Post-Game Talk: Game 84, same as the previous 83.

[Saltcreek]

I guess we have a season of watching Benning racking up assists for the other team. I bet he gets more minutes next game.

 

[sundaysleftovers]

I was waiting all week for this game. What a let down. 80 more games boys.

 

[CupofOil]

 

[Yeah15]

Benning puts in another solid effort tonight. Put in Garrison, Bear or basically anyone on earth to replace him.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

Missed the first 50 or so minutes of the game, how was our PP? Bouchard was again the only defenseman that can make a crisp clean pass by my eye.

 

[t0nedeff]

All the Benning prolifers need to come and take their L now instead of waiting until the summer going to some statline and pretending like our eyes are lying to us when we see him play 80 games a year just like the last 2 he played.

 

[ElysiumAB]

Yikes.

 

[oXo Cube]

Leon Draisaitl was our best forward in this game.

 

[The Batman]

We played a solid 3 mins and 43 seconds of hockey to start the game but it was the same ol' garbage after the McDavid goal.

edit: spelling

 

[onetweasy]

Nothing cures a losing streak like a matinee at MSG!

 

[FanOfSadTeam]

Who's the top prospect for the 2026 draft? I'm gonna tell the kid to find another sport.

 

[Mcnofool6110]

Benning has been on the ice for 6 of 9 goals against.

Man is truly f***ing us over

 

[MettleMcOiler]

Please...PLEASE! something has to be done about Benning.

 

[Soundwave]

Bruins - 4
McDavids - 1

Not a one line team tho.

 

[iCanada]

Honestly, you take away Benning... we maybe even win that game.

I don't think Benning had a single shift without brutally flubbing something.

Impressive performance imo.

 

[A91]

I actually had to defend Ceci > Benning just a few weeks ago.
What an awful player. Anything more than 12 mins a night v easy comp and he's complete trash.

 

[780il]

f*** this team




Maybe we can finish not in last place with Hughes and Mcdavid?

 

[nabob]

Drai looked better tonight than he has so far. Starting to put it together. I would play him with McDavid and let Nuge be 2C. Doesn’t appear to be any benefit to having Nuge with connor right now but Drai looks dangerous every time he plays with Connor.

 

[Oilers in NS]

I'm not sure how anyone can look up and down this trash roster, watch tonights game and decide that Draisaitl should be the scapegoat.

He was one of only a few players on the team actually creating scoring chances. Most of these guys can't even keep the puck on their stick for more than a second.

Yamamoto needs to be in the AHL.

I seen too many plays die Yama’s stick. I like Benson better

 

[Canada Drai]

McLellan and Benning need to be shipped out rn Gallant style.

 

[YakDavid]

TMac is a terrible coach. He is losing us games. The team isn't terrible but stupid decision making is costing us games. We were promised a new system but this looks the same. We were promised new pking but ours is worse. We were promised better powerplay but the idiot has 5 lefties on at the same time. It;s almost like he knows a right handed shot will make it so much better so he waits till his job is truly on the line.

Boston were frankly not good at all. We lost the game ourselves.

Also that reffing was brutal.

 

[nabob]

Also. For the 1000th time. If Benning was a LHD he would have never played a NHL game yet. Terrible hockey player.

 

[Aerrol]

Yamamoto showed good hustle but honestly he was flubbing scoring opportunities like he was 2016-17 Caggiula. Isn't his thing supposed to be quick to get the puck off his stick? He really, really needs to work on that. Really frustrating to watch.

Overall, better game than last but still miserable to watch. Infuriating to see the dump ins/ringing the puck along the boards INCREASE, not decrease, as the game wore on. You'd think they'd try to actually make plays once firmly behind...

Also, Pulju looks totally broken. So that's great. No hustle at all today.

 

[Oilers in NS]

I guess we have a season of watching Benning racking up assists for the other team. I bet he gets more minutes next game.

I say he gets a 5 yr, 27.5 mil deal soon

 

[Soundwave]

Bruins sure had trouble with our so called "center depth".

 

[oobga]

Ok, that's enough, time for drastic measures!

 

[LTIR]

Time to swap Drai and RNH..

Drai-McD-Rattie
Lucic-RNH-Yama
Strome-Brodziak-Kassian
Caggiula-Khaira-Pulju

 

[A91]

If his name was Beninarvi he'd be benched and sent to the AHL.
But he's Matt Benning, the local kid who chose to play here.