Post-Game Talk: #63: Oilers at Flyers, Thursday, March 3, 2016

[trigzter]

It's not so much what he'll do, it's what he might do that will make players think twice.

his size is intimidating no doubt, but at his age and weight he wont be able to hold his own vs most experienced fighters who challenge him.

either way. glad I missed this game

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

I had hockey tonight, caught the last few minutes at the bar...have it recorded, don't think im gonna watch it...any reason to other then the Schenn injury?

You would get to see vintage Ken Dryden in net for the Oilers, who somehow signed him and rejuvenated his bones without anyone knowing.

FML

Losing to them makes me physically ****ing sick. Flashback sick. Motion sick. **** off Oilers. Our worst game since November, surely, and that's despite a more or less halfway decent first period. Why did it have to be THIS one? ****'s sake.

 

[Juicy Pop]

his size is intimidating no doubt, but at his age and weight he wont be able to hold his own vs most experienced fighters who challenge him.

either way. glad I missed this game

True, it will take a few years before he has the ability to fight with the best of 'em.

You would get to see vintage Ken Dryden in net for the Oilers, who somehow signed him and rejuvenated his bones without anyone knowing.

FML

Losing to them makes me physically ****ing sick. Flashback sick. Motion sick. **** off Oilers. Our worst game since November, surely, and that's despite a more or less halfway decent first period. Why did it have to be THIS one? ****'s sake.

Yeah, I'm physically ill after that as well.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

his size is intimidating no doubt, but at his age and weight he wont be able to hold his own vs most experienced fighters who challenge him.

either way. glad I missed this game

There haven't been many that I have had a hard time sitting through since very early in the season, but this was pure eye vomit. Would love to put my foot through the television.

 

[blinds]

God, tonight was a disaster for our playoff chances.

Edit: From 36.6% to 21.2%. That sucks.

 

[Beef Invictus]

There haven't been many that I have had a hard time sitting through since very early in the season, but this was pure eye vomit. Would love to put my foot through the television.

I missed the good period and only saw the bad periods. What killed me was that, while Streit was bad, Simmonds seemed far worse. I can't think of him doing anything that didn't go wrong in some way.


Anybody who saw the whole thing, did Simmonds have any good plays in the 2nd?

 

[Juicy Pop]

God, tonight was a disaster for our playoff chances.

Edit: From 36.6% to 21.2%. That sucks.

Stop, I'm running out of liquor.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Stop, I'm running out of liquor.

Do you have fruit, water, and sugar?

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

I missed the good period and only saw the bad periods. What killed me was that, while Streit was bad, Simmonds seemed far worse. I can't think of him doing anything that didn't go wrong in some way.


Anybody who saw the whole thing, did Simmonds have any good plays in the 2nd?

He apparently didn't think it was all spiders and snakes...

Simmonds: "We didn't show up from the start of the game. I didn't think we played horrible, but it wasn't our best game."

Source: Sam Carchidi

 

[Larry44]

God, tonight was a disaster for our playoff chances.

Edit: From 36.6% to 21.2%. That sucks.

Why do I hear opera in the background. Knowing these guys, they'll win the next 5 again. Or lose'em all.

 

[Larry44]

Simmonds hit Giroux in the face with his stick while tussling as Giroux stood there guarding against an other man getting involved.

Thanks. Worried about another concussion, hope he's OK anyway.

 

[Juicy Pop]

Do you have fruit, water, and sugar?

In some fashion. Should I get a blender?

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

I missed the good period and only saw the bad periods. What killed me was that, while Streit was bad, Simmonds seemed far worse. I can't think of him doing anything that didn't go wrong in some way.


Anybody who saw the whole thing, did Simmonds have any good plays in the 2nd?

Not that I can remember. The worst was poor Ghost. He was having a stormer, playing as well as I've seen him play all year, but as soon as that turnover and Hall (**** that guy) goal, the game just fell apart around him and he couldn't get an ounce of luck.

 

[Beef Invictus]

In some fashion. Should I get a blender?

WOuldn't hurt.


Blend, combine all in a garbage bag, wait two weeks.



You'll have more liquor. It's called Pruno. You can hide it in your toilet to make the prison hooch experience more authentic.

 

[Beef Invictus]

He apparently didn't think it was all spiders and snakes...



Source: Sam Carchidi

Precisely what would his standard for horrible be?

 

[Juicy Pop]

Not that I can remember. The worst was poor Ghost. He was having a stormer, playing as well as I've seen him play all year, but as soon as that turnover and Hall (**** that guy) goal, the game just fell apart around him and he couldn't get an ounce of luck.

I just hope that Philly fans, in general, don't start going nuts on the kid for a few mistakes.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

I just hope that Philly fans, in general, don't start going nuts on the kid for a few mistakes.

I hope so too, but I'm sure it will be fine. He was VERY good before that initial mistake and it's no surprise that it threw him off. He's a young kid still, but he has guts and he'll be back at it next game. I want to punch ****ing Taylor Hall so bad right now that I can't think of anything except his stupid, stupid face, which is desperately in need of a mustache, the tart. **** off.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Precisely what would his standard for horrible be?

Ostensibly, different than ours. The result should swamp any pretense to finding a glimmer of optimism in that game. The comments emanating from the locker room should have begun with an acknowledgement of blunder and a conclusion eliminating the masquerade of one iota of anything glimmering.

 

[1865]

I truly hope we don't offer Read a new deal. He offers literally nothing. It's time he's replaced.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Ostensibly, different than ours. The result should swamp any pretense to finding a glimmer of optimism in that game. The comments emanating from the locker room should have begun with an acknowledgement of blunder and a conclusion eliminating the pretense of one iota of anything glimmering.

IMO, the ideal interview would've simply consisted of the team collectively standing before the media, and chanting "We are sorry, oh so sorry, sorry very sorry sorry" to the tune of "Dies Irae" while flagellating themselves.

 

[Juicy Pop]

I truly hope we don't offer Read a new deal. He offers literally nothing. It's time he's replaced.

I truly hope we trade Read, even though I like what he generally brings to the ice. ~4M is just too much.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

IMO, the ideal interview would've simply consisted of the team collectively standing before the media, and chanting "We are sorry, oh so sorry, sorry very sorry sorry" to the tune of "Dies Irae" while flagellating themselves.

"Sorry seems to be the hardest word..." is more conceivable.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Yeah, the NHLPA probably wouldn't approve of flagellation.

 

[Appleyard]

I hope so too, but I'm sure it will be fine. He was VERY good before that initial mistake and it's no surprise that it threw him off. He's a young kid still, but he has guts and he'll be back at it next game. I want to punch ****ing Taylor Hall so bad right now that I can't think of anything except his stupid, stupid face, which is desperately in need of a mustache, the tart. **** off.

One thing I was not sure of at the time but:

After that scrum did Giroux skate up to Hall and ask him to fight?

It sure seemed like it... Giroux looked pretty rabid and Hall seemed a bit confused/perturbed.

I mean, if I was Hall I would not go either in that situation... especially when Giroux was frothing at the mouth even though he is not a great fighter or anything. He may have just said some very nasty things though! Hall's face just flipped in a very short space of time from smug grin to 'ehh, wtf.'

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

One thing I was not sure of at the time but:

After that scrum did Giroux skate up to Hall and ask him to fight?

It sure seemed like it... Giroux looked pretty rabid and Hall seemed a bit confused/perturbed.

I mean, if I was Hall I would not go either in that situation... especially when Giroux was frothing at the mouth even though he is not a great fighter or anything. He may have just said some very nasty things though! Hall's face just flipped in a very short space of time from smug grin to 'ehh, wtf.'

Yeah definitely. You could see Giroux saying something like "We are going" right to Hall, but then there was some flub by the officials - first they had to add the second Oilers minor, which the scorekeeper didn't have, and then I think they moved the faceoff out of the zone, and by that time Giroux was back on the bench and it fizzed out. G was absolutely champing at the bit to get at Hall though.