Post-Game Talk: Oilers played with more jam

[FMichael]

Those jerseys are a hundred times nicer than the orange.

Reverse retros are the nicest of all.

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The above jersey pairing seem to fit well/work well together...I like it!

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The reverse retro seems to do great with the Oilers current 'home' jersey - they seem a perfect pairing for home/away...I also like it!

This should've been smothered at birth...FUGLY!

 

[Draiskull]

It seems whenever McDavid has a game that the fans deem bad he goes into beast mode the next game.

It must just scare defenders when they see that. He is so fast and shifty that you have no idea what he's going to do.

Holy crap was McDavid bad last night. Very sad performance. The captain needs to smarten up for Saturday game. No way he gets past Weber or beat Price.

 

[snipes]

JP is better on the forecheck than Kassian it seems.

if JP plays most of the year like he did tonight, I think we will all be very happy. How about that no look behind the back pass out front he had?

He was awesome all game long. Just hounding Hughes when he had the puck and was forcing him
into mistakes. The first game he had a nice strip from behind on Hughes and he continued that strong play last game too.

 

[5 14 6 1]

Holy fk i love Yamamoto. What a motor on that kid. First shift, his hit set the tone. What a warrior, and an amazing play on the fifth goal. Great player, he's fearless and plays like hes 6'2 200.

 

[Canovin]

Gotta thank Tampa and Chicago for developing Koekoek for us. He's going to become a top 4 D for us for years to come

 

[GOilers88]

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

My somewhat bold thinking is that RNH prefers Yamamoto as his linemate over McDavid at ES.

I would go bold and do:
McD-Draisaitl-Puljujarvi
Kahun-RNH-Yama
Neal-Turris-Kassian
Ennis-McLeod-Archibald

extras:Nygard, Haas, Shore
punted: Chiasson, Khaira

I think I would kinda split the difference

Nuge - McDavid - Ennis
Kahun - Draisaitl - Yamamoto
Neal - Turris - Puljujarvi
Archibald - Shore - Kassian

 

[Draiskull]

Still the best.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Gotta thank Tampa and Chicago for developing Koekoek for us. He's going to become a top 4 D for us for years to come

I had a couple hiccups, but overall I came away impressed with his play and his skill level was better then I was expecting.

 

[FMichael]

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The above jersey pairing seem to fit well/work well together...I like it!

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The reverse retro seems to do great with the Oilers current 'home' jersey - they seem a perfect pairing for home/away...I also like it!

This should've been smothered at birth...FUGLY!

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[joestevens29]

Holy crap was McDavid bad last night. Very sad performance. The captain needs to smarten up for Saturday game. No way he gets past Weber or beat Price.

Helmut agrees. Guy need nothing in the third to get Helmut that 100k

 

[FMichael]

Still the best.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

I cut the tie down straps out. Hate those things.

 

[NeverForget06]

Always nice waking up after a win. Miss that feeling. Didn't really get it during the play-in rounds because hope was kind of lost at that point

 

[Hemsky4pm2]

One player and his progression seems like a complete analog to Koekkoek. Steve Staios. Staios was essentially bouncing around until his mid-20s when he had a good season with Atlanta. He then signed with the Oilers and became a fixture in the top 4 for about 6 seasons. Koekkoek plays a very similar game to Staios too, maximum effort, smart and simple, heady. He might be a real find and could really mitigate the possible (if not likely) departure of Larsson this coming summer.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

I hope the next GDT is toast related. Got to stay with what works.

 

[Draiskull]

I think I would kinda split the difference

Nuge - McDavid - Ennis
Kahun - Draisaitl - Yamamoto
Neal - Turris - Puljujarvi
Archibald - Shore - Kassian

split the diff? you ruined it all Mr JMJ!!!
where is the McDrai magic? where is the Nuge-Yama chem?

 

[Canovin]

I had a couple hiccups, but overall I came away impressed with his play and his skill level was better then I was expecting.

I would be lying if I saw this awesome signing coming as well. What I like about our left side D is they're mainly shutdown guys. The right side is reserveD for our offensive D

 

[joestevens29]

We won 5-2, not sure I'm doing much to the lines.

Sure the goals all came from guys that play on the first line, but the first 3 lines were all playing quite well getting chances yesterday.

 

[tardigrade81]

They aren't that bad...come on. They are actually pretty nice.

I like them as a change. But if they are wearing them a lot more, they are a bit much lol.

 

[MoontoScott]

Looking at ice time last night it appears that Chiasson is slowly playing his way off the starting roster. He does have ability but the street car called desire doesn't come his way too often.

I guess 3 years will be his maximum stay with any NHL club.

 

[Klimando Kostani]

Underrated on that McDavid goal, but if you watch it, Barrie had a big role to play. He faked like he was getting the drop pass and made one step to the left as if he had it, while McDavid grabbed it and stepped right. It was enough to throw the defenceman off just enough to open up a bit of space.

High IQ stuff.

Not sure if it was mentioned already but in Mcdavids post game he said he thinks Barrie thought the pass was for himself.

Either way though, it turned out to be a beautiful part of that play.

 

[Ritchie Valens]

I'll be honest after Demko made those 3 or 4 monster saves to start the game I thought he was going to be a wall.

He still was a wall and kept the score respectable for his side. They could have easily hung 8 or 9 up on the board. Hell, even on the hat trick goal he robbed McDavid initially. Luckily he didn't snag the puck with his glove but just knocked it down instead.

That said Koskinen, despite playing both games also had a very solid game in net as well. He faced up around 40 shots last night.

 

[Draiskull]

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Barrie seems like a locker room guy with an outgoing personality. He seems more 'expressive' unlike most of our squad. He will make games more fun for the teammates.

 

[Ritchie Valens]

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That's the one!!!