When the Oilers Will Make Playoffs

[Up the Irons]

When a successful is made involving two so called core players/quality assets going out for quality players coming in.

It's gotta happen. This core is rotten and over rated.

 

[Broilers]

2 small things need to be fixed

It seems to me that there is all the reasons to think that Oilers will fall behind in the SC race. I think we will improve during the season but we need to fix 2 minor things first and maybe we can get the team back into race.

1 Puck possession. Team must win more face offs. Lander gets the job done but cannot contribute offenively. Let's put Eberle into his line. If it cannot get him going we must trade him or at least put him into 4th line. Then we need to trade for the 3rd line pivot preferably someone who has a right hand shot.

2. Veteran defense men do not get the job done. We must give Nurse and DAvidon their spots. Gryba is the most tradable of them let's package him with Lander and find a dancing partner who wants to dump the salary in the form of 3rd line center.

The big whole is that we do not have true number 1 dman, but now we are talking about play offs not winning the SC

 

[Up the Irons]

It seems to me that there is all the reasons to think that Oilers will fall behind in the SC race. I think we will improve during the season but we need to fix 2 minor things first and maybe we can get the team back into race.

1 Puck possession. Team must win more face offs. Lander gets the job done but cannot contribute offenively. Let's put Eberle into his line. If it cannot get him going we must trade him or at least put him into 4th line. Then we need to trade for the 3rd line pivot preferably someone who has a right hand shot.

2. Veteran defense men do not get the job done. We must give Nurse and DAvidon their spots. Gryba is the most tradable of them let's package him with Lander and find a dancing partner who wants to dump the salary in the form of 3rd line center.

The big whole is that we do not have true number 1 dman, but now we are talking about play offs not winning the SC

except, that is not a minor problem. It seems to proving to be an unsolvable problem, other than simply waiting and hoping that Klefbom, Reinhart and Nurse can get the job done.

 

[Broilers]

except, that is not a minor problem. It seems to proving to be an unsolvable problem, other than simply waiting and hoping that Klefbom, Reinhart and Nurse can get the job done.

OK! You are right but at least It can be solved. I read from oilersnations that Chiarelli is working phones to improve defense

 

[Up the Irons]

OK! You are right but at least It can be solved. I read from oilersnations that Chiarelli is working phones to improve defense

that's good to hear.

 

[Faelko]

The season did not start well. Things can be turned around still. First thing to do is to send Slepyshev and Reinhart to Stockton. They need to play and now Stockton is good for their development. They do not help win games in the NHL lever

http://edmontonjournal.com/sports/h...-and-griffin-reinhart-or-send-them-to-the-ahl

Bryan Bickell would be good replacement to Slepyshev. Let us try to trade Ference for him. Trade is doable if we retain half of his salary.

We should send them to our AHL team instead of Calgarys....haha, I kid, I kid...

 

[Broilers]

Bad dream came true

In the last night I had a nightmare that the Oilers were in the last place in the standings. I opened my iPad in the morning. It is not just a bad dream . We are dead last in the league standings 8 pts away from the playoff spot. I was wrong we will not make playoffs this year. What should be den this season so we can make it in the next season

 

[SullivanT]

In the last night I had a nightmare that the Oilers were in the last place in the standings. I opened my iPad in the morning. It is not just a bad dream . We are dead last in the league standings 8 pts away from the playoff spot. I was wrong we will not make playoffs this year. What should be den this season so we can make it in the next season

Last night I had a dream that we made a blockbuster trade that I was really happy about and couldn't believe who we got. Woke up couldn't remeber who it was and we were in last place....

 

[Mc5RingsAndABeer]

In the last night I had a nightmare that the Oilers were in the last place in the standings. I opened my iPad in the morning. It is not just a bad dream . We are dead last in the league standings 8 pts away from the playoff spot. I was wrong we will not make playoffs this year. What should be den this season so we can make it in the next season

We should be patient and realize that a decade of utterly incompetent management isn't going to fix itself in 20 games.

We need to replace the deadweight with NHL calibre guys. We can consider a deal trading a forward for a good dman.

 

[GretzkytoKurri9917]

 

[BlackDogg]

When a successful is made involving two so called core players/quality assets going out for quality players coming in.

It's gotta happen. This core is rotten and over rated.

Not until they realize that the team has to be built around defense first. We could have ten McDavids and still not make it. Need a veteran or two who can mould the current roster otherwise its just same old.

 

[CornKicker]

Not until they realize that the team has to be built around defense first. We could have ten McDavids and still not make it. Need a veteran or two who can mould the current roster otherwise its just same old.

i disagree....if we had 10 mcdavids surely we could convince 3-4 to play defence

 

[pox]

 

[BlackDogg]

i disagree....if we had 10 mcdavids surely we could convince 3-4 to play defence

True.. and one for goal.

 

[PinSeeker]

Here is something fun to think about:

All other things being equal outside of the goaltending change, the difference between Talbot's save % (.926) and Scrivens (.890) means that out of the roughly 2460 shots we gave up last year, Talbot would have saved 88 more shots. 88. That is 88 goals not going in. Even expecting slight regression from Talbot, let's call it 70...

That is all.

(we're going to be very, very, close this year I predict)

Shut up you idiot!!!

 

[PaPaDee]

It's pretty obvious at this point that there's no chance at playoffs this year. I would guess that the earliest we could make the playoffs would be in 2018, but my gut says it will be longer.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

The heat death of the universe.

 

[BlackDogg]

Maybe if we resort to calculus, they can make it, but the math simply says no.

 

[TheRebuild]

We were all hoping the Oilers would take the next step this season, but the truth is...

 

[Stoneman89]

Shut up you idiot!!!

Quit being abusive to that poster, you're going to get a warning from the mods.

 

[oobga]

How the heck are we 30th again??

 

[Jumptheshark]

We should send them to our AHL team instead of Calgarys....haha, I kid, I kid...

Bickel is also not the answer.

 

[Mc5RingsAndABeer]

Defense. We have only two capable top four defenders IMO.

 

[Jumptheshark]

How the heck are we 30th again??

Three healthy first rounders in the line. We should not be this low

 

[Weitz]

How the heck are we 30th again??

Worst defense in the league?

Awful goal tending?

Terrible bottom 6?

Take your pick.