MAB type player with better offensive skill.

 

[The Winter Soldier]

Paul Ranger would probably be the Oilers 2nd best Defencemen to Ference on the Oilers. That's the quality of Defence the Oilers have. If Leafs are having discussions with Mac T I don't see anything on their roster that we would be interested in that isn't untouchable.

 

[Leafs at Knight]

4-1 Caps. Oilers looking for another bottom 10 finish

 

[Penalty Kill Icing*]

Ovi scores.. and there goes my chance for tonight's hattrick.

 

[Daisy Jane]

Oilers have not given up their penchant for loose hockey, Eakins has a bigger job than he probably bargained for.

Giveaways by Oilers a norm.

I don't think this was the job Eakins should have taken quite frankly.

 

[LeafsMonster]

Oy vey poor labarbara.

The caps pp though, ****in sick

 

[realgoodleafs]

I feel bad for Oilers goaltenders.

 

[Pi]

Oilers should change the name of their show.

It's not an Oil Change...it should be Engine Change.

Engine sucks...even the best quality oil isn't helping that engine.

 

[TootooTrain]

Caps just picking them apart in the offensive zone.

 

[The Winter Soldier]

The Oilers look more like that imo.

Yeah, both. I was talking to a Caps fan and they said as much about the Caps.

 

[Daisy Jane]

Ovi scores.. and there goes my chance for tonight's hattrick.

hattrick?

 

[Pi]

Where are all the tanking fanboys now? The only time I'd ever want the Leafs to lose is if we had no chance at the playoffs.

Burke >>>> Oilers.

Flames will be better than the Oilers in a matter of 2 years...without tanking.

 

[Penalty Kill Icing*]

Hmmm.. Grabovski's team convincingly leading 4-1 against Oilers. Bozak's team barely managed to pull a W against the same team Saturday.

Grabovski > Bozak.

(P.S.: I don't believe in the dumbness of this post. Just that someone on this board used this logic to say that Caps lose because of Grabovski. )

 

[LeafsMonster]

The oils are a mission to take on, but I think by the end of the season they'll look like a much different team.

Give it some time to adjust to Eakins' style. Its a new style and Eakins is still a rookie coach. It'll take a while for them to figure their **** out.

 

[Pi]

One timer between the dots...after the 4-1 goal. No goalie is helping that team.

 

[The Winter Soldier]

I don't think this was the job Eakins should have taken quite frankly.

I'm afraid his rope is not going to be too long. Hope he gets a fair chance but this team looks like a lotto team again. Brutal defence, brutal team concept. Don't see anything tonight and they are not playing a powerhouse in the Caps.

 

[Penalty Kill Icing*]

hattrick?

hattrick.nhl.com

 

[Daisy Jane]

I'm afraid his rope is not going to be too long. Hope he gets a fair chance but this team looks like a lotto team again. Brutal defence, brutal team concept. Don't see anything tonight and they are not playing a powerhouse in the Caps.

well as much as people were crapping on Dubnyk, at least he didn't give up what? 3 goals on 3 shots or something crazy like that.

I just mean - hasn't there been a new coach in edmonton every year? regardless of the system or whatever - it's clearly not working there. At least here we had some hope before we totally bottomed out (and that's mostly because the COACH had no system we had some pieces to at least make the playoffs).

(I wonder if Clarkson is thanking his lucky star that he chose Toronto over Edmonton).

 

[Pi]

I'm afraid his rope is not going to be too long. Hope he gets a fair chance but this team looks like a lotto team again. Brutal defence, brutal team concept. Don't see anything tonight and they are not playing a powerhouse in the Caps.

They fired Renney and thought it would change.
They fired Krueger and thought it would be different.

You can't fire Eakins. Coaching isn't the problem.

At this point, if I was Kevin Lowe, I would be sending a "I am sorry" card to Renney and Krueger.

Losing has been instilled into these young players...they float, they don't try in the defensive zone and have 6 million dollar contracts.

 

[The Winter Soldier]

Justin Schultz is terrible defensively..he's very smart in the offensive zone but absolutely dirt in the defensive zone.

MAB type player with better offensive skill.

He doesn't look good tonight and against us. When I think of the hype surrounding him last year, it is disappointing. I think he is better than this, the whole team is bad tonight.

 

[Suntouchable13]

They are losing their **** over at the Oilers board.

 

[Kbs]

I don't know why I've been enjoying these Oilers losses so much. I think it dates back a couple years ago to when the main board seemed to be in agreement that the Oilers were building a team the right way and the Leafs will continue to be mediocre.

It sucks that Eakins is a part of that mess now though.

 

[Penalty Kill Icing*]

They are losing their **** over at the Oilers board.

Can't blame them. Team is not looking any better.

 

[The Winter Soldier]

well as much as people were crapping on Dubnyk, at least he didn't give up what? 3 goals on 3 shots or something crazy like that.

I just mean - hasn't there been a new coach in edmonton every year? regardless of the system or whatever - it's clearly not working there. At least here we had some hope before we totally bottomed out (and that's mostly because the COACH had no system we had some pieces to at least make the playoffs).

(I wonder if Clarkson is thanking his lucky star that he chose Toronto over Edmonton).

Definite yes to the bolded. Yakupov is wishing he was picked by Columbus now.