Post-Game Talk: How To Get The Starter’s Job Back in 2 Games

[ConnorMcMullet]

Larsson with another solid game as well... physical and +3... had 3 hits and a block and overall looked engaged.

He'll be huge for us in the playoffs.

 

[FlameChampion]

Man, I know Kassian got a point tonight but he has been mostly a drag. Not retrieving pucks or anything. Play died with him almost every time he had the puck this evening. No jam in his play either.

I dunno ... I see some people pointing at holes in certain players games like Kassian, AA etc tonight. Quite frankly no one really played well (besides Koskinen and the fourth line), I'm just not sure its worth finger pointing at certain players on this game. Its nice to get the 2 points, but the whole team needs to be better.

 

[CupofOil]

I thought he looked like Mike Ricci lol.

Holy shit, I thought the same thing haha.
I was thinking, what does Ricci have to do with Yamamoto?

 

[48g90a138pts]

So do the Oilers sign Keanu?

 

[oobga]

Wrong again, check the stats. Home ice means the very least in hockey. Road teams always win on the road in hockey. Home ice advabtage has meant less and less every year

What stats are those?

Current NHL collective home record: 567-354-135 (213 games over .500)
Current NHL collective away record: 490-459-109 (31 games over .500)

You think teams would give up home ice advantage of they could choose in the playoffs because there is some kind of road team advantage?

I don't dispute that lots of teams that have home ice choke hard in the playoffs. But, whatever, teams that do that aren't gonna win regardless. A good team that is capable in confident will take the 4/7 games with 2nd change 10 times out of 10.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

woof...what an awful game..Drai was especially bad in the last minute

Kostko was amazing...Oilers looked a step behind all game...2nd to loose pucks, losing every battle
maybe a flu bug or something going through the team

ugly win..but its still a win

 

[Ritchie Valens]

Tippett:

"The goaltender was unbelievable. The rest of the team was not unbelievable."

He's a f***ing beauty.

 

[Ritchie Valens]

Holy shit, I thought the same thing haha.
I was thinking, what does Ricci have to do with Yamamoto?

Kailer's mom has some 'splainin to do.

 

[kevy999]

What stats are those?

Current NHL collective home record: 567-354-135 (213 games over .500)
Current NHL collective away record: 490-459-109 (31 games over .500)

You think teams would give up home ice advantage of they could choose in the playoffs because there is some kind of road team advantage?

I don't dispute that lots of teams that have home ice choke hard in the playoffs. But, whatever, teams that do that aren't gonna win regardless. A good team that is capable in confident will take the 4/7 games with 2nd change 10 times out of 10.

check playoff home stats in the last 3 years. Basketball and football and baseball home means so much more, i am not saying i would pass up having home ice advantage, i am just saying there is far less pressure starting on the road than at home.

 

[Biltmore]

That was a stinker...

 

[harpoon]

Someone needs to forcefeed that boy a flu shot. Every goddamn year he gets sick

You’d almost think he has a job where he has to stay in hotels half his life. Spend hours on airplanes and in airports. And then lose 5-8 pounds every night on the job. But yeah, get that boy a flu shot. That will make all the difference.

 

[Morpheus]

Tippett:

"The goaltender was unbelievable. The rest of the team was not unbelievable."

He's a f***ing beauty.

Yeah he was taking any shit from the local media tonite.

good on him

 

[alphahelix]

Is this the first 0 point victory for Draisaitl this year?

 

[snag]

Tippett is going to be pissed.

I had to back it up to show my wife Tippet say "f*** me" after the shutout was ruined.... She scolded him lol

 

[bellagiobob]

Now please go make your boy some chicken soup.

 

[Ritchie Valens]

Yeah he was taking any shit from the local media tonite.

good on him

He also can tell the team they played like garbage by sounding like angry dad but does it in a way the team respects him for it and doesn't tune him out.

I haven't been this happy with a coaching hire in a long time.

 

[bellagiobob]

Is this the first 0 point victory for Draisaitl this year?

He got an assist on Nyquist’s goal.

 

[nexttothemoon]

I'm more of a goals for/against guy and a W/L guy than most I think... I see a win as a win and outscoring the competition any way you can as a positive so I'm not as disappointed as most by this game.

I also love when opposing teams are completely frustrated in a game... which I'm sure the BJ's were which is why they had to resort to the dirt/slimy play they did and the refs were certainly helping them out as well with game management.

Oilers were simply the better team when all was said and done and the BJ's had no finish in the game which is obviously a key to winning... not getting "chances" and doing nothing with them which is what they did all night... getting phantom Power Plays and still not being able to convert.

Their team is shit and they'll slide out of a wildcard spot with Carolina or the Rangers overtaking them who are both more deserving of a playoff spot.

 

[3IR]

Tippett:

"The goaltender was unbelievable. The rest of the team was not unbelievable."

He's a f***ing beauty.

I disagree, they were just as unbelievable as kosk.

It was unbelievable how little effort they managed to put in over the course of 60 minutes.

 

[Morpheus]

He also can tell the team they played like garbage by sounding like angry dad but does it in a way the team respects him for it and doesn't tune him out.

I haven't been this happy with a coaching hire in a long time.

Agree 100%

He also said “I don’t care what they do on their day off...anything they want just don’t play hockey”

 

[Ritchie Valens]

I disagree, they were just as unbelievable as kosk.

It was unbelievable how little effort they managed to put in over the course of 60 minutes.

Touche.

 

[Senor Catface]

Tippett says the guys got back into Edmonton at 4 am

Well, that helps.

 

[Behind Enemy Lines]

I've bitched enough about the lack of effort tonight. Koskinen stole this.

Big picture and beyond the Oilers, I wonder if the league needs to look at its scheduling. It seems like 4 games in 6 nights a new norm and repeat that over weeks and weeks this just chews teams up and we start to look at things like 'scheduling losses.' I'm not sure the bye week idea works if it means compressing the schedule, especially for Western Conference teams with crazy travel. Just a thought and not intended as an excuse.

Tonight the Oilers collectively didn't have it.

 

[nexttothemoon]

Khaira I thought had a solid game as well... 4 hits, +2 and 1 assist. Was a solid part of that 4th line that was overall the best line in terms of production. They and Koskinen beat the Bluejackets all on their own.

 

[3IR]

This super condensed schedule to end the year really stinks.

I mean, it’s nice to get so much hockey to watch, but it can’t be good for the players, or teams in general. You’d think a downswing after the trade deadline to allow guys to prepare for the long grind of the playoffs, and have new acquisitions get more practices in would make for even more exciting post season.