Oilers v. Senators - Psalm 95:3-7
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 17, 2011 5:00 PM MST
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PrintYahweh is an excellent God;
He, and not some crazy group of politicos, is our true ruler.
He holds in his hand the sheet of ice we play on,
And the wood that makes our sticks.
The deepest secrets of the game belong to him for,
As do the most inscrutable victories.
Let us jump up and cheer,
Let us shout before Yahweh, our Maker
For he is our God.
We are the people that he watches over,
The team under his care.
Ottawa Senators (9-9-1) @ Edmonton Oilers (9-6-2)
Rexall Place, 7:30 p.m. MST
Television: Sportsnet Edmonton
More analysis after the jump...
Visiting Team Scouting Report:
I took some heat when I suggested that the Ottawa Senators were merely bad. But so far, they're doing their best to make me look... well... a couple of blow-outs have hurt pretty bad, but they've generally done quite well. Their Fenwick percentage with the score tied is a much better than most (including me) expected at 50.9%, but what I thought was going to be strength has turned out to be a weakness. Craig Anderson has been terrible in net with an .894 overall save percentage, which includes a save percentage of just .900 at even strength (Brian Elliott's .947 just rubs salt in the woudn). If Anderson can get things together, the Senators should be okay. Not good, of course, but not in the lottery either.
Expected Lineups:
Edmonton Oilers (9-6-2):
Smyth - Horcoff - Hemsky
Hall - Nugent-Hopkins - Eberle
Paajarvi - Belanger - Jones
Eager - Lander - Petrell
Smid - Gilbert
Sutton - Potter
Peckham - Petry
Khabibulin
Ottawa Senators (9-9-1):
Greening - Spezza - Michalek
Foligno - Da Costa - Alfredsson
Daugavins - Smith - Condra
Winchester - Konopka - Butler
Phillips - Lee
Kuba - Karlsson
Cowen - Gonchar
Anderson
By the Numbers:
- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins came into the NHL with a reputation for producing offense, and with fourteen points in his first seventeen games, he's off to a great start. Vision and passing are definitely two of his plus attributes, and he has played mostly on a line with snipers Jordan Eberle and Taylor Hall, so it's something of an oddity that Nugent-Hopkins has yet to register his first "first assist" of the season during five-on-five play.
- Sam Gagner is out of the lineup with an injury, and while coach Tom Renney is calling it a precautionary measure, the fact that the third line has struggled mightily so far this season probably hasn't helped - his eleven-game goalless streak is the longest of his career since he started the 2008-09 season with fourteen consecutive games without a goal.
- There are twenty-five players in the NHL with at least ten shots on goal and a shooting percentage of 20% or higher. The Oilers have two of them: Ryan Smyth and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins.
- Taylor Hall and Jordan Eberle have been playing in a lot of offensive situations so far this season, but have seen their ice time decline by about a minute per game as Tom Renney tries to provide them with shelter. And so far, the result has been less shooting. Hall has seen his shots per game decline from 2.86 last season to 2.69 so far this season, while Eberle has seen his shots per game decline from 2.29 to 2.06.
- When I said "a lot of offensive situations", I really meant it! Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Taylor Hall, and Jordan Eberle are all in the top ten in the NHL in terms of end-zone start percentage. All three have had over 70% of their end-zone draws in the offensive zone.
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When I said “a lot of offensive situations”, I really meant it! Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Taylor Hall, and Jordan Eberle are all in the top ten in the NHL in terms of end-zone start percentage. All three have had over 70% of their end-zone draws in the offensive zone.
It’s not going to work on the road. Need to break up the chosen line.
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Well, it’ll work better against some teams than others. Against teams that have one big forward line, they’re no worse off on the road than they are at home. Against teams that have a lot of depth, they can easily get picked on.
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by Scott Reynolds on Nov 17, 2011 6:40 PM MST up reply actions
Finally Paajarvi can play on a line outside of Gagner. Please let today be the day he puts together some numbers so he can start getting the icetime he deserves.
I’ll be interested to see how he does. Belanger & Jones aren’t really known as skill players, but they’re far from the worst on this team. Since they’ll be up against lesser players, I think we could reasonably hope to see some offense from that line tonight.
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 17, 2011 7:24 PM MST up reply actions
Principe is his usual irritating self
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by OilLeak on Nov 17, 2011 7:32 PM MST via mobile reply actions
Man, when Whitney comes back the D will look respectable again. Too bad he’ll fall apart again shortly afterwards.
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by OilLeak on Nov 17, 2011 7:39 PM MST via mobile reply actions
Strange – Renney did a quick change to get Gilbert Smid out against Da Costa.
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Pretty damn good shift by Hemsky there. He was all over the place and winning pucks.
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Petry almost tossed that one away. I like that he was going for the lob though. Tough to go wrong with you lob.
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Unless you’re Chris Campoli.
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by Scott Reynolds on Nov 17, 2011 10:56 PM MST up reply actions
Well I never thought that the Sens motley third line would pin our third line in our own zone.
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by OilLeak on Nov 17, 2011 7:46 PM MST via mobile reply actions
Fuckin’ Anderson.
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by OilLeak on Nov 17, 2011 7:47 PM MST via mobile reply actions
Team holds Sens in their own end, chosen line gets two great chances, 4th line comes out and gives up the Sens first good chance.
GO ENERGY LINE!
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Peckham with the stupid pinch. Shocking.
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So it’s going to be one of this nights, is it?
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by OilLeak on Nov 17, 2011 7:48 PM MST via mobile reply actions
What the hell’s in Khabibulin’s water bottle?? Neither goal was even remotely screened!
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 17, 2011 7:49 PM MST up reply actions
I was kinda hoping his hot streak was going to last two years.
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 17, 2011 7:51 PM MST up reply actions
I was stunned it lasted two weeks.
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He’s remembered how to " hydrate "
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by OilLeak on Nov 17, 2011 7:53 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
I’d love dawgbone to break that one down. At least on the first it was obviously Peckham’s stupid pinch to make a hit [HE HITZ SO HARD GRIT TOUGH TO PLAY AGAINST!], but on the second, it was less obvious. There was no one to step on the center drive and Potter found himself in no-man’s land.
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That was on the first goal, where Peckham made a low % pinch. The 2nd goal was off the faceoff and Potter played it like it was a 2 on 1 , but it wasn’t, but lack of center support didn’t help.
That was on the first goal, where Peckham made a low % pinch. The 2nd goal was off the faceoff and Potter played it like it was a 2 on 1 , but it wasn’t, but lack of center support didn’t help.
That’s what I said.
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I swear you edited it as I was typing, either that or I’m watching too much hockey tonight. :P Prolly the latter.
Ask around about the “Edit Comment” function
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Who in the hell is Daugavins?!!
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by OilLeak on Nov 17, 2011 7:50 PM MST via mobile reply actions
Nikita Filatov minus the skill, plus a soul.
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“Daugavins is an excellent all-round skater. He has a strong stride, good lateral movement and agility, and a deceptive top gear. Daugavins has a decent sized frame and he isn’t afraid of making contact, although he is not a big hitter by any means. He is an extremely slick and creative player who can thread the needle with passes. One knock on Daugavins is that he does not use his shot often enough. Daugavins an excellent stickhandler and can fool defensemen in one-on-one situations. He has tremendous vision, anticipation, and his positioning in both zones is excellent. Daugavins uses his linemates well and is an excellent team player. He is very passionate and always wears his heart on his sleeve. "
Put up some okay numbers in the OHL.
So he’s paajarvi with more finish? I kid I kid.
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by OilLeak on Nov 17, 2011 8:00 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
Where in jebus are the centers on the defensive side of the puck. The Senators are coming right down Broadway and the Oilers are doing nothing about it.
Hopkins was terribly absent on the second goal, but don’t tell anyone. Chosen line does no wrong.
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Louie Debrusk just openly lies about Khabibulin.
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I need to make a “Rec’d so hard” gif.
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1 save.
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by OilLeak on Nov 17, 2011 7:57 PM MST via mobile reply actions
If Khabibulin was fast enough, it would’ve been a goal. DaCosta went five hole on him, thinking it would open. Khabibulin was late and not able to open the five hole yet.
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For the record, the Oilers’ goal differential just dropped into the negatives for the first time since the opener.
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Nowhere to go but down.
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by OilLeak on Nov 17, 2011 8:04 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
Hall should have held onto the puck there, he’s getting impatient.
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by OilLeak on Nov 17, 2011 8:03 PM MST via mobile reply actions
Are you guys seeing the Oil fans Twitter feed above?
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http://twitter.com/MisconductInc/status/137365268186927104
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Oh yeah, because hordichuk turned into power forward while he was injured.
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by OilLeak on Nov 17, 2011 8:07 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
Maybe he thinks Hordichuk is going to take over as starting goaltender?
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 17, 2011 8:08 PM MST up reply actions
The issue is lack of a crappy 4th line forwards, clearly.
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“On the first one, all of a sudden a two-on-one develops…”
GREAT analysis, Louie. Just great. He’s stealing a paycheck.
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Where’s Bruce? What an absolute BS call on Paajarvi. There’s no way the ref was actually looking at that. He saw it out of the corner of his eye.
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Ask your officiating partner what happened, you moran.
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That was crap, the player was already off balance.
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by OilLeak on Nov 17, 2011 8:12 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
On that PK, Peckham ran to the boards to finish a hit and took himself 30 feet out of position.
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That was some terrible goaltending, BULIN WALL
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Boy, I sure am glad that I’m watching this game. This is so much fun.
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Nothing like making the awful Senators look like allstars.
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by OilLeak on Nov 17, 2011 8:14 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
PULL HIM NOW!
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by OilLeak on Nov 17, 2011 8:13 PM MST via mobile reply actions
He left the ice during the anthems, hasn’t returned.
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 17, 2011 8:14 PM MST up reply actions
Am I playing a re-run of one of last years games?
by Dan Lizee on Nov 17, 2011 8:14 PM MST reply actions 1 recs
The team decided that they couldn’t let Columbus have all the fun.
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by OilLeak on Nov 17, 2011 8:15 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
I’d just like to point out – the Oilers were up 7-0 in shots before the 4th line took their first shift. Then they gave up two goals. ENERGY.
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Yeah, I’m not saying the 4th line gave them up. The Oilers gave up 2 goals right after the 4th line took a shift.
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Find it slightly hard to blame the 4th line on the first goal, when it was entirely up to a bad pinch by Peckham.
I’m saying they killed the momentum.
Sarcasm is lost on the internet.
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http://twitter.com/NHL_Oilers/status/137368411603861504
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Was listening to Gregor’s show on the way home from work today, and they were discussing what they would trade Khabi for right now.
Gregor: No idea what his value on the market is right now.
Brownlee: Anyone offering anything, trade his ass out of town right now.
Spector: Only if you get a high quality return. Picks are a terrible return for him.
After all of those rectum predictions, Brownlee finally figured out the goaltending market?
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Brownlee has been rather decent to listen to lately actually. I think he pays attention to the numbers now more than he lets on.
Only a politician would be shown up time after time like he has and not learn anything.
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http://twitter.com/Terry/status/137368805503541248
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Yes, we need Hemsky to piledrive someone through the boards….or Paajarvi…or Horcoff…or Eberle….or The Nuge…or Belanger…or Lander…..or Eager…..or Nevermind.
http://twitter.com/PolarBearRock/status/137371076786270208
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http://twitter.com/ford2nv/status/137388498788429825
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http://twitter.com/EclecticBlogs/status/137389727237160960
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Oilers radio guy talking about the Oilers injured defencemen. First you are missing Whitney, an expereinced defenceman. Then you are missing barker, who is “understated in his role.”
Matheson just floated Strudwick in his blog at the EJ.
Hide the women and children.
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Oilers win chances 8-5
http://twitter.com/DKingBH/status/137368343861673984
Seems like unlucky goaltending.
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Ssh! The team is wasting khabby’s talent.
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by OilLeak on Nov 17, 2011 8:28 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
The Kings announcers are so awesome. Jim Fox just said “keep an eye on the Ducks going forward. When there is no play, they are just dropping it behind the net to pull the Kings out of position and make a play”.
The next shift – Perry has nothing, just throws it down behind the net and Getzlaf jumps down to get the puck.
We get "On the first one, all of a sudden a two-on-one develops…"
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http://twitter.com/ryan_batty/status/137370967264600066
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Remember when we all thought a buyout was a possibility?
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Dear lord, do we have any D left?
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by OilLeak on Nov 17, 2011 8:33 PM MST via mobile reply actions
Oh, jeez, I hope we don’t end up having to go out and sign a puck-moving, hard-minutes second pairing veteran defenseman. Hopefully, Barker and Sutton come back real soon.
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 17, 2011 8:35 PM MST up reply actions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrHUD2XmLN4
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 17, 2011 8:37 PM MST up reply actions
Anderson, that was weak.
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by OilLeak on Nov 17, 2011 8:37 PM MST via mobile reply actions
Nice time for Lander to get his first. Nice snipe. Meantime, Paajarvi is staring at Belanger in disgust.
by Dan Lizee on Nov 17, 2011 8:37 PM MST reply actions 1 recs
Would it be so awful to throw Paajarvi on the chosen line and try Hall on the Belanger line with Gagner or Jones? Hall did hold his own last year with Horcoff.
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Hall – Belanger – Jones?
I’m sure he’d do alright, but to be honest it seems like a waste of his talent.
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 17, 2011 8:39 PM MST up reply actions
Well, I’d prefer Hall-Gagner-Omark, but Omark is persona non grata.
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94-10-83
4-89-23
91-93-14
28-20-37
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What about...?
Smyth – Horcoff – Gagner
Hall – RNH – Hemsky
Paajarvi – Belanger – Eberle
Eager – Lander – Jones
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 17, 2011 8:42 PM MST up reply actions
Paajarvi needs a trigger man. Belanger and Paajarvi both don’t shoot the puck enough, therefore causes offensive impotence.
Paajarvi shoots a ton when he’s got the opportunity.
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I’m sure glad the Oilers went with Barker instead of Stralman.
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Is he still unsigned?
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by OilLeak on Nov 17, 2011 8:43 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
QUALGRIT!
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by OilLeak on Nov 17, 2011 8:44 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
Sorry, Eberle.
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 17, 2011 8:46 PM MST up reply actions
Are you fucking kidding me?
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by OilLeak on Nov 17, 2011 8:46 PM MST via mobile reply actions
Hollllly smokes – Theo Peckham just got SMOKED on that goal. Smoked. Petry pinched for the pass from Eberle and Peckham didn’t even know Petry pinched. He had no idea. Look at his reaction when Winchester received the puck. What the helllllll, Theo.
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Yeah, Theo quit on the play. He was looking for a whistle that wasn’t coming. Gotta keep playing there.
He didn’t quit. Watch it again. He was watching the puck carriers belly button. When he looked up and Petry wasn’t there, but Winchester was you can see the “OH NO” on his face on the reply. Just terrible ice awareness.
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Well Peckham can keep Brule company in OKC soon.
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by OilLeak on Nov 17, 2011 8:53 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
Winchester had so much time he thought about getting a beer before he finished the breakaway.
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by OilLeak on Nov 17, 2011 8:50 PM MST via mobile up reply actions 2 recs
Bah. Stupid fat fingers. That was supposed to be a rec, not a flag.
by eddy the lip on Nov 17, 2011 8:54 PM MST up reply actions
Who is better, Chorney or Peckham?
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Welcome back Chorney.
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by OilLeak on Nov 17, 2011 8:59 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
Potter was slow to get up.
Fedun must be watching this and crying everytime he looks at his broken leg.
He would be the 4th-best defender on the team, even with Sutton healthy
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I’m honoured.
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by Bruce McCurdy on Nov 17, 2011 11:57 PM MST up reply actions
I the Sens are just doing what they want to our D now.
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by OilLeak on Nov 17, 2011 9:02 PM MST via mobile reply actions
They’re dog tired.
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by OilLeak on Nov 17, 2011 9:06 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
Oilers should go to 5 F on the power play from here out to give Gilbert a rest.
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I wonder what the TOI will be for Gilbert and Smid.
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by OilLeak on Nov 17, 2011 9:05 PM MST via mobile reply actions
It’s good for them. They were getting soft.
by eddy the lip on Nov 17, 2011 9:07 PM MST up reply actions
Yeah, teddy pecker needs to give them a lesson or 2.
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by OilLeak on Nov 17, 2011 9:11 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
Insight? Analysis?opinion? They must have replaced the Sportsnet crew since the last intermission
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by OilLeak on Nov 17, 2011 9:09 PM MST via mobile reply actions
http://twitter.com/PFlyerfan1/status/137383128774877184
YES! Yes, this is all Gilbert, Horcoff and Hemsky!
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Man there is still another period of this junk.
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by OilLeak on Nov 17, 2011 9:22 PM MST via mobile reply actions
Gilbert with a mental lapse, to be expected.
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by OilLeak on Nov 17, 2011 9:27 PM MST via mobile reply actions
Don’t worry hordichuk will be back soon.
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by OilLeak on Nov 17, 2011 9:35 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
http://twitter.com/TrevorRobb/status/137388431486631936
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I’ve given up on humanity.
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by OilLeak on Nov 17, 2011 9:43 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
I can’t figure out why Eager won’t hit anyone….like jebus…hit someone! Its the only thing he needs to do and he aint doing it.
At first I assumed it was due to Renney having him on a pretty tight leash, but now it seems like Renney has his family tied up in the locker room with shotguns pointed at their faces.
Also, perhaps the concussion is still playing a factor?
No point, with this D that would be the equivalent of throwing the life persever after everyone has drowned.
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by OilLeak on Nov 17, 2011 9:33 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
Well there’s Plante, Chorney… and some other useless piece of shit of D man to be named later.
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by OilLeak on Nov 17, 2011 9:39 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
He’s been absolutely lights-out in OKC.
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by Scott Reynolds on Nov 17, 2011 11:11 PM MST up reply actions
Konopka, well isn’t that dandy.
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by OilLeak on Nov 17, 2011 9:31 PM MST via mobile reply actions
Hey, there’s 91-93-14.
Quinn still calling it ‘The Top Line’ That’s cute.
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Hey, 4-20-28!
That’s what I said!
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Here, distract yourselves
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_tC4_zaqaQ
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Peckham is the A number one goat in this one. He was awful.
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You’re talking to the president of the he-man goalie-haters club.
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Which three did you think were soft?
I thought the last goal against each guy was weak, but the others were pretty close to unstoppable. The one the Latvian scored was a fucking laser.
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by Bruce McCurdy on Nov 18, 2011 12:57 AM MST up reply actions
Wholeheartedly disagree on the second. It was a perfect shot. Potter let the guy walk in, and he wired a rocket right up under the bar. No way does the goalie wear that one. Sometimes the other guy just makes his shot.
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by Bruce McCurdy on Nov 18, 2011 4:10 PM MST up reply actions
What was Potter going to do. The chosen line did nothing to backcheck anyone.
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Smid was coming back to take away the back side pass. Potter just stayed rooted to the spot and let the Latvian choose his spot and fire away without any challenge whatseover. There comes a moment even in a 2-on-1 where the defender needs to limit the shooter’s options and it didn’t happen.
Agree that Hall and Eberle were way out to lunch on the backcheck – they both might as well have been on the Moon – and Nugent-Hopkins was at the offensive blueline on the forecheck but beaten by a good pass by Karlsson.
Honestly, in my opinion all five skaters looked worse on this play than Khabibulin did. He just got beat by a perfect shot.
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by Bruce McCurdy on Nov 19, 2011 9:13 AM MST up reply actions
Pretty much. Winchester’s too. All three were great shots that tickled iron on the way to the top corner. The most stoppable of the three might have been Lander’s which went short side, but credit where due, it was a helluva shot.
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by Bruce McCurdy on Nov 19, 2011 9:15 AM MST up reply actions
Spezza is schooling us like nobody’s business tonight.
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by OilLeak on Nov 17, 2011 9:45 PM MST via mobile reply actions
Positives… Lander and Petrell are +1 on the night.
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by OilLeak on Nov 17, 2011 9:58 PM MST via mobile reply actions
Greasy
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by OilLeak on Nov 17, 2011 9:59 PM MST via mobile reply actions
Gilbert with over 27 mins and Petry with over 28!
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by OilLeak on Nov 17, 2011 10:02 PM MST via mobile reply actions
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It would appear that building from the defence out trumps building from the forwards in…
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