Post-Game Talk: Oilers no show in big home game, Smith outplayed by an AHL goalie

[McJesusSaves97]

Again, painful to watch

 

[oil Leaks]

Bad goaltending are like ex-wives, if you have too many, they cost you a lot.

 

[LTIR]

This one is on Woodcroft and whoever is running special teams..

Kept Smith in net after he allowed 6 goals tonight and played soft all night...

 

[BlackDogg]

Read the article again dave

 

[YoSoGordo]

Oilers need to call up Marody and Griffith. Need some players to fill the holes left by Nuge and Pulju. Maybe AHL callups will actually play like they give a damn.

 

[booyakasha]

It's like I said last PGT.....and I may be drunk, but Woodcroft started coaching this team, but he isn't anymore.
someone else is calling the shots on how things go down, and leadership is pretty shitty on this club.
f***ing pissed on how certain players are getting leeway...

 

[Oilers]

Oilers won two challenges, game could have been 7-2... Yuck

 

[gordonhught]

Also I’m just gonna say it.

Hyman needs to be better. He hogs the puck a lot and often it turns into a wasted possession. Drai is guilty of this too, but at least he has 38 goals.

Hyman has this tendency of watching a lot of pucks go by and it’s infuriating sometimes.

He could pass more

 

[OfCorsiDid]

Bad goaltending are like ex-wives, if you have too many, they cost you a lot.

Thank you Barry Trotz.

 

[Smartguy]

Idk man. Maybe the coach wasn’t the problem after all.

Who woulda thought? Everyone here loves to blame the coaches.

Our special teams is atrocious right now. Not to mention they are completely lost in the D zone.

Smith needs to make a big save or 2 but they were the worse team tonight. Have been for some time too.

People want Skinner up? Why so he get hung out to dry?

This isn’t a playoff team by likely next week and they don’t deserve to be.

 

[EchoesoftheEighties]

I decided to do legs instead of watching this

Yikes

 

[Okanagan]

Oilers looked dangerous on the power play tonight. Dangerous in their own end.

 

[Broberg Speed]

PULSATING HOCKEY DOWN THE STRETCH !

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

This was an auto loss and the Oilers didn't prove me wrong as expected.

Extremely surprised Petry didn't score

 

[Garbo Man]

He’s finished and going to cost us a playoff spot.

He probably already has

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Idk man. Maybe the coach wasn’t the problem after all.

Oh he absolutely was a problem. That Hawks series said everything we needed to know about Tippett.

 

[McDNicks17]

Since October 19th:

 

[gordonhught]

I'm done with the 11/7 setup. The top guys are clearly burnt out.

the forwards are all injured. Unless you bring up Holloway, there are no better options

 

[TKB21]

I’m done, that effort level tonight was just so beyond bad. I don’t even know where they go from here, no cap space, shit team and Garbage GM who wouldn’t have a clue how to fix this mess.

 

[NotAVacuumSalesman]

Watching this team play is like torture to my balls.

 

[Faelko]

Battling

How many of those were in 6 or less shots? I’ll bet that number is even sadder…lol

 

[RipsADrive]

Not a lot to feel good about this team right now.

 

[VainGretzky]

Holland needs to show he still has any nards left and waive Smith, and make a statement. Not one team will take him without a lucrative draft pick thrown in. Smith is oft-injured slow, plays inside the net never challenge shooters, just garbage all around.

 

[FanOfSadTeam]

I’m done, that effort level tonight was just so beyond bad. I don’t even know where they go from here, no cap space, shit team and Garbage GM who wouldn’t have a clue how to fix this mess.

Team is f***ed in so many ways it's scary to even think about.

 

[Cloned]

let's not lump Drai and Nurse with McDavid....he was special tonight.

All three have annoying play habits.

Nurse: Chaotic and high risk, gets too shooting focused at times.

Drai: Holds onto the puck too long, doesn’t make the simple play enough.

McDavid: Overpasses and overhandles the puck, gives goalies too much credit sometimes.

The problem is each of these habits are often contributors to losing hockey.