GDT: Oilers @ Jets • Sun Oct 23, 3PM • Heritage Classic

[UnrefinedCrude]

A boring game is a boring game. Hughson was near monotone and the game was entirely too quiet with no mics near the stands. These games are supposed to be about atmosphere and there was none.

Don't be mad.

Sure Hughson was monotone, he was clearly cheering for the Jets.

He called the Oilers the "evil visitors" a couple of times.

Hrudey is very anti-Oilers.
They were so sad when we started winning.

 

[Duke749]

Bizarre performance by the Jets.

Was watching the 1st with my dad and said "The cross-ice passes, giving the puck back to the point, and one-timers aren't working because of the bad ice, whichever team figures this out first will win this game". Oilers came out in the second, stopped worrying about stretch passes and one-timers, took the 3-0 lead and Winnipeg never clued in, were still trying to set up one-timers and putting pucks back to the point, only to watch them hop over sticks. Odd.

Good observation and was thinking about this late in the game.

Also of note, Jets have been pretty bad in the 2nd periods for far this year. Very lopsided numbers.

 

[McYoungGuns]

Will Edmonton win the Stanley Cup or was that a bad game by the Jets?

a bit of both, we're alot better than last year but mistakes r still made, but i could see us battling for a playoff spot

 

[Quiksilver*]

Bizarre performance by the Jets.

Was watching the 1st with my dad and said "The cross-ice passes, giving the puck back to the point, and one-timers aren't working because of the bad ice, whichever team figures this out first will win this game". Oilers came out in the second, stopped worrying about stretch passes and one-timers, took the 3-0 lead and Winnipeg never clued in, were still trying to set up one-timers and putting pucks back to the point, only to watch them hop over sticks. Odd.

Good observation and was thinking about this late in the game.

Also of note, Jets have been pretty bad in the 2nd periods for far this year. Very lopsided numbers.

Doesn't take a genius to figure this out. When has the ice ever been good for an outdoor game, it's the same every year. Even when it's "decent", it's still awful compared to the rest of the year.

So either the Jets are collectively the dumbest team in the league or it's simply how the game unfolded for the first period with players for some reason trying to put on a show.

 

[syz]

Hughson is bored at any game the Canucks aren't playing in. No idea how he got a national gig.

 

[karnige]

a bit of both, we're alot better than last year but mistakes r still made, but i could see us battling for a playoff spot

oilers aren't dominating while they win. its just them grinding out wins. they certainly aren't a 5-1 team but they aren't the 1-5 team from the past. middle of the pack. I see them battling for a playoff spot.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

It was a shutout so the score talk ya that

I forgot Laine was a Jet...

 

[McTrashBoat]

oilers aren't dominating while they win. its just them grinding out wins. they certainly aren't a 5-1 team but they aren't the 1-5 team from the past. middle of the pack. I see them battling for a playoff spot.

How do ya figure that?

It seems to me they won 5 games and lost 1 so far.

 

[syz]

oilers aren't dominating while they win. its just them grinding out wins. they certainly aren't a 5-1 team but they aren't the 1-5 team from the past. middle of the pack. I see them battling for a playoff spot.

Oilers have deserved to win every game that they've won, which isn't something that has happened for them in like a decade.

 

[Mr Tadakichi]

oilers aren't dominating while they win. its just them grinding out wins. they certainly aren't a 5-1 team but they aren't the 1-5 team from the past. middle of the pack. I see them battling for a playoff spot.

They outplayed St Louis. They have their off times, sure, but by no means do they win without controlling the play a hefty amount of time.

 

[karnige]

Oilers have deserved to win every game that they've won, which isn't something that has happened for them in like a decade.

maybe im expecting old oilers blood to leech into the system

 

[iCanada]

maybe im expecting old oilers blood to leech into the system

I'm not sure what your big gripes are; The Oil are Tied for most goals in the league.

This is a competitive league, teams dont win 9-1 like the 80's Oil did.

 

[HolyGhost]

Sloppy game all around

 

[Seachd]

A boring game is a boring game. Hughson was near monotone and the game was entirely too quiet with no mics near the stands. These games are supposed to be about atmosphere and there was none.

Don't be mad.

I know for me what makes or breaks the game is the tone of the announcer's voice.

 

[ediger]

Sure Hughson was monotone, he was clearly cheering for the Jets.

He called the Oilers the "evil visitors" a couple of times.

Hrudey is very anti-Oilers.
They were so sad when we started winning.

everyone likes to think the announcers are against them. Realistically, it's BS. If you couldn't pick up on the tone used for the "evil visitors" line, I don't even know how to help you.

 

[JarvisFunk]

oilers aren't dominating while they win. its just them grinding out wins. they certainly aren't a 5-1 team but they aren't the 1-5 team from the past. middle of the pack. I see them battling for a playoff spot.

The only game that could've gone either way was the Carolina game, and even then its not like we were outplayed by much if at all.

 

[HolyGhost]

Sure Hughson was monotone, he was clearly cheering for the Jets.

He called the Oilers the "evil visitors" a couple of times.

Hrudey is very anti-Oilers.
They were so sad when we started winning.

As someone with no dog in the fight. This site gets from mad when the oileus win.

 

[UnrefinedCrude]

everyone likes to think the announcers are against them. Realistically, it's BS. If you couldn't pick up on the tone used for the "evil visitors" line, I don't even know how to help you.

you mean that flat tone he uses whenever it's not Vancouver?

He wanted the home team to win the outdoor game. I think he would have been the same for anyone but Vancouver. Hughson should never have gone national. He only was a bit pro-jets because you were hosting. Most games he wants Vancouver to win, regardless of their participation in the game.

Hrudey has an axe to grind with the Oilers though. Simpson is just awful.

 

[Mcnotloilersfan]

Oilers win. First in NHL. "I have to find something to complain about... Boring game? Yeah that should do!"

I was on edge most of the game. It was highly entertaining