Post-Game Talk: The Chia sleeps tonight

[Tyrolean]

As bad as MacT was as a GM, he did draft draisatl and nurse. 2 damn home runs if u ask me.

Ristolainen is way better than Nurse. He missed on that one.

 

[Nostradumbass]

McDrai, Nurse and Talbot looked good tonight. Wasn’t real happy with the first 2 periods of this game though. Nuge was particularly frustrating, lots of turnovers and hot potato pucks with him. Saw him on a 2 on 2 with Russell, we all know Russell has no offence but he actually passes it to Russell. Wtf, is that? We pay him 6M and he defers to Russell of all guys..:. Good thing he scored in the shootout cuz that’s all he did tonight

I think we might have been watching different games... Nuge is #93 btw.

 

[Hopelesslucicfan]

Ristolainen is way better than Nurse. He missed on that one.

Nurse was definitely drafted for a different element than we would have been expecting from risto though.

Nurse brings things risto doesn't, so I think either or would have been acceptable at 7/8.

 

[oobga]

Nurse on a 40 point pace. Wha? When did this happen?

Nurse-Russell is actually a good pair. Russell is the one guy that seems to be able to cancel out the chaos of Darnell.

 

[Heavy Dee]

Ristolainen is way better than Nurse. He missed on that one.

But he passed on Sam Bennett... Or was that another year?

 

[SullivanT]

I expect that pace to drop when Kleffy is back no?

Maybe maybe not who knows. He was racking up points before klef got injured an hitch had started at a higger pace so they might actually increase.

 

[The Panther]

McDavid gained a couple of points on Kucherov. The thing is, McDavid has been so consistent, both during the Hitch winning streak and during the Hitch losing streak. Kucherov's team has just gone 21-2-1 in its past 25 games (I know this is hard for Oiler fans to conceive of), so he's not going to be in any better positions to rack up points after this. He won't maintain the pace he's at, but we know Connor can and probably will, regardless of how bad the Oilers are. McDavid now has 30 points in his past 16 games, during which the Oilers have gone 7-8-1.

As far as the team's chances go, when I looked at their schedule I thought these two games (Florida and Arizona) are basically the last hope for this season. That is, if they were to lose either of these games, they're toast.

They won the first one, so there's still hope.


But good grief, they need some secondary scoring.

 

[Tyrolean]

Oilers won't make the playoffs. They don't deserve it.

 

[Niten Ichi Ryu]

F***
I just got home from work to watch the game, and the entire PVR is screwed up. There's no sound and it's just strobing, impossible to watch. Was the stream like this all game (for Shaw Users)?
My sportsnet channel is still probing with no sound....

Anyone else?

 

[Spawn]

McDavid gained a couple of points on Kucherov. The thing is, McDavid has been so consistent, both during the Hitch winning streak and during the Hitch losing streak. Kucherov's team has just gone 21-2-1 in its past 25 games (I know this is hard for Oiler fans to conceive of), so he's not going to be in any better positions to rack up points after this. He won't maintain the pace he's at, but we know Connor can and probably will, regardless of how bad the Oilers are. McDavid now has 30 points in his past 16 games, during which the Oilers have gone 7-8-1.

As far as the team's chances go, when I looked at their schedule I thought these two games (Florida and Arizona) are basically the last hope for this season. That is, if they were to lose either of these games, they're toast.

They won the first one, so there's still hope.


But good grief, they need some secondary scoring.

Wait, Tampa has gone 21-2-1 in their last 25 games?

What the f*** lmao.

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

F***
I just got home from work to watch the game, and the entire PVR is screwed up. There's no sound and it's just strobing, impossible to watch. Was the stream like this all game (for Shaw Users)?
My sportsnet channel is still probing with no sound....

Anyone else?

I went to the game but before I left for the game my Sportsnet kept cutting in and out and losing sound. I changed to TSN and it seemed fine. I’m with shaw as well so I don’t know what it was.

 

[The Panther]

Oilers won't make the playoffs. They don't deserve it.

They certainly don't deserve it.

But McDavid and the fans do.

 

[Hopelesslucicfan]

F***
I just got home from work to watch the game, and the entire PVR is screwed up. There's no sound and it's just strobing, impossible to watch. Was the stream like this all game (for Shaw Users)?
My sportsnet channel is still probing with no sound....

Anyone else?

Sportsnet issue. It wasn't worth watching except for the last minute of regulation

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

Sportsnet issue. It wasn't worth watching except for the last minute of regulation

Really? Last game was a Shaw issue and now this game was Sportsnet issue? That’s frustrating.

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

Maybe maybe not who knows. He was racking up points before klef got injured an hitch had started at a higger pace so they might actually increase.

Well I think his PP time will decrease significantly.

 

[MessierII]

Really? Last game was a Shaw issue and now this game was Sportsnet issue? That’s frustrating.

No it was a Shaw issue. Telus was 100% fine

 

[Burnt Biscuits]

Ristolainen is way better than Nurse. He missed on that one.

Our scouts had it as Nichushkin being the guy to take at our spot, with Nurse being very close behind; I don't know what our thoughts were on Ristolainen, but we had him behind Nurse in the pecking order. Given the two options our scouting staff gave to MacT I'm happy with us choosing Nurse there.

 

[Del Preston]

No it was a Shaw issue. Telus was 100% fine

the f*** is going on with your avatar?

 

[Hopelesslucicfan]

No it was a Shaw issue. Telus was 100% fine

Really? Last game was a Shaw issue and now this game was Sportsnet issue? That’s frustrating.

Sorry Shaw mentioned sportsnet in their tweet, so i assumed that meant sportsnet was the issue, but it probably meant they were having issues with sportsnet.

 

[Llamamoto]

the **** is going on with your avatar?

Probably an avatar bet.

 

[LaGu]

What a great morning!

For whatever reason I was sure that Oil would fall right at the start and begin this stretch of "easy" games with a home loss vs FLA.

Great to see Nurse with a dominant performance. Good timing as others apparently struggled.

Onwards to the next one!

 

[Tyrolean]

What a great morning!

For whatever reason I was sure that Oil would fall right at the start and begin this stretch of "easy" games with a home loss vs FLA.

Great to see Nurse with a dominant performance. Good timing as others apparently struggled.

Onwards to the next one!

Should have been a loss to FLA.

 

[Senor Catface]

Should have been a loss to FLA.

It wasn’t though. Who cares

 

[NotAVacuumSalesman]

Nurse on a 40 point pace. Wha? When did this happen?

Nurse-Russell is actually a good pair. Russell is the one guy that seems to be able to cancel out the chaos of Darnell.

So Russell is the Yin to Nurse's Yang? I guess that's about right.

 

[NotAVacuumSalesman]

Anyone have any idea why Pulju falls down so much? Is he the new snowpants?

Ye, it's the tongue that counter balance his weight. Must've shifted inside his mouth sideways so you see him falling and such.