Post-Game Talk: x - Edmonton Oilers

[Soundwave]

Nostrils is not an obscene nickname. It is describing those 2 massive air intake valves above his pornstache.

I'll be honest I don't think people need to go there with that, it's stupid.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Thanks for the reminder! Circa 2006. Haven't been out of the furnace room till today.

Bringing out mine tomorrow!

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

I'll be honest I don't think people need to go there with that, it's stupid.

Thanks Dad.

 

[Llamamoto]

i think those corsi stats are batshit crazy. The ice and meaningful scoring chances tilted when line 1 was on the ice and they scored 4goals and we'ren't on for any GA. Outright domination where it counts.

But oh shots based "advanced" stats...

sorry, just a pet peeve

I mean its just shot share metrics, it isn't meant to give you a full picture of how lines performed.

But it does show that all of the top-3 lines had the puck going in the right direction, which is definitely a good sign heading into the playoffs.

 

[Giggleplex]

Nostrils is not an obscene nickname. It is describing those 2 massive air intake valves above his pornstache.

Elite intake.

 

[MaxR11]

Hasn't really been discussed but James Neal seems like such a great teammate, keeping things light and always making the players around him smile and laugh. I hope he sticks with the organization after retirement (maybe as an assistant coach in AHL)

Ya Connor talked about that in the presser. How Smith is playing well but how his off the ice his leadership is massive. Same with Neal. I think Smith's return was so huge for the team's turnaround and it had more to do with his leadership and how he keeps guys in check to play the right way in front of him. To get into good habits consistently.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Elite intake.

Generational.

 

[Soundwave]

Thanks for the reminder! Circa 2006. Haven't been out of the furnace room till today.

I still have one of those but I threw out the Pronger jersey

 

[OfCorsiDid]

I still have one of those but I threw out the Pronger jersey

I got an orange one arriving next week. LFG

 

[Soundwave]

Ya Connor talked about that in the presser. How Smith is playing well but how his off the ice his leadership is massive. Same with Neal. I think Smith's return was so huge for the team's turnaround and it had more to do with his leadership and how he keeps guys in check to play the right way in front of him. To get into good habits consistently.

Smith yells at the players, lol. They're afraid of him, so they cut out some of the dumb shit. This team doesn't do well if they're always coddled.

He makes big saves full stop too, don't freaking kid yourself and act like that doesn't swing games.

 

[syz]

Generational.

He's basically doping. Evolutionary advantage to be able to get that much oxygen in his blood all at once.

 

[Cloned]

I still have one of those but I threw out the Pronger jersey

Why is throwing out the Pronger jersey a sad thing?

 

[Soundwave]

Why is throwing out the Pronger jersey a sad thing?

I kinda wish I had kept it. I bought it the day after they clinched a playoff spot.

 

[MaxR11]

Smith yells at the players, lol. They're afraid of him, so they cut out some of the dumb shit. This team doesn't do well if they're always coddled.

He makes big saves full stop too, don't freaking kid yourself and act like that doesn't swing games.

He's a strong leader that makes a big difference in the room if there's buy in. The way he's got guys to play in front of him (strong, urgent, responsible, predictable) allows him to play confident and assertive in net and he's played well. If there's low buy in/coordination from the 5 guys, any goalie will look bad, Smith included.

 

[Soundwave]

He's a strong leader that makes a big difference in the room if there's buy in. The way he's got guys to play in front of him (strong, urgent, responsible, predictable) allows him to play confident and assertive in net and he's played well. If there's low buy in/coordination from the 5 guys, any goalie will look bad, Smith included.

Give McDavid and Draisaitl .915 or better goaltending and you have playoffs.

Why the Oilers made that so complicated is beyond me.

Like this season, the forward group beyond those two actually sucks donkey balls, they are considerably worse than last year. They've regressed there hard.

Smith has been good since January 2020, well before this season.

To be honest they don't really play that great defensively, they still make brain dead plays defensively routinely (like what the f*** was Khaira doing on that first goal), but Smith will make a big time stop when he needs to. The defence on the JT Miller goal was atrocious too, both Nurse and Barrie decided to play the same left side of the ice leaving no one but a rookie McLeod to cover the middle/right side.

 

[Gordy Elbows]

Great to get the CLINCH...well done Oilers!
Connor is a bull in a china shop around hockey records / numbers...keeps breaking them. And we love it!
Stay healthy boys - lots of work ahead.

 

[Gordy Elbows]

He's a strong leader that makes a big difference in the room if there's buy in. The way he's got guys to play in front of him (strong, urgent, responsible, predictable) allows him to play confident and assertive in net and he's played well. If there's low buy in/coordination from the 5 guys, any goalie will look bad, Smith included.

I agree. The biggest part of succeeding in the NHL is transitioning from boys to men (with responsibilities and accountability). Smith is a large part of that process here.

 

[nabob]

Its one reason I would rather have the prospects come to the AHL to learn

Yep, huge mistake by the Oilers to start him in the NHL in his rookie season.

 

[SK13]

Clinch playoffs, beat the Canucks and 4 mcpoints.

What could be better? Other than, like, 5+ mcpoints I guess.

 

[Cloned]

I kinda wish I had kept it. I bought it the day after they clinched a playoff spot.

Nah, you don’t need no stinkin Pronger jersey.

 

[Del Preston]

Yep, huge mistake by the Oilers to start him in the NHL in his rookie season.

Just Peter Chiarelli things.

 

[Soundwave]

Nah, you don’t need no stinkin Pronger jersey.

I've gotten over it since, to be honest I'm not really even mad at him. I don't think he personally wanted to leave, whataya gonna do ditch your wife and kids? lol, no.

 

[nabob]

I've gotten over it since, to be honest I'm not really even mad at him. I don't think he wanted to leave, whataya gonna do ditch your wife and kids? lol, no.

Maybe if he wouldn’t have literally allegedly ditched his wife they would of stayed?? (Alleged Weather girl incident)

but yeah I agree. He really only had one option at that point.

 

[Soundwave]

Maybe if he wouldn’t have literally allegedly ditched his wife they would of stayed??

but yeah I agree. He really only had one option at that point.

I mean there's no way he could played at that level if his heart wasn't in it, so he clearly he was on board.

You can't ditch your wife, we just got really unlucky that he happened to have an extremely high maintenance wife that was actually richer than he was and wasn't just content to be a regular hockey wife.

But that 2006 run was the best he ever played, without a doubt in my mind.

 

[Snipes45]

i think those corsi stats are batshit crazy. The ice and meaningful scoring chances tilted when line 1 was on the ice and they scored 4goals and we'ren't on for any GA. Outright domination where it counts.

But oh shots based "advanced" stats...

sorry, just a pet peeve

Don't be sorry. It's just 5 on 5 Corsi, which is only a fraction of everything.

Remember, our first line was dipsy doodling. If they wanted to, they would have had MUCH more shots and that # would be much higher lol. It doesn't really show how much zone time they had.