Despite three point efforts from Connor McDavid and Evan Bouchard, the Edmonton Oilers inability to play defence led to their 5th loss in 6 games. Connor Ingram made 28 saves on 33 shots for the Oilers. Darnell Nurse remains unplayable. Play all the hits!!! #oilers #edmontonoilers #nhl
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42 Comments
Send Nurse to Bakersfield he is a tire fire!
On one hand, a big reason the Oilers are in it is because the division is bad, but on the other hand, a big reason the division is bad is because the Oilers are in it.
Bench Nurse and strip the letter. He has no ownership over his piss poor play
Paul Coffey for HEAD COACh!!!🥅🏒
Oilers could compete for the most inconsistent team in NHL history, how does a team lose all momentum from a 8-1 win after one day
What a waste this team has the #1 #4 and top d man scoring in the league and your struggling to get into the playoffs .
17 goals in 3 games and u lose 2. So crazy lol
Nurse was in on 7 goals against in these 3 game road trip. Need to minimized nurse minutes as he is too much of a liability. 3 left d or move to 4 lw or press box for a game or 2.
Mangipane makes a turnover benched when he was playing well. Taking about taking a players confidence away. That makes sense.
Nurse can play like garbage and his confidence is shot. He can make 10 errors then maybe he gets to miss a shift . No accountability.
Bring back Ungar!
Ingram is great. So cool and calm. Nurse is brutal. It's sad, because he is such a cool guy.
One of the most obvious skills of knob is that he destroys goalies. He hates goalies. Probably a bad childhood experience. FIRE KNOB!
You should take Janmark off your banner , he’s done for the season!! And had 1 good year.
Bouchard 3 points, didnt make team Canada smfh
Brewmeister Smith from Elsinore Brewery needs to coach the Oilers.
IMO the underlying problem is there are too many "friends" on the team. What this does is makes it impossible for management to do what needs to be done – move some of the players who are friends with McDavid and Draisaitl. Because, apparently, McDavid has a say on personnel. Continue to handicap the team's success, McDavid, because your friend is going to be butt hurt he got traded. Decide NOW, do you want a Cup or not? Katz needs to get rid of Jackson, Bowman, Knoblauch, Stuart and tell McDavid he's a superstar hockey player not hockey operations and get some people who actually know hockey operations. Too much nepotism leads to failure EVERY TIME.
Stop playing Dumbbell Nurse!! Just bench him for the rest of the season!!!
McDavid should never wear a C, he plays better with an A
Congrats Austin rough outcome they definitely will miss the playoffs nuff said.! Lmao 😂
I don't like being negative but this team is not worth being a buyer. It would be best to just call it a year, sell, have a long restful summer and buy next year and go all in. Nurse and Jarry are horrendous.
Hey Austin! Video Idea, with the trade deadline approaching could you perhaps put out some polls to the community? Things like players to target, what edmonton could give up, and then go over the results? Would be cool to see!
Well I'm glad I didnt take time to watch the game as I was out at Frontier Lodge this weekend enjoying my time at our annual (3rd time now) Christian Men's Camp put together by our church.
So while Oilers were clueless today… I over did it on the 6km walk… most of the men are 50+ so I decided with my snow boots that ill plow through the snow first so they can have crush snow to walk in..
Anyhow 3/4 way through i fell behind the pack and a brother in Christ gave me his walking ice pole to use as support since my osteoarthritis in my L5 went through the roof of pain 20/10 and I was barley able to keep up….
We were able to rest up and do a activity by getting hooked up to a harness and zip across Cline River…
The real nice thing is they had me led the way back to the vehicles at my own pace.. knowing id slow down the pack of peeps behind me…
I'm feeling blessed even though I'm in tons of pain.. I'm only 30yrs old.
Thanks for the content Austin.. never a dull moment with the Oilers eh…
I agree can't believe they didnt win for Trent… I see hes getting into a groove as of late… never too late!!!
Nurse is a waste of money,8 million overpaid.Send him to the minors where he belongs.
Buy out Nurse. I know it will hurt from a cap standpoint, but it’s better than what he’s showcasing on the ice right now. He has got to go.
Seattle is 1pt behind by the way
Oh man, those were the Days when the Oilers won the Stanley Cup five times from 1984 to 1990. Unfortunately, they are over.☹️
Good thing i didnt watch because I attended a prior commitment! Im losing hope 😔
Knoblauch and Nurse have to go.
Yeah, nurse is useless and just in the way, he's playing too far below his paygrade. They should buy him out, he's gotten worse and won't learn. 👎😡
Edmonton now 30th of 32 at „Goals Against“.
I am so tired of this horrible goaltending and defending. 😫 Nurse ? Ingram?😝😝😝
Nurse holding this team back both financially and on ice.
um Bouchard had 3 points and was still a -2……..hmmm
Nahhh..nothing will happen that will help this team. If they don't fix the D might well throw the season away.
I was legit falling asleep watching this game. Even Jack said the Oilers are sleepy
How many Oilers tried shooting the puck at Ingram TODAY?
I laughed when Frederick shot the puck in a second time!
Christ! The guy has had such a brutal year… Just give him credit for 2!!
The alarming stat from this 3 game trip was that the Oilers scored 17 goals but yet somehow lost 2 of the 3 games and only have 2 points in the standings to show for. Teams that have solid Defence and decent goaltending typically win games when they score 4 or 5 goals. You can't out-score your problems the entire season. I'm thinking the Oilers may end up in a Wild Card spot if they can't put together a win streak in March
you can't really blame Ingram: screened, walman skates past his stick….so he has no stick… he made a lot of saves…. Bouch lot of pts/great… but even in this game a lot of errors & +/- is zero.
This is so obviously a COACHING problem…… poor structure… players not having a good sense of their role or proper posn…. what to do. Bring in some asst Coaches to lead.. men/energy…
Hello, I'm an Oilers fan from an alternate timeline. We traded Nurse after we won our 3rd Cup so I needed to find out what happened in this timeline.
I just looked into it and the difference between our timelines was that Holland was not available for the Oilers as he stayed with the Wings and so they went ahead with the plan to hire Bill Zito.
Wow. What happened there? Who's idea was it to get Holland? Was Katz pressuring Bobby Nicks for that or did Bobby think that was a smart idea?
Anyways, going back to my timeline, this timeline is depressing.
EditWHAT?! Bouchard wasn't on Team Canada and you lost to the US?!?!?
When your best player is Bouchard, that’s a red flag. Everyone turned pucks over, including him, and that tunnel vision doesn’t kill offense, it kills your defense and leads to big giveaways.
And ripping Nurse is pointless. His contract isn’t movable. He’s an asset you can’t get rid of, so the only real option is to figure out how to use him properly and get him playing the way the team needs.
I am usually not a spector fan but his questions during the post game interviews were actually warranted for once. Someone has to start asking the difficult questions. No more excuses about we will clean it up next game. We need answers now.
McDavid spielt nur noch für seine privaten Statistiken, das Team hat er längst aufgegeben. Er freut sich auf einen langen Urlaub und schaut wo er demnächst Golf spielen wird. Bis auf Savoie gibt es keine Talente im Verein, die eine gute Zukunft des Vereins erwarten lassen. Bis auf Montreal wird Kanada bei den Playoffs zuschauen. Die Oilers werden einen neue längere Durststrecke vor sich haben, nur ein Trade von McDavid und Draisaitl würde genug Talente für einen Neuaufbau bringen. Hyman und Ekholm sind zu alt und auch sie sollten getauscht werden. Buffalo hat es geschafft und auch Detroit, ja es wird ein langer Weg werden aber anders funktioniert es nicht. Holt Wallstedt und tauscht McDavid und Nurse nach Montreal und holt Suzuki, Hutson und Demidov dafür. Ein Deal der beide Vereine wirklich helfen würde.
Let's go Oilers, but that said… Come on, you can't leave alone Connor Ingram in the crease like that. Austin's take on this matter has been crystal clear. No excuses!
Defense can be coached, you can’t coach offence. Playoff is different season, regular season brain fart will be minimized. TBH I don’t give a f about regular season. As long as they can still score and squeak in, it’s all good. Home ice advantage is trash anyway, we do bad at home
Sounds like McDavid may have to make a choice between friendship with his buddy Nurse or winning a Stanley Cup.