Oilers v. Wild - Isaiah 40:9-11
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 30, 2011 4:30 PM MST
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PrintYou who hope for good news in Edmonton,
go to the game!
You who hope for good news in Rexall Place,
lift up your voices with a great shout!
Lift your voices without fear of mockery,
call out for the entire nation to hear,
"Our God has redeemed us!"
God, our ruler, is coming with great power,
Yahweh who rules this league with his mighty arm.
He holds both rewards and punishments in his hands,
and will hand a winning team to a faithful city.
God tends his people like a shepherd,
protecting all of us with his strong arms.
He holds the Oilers in his heart,
and counts the Oilogosphere as his possession.
Minnesota Wild (14-7-3) @ Edmonton Oilers (12-10-2)
Rexall Place, 7:30 p.m. MST
Television: TSN
More analysis after the jump...
Visiting Team Scouting Report:
Derek got the blood boiling on this one last week, and I added my two cents in the following Game-Day Thread. But the facts are what they are. The Wild are a poor team getting very good results, mostly on the strength of ridiculously good goaltending. But what about a positive spin on this? Niklas Backstrom and Josh Harding have combined for an even strength save percentage of .941, which is about twenty points higher than average. On the other hand, the Wild have shot just 6.8% at even strength, which is well below average. And even if Harding and Backstrom can't sustain a .941 save percentage (and they likely can't), they are pretty darn good goaltenders. If Minnesota shoots at a league average percentage the rest of the way, maybe their current PDO of 100.9 isn't so unsustainable after all. And the possession numbers should improve. Mike Lundin was being counted on to play top four minutes on defense this season, and is just now getting back from injury (he'll play his second game tonight). If the goal for this team is to make the playoffs, the club has built up a pretty nice cushion with 31 points already in the bank.
I still don't think this team is very good, and feel very confident in saying that they won't be at the top of the standings in March or April, but they should, at the very least, be able to stay in the playoff hunt, and while I wouldn't bet on them making the playoffs (they'll probably need to play at a 90-point pace the rest of the way to make 95 points), it wouldn't be a huge surprise (at this point) if they end up in the top eight when the music stops.
Expected Lineups:
Edmonton Oilers (12-10-2):
Gagner - Horcoff - Hemsky
Smyth - Nugent-Hopkins - Eberle
Paajarvi - Belanger - Jones
Petrell - O'Marra - Hordichuk
Smid - Gilbert
Whitney - Petry
Peckham - Teubert
Khabibulin
Minnesota Wild (14-7-3):
Clutterbuck - Koivu - Heatley
Bouchard - Cullen - Setoguchi
Johnson - Brodziak - Powe
McIntyre - Wellman - Staubitz
Schultz - Lundin
Zanon - Stoner
Spurgeon - Scandella
Backstrom
By the Numbers:
- Tom Gilbert leads the Oilers' in even strength ice time per game, but he's not actually playing that much relative to his peers. Gilbert's 18:18 per game is only good for 33rd in the NHL. Of course, if we look at total ice time per game, Gilbert moves all the way up to 18th with 24:37.
- Minnesota's leader in time on ice per game is Marek Zidlicky, who's well back of the leaders with just 21:07 per game. This more egalitarian distribution is very interesting because, like the Oilers, the Wild have a lot of unproven men on the back end.
- The Oilers continue to dominate in the category of "forwards with the most time on ice without a goal". Eric Belanger leads by over one hundred total minutes - he's in first place with 374:27 compared to just 264:43 for Brandon MacMillan in second - and both Sam Gagner (249:40) and Magnus Paajarvi (247:33) have moved into the top ten.
- Despite Gagner's lack of scoring, he still ranks eighth among the team's forwards in points per sixty minutes of five-five on ice time, which sounds at least decent. It's not. Gagner has amassed just 1.19 points per sixty minutes, by far the lowest rate of his career. It really is amazing to see the Oilers doing so well despite getting just about nothing offensively from their third and fourth lines.
- Both teams have recently added players from the AHL. The Oilers called up Ryan O'Marra, while the Wild recently called up Casey Wellman. Wellman was leading the Houston Aeros in both goals (11) and points (19) when he was called up (he'd played 20 games), and will be playing in his second game of the season tonight.
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Sorry, Scott, but Hockey Wilderness' pre-game write-up is way more entertaining. Must read to believe.
http://www.hockeywilderness.com/2011/11/30/2600362/minnesota-wild-edmonton-oilers-game-25#comments
“One final request… please do not visit Copper and Blue, no matter the outcome of the game. It simply is not worth it.
The Wild had a pretty good things going against the Oilers, with 956 wins in a row against the Edmonton squad. That number may be inflated, or perhaps it regressed to the mean, and we missed being the ignorant dumba$$es that we are. Still, the win streak against the Oilers at the X is over. So be it. Let the kids have their prize. Really should have given them some kind of trophy, since they are the “best franchise in the NHL” right now.
You know, because their AHL affiliate is winning. Right. That makes sense.
The game tonight could be one of two things. It could be an absolute disgusting mess of players trying to settle scores, or it could simply be another game. I think I know which way Mike Yeo would lean on this one. Just another game, with two teams who badly want the two points. Let Darcy Hordichuk and his piss poor math skills skate around and be a turtle. That’s fine. Eventually, he’ll take a call, we promise you that.
The game will see something the Oilers didn’t in their last matchup with the Wild. Niklas Backstrom. With a ridiculous record against the Oilers, A gaudy 20-2-1 record shows that Backstrom’s mean against the Oilers is to crush their souls and ship them to them in a cute pink box with a bow on it after the game.
Still, the Oilers will be fired up, what with their big 5-2 victory over the Wild last week. It will be up to the Wild to find a way to knock the Oilers back down a peg. The two points is more important than Darcy Hordichuk. Let’s hope the players know that.
Five Questions:
1. Can the Wild avoid getting caught up in a mess?
2. Does Backstrom ownership continue?
3. Will the defense look solid with the new pieces again?
4. Can Dany Heatley find some antidote for these snake bites?
5. Where, exactly, is the mean? Can we use the mode instead? Or just the average? And how many standard deviations are we from sanity right now?"
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I visited the Copper and Blue for the 1st time. I read about 2 words, and well, that was enough.
Apostacy in print. Gotta love how they change a verse from the Bible to some bull about the Oil. Fine work there gentleman.
Then it’s off to the stats. And OMG does this guy jizz himself over stats. He starts talking about how a # of shots per game means something. Then he brings up COPD, or PDO or some bullshit about stats.
I can see why it was not recommended to visit. They should have tripadvisor for bullshit websites or at least an "angies list" of ridiculously arrogant bloggers for which we can visit to avoid ending up reading tripe like that and then spending 40 minutes stewing and greiving for humanity over the crap that people buy into.
Holy f-ck I’ve just wasted a lot of time. I should have listened to Mr [note: presumably not Scott] Reynolds.
by Passive Voice on Nov 30, 2011 5:57 PM MST up reply actions
Aw, you beat me to it. That was awesome.
Also, if you’re going to throw around 25 cent words like “apostacy” [sic], you should at least hit wikipedia first.
by eddy the lip on Nov 30, 2011 6:02 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
This is beyond hilarious, they sure know how to pout over at the Hockey Wilderness. If the Oilers win tonight they might just froth at the mouth.
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by OilLeak on Nov 30, 2011 6:11 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
they sure know how to pout over at the Hockey Wilderness.
This should be the primary takeaway. Rather than say “hm, let’s see what this all means”, the shroud of ignorance is dropped and they fight on against their own misunderstanding and misinterpretation.
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by Derek Zona on Nov 30, 2011 6:19 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
That’s it in a nutshell. The desire to wallow in their own ignorance is strong in that bunch (and by “that bunch” I do NOT mean all Wild fans – just our merry visitors from last week and their sympathizers).
Their loss.
My position hasn’t changed since this article:
The scoring chances project is significant in that it closes the loop on the data currently being used to analyze the game. The math behind the data has been validated, though NHL teams have known that for at least thirty years, possibly more. The conversation now must progress beyond defending the veracity of these statistics from the “saw him good” crowd and other critics to finding the next great innovation in statistics and analysis.
This is why we’re in the midst of the scoring chance project, and why we’re investigating touches, zone exits, zone entries and battles.
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That’s amazing. The writer goes from prim sanctimony to crude sexual metaphor in just 2 sentences!
by Chunklets on Nov 30, 2011 6:53 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
I love C&B, although i’m probably biased,
Scott Reynolds, (if that is your real name) These jokers don’t understand that you’ve spent near a decade (or is it more?) studying religions… You’ve taught me more in 3 conversations than i’ve learned in my life about Judaism, Christianity and how they melded and rejected each other like a liver transplant (i may need one someday)
.But i have to agree about the authors jizzing themselves over stats….that’s a fair point.
by One_Roy_Save_On_The_Calendar on Nov 30, 2011 7:25 PM MST up reply actions
Derek’s also being accused of using
the Baron’s skewed point percentage to argue that the Oilers are the #1 franchise in the NHL.which, wheeeeeee!
by Passive Voice on Nov 30, 2011 9:40 PM MST up reply actions
I hate to be picky, but the Wild are shooting at 7.9% at 5-on-5. I would assume their 4-on-4 play drives the shooting down a percentage?
Your larger point is correct, the Wild are getting it done with goaltending boosting their average offense and sieve-ish defense. Tonight, I hope the Oilers can provide a template on how to beat the keepers for Friday’s game.
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I wouldn’t be hopeful. The Oilers won’t have Hall, the guy taking the second-most shot attempts on the team and they’ve called up Ryan O’Marra, an AHLer, to take a regular shift with Petrell and Hordichuk.
They’ve also got issues on defense, where Ryan Whitney’s lack of mobility has been exposed. I’d expect the Wild to actually outshoot this team tonight, barring a long period of a lead of more than 2 from the Wild.
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On the plus side, we’re down Eager, Sutton and Barker.
Hey, grasping here…
by eddy the lip on Nov 30, 2011 7:48 PM MST up reply actions
And Hordichuk, for another few minutes.
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 30, 2011 7:48 PM MST up reply actions
Hopefully the last we’ll see of that nonsense.
(I am a hypocrite apostate. I admit to enjoying Hordichuck whack him a couple of times, even if it is bad hockey.)
by eddy the lip on Nov 30, 2011 7:51 PM MST up reply actions
I’ve got nothing against fighting. I watch UFC fights occasionally, and there are plenty of NHL players who would benefit from a good beating (cough Bertuzzi cough). But it’s got no place in modern hockey, not with what we know about concussions, and it’s galling to see a goon like Hordichuk taking up a perfectly good roster spot. At least Ben Eager and Andy Sutton are useful in limited roles.
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 30, 2011 7:54 PM MST up reply actions
I loved watching the benchclearers as a kid.
But what you say is the main thing – it doesn’t help you win games, it doesn’t protect your skill players, so where’s the payoff?
It’s part of the reason why I think all the brouhaha about fighting in hockey is a bit silly. It will wear it’s way out eventually, just because it doesn’t work.
by eddy the lip on Nov 30, 2011 7:57 PM MST up reply actions
just because it doesn’t work.
You are in a minority.
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Didn’t used to be. C&B set me straight.
by eddy the lip on Nov 30, 2011 7:59 PM MST up reply actions
Not us, that work was done by Gabe, Tom and Jlikens, I believe.
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Whoa whoa whoa. “Seen him good” is the religion :)
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Hahahahaha
Love the board vs. board thing.
It seems the Wilderness writers always want to bash the other team in their articles instead of write about their own team. It’s hysterical.
"We can't get pushed around," Haley said. "What commentators say about us, that's their job. My job is to try and limit as many people who want to take liberties with our guys as possible."
by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Nov 30, 2011 7:22 PM MST reply actions
I think the thing that amuses me the most when these fights flare up is the claim that the stats side of the argument is “arrogant”. It’s astonishing hypocrisy for people who dismiss evidence and theory out of hand because it doesn’t accord with their preconceptions.
by Kent Wilson on Nov 30, 2011 7:22 PM MST reply actions 4 recs
I agree. What I find the most frustrating is when people get so upset about the stats not being on their side that they start to take pride in their ignorance. Anyone who wants to talk about stats becomes an elitist intellectual who doesn’t like hockey, only math.
Ignorance is not a bad thing. It just means that you don’t know anything about a subject; everyone is ignorant about some things. But being proud of ignorance and aggressively rejecting new information is just sad.
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 30, 2011 7:30 PM MST up reply actions 4 recs
Agreed, few people can form educated headspace on two unrelated topics, and synergize (is that a word) two isms…Hockey and Religion???? Well played Scott, well played
by One_Roy_Save_On_The_Calendar on Nov 30, 2011 7:34 PM MST up reply actions
Ignorance is not a bad thing. It just means that you don’t know anything about a subject; everyone is ignorant about some things. But being proud of ignorance and aggressively rejecting new information is just sad.
Quoted, as they say, for truth.
by Chunklets on Nov 30, 2011 7:35 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah. I can deal with people being either ignorant or even reasonably skeptical. But deciding something is BS without bothering to understand it on even a cursory level is baffling to me. “I don’t like it so it must be wrong” is an easy way to be made a fool of.
by Kent Wilson on Nov 30, 2011 7:36 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
And we’re underway. I confess to a lack of optimism about this one, I’m afraid. Maybe it’s just residue from the dismal swamp of a game on Monday, but my expectations are low tonight.
WIth Hall out, a big chunk of the offense goes with him.
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Indeed. You mentioned his high shot numbers above, and the Oilers aren’t a team that takes enough shots anyway…
the Oilers aren’t a team that takes enough shots anyway…
Hey! There’s an article on that coming tomorrow
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(Not Chunklets’ comment…I mean the fight.)
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 30, 2011 7:45 PM MST up reply actions
Beauty of a pass by Gilbert to spring Hemsky, right on the tape
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Also good judgment on the PP, taking a high-percentage shot from the point with Oilers crowding in for rebounds.
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 30, 2011 7:48 PM MST up reply actions
Lundin is so frustrating to watch. He looks like he should have all of the tools to be solid, but hasn’t produced results.
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Correct. Circle gets the square.
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 30, 2011 7:56 PM MST up reply actions
All Finns have to fulfill military service except Jari Kurri and Olli Jokinen.
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Unfortunately, I agree. I had high hopes for Peckham, but they haven’t panned out.
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 30, 2011 8:01 PM MST up reply actions
He’s destroying your narrative!
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 30, 2011 8:01 PM MST up reply actions
All in a day’s work for Andy “Skill” Sutton.
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 30, 2011 8:04 PM MST up reply actions
I don’t think Hopkins did either.
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Even Hopkins said “Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh” to Sutton for that pass!
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“in comes MacIntyre with a shot” is something Oilers fans don’t expect to hear.
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Too many men on the ice is the Oilers trademark penalty.
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There’s not much pressure on this penalty kill, and they’re giving away lanes.
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dawgbone is right — they’re so committed to blocking shots that they are giving up on the play far too often
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It seems like he’s either spectacular or invisible in a given game; no middle ground.
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 30, 2011 8:12 PM MST up reply actions
I’m on your side! Quit pointing out my stupidity!
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 30, 2011 8:13 PM MST up reply actions
The appropriate response is “I’m not reading your links! Stop jizzing on stats!”
by eddy the lip on Nov 30, 2011 8:15 PM MST up reply actions
Sweet electric Moses! Peckham just threw a grenade threw the middle of the ice for the turnover. USE THE GLASS
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“HERE RYAN!” says Theo as he fires the puck and Jones’ feet in the middle of the dzone.
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A 5-on-3 for that??? Where’s Bruce when you need him.
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Smid and his patented post-whistle punching to make it easy on the refs.
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I’d have to watch it again, but on first viewing it didn’t look like anything more than typical post-whistle shoving.
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 30, 2011 8:20 PM MST up reply actions
He did the dumb thing he always does – close his glove into a fist on the butt end and push right into the guy’s face.
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But, on the positive side, no one is running Smid’s show.
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Petry smacks Brodziak down to the ice. He doesn’t do that often.
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That was a really good 5-on-3 kill. But I’m conditioned to believe that means something bad is going to happen.
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Oh good, my 3-year experiment in behaviour modification is finally starting to show results.
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 30, 2011 8:21 PM MST up reply actions
For the last five years, a good 5-on-3 kill usually means they’re about to give up a short-handed goal.
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And who was on the ice? Peckham! Without a stick! Imagine what he could do with one!
by eddy the lip on Nov 30, 2011 8:29 PM MST up reply actions
Yikes. Whitney stepped up with a straight knee-on-knee on Clutterbuck. It wasn’t Ovechkin on Gonchar because Whitney was actually stepping up to make a hit, but that was definitely knee-on-knee.
I’m shocked there was no penalty called, actually.
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Wow – that’s a really good point.
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Gilbert tries to go up the middle for the turnover.
GLASS! GLASS! GLASS! GLASS! GLASS! GLASS! GLASS! GLASS! GLASS! GLASS! GLASS! GLASS! GLASS! GLASS!
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Hey, there’s the pull up from Paajarvi rather than going all the way wide
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I noticed that, probably the best offensive play he’s made this season.
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I will be more than happy if we start seeing Good Peckham more often.
Hell, Khabbi did it.
by eddy the lip on Nov 30, 2011 8:49 PM MST up reply actions
Good Peckham is pretty rare this year
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Jordan Eberle has better hands than Diego Maradonna
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by Derek Zona on Nov 30, 2011 8:45 PM MST reply actions 2 recs
Dammit! I leave to get dinner, and miss a goal!
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It was a really ugly goal, don’t worry about it.
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that’s just mean
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by OilLeak on Nov 30, 2011 8:51 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
wait what
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 30, 2011 8:52 PM MST up reply actions
who scored?
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 30, 2011 8:52 PM MST up reply actions
Goddammit!
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 30, 2011 8:53 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
OK, that makes me feel better.
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 30, 2011 8:51 PM MST up reply actions
Power play goal by Eberle on a cross-ice feed from Hopkins that was partially deflected.
by TakeoutArtist on Nov 30, 2011 8:54 PM MST up reply actions
O’Marra with the golden opportunity off of the perfect lucky bounce. That would’ve been a fun goal.
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That was a nifty play by Eberle. He left the puck out to the right and threw it around the d, then broke to the net around him the other way. A rebound would have been buried.
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Petry’s struggling with the puck again. Whitney needs to pick things up.
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Belanger (really?) with the big hit on MacIntyre into the bench.
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Gilbert with another turnover at the Blueline – he just flubbed the puck on the pass up the middle. Bad bad.
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Watching Whitney is once again a painful experience. I keep saying “MOVE” like fans yelling “SHOOT” at the power play.
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Jones missed that clear. He was rushing when he had time. Love to know who was talking to him.
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And now Horcoff fans on a clear. WTF is going on in their zone right now? That’s four of them in the last few minutes.
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There’s the patented Khabibulin reach for the puck with the blocker…
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Took three years to replace Reasoner and they still haven’t replaced Brodziak. Maybe next year!
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Wait, I thought Belanger was roughly that guy, and I thought that signing had the C&B’s blessing?
by Passive Voice on Nov 30, 2011 9:14 PM MST up reply actions
Belanger finally replaced Reasoner
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At least the Wild fans will enjoy the crotch jockeying.
by eddy the lip on Nov 30, 2011 9:04 PM MST up reply actions
Here I am, upping the level of discourse.
by eddy the lip on Nov 30, 2011 9:07 PM MST up reply actions
Hopkins has to threaten to shoot there. They’re giving him the lane. At least fake it and go for the tip
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Petry had another turnover at the blueline. This is like a broken record.
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Annnnnnnd Hopkins with a turnover at the blueline. This is brutal.
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The Wild have proved
Being outshot doesn’t necessarily lead to losses either.
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Strictly speaking, they’re right.
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 30, 2011 9:19 PM MST up reply actions
I don’t know if anyone noticed Ryan Whitney after that loose puck near the end of the period, but he looked like Lee Fogolin going after it. At the Heritage Classic. In 2003.
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Yeah, and I’m starting to think there’s more going on with him than just rust (with Whitney, I mean, not Fogolin).
TSN just mentioned he’s not on the bench in the 3rd.
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 30, 2011 9:39 PM MST up reply actions
I could hear “Time, time Ladi” there. Can’t tell who is saying it though. Gilbert?
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Yep.
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 30, 2011 9:34 PM MST up reply actions
I think someone mentioned it earlier in the year, but I really wish Rexall-goers would stop booing Heatley. It’s been over 2 years! Let it go!
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Awferpete what was Whitney doing there?
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Awferpete?
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 30, 2011 9:37 PM MST up reply actions
Never mind, just got it.
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 30, 2011 9:38 PM MST up reply actions
Yeah, another nice game for Gagner, but he can’t buy a goal.
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I really wish Peckham would choose better times in these games to take his stupid penalties.
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Peckham just takes, and takes, and takes some more. When is he going to give a little?
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He does – he gives up shots and chances.
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And people say we don’t have useful commentary on this site! :-)
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 30, 2011 9:40 PM MST up reply actions
I hear the Hockey Wilderness are looking for such insightful comments :p
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Don’t write words you’re not willing to eat later…this game’s a long way from over…
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 30, 2011 9:45 PM MST up reply actions
Good kill, although Khabibulin picks the worst times to give up big, juicy rebounds.
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And reach for the puck with his blocker. grumble grumble
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I’d make a drinking game about it, but everyone would end up drunk as…well, a 38-year old Russian goaltender in Arizona.
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 30, 2011 9:46 PM MST up reply actions
Please, someone, anyone, help Ryan Whitney move his feet.
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you mean his experimental surgically repaired feet?
by One_Roy_Save_On_The_Calendar on Nov 30, 2011 9:48 PM MST up reply actions
They forgot to install the jet packs
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When you get smoked by someone named MacIntyre in his second game, it might be time for a newer, more different experimental surgery.
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Oilers are giving up too many chances here. This is going to end badly.
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They have been since they went up 2-0
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Yeah, but there was a chunk at the start of the third when they were looking good. Now they’re not.
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 30, 2011 9:52 PM MST up reply actions
they gave peckham an eternity at the point there
by One_Roy_Save_On_The_Calendar on Nov 30, 2011 9:52 PM MST reply actions
Eh, couldn’t hurt.
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 30, 2011 9:55 PM MST up reply actions
Unless you’re the chicken.
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 30, 2011 9:56 PM MST up reply actions
hemsky gives the puck away to an empty wing…fights to win it back, then gives it away to the other empty wing….
by One_Roy_Save_On_The_Calendar on Nov 30, 2011 9:56 PM MST reply actions
The man has a style.
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 30, 2011 10:05 PM MST up reply actions
3rd OT of the season, all 3 of them against Minnesota.
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Spoken like a true Oilers fan!
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 30, 2011 10:09 PM MST up reply actions
Oh yeah.
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 30, 2011 10:12 PM MST up reply actions
He sure didn’t get any faceoff support there.
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 30, 2011 10:15 PM MST up reply actions
Fortunately, we don’t need shots or possession to win.
by eddy the lip on Nov 30, 2011 10:19 PM MST up reply actions
Excellent.
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 30, 2011 10:20 PM MST up reply actions
I had my doubts, but hot damn!
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 30, 2011 10:22 PM MST up reply actions
Now that it’s down to depth, we have a big advantage.
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Oh god, why did I say that.
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by Ben Johnston on Nov 30, 2011 10:27 PM MST up reply actions
Well, I’m going to feel happy for Brodziak. I always liked him.
by eddy the lip on Nov 30, 2011 10:32 PM MST reply actions 1 recs
Whitney does not belong in the top four right now. I’m not sure he belongs in the top six.
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First minutes of Oilers hockey I’ve watched in a while and what happens? Fucking Danny Heatley and Kyle “sixth round pick” Brodziak score.
by melancholyculkin on Nov 30, 2011 10:35 PM MST reply actions
Well, a disappointing outcome, despite the precious precious Bettman point. Still, that was more enjoyable than I was thinking it was going to be. The Eberle-RNH show is a good one, and I liked Samwise in this game as well.
And so on to Friday, and the Blue Jackets (it is Columbus, yes?) – a team that I think is far better than their W-L record indicates. Should be fun!
Wild fans would like to see Whitney face a suspension for his knee on knee hit on Clutterbuck. Given his issues now, I don’t know if that would be a bad thing.
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