Post-Game Talk: Self destruct sequence activated

[Oilers in NS]

Excellent post and I agree on the matchups. I think Ekholm and Bouch are ready to take a step up in class, and push Nurse (and especially) Ceci down one notch. I'd certainly give it a try. Both Ek and Bouch looked very solid last night against heavy competition and really compliment each other.

Also agree with the overkill comments on here, but that's the way this board is. After the Bruins game, you'd think there would be a parade planned. Now, we're talking about benching this guy and slamming that guy.

Almost need to go big game hunting again in offseason. Unload Ceci somewhere ( Arizona). My personal preference would be Parayko but there is talk of a bad back. Could be a no go there

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

Let leaf fans have this. The regular season is their Stanley Cup.

 

[Kyle McMahon]

I'm sure he feels bad enough about it that they don't need to pile on him with a sit down. Pretty much everyone on here has been saying he's been playing well. When we played Boston, people were hailing him as a huge depth piece and a hero for contributing. Now he makes one mistake (a glaring one, but they all count as mistakes), and the team absolutely wilts and crumbles from it. Give some credit to Marner on the play as well. McDavid had the puck in front of the Leafs net late in the game and drilled the puck into Murray's crest. Marner made about 3 moves and absolutely corkscrewed Skinner into the ice. I thought he's in way too tight, but that was an incredible move. Good teams pick the guy up and shut things down. This team has a long, long way to go, McLeod or not.

And lastly, what kind of a message does a sit out say to a player that has been an integral part of the team this year while only having 135 NHL games under his belt so far. Play well for a long period of time, but make a mistake and you're gone to the pressbox. Yah, that will really work for installing confidence. I think people are over-reacting a tad.

If McLeod is fragile enough that getting scratched once would ruin his confidence, how much of a future does he really have? This is the time of year guys have to start getting locked in mentally and limiting mistakes as games tighten up, nothing wrong with keeping everyone in the bottom 6 on their toes and fighting to stay in the lineup. For the record, I'm not advocating McLeod getting scratched next game, but I do think it would be justifiable. Kostin is in the press box, so it's not like there aren't any options to rotate in.

 

[Soundwave]

I'd scratch McLeod too. Feel bad about it? I mean you should. So what. Pro sports is not about feeling good all the time. Maybe you need to feel bad enough about it to not do it again and bring your overall game up.

Put Kostin in.

 

[Johnny McBravo]

Let leaf fans have this. The regular season is their Stanley Cup.

Most obnoxious fans in the league and it's not close. Makes it that much better when they choke out every year.

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

I'd scratch McLeod too. Feel bad about it? I mean you should. So what. Pro sports is not about feeling good all the time. Maybe you need to feel bad enough about it to not do it again and bring your overall game up.

Put Kostin in.

I don’t agree with this at all. Feel bad about what? They should ice the best possible lineup and he’s a part of that.

He literally just scored a huge goal against the bruins the game before…

 

[booyakasha]

Most obnoxious fans in the league and it's not close. Makes it that much better when they choke out every year.

uhmmm, Oilers fans are pretty close.
have you read this thread?
have you read Oil twitter?


there's some pretty f@#ked up takes even a day after when everyone had time to settle down.

 

[Mav3rick07]

Most obnoxious fans in the league and it's not close. Makes it that much better when they choke out every year.

The fact that they came on our board in waves after 1 regular season win says a-lot. Even Flames fans weren't that bad when they beat us in game 1 last year and that was the PLAYOFFS.

 

[ManByng]

Not really frustrated by the fact we lost, but how we did. We really had the game in hand and just made some really dumb mental errors.

That's what pizzed me off too....we had 'em and we lost our discipline ! If we could find a way to minimalized these types of games that still seem to happen too often, we could actually win a cup !!

 

[Captain Fantastic]

The fact that they came on our board in waves after 1 regular season win says a-lot. Even Flames fans weren't that bad when they beat us in game 1 last year and that was the PLAYOFFS.

I felt I should explore the idea of becoming a comedian with all the Leaf fan trolls laughing at my posts last night.

 

[Harry Curry]

Those numbers are low for Bouchard and Kostin.

I think two guys they'll have to move is Yamamoto and Foegele if they want to re-sign all their FAs with Holloway filling the Foegele role and a cheap forward for Yamamoto.

$825K doesn't seem too off on Kostin. St. Louis gave him $750K for this season only to trade him pretty quickly. I'm sure Kostin's agent will ask for more. Kostin $1M+ seems like a bit too much. He got his chance late in the season and has tailed off a bit recently. Not saying he deserved to sit out. But if Kostin were still playing at the level he was the first month he was called up then he wouldn't have sat. Give Kostin a bit of a raise and let him prove he can do it for a season.

$3.5M works on a bridge for Bouchard, three years or so. Doubtful the Oilers can go long-term on him.

If Holloway and Yamamoto are gone my preference would be for a true top-six RW. Hyman hasn't been playing well lately, but there is so little depth on RW the Oilers can't move him down in the lineup.

 

[Captain Fantastic]

$825K doesn't seem too off on Kostin. St. Louis gave him $750K for this season only to trade him pretty quickly. I'm sure Kostin's agent will ask for more. Kostin $1M+ seems like a bit too much. He got his chance late in the season and has tailed off a bit recently. Not saying he deserved to sit out. But if Kostin were still playing at the level he was the first month he was called up then he wouldn't have sat. Give Kostin a bit of a raise and let him prove he can do it for a season.

$3.5M works on a bridge for Bouchard, three years or so. Doubtful the Oilers can go long-term on him.

If Holloway and Yamamoto are gone my preference would be for a true top-six RW. Hyman hasn't been playing well lately, but there is so little depth on RW the Oilers can't move him down in the lineup.

I doubt very much that the team will give up on Holloway . Has one more year till RFA. He's only going to get better. Even if he ends up not being a top six producer, he'd be one heck of a good 3rd liner. He's fast and a relentless forechecker.

 

[Lay Z Boy GM]

The fact that they came on our board in waves after 1 regular season win says a-lot. Even Flames fans weren't that bad when they beat us in game 1 last year and that was the PLAYOFFS.

There’s just so many more annoying leafs fans. I don’t know if they’re actually worse or if it’s just numbers.

Either way Matthews definitely sucks and he wears a purse to the rink, that’s all I know for sure.

 

[Porkleaker]

Goalie has to make a save.

Kind of hard to stop goals when your defense is literally handing the puck over to Leafs in OUR zone and walking in on net uncontested. Skinner is not the problem. With Campbell in net the score would've been in the double digits.

 

[WaitingForUser]

Joanette and Lee are quite possibly the two worst in the business, and given the general quality of NHL officiating, that’s bad.

One of the few instances I wouldn’t mind seeing AI take someone’s job

The worst part about it is these are the two seasoned guys the younger refs are learning from. What I wouldn’t giver for a Vanhelleman or even a Fraser showing these guys what to do

 

[KCC]

I'd scratch McLeod too. Feel bad about it? I mean you should. So what. Pro sports is not about feeling good all the time. Maybe you need to feel bad enough about it to not do it again and bring your overall game up.

Put Kostin in.

Nope. He made a mistake but he's been doing well. The player that should be replaced by Kostin is Yammo. Dude has been invisible, he's too small and come playoff time when the intensity ramps up you know he's just going to get hurt again. I like what he brings but at 150 pounds soaking wet he can't play his style at his size. It's not a recipe for a long career.

 

[Trafalgar Sadge Law]

McLeod trolled the Leafs game but he was also one of the main reasons we won the Bruins game so he's earned a chance at redemption. Yamamoto hasn't changed the outcome of a game in a positive manner since the Jets game and Janmark isn't much better.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

He tried to break his hand, Tavares on Desharnais, he should have been suspended

 

[Louis Cypher]

Tavares gets fined for slashing Vinny but Vinny gets a penalty

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Tavares gets fined for slashing Vinny but Vinny gets a penalty

I honestly think that Tavares was trying to "send a message" to a rookie for being too tough on him.

 

[Yuke]

I honestly think that Tavares was trying to "send a message" to a rookie for being too tough on him.

Hope VD has a good memory for next time.we play

 

[AM]

Kind of hard to stop goals when your defense is literally handing the puck over to Leafs in OUR zone and walking in on net uncontested. Skinner is not the problem. With Campbell in net the score would've been in the double digits.

Your crystal is pretty good. I’m not suggesting skinner hasn’t played his way into most starts. But the coach needs to get Campbell going.

 

[nexttothemoon]

Your crystal is pretty good. I’m not suggesting skinner hasn’t played his way into most starts. But the coach needs to get Campbell going.

GM needed to get Campbell going to Bako at the deadline and get another cheap $1 million goalie in his place. You could basically throw darts at any ~1$ million goalie that the Oilers could have picked up at the deadline for a pick and they'd be more reliable than Campbell.

 

[guymez]

McLeod trolled the Leafs game but he was also one of the main reasons we won the Bruins game so he's earned a chance at redemption. Yamamoto hasn't changed the outcome of a game in a positive manner since the Jets game and Janmark isn't much better.

Agreed about Yamamoto but I dont get the dislike for Janmark. The guy is just solid defensively and manages the puck really well. He gives up very little.
On this team if a bottom 6 player can come up even or better thats pretty damn good because the top 2 lines are going to outscore their opposition most games.

 

[guymez]

Your crystal is pretty good. I’m not suggesting skinner hasn’t played his way into most starts. But the coach needs to get Campbell going.

Woody has given Campbell plenty of opportunities to get his game going.
IMO, based on his performance so far, he doesn't deserve more than 2-3 games down the stretch....Campbell needs to take advantage of those games and step it up.