Stoneman89
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People always try and believe what makes themselves feel better. They have lots of other problems so perhaps it's just cumulative, but this year looks odd to say the least. You can see what he is not doing at present, because he was doing it before.
Who picked the goalie? Who designs the PP and PK? Is THAT on the goalie? Does the goalie design the giveaways?Tonight wasn’t coaching
There young barely nhl goalie outplayed our old age ( should be retired ) veteran tonight
Yes, they were. Drai has been like this for the last few years and it gets worse every year. He gets away with it due to high skill but it’s absolutely a problem. Nurse got away with it last year because he shot well above his career average.
RFA vs UFAStrongly disagree with Nurse's value. He just isn't level of Makar, Fox, MacAvoy, Hedman , Josi etc who are on of the guys making ~9mil also.
Tonight wasn’t coaching
There young barely nhl goalie outplayed our old age ( should be retired ) veteran tonight
I dont see why we would go one more game of this. I'm holding off of saying it's a bad sign that we haven't heard of this yet, although you'd think we need to call up Skinner ASAP if we are making a change.Hope that is the last we see of Smith. Team played like crap but he was horrible. 4 goals plus the 2 called back is unacceptable
Arguably Drai is. McD was SUPPOSED to be the best player in hockey that landed in our lap on the basis of a lottery. Drai is the player that went from good to elite prospect to Legendary HOF caliber player. That Drai has closed the gap to McD (despite carrying coolers like Yama around all season) is a pretty incredible gift. Nobody expected Drai to be this good. To Win scoring race, Rocket Richard, MVP. McD is just performing as expected, and this season he's south of that.
I would throw up if that happenedI feel like Holland is more likely to extend Smith than waive him.
The difference was absolutely how the teams played respectively, and the special teams disparity alone should lend creedence to that. We were facing the same garbage goalie, Montembault, that we faced last time we threw several goals in the last time we played them. The difference quite clearly is a league worst Habs team is now playing much better under their new coach. That seems not to have occurred here with the Oilers.
You're not wrong but Tippett was still well past his due date.Before coaching change - "Our goaltending is hot garbage, always 2nd best, what a joke. Get rid of the coach"
After coaching change - "Our goaltending is hot garbage, always 2nd best, what a joke. Get rid of the goalie."
It happens. Colorado just lost to Arizona. That was an outlier though.Playoff teams don't lose necessary points to non-playoff teams. I haven't been this disappointed in a season since pre McDavid/Draisaitl. It feels like we're going to miss the playoffs and lose our best 2 players because our shit show management and toxic media. This timeline is worse than the DOD.
I hope I'm wrong, I really really do.
Yep.Before coaching change - "Our goaltending is hot garbage, always 2nd best, what a joke. Get rid of the coach"
After coaching change - "Our goaltending is hot garbage, always 2nd best, what a joke. Get rid of the goalie."
The best teams do lose to crap teams. But the Oilers just have a penchant of losing to crap teams consistently and playing down to their level.Playoff teams don't lose necessary points to non-playoff teams. I haven't been this disappointed in a season since pre McDavid/Draisaitl. It feels like we're going to miss the playoffs and lose our best 2 players because our shit show management and toxic media. This timeline is worse than the DOD.
I hope I'm wrong, I really really do.
I still can\t believe he lost out on Markstrom because he wouldn't give the extra year, but signs Smith to a 2 year contract at 39.
It happens. Colorado just lost to Arizona. That was an outlier though.
We've been screaming at this pathetic org to upgrade the goaltending for two years now and make meaningful changes up top and they continue to do the same things that have made them a failure for the last 15 years. Dave Tippett should never have been hired in the first place, he was cooked as a coach and nothing in his tenure told me that they made the right choice in hiring him. And I know what people will say. "Oh but he made the playoffs twice!" Yeah, playoffs should've been the bare minimum when McDavid was drafted. Missing them should be a fireable offense.Yep.
Interesting selective logic has been on display on the board for about a month. I get that people do that in the hope that some change should result in magic but its been bordering on mythos. For two weeks we were reading how Woodcraft power stance was transforming positivity in the room. It reminded me of Pyramid Power...
The most interesting logic disconnect is the following
1)When winning: "Oh look, Woodcroft has instantly transformed the team. He's come in and immediately made meaningful changes that will alter the course of the team. This is indicative what an "Idiot" Tippett was.
2)When team losing: "Oh this is just indication there has been no time for Woodcraft to instill magic, its still schedule, coaching, management, whats in the water, etc. Somebody just said its Drai and Nurse's fault..
The two points above are stated by the same posters and wildly conflict. Honestly they do.
The best teams do lose to crap teams. But the Oilers just have a penchant of losing to crap teams consistently and playing down to their level.
I can only hope that sweeping changes are made when this season is over, but who am I kidding. Dustin Schwartz, Ken Holland, and the crappy scouts will still be here.
All points can be considered necessary in the National Hockey League."necessary points"
Colorado is 1st in the league, they're guaranteed a play-off spot. They don't NEED those 2 points against bottom feeders. We do.
We've been screaming at this pathetic org to upgrade the goaltending for two years now and make meaningful changes up top and they continue to do the same things that have made them a failure for the last 15 years. Dave Tippett should never have been hired in the first place, he was cooked as a coach and nothing in his tenure told me that they made the right choice in hiring him. And I know what people will say. "Oh but he made the playoffs twice!" Yeah, playoffs should've been the bare minimum when McDavid was drafted. Missing them should be a fireable offense.
The only, and I do mean ONLY thing this organization does well is win draft lotteries. And we've done exactly nothing to support McDavid and Draisatl since they were drafted. They will never win so long as they're Oilers.
You're right, apathy is the route to go here. If people stop caring maybe then the Oilers will realize how much they've f***ed up this past decade and a half.Its always better to stop screaming..
All points can be considered necessary in the National Hockey League.