68% winning percentage under Knoblauch.
I was a very vocal supporter of the Hyman contract, compared to him to Ryan Smyth which some thought was hyperbole and said that the numbers were in Toronto were misleading because some were saying that his career high was only 41 points and therefore was only a 3rd liner, but he's exceeded even my expectations.
I loved the Hyman signing and thought he was gonna be good to great for us.
Yeah they are bad but were only shut out one other time in December. That same time period they put up 5 against the Rangers and Islanders, 6 on the Wings and Devils, and 4 on the Knights and Canucks. Your assertion that it would be more impressive to shut out an Ahl team does not hold up to the facts. They are a bad nhl team, but they have put up goals in spurts since Oct/Nov and the oilers managed to shut them out, that’s a good thing.
No kidding, lots of strange noises and stuff coming from them during the game. A very weird fan base.
It was beyond Woody too though. Notorious slow starts with Tippett, Hitchcock (even with the short tenure) and McLellan. Whatever Knoblauch has done to get the team ready from puck drop thus far is pretty impressive.
Says a poster throwing Shade on Draisaitl after a solid game. I think your self test failed. Did you buy it in China?
It was piped fan noise during the game. A new NHL low point. The building was half empty. They had fake crowd noise. Like at a cheesy live concert recording where everybody was sitting on their hands....haha
That's the conclusion I came to as well.
The oiler have 16 regulation wins, and somehow a shutout doesn’t rise to the top of the 15 oiler goaltending performances this year. Your previous post put it less than shutting out an AHL team. He statistically has been awful but he does appear to be getting better. The bigger worry is who the heck can spell him off around here so he doesn’t get ridden into the ground in the next few months.
I'm not even close to ready to run with Skinner. As other's have stated, in no way was this a great performance or anything.
I honestly can't remember him stealing us any of those wins. He was basically adequate. He sure as hell cost us the Tampa game though. And he also let in 3 goals on 21 shots against the Isles.
Because Skinner shits his clothes under even the slightest pressure. All games like this do is buy more rope for Holland to leave off doing his job in getting us a goalie.
It's not irrational to be skeptical of a goalie sporting an 890 save percentage which the team has been mostly responsible for improving in the last month. The guy has been fairly awful this whole season. Don't be fooled by the recent success. That is completely on the shoulders of our D core. When the going gets tough, I'm sure we'll see the real Skinner rear his ugly head again.
Good grief, man. You're the kind of "fan" the players run a mile from, and I don't blame them. How about actually supporting your team? Probably a thought that's never occurred to you.
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