Post-Game Talk: Welcome to 1984

[McFlyingV]

Why did Haas miss this game? Sick? Hurt? HS?

HS is what i heard. He didn't have a great game in NJ so I assume they subbed him out because they wanted to get Khaira and Archibald back in the rotation. I'm perfectly fine with that until a clear 6 players cement themselves in the bottom 6. I'd sub Haas back in for Archibald in Chicago.

 

[guymez]

Best game of the season for the team so far. So many solid performers. Tippetts systems are working and working well.
Smiths best game so far.
Thats 10 points in the bank and we have only played 5 games.

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

I’m happy we are winning but we haven’t really played a good team yet.

This kind of post is going to continue until we beat the lighting...

 

[guymez]

This pretty much confirms what I saw today.....

 

[ErnieScar Brocket99]

That looked like a second coming of Patrik Stefan. He was so damn close to missing it. Ferraro would have had a field day with this if he missed and say "that does not belong in the NHL, Leon Draisaitl you should be ashamed of yourself."

Lol!!!!! I watched that game when Stefan missed the open net and then the oilers counter up ice and hemsky scores to tie the game late in the third!!!

 

[Rusoilers]

Wooooow what a game very happy to watch! From Omsk Russia. One more day without the bottle. 5-0 oilers let's keep the win alive.

 

[OilerTitanFan]

Lol!!!!! I watched that game when Stefan missed the open net and then the oilers counter up ice and hemsky scores to tie the game late in the third!!!

If you watch Stefan skate in on the replay, then watch what Draisaitl did, it looked exactly the same.

 

[ErnieScar Brocket99]

If you watch Stefan skate in on the replay, then watch what Draisaitl did, it looked exactly the same.

Leon definitely had complete control compared to that dunce Stefan whom vanished from the league shortly after, lol.

 

[ErnieScar Brocket99]

It's less than that given that 1) you must replace Manning with a player on the active roster, and 2) Gagner's cap hit is only 2.2 while buried. It will be much closer to 3-3.5M not 5M, and that money will be going towards (and likely won't fully cover) Nurse's new deal. I'd rather not invest that money in an already declining, north of 30 2nd line player. This wouldn't be far off taking on Frolik for 5 years at 5.2M. We should look elsewhere for top 6 help, or target a different player on Winnipeg and add to Larsson if needed.

What about ehlers? I don't know if I spelled his name right, lol. Small but extremely fast and skilled

 

[Billy Barou]

FRIG WOO BOYS!

Don't get me wrong I want to see Neal crack 40 goals but it's nice to see the scoring spread around this game.

I know this streak can't last forever but if they keep this pace up I could honestly see 15 wins in a row. I do have a bit of fear of them falling into the Lightning trap of clinching playoffs too soon and then not playing enough meaningful hockey leading into the playoffs, it's a good problem to have though! GOILERS

It's good to see the snowflakes over at CP are feeling courageous enough to venture out of their Safe Space. Lucic was fantastic on special teams again successfully killing off 4:17 on the PP.

This is the season that just keeps on giving.

 

[Jumptheshark]

 

[ErnieScar Brocket99]

How about Larsson for Sean Couturier then?

Done and Done, where do we sign!

 

[ErnieScar Brocket99]

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Ha ahahah, Billy Madison!!!!!

 

[ErnieScar Brocket99]

Omg, now I've seen EVERYTHING

Rub his bald dome for good luck, LOL!!!! I love it!!!!

 

[ErnieScar Brocket99]

Bennet couldn’t do a friggin pull-up why would my boy MacT ever draft that loser?

He did hire Dallas Eakins though..

I laughed so hard when I heard He couldn't even muster one pull up, I mean any ass hole can do a bloody pull up.

 

[Jumptheshark]

Bennet couldn’t do a friggin pull-up why would my boy MacT ever draft that loser?

He did hire Dallas Eakins though..

It is interesting how on draft day remembering the Bennet vs Leon debate went that day

 

[harpoon]

You’re still going on about MacT being good because he drafted Draisaitl?
Once again: nobody else from that draft class played an NHL game.

How is this even remotely accurate?

 

[WhyYouHaveToBeMad]

What would be ideal is Larsson returning to his 2016/17 form. He's a year from his next contract and he hasn't exactly set the world on fire. He's not likely to see much of a raise.

Larsson isn't exactly replaceable. We have no one in our system who offers what he does.

William Laggeson says hi

 

[I am the Liquor]

Zebras did their best to end the streak but the team pulled together to gut out another comeback victory. Smith was solid, top line was bangin.

 

[McCombo]

First full game I saw. Complete effort after a little sloppy start. Topline is unstoppable, Smith was solid, Bear awesome. Maybe Archibald was the only "bad". Persson's posture and the way he moves reminds me a lot of Klingberg. In 5 years he has come from pretty much from a beer league to NHL. Already making moves as a last man in offensive blueline, something we haven't seen in a while.

 

[JordanGalhanth]

How is this even remotely accurate?

Still waiting on Lagesson, but the others do look like busts at this point.

 

[ThePhoenixx]

Are there a lot of people who think that Matthews is clearly the better player? They seem exceptionally close to me.

Drai won this one. Maybe we should try another without the contracts.

Draisaitl @ 8.5/8yrs vrs Matthews @ 11.63/5yrs

 

[Anarchism]

What about ehlers? I don't know if I spelled his name right, lol. Small but extremely fast and skilled

I wanted Ehlers before the season started....but now the kid is playing up a storm....Winnipeg will have to go on a serious death skid based on a defensive nightmare now to make either Ehlers or Kyle Connor available. Cant trade Larsson when he is hurt likely anyways...
But you never Know maybe Persson and Bear will both continue to learn and succeed when they face the inevitable adversity ....Maybe Winnipeg will start losing by mid November and be desparate to fix their defense...maybe they will face injury on D...

 

[Anarchism]

William Laggeson says hi

Oh Man .... I hope so....

 

[Oilers Propagandist]

Just rewarched parts of the game again and I’ve seen fans of opposing teams say that we are a boring team to watch, I’m assuming simply because of the coach’s reputation with the coyotes. From an oilers fan perspective and especially yesterday you see that after the 1st the pedal was always pushed, presssure causing turnovers and by simply watching the game I’ve contracted the claps, etc. They also couldn’t get anything through and when they did smith stopped them, so they’re mad over that for sure. They were getting destroyed all over the ice.