Post-Game Talk: Oilers Lose to Preds 2-0, Haven't Scored in Years

[oil Leaks]

Teddy Purcell 18:11 of ice time.

 

[SK13]

Sekera is a fine Defenseman but is simply playing over his head.

Sekera is playing where he's spent most of his career playing, effectively: In the top pairing on a poor team.

Rough few games. He'll settle in.

 

[nexttothemoon]

Sadly... of all the teams the Oilers play in their 1st 12 games... the Preds were the team they have done the best against over the last 5 years.

This could be a really cold October.

 

[McDNicks17]

It's time to bring back the Corey Power Potter Play!

 

[McAsuno]

Send down Ference and Purcell. Bring up Draisaitl and slot Reinhart in.

 

[Soundwave]

There is still a small part of me that feels when they do finally open the gates they will blow some team away. However that might not be until eberle gets back

Too soft/perimeter oriented to score goals 5-on-5. If they can figure out what the hell they're doing on the PP then they'll get some goals.

 

[Del Preston]

Yakupov doesn't mesh well with anyone.

He looked good with Pouliot and McDavid.

 

[McRpro]

It's only been two games, and there's no reason to panic.

Talbot looks great. Let's hope we can start generating some offense next game VS Dallas.

 

[Forgot About Drai]

Teddy Purcell 18:11 of ice time.

 

[callighenfan]

Beyond the individual errors, the biggest problem I'm seeing on offense is that the defensemen look like they're shooting through a briarpatch at a quark. Every shot either goes wide or gets blocked.

 

[Narnia]

I actually thought we played pretty well. Nashville is just a really good team with a great defence.

Justin Schultz looked really good. He's got confidence.
Talbot is good.

I think our defence has to work on its shooting. It feels like they missed the net 80% of the time.

Yet are still people that are calling Schult terrible.

 

[Baby Nilsson]

During the PP? Definitely. It made it simple for the preds to clear the puck.

I don't get it - and I think that's what Sharks fans warned us about. We better change our game plan because were not exactly a team built on puck retrieval especially against a team like Nashville.

 

[DisgruntledGoat*]

That Sekera turnover was one of the worst I've ever seen in my life.

Marc-Andre Bergeron and Tom Poti shake their heads at the play.

 

[Cam98]

Teddy Purcell and Ference need to be gone. Both such terrible players right now.

 

[Soundwave]

He looked good with Pouliot and McDavid.

I'd give him a longer look with McDavid, but if he still can't produce ... his days here are pretty much numbered. And if they don't seriously get it going, I think big chunks of that previous rebuild are going to move next summer.

 

[Arpeggio]

They were the better team tonight. If not for two ******** giveaways, this game would be in OT right now. Super frustrating that they've been so anemic offensively though. They have to start scoring soon, right?

 

[CupofOil]

I thought this was supposed to be a skilled team?

People say that every year yet this is consistently amongst the lowest scoring teams in the league no matter who the coach is or how many high draft picks they accumulate.

 

[Suxnet]

Last year: couldn't make a save to save their lives

This year: can't score a goal to save their lives

French and Purcell are deadweight. Yakupov doesn't mesh well with anyone. Talbot played good

He's been one of the best forwards this entire pre/season.

 

[Frank the Tank]

Teddy Purcell 18:11 of ice time.

Is this McLellan giving him enough rope to hang himself?

 

[BarDownBobo]

Sure hope they keep Pouliot-McDavid-Yakupov together.

 

[oXo Cube]

Pretty frustrating that a team this desperate to get off to a decent start as much as we are just can't get anything going offensively.

If Ference could never play for the Oilers again, that would be just grand.

 

[McspOiler]

I would like to say that the forwards are soon. Their jobs defensively which is pretty awesome... Both goals were due to completely stupid defensmen give aways

 

[The Batman]

Even the Eskimos found their offense


Power play 1/8 through the first two games. Just awful

 

[McAsuno]

Is this McLellan giving him enough rope to hang himself?

Purcell ****ing blows. I said it once. I'll say it again. He's the forward version of Nikitin. He reminds me of Belanger and his god awful offensive black hole.

 

[La Bamba]

He looked good with Pouliot and McDavid.

I only caught the 3rd period and he looked like his old self. Being over active and giving ****** passes