Post-Game Talk: THE PRICE IS WRONG - Oilers Lose

[LTIR]

I didn't notice anything out of the ordinary, just figuring that he is the odd man out unless Barrie leaves at years end.

I see. Overall yes but for mondays game if Bouchard is coming in then it would be Bear sitting and not Larsson.

 

[Drivesaitl]

Larsson was the least of our worries today.

Larsson has played much better since the first game imo.

Larsson and Barrie were good to great today.

Larsson had one of his better games in awhile. Barrie was awesome. Prefer to look at some of the things that are developing, and its going to take just a bit of time but people really need to think of the Crosby, Malkin, Letang angle. Because we potentially have that now with Barrie. A tripod that can own pucks for fun. We will become a better possession club with Barrie, and its already tracking in that direction despite the score. The best D is having the puck. Thats where the Oil will find success. I'm looking forward to it because we're going to be seeing some real beauty plays and tic tac toe scoring. But that working together closely takes weeks, not days.

 

[Drivesaitl]

That is selling Yamamoto short IMO. Yamamoto is coming into his own as an offensive player. As I see it, the big 3 is now the big 4 up front. Ideally Jesse and/or Kahun expand on that number, but Yamamoto is no slouch.

Sure, but yama gets negated a lot, people just aren't wanting to see some of that but a lot of instances tonight, and in game 1 where he just got squeezed off pucks and just cannot win those battle no matter how much he tries. Thats they pure physics of it and why 155 lb playing weight is not ideal. Sure theres tons of fight in the dog, but some games its not being enough. teams that have physical D aren't having much trouble with Yama. Thats a pattern, and goes back to the play in series against Chicago. Teams are figuring him out, don't let him dance, put him down on the ice. Happened at least half a dozen times tonight. They're just manhandling Yama. I even wonder if he's hurt already. 3 Games, ton of punishment.

 

[oobga]

Lose, Win, Lose. Hopefully the trend continues for 1 more game. Might want to change it up after that though.

 

[yababy]

what about the year before? and the year before that?

the year before 116 points and plus 3
Are you boasting about that
2016-17 and 17-18 his +\- was good.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

the year before 116 points and plus 3
Are you boasting about that
2016-17 and 17-18 his +\- was good.

Clearly just simply forgot how to play defense

 

[Mowzie]

Oilers looked tired, which is totally understandable given they've played 7 games in the past 10 months before tonight. These men are athletes in the prime of their careers, but they aren't robots.

 

[LyricalLyricist]

Habs fan coming in peace. You win some, you lose some. Still early.

That said I was impressed with Yamamoto. Always involved, you have a good one there.

 

[McTonyBrar]

Horrible goaltending and defence omg

 

[North]

Habs fan coming in peace. You win some, you lose some. Still early.

That said I was impressed with Yamamoto. Always involved, you have a good one there.

We would very much like it if some of our other forwards played like him.

 

[LTIR]

Habs fan coming in peace. You win some, you lose some. Still early.

That said I was impressed with Yamamoto. Always involved, you have a good one there.

Habs are fairly clean team so it will be hard to get the hate on. Looks like rest of Canada will be hating only TML and CGY due to media hype and Tkachuk.

 

[tardigrade81]

Larsson had one of his better games in awhile. Barrie was awesome. Prefer to look at some of the things that are developing, and its going to take just a bit of time but people really need to think of the Crosby, Malkin, Letang angle. Because we potentially have that now with Barrie. A tripod that can own pucks for fun. We will become a better possession club with Barrie, and its already tracking in that direction despite the score. The best D is having the puck. Thats where the Oil will find success. I'm looking forward to it because we're going to be seeing some real beauty plays and tic tac toe scoring. But that working together closely takes weeks, not days.

Well said.

 

[bobbythebrain]

Bear was downright horrific

 

[sportsdynasty]

Difference was defense and goaltending. Oilers need a defenseman of Jeff Petry's calibre.

 

[OfCorsiDid]

Sure, but yama gets negated a lot, people just aren't wanting to see some of that but a lot of instances tonight, and in game 1 where he just got squeezed off pucks and just cannot win those battle no matter how much he tries. Thats they pure physics of it and why 155 lb playing weight is not ideal. Sure theres tons of fight in the dog, but some games its not being enough. teams that have physical D aren't having much trouble with Yama. Thats a pattern, and goes back to the play in series against Chicago. Teams are figuring him out, don't let him dance, put him down on the ice. Happened at least half a dozen times tonight. They're just manhandling Yama. I even wonder if he's hurt already. 3 Games, ton of punishment.

Yamamoto doubter doubting Yamamoto.

Wash. Rinse. Repeat.

 

[nabob]

Sure, but yama gets negated a lot, people just aren't wanting to see some of that but a lot of instances tonight, and in game 1 where he just got squeezed off pucks and just cannot win those battle no matter how much he tries. Thats they pure physics of it and why 155 lb playing weight is not ideal. Sure theres tons of fight in the dog, but some games its not being enough. teams that have physical D aren't having much trouble with Yama. Thats a pattern, and goes back to the play in series against Chicago. Teams are figuring him out, don't let him dance, put him down on the ice. Happened at least half a dozen times tonight. They're just manhandling Yama. I even wonder if he's hurt already. 3 Games, ton of punishment.

Not surprised you didn’t say anything last game where he gave Myers and the rest of the big bad Canucks defense fits. Your constant need to put Yama down as a defense mechanism for Drai is getting to be a bit much.

 

[booyakasha]

Difference was defense and goaltending. Oilers need a defenseman of Jeff Petry's calibre.

they already have a few....they need better, that's the issue.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

Difference was defense and goaltending. Oilers need a defenseman of Jeff Petry's calibre.

Where are we supposed to get a player of that caliber without one of our prospects or young D becoming such a player?

 

[Snipes45]

That Nurse Pinch...

Edit - Weird, I cannot embed a gif

 

[nabob]

Where are we supposed to get a player of that caliber without one of our prospects or young D becoming such a player?

We need a team to hire Chia or MacT in a GM role and give them the power to make such a trade with us.

 

[Llamamoto]

Not the guy I'm putting the blame on - however wanted to point this out

I got a lot of flak for comments I made in the off-season on Kyle Turris but so far he's been exactly what I feared - a shell of himself, floating around out there looking like an older man than he is.

Really need to see more out of him.

He definitely needs to show more offensive flare, but he's made some key defensive plays that have kept the puck out of our net.

Some positives. Barrie showing his tricks tonight, and his 2nd and 3rd periods were great. REally filthy moves, setting up guys, jumping into offense. gonna be sexy when the Oilers figure out what their transition game can be with this guy.

Gut check. Its best to lose a game like this early, just makes the team honest and real easy to coach. A loss like this will buy you a few wins down the road because the players got angry.

LOVE that Darnell Nurse was playing physical and pounding in the 3rd. No problem with the Penalty at that point. bring more of this Darnell. McD did too. even Drai hammered a few people tonight but probably doesn't get any hits awarded.

The Oilers pace was better in 2nd and 3rd, they sped it up got on pucks and gave the Habs defenders fits. Without Price going god mode its a different game.

4K played another good game. Oilers got some speed guys in the mix tonight.

We got a lot of ingredients here except goaltending, plus when we get a guy like Holloway into the lineup its going to make an energy difference.

But I'm thrilled seeing what barrie can out there and he was really causing the Habs defenders problems.

Agree with everything. It's obviously tough to lose against the Habs, but ignoring our defensive breakdowns we actually played OK. We outshot the Habs, had more scoring chances, and high danger scoring chances. Price was the difference tonight. Barrie had his best game as an Oilers, he oozes confidence and is better offensively than any Oiler defensemen in years. Koekkoek's been good and Larsson's had a decent past couple of games.

The issue so far has been more our youngsters on the backend. I'd consider sitting both of Bear and Jones, show them that their roster spots aren't guaranteed.

Nurse - Barrie (That pairing looked good in the third)
Koekkoek - Larsson
Russell - Bouchard

 

[McTedi]

Difference was defense and goaltending. Oilers had a defenseman of Jeff Petry's calibre.

Fixed

 

[Bryanbryoil]

Fixed

He was good while here, but he went to another level in Montreal.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

He was good while here, but he went to another level in Montreal.

Better coach, better GM, better players...

 

[Snipes45]

Remember, Mac T was an impatient man. He was gunna make bold moves.