Edmonton Oilers Roster/Injury Update For DO OR DIE Game 6
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Pickard has to be in the goal, no doubt. Defense especially Bouchard has to play defense first without trying something special, McD don't know what he has but there is no killer instinct seen, what the team urgently needs, Hyman and RNH I don't know what to say , played like ghosts. Looking that they lost their sight for the target. We need more checking, more enthusiasm and fighting for the win. Can't look at our stars are hitted 3 or 4 times without getting it back! You have to smash this guy's, Miller, Hughes, Petterson!!! If not you are not ready for the playoffs! That's how it is done…
Blew 4-1 in Game 1, lost last seconds in game 5 and now we are behind. I hate what is going on here. Where is Sam Carrick? Stetcher? We need their grit and toughness. We don’t need Gagne and Ernie to spark this team. Foegele, Perry, McLeod totally non factors. Ceci, Bouchard are getting beat up in our corners because they are NOT being aggressive at all. Bouchard is actually getting pushed around physically. And of course Skinner having a complete meltdown.
I would love to see knoblaugh in the dressing room. I think he's Maynbe too soft/quiet. Sometimes a couch with a loud voice perks a player up on the seriousness of the game. The level of urgency is at the highest possible right now. Hopefully that sets in with all the players the level of effort needed.
If this is the supposed do or die year for McDavid / Draisaitl you would never know it by McDavid's performance ..And yes I know he's been played to death by Knoblauch, but if this is a representation of the supposed "best player in the nhl" I'm going to have to say not from where a lot of people see it including me.
Pickard plays period. Need more production from the bottom six. No passengers. No perimeter players. Vancouver is just shutting McDavid down. How many really good looks at the net has he had? I can only remember that breakaway where he scored. Oilers like a battleship with all its big guns on one side and toy pistols on the other. Salary cap partly to blame for this issue. No money available to add better depth players. Henrique and Carrick not enough. Remember Buchnevich? Tarasenko? Monahan? Guentzel? Oilers probably could not have afforded them unless they did one of those LTIR tricks Vegas is known for. Not enough team depth to do that either. Who could they have done without? Obviously, Vancouver did have money. That's how they added Zadorov, Soucy, and Lindholm. MVP of the series so far? Easy choice. Silov. No matter what big changes coming to the Oiler's roster next year. Have to clear up some cap space. New GM has a lot of work to do. Even if they win the Cup. All by himself Draisaitl deserves a huge raise. One of the best playoff performers in the history of the game. Top performers in this year's playoffs so far? Draisaitl, Ekholm, and Pickard. Honorable mention to McDavid. He keeps setting record after record. Did not know that he is one of only three players in the history of the league to have three 150 point seasons counting regular season and playoffs. The others? Gretzky and, surprisingly, Guy LaFleur. Time for him to have a Cup too.
They need to go with Pickard… he deserves it. Mentally, I think he's in a better than Skinner. Less pressure for Pickard. He's the back up. So if he loses, no one will be hatn on him too much. Skinner knows if he loses, he'll be public enemy number 1
what i like about this series is the hockey is getting better game by game and the whining & extra noise is lessening as teams just focus on the Ws. Saturday should be an epic go canucks go
I agree with you as usual. I will say after game one Carrick moves from wing to take the draw on the first line….and has a chat with JT..but outside from that Tochet recognized what happened when LA ran Edmonton out of the rink…to me thats been a huge factor, no response…..
I've been thinking the same about Perry, just didn't want to bring it up because it felt like it'd be jinxing something. He got crunched into the boards early in the first game vs the Kings and just hasn't gotten back up to where he was in the regular season since then. I would be really surprised if he's not injured.
Priority to bring in: 1) Henrique (if healthy) 2) Carrick (we really need some additional toughness as the Canucks have been hell bent on injuring our top players). 3) Gagner (If the other 2 are not available). If they come in then, take out of the lineup: 1) Perry (looksexceptionally slow and or injured) 2) Foegele?
Have a feeling they will start Skinner not my choice Skinner has proven over his 20 playoff starts he cannot handle the pressure love to have to eat my words on that but numbers don’t lie. Ya Perry hasn’t looked right since he crashed into the end boards in game 4 in LA time for him to sit bring in one of the Sam’s or both sit Perry and Brown both guys will bring energy and you know Sam G will have his nose stuck in the crease and every scrum after the whistle. I won’t be surprised to see Leon and Connor together again tomorrow night. Have to play with pace and outwork the Nuks can’t have any passengers game 6 and 7
They will need to play a whole lot better than they did last time out. They need to defend the neutral zone and the blue line, can't just let the other team waltz into your zone unmolested and set up camp there.
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Pickard has to be in the goal, no doubt. Defense especially Bouchard has to play defense first without trying something special, McD don't know what he has but there is no killer instinct seen, what the team urgently needs, Hyman and RNH I don't know what to say , played like ghosts. Looking that they lost their sight for the target. We need more checking, more enthusiasm and fighting for the win. Can't look at our stars are hitted 3 or 4 times without getting it back! You have to smash this guy's, Miller, Hughes, Petterson!!! If not you are not ready for the playoffs! That's how it is done…
Blew 4-1 in Game 1, lost last seconds in game 5 and now we are behind. I hate what is going on here. Where is Sam Carrick? Stetcher? We need their grit and toughness. We don’t need Gagne and Ernie to spark this team. Foegele, Perry, McLeod totally non factors. Ceci, Bouchard are getting beat up in our corners because they are NOT being aggressive at all. Bouchard is actually getting pushed around physically. And of course Skinner having a complete meltdown.
Vancouver just better. Heartbreaking
The oilers still have two cracks at eliminating the Canucks when they win Saturday night
Canucks have found another gear , this series is over in 6
Weren't the oilers ripping our jersey laught now cry later
Go canucks go
Sorry Oilers, it’s Miller time.
Every time the Oilers lose people bring up how they're injured and when they win, they're perfectly fine this is all smoke and mirrors
I would love to see knoblaugh in the dressing room. I think he's Maynbe too soft/quiet. Sometimes a couch with a loud voice perks a player up on the seriousness of the game. The level of urgency is at the highest possible right now. Hopefully that sets in with all the players the level of effort needed.
Where's Henrique???
If this is the supposed do or die year for McDavid / Draisaitl you would never know it by McDavid's performance ..And yes I know he's been played to death by Knoblauch, but if this is a representation of the supposed "best player in the nhl" I'm going to have to say not from where a lot of people see it including me.
Pickard plays period. Need more production from the bottom six. No passengers. No perimeter players. Vancouver is just shutting McDavid down. How many really good looks at the net has he had? I can only remember that breakaway where he scored. Oilers like a battleship with all its big guns on one side and toy pistols on the other. Salary cap partly to blame for this issue. No money available to add better depth players. Henrique and Carrick not enough. Remember Buchnevich? Tarasenko? Monahan? Guentzel? Oilers probably could not have afforded them unless they did one of those LTIR tricks Vegas is known for. Not enough team depth to do that either. Who could they have done without? Obviously, Vancouver did have money. That's how they added Zadorov, Soucy, and Lindholm. MVP of the series so far? Easy choice. Silov. No matter what big changes coming to the Oiler's roster next year. Have to clear up some cap space. New GM has a lot of work to do. Even if they win the Cup. All by himself Draisaitl deserves a huge raise. One of the best playoff performers in the history of the game. Top performers in this year's playoffs so far? Draisaitl, Ekholm, and Pickard. Honorable mention to McDavid. He keeps setting record after record. Did not know that he is one of only three players in the history of the league to have three 150 point seasons counting regular season and playoffs. The others? Gretzky and, surprisingly, Guy LaFleur. Time for him to have a Cup too.
no way canucks are losing 2 games in a row. This series is over Saturday.
They need to go with Pickard… he deserves it. Mentally, I think he's in a better than Skinner. Less pressure for Pickard. He's the back up. So if he loses, no one will be hatn on him too much. Skinner knows if he loses, he'll be public enemy number 1
It’s the playoffs u get hurt but man up man you don’t get these chances every day, let’s go oilers
what i like about this series is the hockey is getting better game by game and the whining & extra noise is lessening as teams just focus on the Ws. Saturday should be an epic go canucks go
Pickard has a higher GAA in this series than Skinner. Go with Pickard I think, and get that shutout. The fans will show up 💪💪
I agree with you as usual. I will say after game one Carrick moves from wing to take the draw on the first line….and has a chat with JT..but outside from that Tochet recognized what happened when LA ran Edmonton out of the rink…to me thats been a huge factor, no response…..
#coilerslose
WHO'S YOUR ZADDY!!!!!
I've been thinking the same about Perry, just didn't want to bring it up because it felt like it'd be jinxing something. He got crunched into the boards early in the first game vs the Kings and just hasn't gotten back up to where he was in the regular season since then. I would be really surprised if he's not injured.
Priority to bring in:
1) Henrique (if healthy)
2) Carrick (we really need some additional toughness as the Canucks have been hell bent on injuring our top players).
3) Gagner (If the other 2 are not available).
If they come in then, take out of the lineup:
1) Perry (looksexceptionally slow and or injured)
2) Foegele?
Let the excuses flow. Coilers are injured that's why they suck🙄🙄🙄
Conner not injure he crying 😅😅😅 that he cant beat 3 string goaltender.
Have a feeling they will start Skinner not my choice Skinner has proven over his 20 playoff starts he cannot handle the pressure love to have to eat my words on that but numbers don’t lie. Ya Perry hasn’t looked right since he crashed into the end boards in game 4 in LA time for him to sit bring in one of the Sam’s or both sit Perry and Brown both guys will bring energy and you know Sam G will have his nose stuck in the crease and every scrum after the whistle. I won’t be surprised to see Leon and Connor together again tomorrow night. Have to play with pace and outwork the Nuks can’t have any passengers game 6 and 7
Go Canucks
They will need to play a whole lot better than they did last time out. They need to defend the neutral zone and the blue line, can't just let the other team waltz into your zone unmolested and set up camp there.