GDT: Flames vs Blue Jackets @ the Dome - Mar 4, 2020

[OvermanKingGainer]

Their PP is basically to have Connor feed Draisaitl across the slot for one timers. And every time the other team breaks that up the puck fortuitously bounces to the tape of Neal/Hopkins/Chiasson.

Probably not gonna fly in a dedicated playoff series.

 

[Kranix]

Their PP is basically to have Connor feed Draisaitl across the slot for one timers. And every time the other team breaks that up the puck fortuitously bounces to the tape of Neal/Hopkins/Chiasson.

Probably not gonna fly in a dedicated playoff series.

Unless they play Calgary or Vancouver

 

[Captain Controversy]

They live in Edmonton and it's the only excitement they have in their lives.

Idk , Connor McDavid and Leon draisaitl is pretty exciting. Lol

 

[FlamerForLife]

Idk , Connor McDavid and Leon draisaitl is pretty exciting. Lol

So exciting that you feel the need to come to the Calgary Flames sub forum to mention it?

 

[Captain Controversy]

So exciting that you feel the need to come to the Calgary Flames sub forum to mention it?

Not particularly. I enjoy reading the different forums. Toronto and Calgary are my most hated teams in the NHL. I still enjoy seeing how the fans view the team. It is interesting to me. Hell, I even enjoy reading Calgary puck and their Edmonton is no good thread. There is so much hate and animosity, I can't help but read it.

 

[Rubi]

So exciting that you feel the need to come to the Calgary Flames sub forum to mention it?

Oiler fans are totally obsessed with the Calgary Flames. Yesterday in their OT thread they had 4 pages of posts about the Flames vs Blue Jackets game... most of them whining about the Flames or cheering on the Jackets.
Our own GDT only had 3 pages of posts about the game/team. Oiler fans talk more about the Flames than Flames fans do. They have a pathological obsession about the Flames that isn't healthy. I chalk it up to their huge inferiority complex that has developed over the years... whether its a city to city comparison or a team to team comparison.

 

[Rubi]

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Idk , Connor McDavid and Leon draisaitl is pretty exciting. Lol

Yes they are. Unfortunately for Edmonton they only play 82 days a year (assuming McDavid isn't injured or sick which seems to be a yearly occurrence)... the rest of the year what is there? And please don't mention the 40 year old decrepit West Edmonton Mall or the Klondike Days that nobody outside of Alberta has ever heard of.

 

[Captain Controversy]

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Yes they are. Unfortunately for Edmonton they only play 82 days a year (assuming McDavid isn't injured or sick which seems to be a yearly occurrence)... the rest of the year what is there? And please don't mention the 40 year old decrepit West Edmonton Mall or the Klondike Days that nobody outside of Alberta has ever heard of.

I lived here for 26 years of my 30 year old life.
1.5 years in Vancouver and another 1.5 in Calgary. Edmonton is a boring city without hockey compared to Vancouver and Calgary because of the mountains and ocean.

 

[Johnny Hoxville]

Seeing the Oil fans read our forum makes me giddy.

 

[SKRusty]

Seeing the Oil fans read our forum makes me giddy.

Oh it is going to be a freaking gong show. How dirty Calgary is... How the Flames have the refs on their side... How an injury decimated their chances. Arguing how our players should be suspended. Yup good ole fun.

 

[OvermanKingGainer]

Unfortunately for Edmonton they only play 82 days a year

Don't take their history of preseason championships away from them

 

[InfinityIggy]

Who are the Oilers? Sorry I don’t follow irrelevant teams.

 

[Corpus X]

I lived here for 26 years of my 30 year old life.
1.5 years in Vancouver and another 1.5 in Calgary. Edmonton is a boring city without hockey compared to Vancouver and Calgary because of the mountains and ocean.

Calgary's world class ocean waves are the envy of California and our fresh ocean salmon makes Tokyo cry harakiri and our heavy snow covered peaks, fed by the ocean nipping at it's heels, has the ski bunnies firmly perked. Calgary is vastly better than Edmonton.

 

[Shot Blocker]

Their PP is basically to have Connor feed Draisaitl across the slot for one timers. And every time the other team breaks that up the puck fortuitously bounces to the tape of Neal/Hopkins/Chiasson.

Probably not gonna fly in a dedicated playoff series.

There's no reason to believe the Oilers PP won't work in a dedicated playoff series. The facts are they currently have the 4th Best PP% of all time (29.8%) & the best since the Isles led the NHL with a 31.2-percent success rate in 1978-79; no team has exceeded 30 percent since then.

 

[Dack]

There's no reason to believe the Oilers PP won't work in a dedicated playoff series. The facts are they currently have the 4th Best PP% of all time (29.8%) & the best since the Isles led the NHL with a 31.2-percent success rate in 1978-79; no team has exceeded 30 percent since then.

Yeah the fact that no team has had a PP% that high in 40 years should tell you a lot, 25% is probably doable but right now the powerplay is likely overachieving.

 

[OvermanKingGainer]

There's no reason to believe the Oilers PP won't work in a dedicated playoff series. The facts are they currently have the 4th Best PP% of all time (29.8%) & the best since the Isles led the NHL with a 31.2-percent success rate in 1978-79; no team has exceeded 30 percent since then.

It happens all the time. Remember the 2010 Capitals in the playoffs?

Yet the league's most potent regular-season power play fizzled yet again.
"We had a power play this year that, I think, after October was going close to 30 percent for the rest of the year, and we were 1-for-33 on the power play," Boudreau said.

or last year's lightning?

Lightning boasted the NHL’s top power-play (28.2 percent) and was in a three way tie for the top penalty kill (85 percent with Columbus and the Arizona Coyotes), while the Blue Jackets had the fourth worst power-play in the NHL this season (15.4 percent). During the series, the Lightning went 1-for-6 on the man advantage while the Blue Jackets went an absurd 5-for-10.

Regular season success on the PP means nothing. Teams don't spend a lot of time on pregame scouting meetings or opponent specific details. I think the 2017 Penguins were the only PP-reliant team in recent years whose PP didn't fail them, and even then they needed MAF to go GodMode for two series.

 

[Shot Blocker]

Yeah the fact that no team has had a PP% that high in 40 years should tell you a lot, 25% is probably doable but right now the powerplay is likely overachieving.

You could be right, but in the Playoffs often special teams is what turns the tide.
The Oilers currently have the #1 PP & #2 PK, any team would want those stats heading into the post season.

 

[OvermanKingGainer]

You could be right, but in the Playoffs often special teams is what turns the tide.
The Oilers currently have the #1 PP & #2 PK, any team would want those stats heading into the post season.

I think a team would rather have a PP that catches fire at just the right time (2019 Blues, 2018 Capitals, 2016 Penguins, 2015 Blackhawks, 2014 Kings) than have spent its load on building plenty of successful tape for opponents to study and counter.

 

[Corpus X]

The city of calgary will be better because of geography.
The Edmonton Oilers will be better because of Hockey Players.
Past, present or future.

My post was far more entertaining.

"Point to Corpus X!" - impartial judge.

 

[Shot Blocker]

I think a team would rather have a PP that catches fire at just the right time (2019 Blues, 2018 Capitals, 2016 Penguins, 2015 Blackhawks, 2014 Kings) than have spent its load on building plenty of successful tape for opponents to study and counter.

2019 Blues? their PP was 12th (Out of 16) in last years Playoffs?

Boston was 1st overall in the post season. This shows that good special teams is no guarantee of success, but definitely a positive factor

 

[Johnny Hoxville]

Who are the Oilers? Sorry I don’t follow irrelevant teams.

I am surprised you have not heard of them considering they have the leagues best goal scorer in James Neal.