Same ****. Different day. Oilers lose 3-2.
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Stoneman89
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I doubt Ralph is enjoying seeing someone else having to deal with these stiffs, but to your point, Eakins is now going through what all our other coaches have had to deal with. A flawed team that doesn't take direction very well.
Comrade Blunderbore
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the cases when a goaltender has a great/very good game while still losing and letting in three goals are pretty rare, and usually involve some heroics. what did Dub do today to earn this kind of praise? only didn't make a handful of embarrassing gaffes? low standards, if i ever saw any.
KeithIsActuallyBad
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syz
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Oh, big deal. Come on, man!
He should've been traded for a goalie and defenseman in the off season.
My entire point on Yak: WE DON'T NEED HIM. Holy hell, we are full of scoring wingers. We need more NHL calibre centres, defenseman, goalies. The LAST thing we needed was to keep Yak. Just terrible asset management. He adds NOTHING to this team. NOTHING.
And then Hemsky gets hurt/slumps/gets traded/walks as a UFA and we're wondering where all the teams right wingers went.
And why do we need another smallish forward that does not hit, and gives away the puck more than any Oiler(other than Hall)?
oh boy oh boy. wow somebody is mad. by chance are you the reporter that wrote that article about yakupov having no future.
some people though... calm down a bit its been 7 games. but by all means keep crying i guess.
he will be just fine sooner or later
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KarmaPolice
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Who said I was blaming this ALL on Yakupov? I never ONCE said that! The point is, we do NOT need him. We are chock full of scoring wingers. Yakupov should've been dealt in the off-season for the needs of the team. End of story. Now this team will suffer.
Expatriate
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I was just thinking the same thing.
This is like watching a B grade horror or suspense movie. You know the ending is going to suck but you watch it anyways.
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Putting him in the press box was a terrible idea IMO. Now the team is spinning its wheels in the mud on its first road trip and many players are struggling to tread water, struggling to recover. He's been neutered. There's little room for learning curves now as players, fans, coaches, basically everyone is saying its time for wins, it's time to compete.
A lot of you are completely exaggerating about his defensive acumen, he hasn't been remotely as bad as some people think. He's not helping the solution right now but he's not nearly as big of a problem either. The whole team, aside from maybe Gordon and one or two others, sucks defensively and has poor hockey sense. This is a major problem, the collective.
I don't think they're as bad as their record indicates but something's gotta give. They're going to have to trade one of the "big" 4. They're probably not going to get as much as they want/need either.
KeithIsActuallyBad
You thrust your pelvis, huh!
Mr Forever
The Oilers :(
At least we don't have to forfeit our first, like NJ
Then again IDGAF **** rookies and picks and developing players
Then again IDGAF **** rookies and picks and developing players
KarmaPolice
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Hey now; you're not allowed to question Yak. Do you want to be removed from this thread!? DO YOU!?!?
For a team that's "chock full" of scoring wingers, we sure could've used a goal or two from some of them not named Hall tonight.
We're not that great offensively.
ohheyhemsky
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A lot of guys = Yakupov.
Just Yakupov. Although I don't see it. He at least passed the puck today.
syz
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Same argument was made about Eberle last year.
Difference is Yakupov hasn't been signed to a long term overpayment yet.
Stoneman89
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And if that happens, you can pretty much kiss the playoffs goodbye. The odds would be hugely stacked against us at that point.
What date is that draft?
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The swarm defense is a ****ing joke. Swarm should not mean leave the slot open at all times.
Whoever decided that changing up the special teams to these abortions we see now needs a bullet sized hole next to the gigantic one existing in their cranium.
None of the forwards go to the net. Why play along the boards? That's where they're the weakest.
The only thing Eakins has successfully implemented is a transition game breakout. Zone entry, offensive zone play, defense, special teams... fails across the board.
Whoever decided that changing up the special teams to these abortions we see now needs a bullet sized hole next to the gigantic one existing in their cranium.
None of the forwards go to the net. Why play along the boards? That's where they're the weakest.
The only thing Eakins has successfully implemented is a transition game breakout. Zone entry, offensive zone play, defense, special teams... fails across the board.
thank you. and most of NYI shots were from distance or bad angles. he will get a higher shot count because he lets in softies and everyone knows it. he made 3 good saves...but didnt have to move his 6 foot infinity frame at all to make them. nothing heroic.
If we could somehow combine Renney-Krueger-Eakins into one we might have a coach that works for everyone on this roster, lol.
Funny thing is all of the sudden we're one of the best teams in the NHL in the face off dot, haha.
Funny thing is all of the sudden we're one of the best teams in the NHL in the face off dot, haha.
