Oilers v. Sharks - Deuteronomy 18:17-20
by Scott Reynolds on Jan 23, 2012 4:45 PM MST
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PrintThen Yahweh said, "I will raise up a prophet from among the people. I will put my wisdom into his mouth, and the words he speaks will bring life to a dying people. I will make those who contradict his message look like fools because their predictions will be proven wrong. But before this takes place, any prophet who claims to speak the truth but doesn't have my blessing - or who fails to seek my blessing at all - must be purged."
San Jose Sharks (26-14-5) @ Edmonton Oilers (17-26-4)
Rexall Place, 7:30 p.m. MST
Television: TSN
More analysis after the jump...
Visiting Team Scouting Report:
The Sharks come to town to being a brutal stretch of games for the Oilers. In four out of their five next games, the Oilers will be playing one of the "Big Five" teams in the Western Conference, and that usually means a loss is on the horizon. What makes San Jose so good? They're a decent team at even strength, but an excellent team on the power play. It doesn't show in the results quite yet (they're 19th in power play efficiency), but they lead the league in shot differential per sixty minutes of five-on-four ice time by a substantial margin. As they wait for the percentages on the power play to turn, they've benefited from tremendous goaltending, especially from back-up Thomas Greiss who comes into tonight's game sporting a .926 save percentage.
Expected Lineups:
Edmonton Oilers (17-26-4):
Hall - Gagner - Hemsky
Smyth - Horcoff - Jones
Paajarvi - Belanger - Eberle
Hartikainen - Lander - Petrell
Smid - Petry
Peckham - Potter
Sutton - Chorney
Dubnyk
San Jose Sharks (26-14-5):
Desjardins - Thornton - Pavelski
Marleau - Couture - Ferriero
McGinn - Handzus - Mitchell
Winchester - Murray - McCarthy
Vlasic - Boyle
Murray - Burns
White - Braun
Greiss
By the Numbers:
- The Oilers have missed the playoffs for five consecutive seasons. If they miss this year, it'll be up to six. The only two teams with longer droughts are the Maple Leafs (six going on seven) and the Panthers (ten going on eleven). The Panthers streak is the longest in league history, but the Oilers are already halfway there, and this year, the Panthers have a legitimate shot at ending their streak this season.
- The Sharks are on the other side of this equation. The team has made the playoffs for seven consecutive seasons, and look poised to make it eight this year. That's the second longest active streak, well behind the Detroit Red Wings who are looking to make the playoffs for the 21st time in a row this year. The Boston Bruins hold the all-time record with 29 consecutive seasons of making the playoffs.
- In just 145 games, Theo Peckham is already 40th in franchise history in penalty minutes with 376. No one above him has played less than 192 games (Shayne Corson). Peckham leads the Oilers in penalty minutes this season with 74, but is just third in penalty minutes per game (1.72) behind Ben Eager (1.89) and Andy Sutton (2.07).
- The Oilers are apparently going to have Taylor Chorney play with Andy Sutton tonight. It'll be interesting to see how they work together. I know that Chorney has played several games with Alex Plante so a somewhat immobile but very thwappy partner shouldn't be totally unfamiliar. Chorney has played in four NHL games so far with the Oilers and St. Louis Blues. His Relative Corsi of -36.2/60 is the worst in the league among defensemen with at least three games played.
- Since 2002-03, Eric Belanger has had between 1.5 and 2.0 shots per game in every season he's played. So far this season, he has generated 1.61 shots per game, but his shooting percentage is a truly deplorable 1.4%, and he's earned a point on just six of the fourteen five-on-five goals scored while he's been on the ice (43%), which is, again, incredibly low for a forward. How much does our perception of Eric Belanger change if he's got seven goals so far this season instead of one?
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Gene Principe has the lines with Paajarvi on the 4th with Lander and Petrell.. they just won’t really give him a prolonged shot at a top 6 role. Though its nice to see he has Harti up with Horc and Hemsky.
If that is true, I am cheering so hard for the Sharks tonight. Good for Hartikainan, but come on, Paajarvi 10th overall pick, offensive potential, and they give the AHL callup better linemates.
Unfortunately he’s shown the coaching staff no reason to move him up the roster. On the flipside, Sam Gagner made a pretty good case for himself last year in the same situation.
No reason except actually holding his own at even strength, even with one of the biggest scoring slumps in recent NHL history. But hey, lets play him with Lander and Petrell who have some of the weakest even strength play on the team, with horrible Corsi. After the game, let’s complain how ineffective Paajarvi was too…
And just to make it clear, I don’t question his results this year. But how you fail to give a player like this opportunity on a team that has no chance to make the playoffs is laughable.
Solid junior career, good results internationally, including all-star team at men’s world championships, solid rookie season. And all of a sudden, he is being written off, instead of being thrown so many opportunities, that he could do nothing but eventually break through and succeed.
This passage seems to hint at something
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I can almost put my finger on it. False prophet…? Must be purged…? I think he’s saying we should trade Hemsky? That’s probably it.
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by Ben Johnston on Jan 23, 2012 6:53 PM MST up reply actions
Nailed it.
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by Scott Reynolds on Jan 23, 2012 8:06 PM MST up reply actions
Everything’s just gone completely sideways for Belanger. Watch Tambo deal him for a 2nd/3rd round pick, make up some excuse for why he “wasn’t working out” and then watch Belanger rebound with a 10-25-35 season next year.
by melancholyculkin on Jan 23, 2012 5:51 PM MST reply actions
True, if he had a horrible S% at 8% that would be an improvement, and his numbers would be half decent. No foresight from many though, as they just read boxscores.
Even going by the underlying numbers he’s struggling. It’s not just that the bounces aren’t going his way. His scoring chance WOWY that Derek posted is particularly damning. Prior to this season he was decent by the boxscore and Corsi, so I think it’s reasonable to think that his SC numbers in previous years would have been also. This year just seems to be an aberration of epic proportions. I know he’s over 30, but I find it hard to believe his talent would just completely desert him.
by melancholyculkin on Jan 23, 2012 6:48 PM MST up reply actions
It seems odd to me too, but 34 is getting pretty old. Sometimes when guys lose it, they really lose it.
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by Scott Reynolds on Jan 23, 2012 8:08 PM MST up reply actions
It’s really unfortunate. Belanger was pretty much the one acquisition from this past off-season that everyone agreed was a good get. But he’s having a really bad year.
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by Ben Johnston on Jan 23, 2012 6:55 PM MST up reply actions
What’s are everyone’s thoughts on the Goligoski contract? The numbers say he is their #4 defenseman. He’s 26 coming into his prime, but at 4.6 million/per, I think it’s about 1 million more than he should have got.
Goligoski also had arbitration rights in 2012.
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Seems expensive to me, but I can see why a team would lock down good players with term now thinking that they might get rolled back somewhat this summer.
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by Scott Reynolds on Jan 23, 2012 8:10 PM MST up reply actions
Defenseman are getting crazy contracts these days, the Oilers are going to make a major overpay to get anybody decent.
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Defenseman are getting crazy contracts these days,
This does not meld with the “defense is easier to get in free agency” stuff we ofter hear
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Harski getting prime time tonight. C’mon kid.
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I think he’s going to try one game and then shut it down for the season. Nobody sounds very optimistic about his situation right now.
End of the line is not the same as end of the earth
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Gagner beat Couture on the draw and Eberle got beat to the puck.
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Sharks crew slobbering over Renney
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the announcers on the feed i am watching think that rnh is their leading scorer, jones’ first name is randy and cam barker and ryan whitney are the two best defenseman. god help me.
Eberle does not exist. Perhaps in their conversations with Tambellini and learning that the club “is on the right track”, they’ve learned that Eberle is out of the age window and will be traded tonight.
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And Gilbert being injured was an afterthought to Barker
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Dubnyk with yet another puck adventure behind the net. What is wrong with Oilers’ goalies when they wander away from the net?
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“Brent Burns starting to heat up offensively”
The guy has killed it all season long. You should see the size of his bubble in the bubble charts.
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What in the world was Horcoff doing on that play just before McGinn hit the post? Did he try a pass to Petry, the player 3 feet away?
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Thornton was on his ass, not too much he could do.
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It was a great backcheck by Thornton
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http://twitter.com/DKingBH/status/161645580303597570
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I wouldn’t call the Oilers so much lifeless tonight as I would frantic and indecisive.. Like a squirrel on a freeway.
by chris! on Jan 23, 2012 8:14 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
Frantic, indecisive, and probably about to be run over?
by Chunklets on Jan 23, 2012 8:15 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
Well
They’re still sucking, just not enough to get scored on. Yet.
Shots 13-5 for the Sharks in the first. How many of those off Oiler turnovers?
4 at least, and 1 missed the net
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Hartikainen looks much bigger than 6’1" 215
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I know, that’s why it’s strange to see a big left-handed guy on the ice and then realize it’s Harski.
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Hemsky was rocked up high on that hit. Seems okay.
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Colin White being in this game reminds me that the Oilers could have had Colin White for free.
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by Scott Reynolds on Jan 23, 2012 8:17 PM MST reply actions 1 recs
Am i the only one who noticed this?
At 5;10 in the first, the puck bounces back to Chorny at the right point, he backhands it back down the wall to Hall who has to swoop around the ref….My volume is turned way up and i heard an interesting conversation, Hall and the Ref must be directly below a Mic…..I’ve watched in 10 times an here’s my interpretation.
Hall ; Get outta-da way!!!!
Ref : FUCK YOU!!!
Someone shouts something indeciferable (i got smytty?) Hall remains within 5 feet of the ref for 3 seconds
(Presumably) REF : Fuckin Cocksucker!
Then the whistle goes, and the ref skates right over to hall, yells something punctuated by “Hallsy!”
I bet this ref gets in deep shit for this if the NHL brass heard it unless maybe the NHL got good reviews from all the cussin in 24/7 and turned up the mics on purpose
by One_Roy_Save_On_The_Calendar on Jan 23, 2012 8:24 PM MST reply actions
I just watched it again for you:
“Get outta da f*cking way!”
“F*ck you”
“F*ck off!” (I think)
“You f*cking c*cksucker”
No idea who is saying what though.
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if you watch close, you can see the ref turning and lifting his head in halls direction as the first “fuck you” is yelled, but still, unclear
by One_Roy_Save_On_The_Calendar on Jan 23, 2012 8:35 PM MST up reply actions
Good. I like when Hall is annoyed with life as an Oiler
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Interesting move by Ovechkin to say he won’t play in the all-star game if he is suspended for his hit on Michalek. Wonder if that will have an effect on the league’s decision.
i’m sure these guys are all looking for an excuse to not go to the allstar game
by One_Roy_Save_On_The_Calendar on Jan 23, 2012 8:27 PM MST up reply actions
it’s basically akin to working on your only vacation during a 8 month span
by One_Roy_Save_On_The_Calendar on Jan 23, 2012 8:27 PM MST up reply actions
Gagner tried to run down Colin White. Someone needs to punch his dog or something. Turn him into the little ball of hate, deux
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Eberle just tried low glove through 4 people. It was open, but how did he see it?
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Wow, excellent defense by Belanger there on the backcheck. Just as he took the puck out of the crease, Peckham lit up Pavelski and Belanger took off up ice as fast as I’ve seen him skate all year.
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Poor Chorney. Why is he even out there to get owned by Thornton like that?
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Petry again jumps up into the play and creates a couple of chances.
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Harti looks like a shrimp up against Dog murray
by One_Roy_Save_On_The_Calendar on Jan 23, 2012 8:44 PM MST reply actions
The pass, or the comment. Either way, you’re right.
by TakeoutArtist on Jan 23, 2012 8:46 PM MST up reply actions
He thought Smid was coming down the wall.
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missed that, but I am watching a crappy feed.
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All players try it, I guess it’s bound to work occasionally. Wouldn’t expect it to happen to a veteran player though. Maybe we’ve just identified Hemsky’s problem? His attention is on his stick and not on the ice in front of him?
by TakeoutArtist on Jan 23, 2012 8:51 PM MST up reply actions
It happened to Mario Lemieux in the playoffs against the Devils. It happens to everyone.
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too many cigs for hemmer
by One_Roy_Save_On_The_Calendar on Jan 23, 2012 8:48 PM MST up reply actions
Hall dropped an F-bomb on Renney – I wonder if he’ll do the same on management?
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Belanger is skating better than he has all year. He’s fast right now.
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That he is, he was out for 2 games due to injury was he not? What was he out for?
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http://twitter.com/blackdogpat/status/161657810621444097
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Yeah, Pat’s saying that Belanger was struggling with a stiff back early in the year.
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Ha! Hall grabbed that in the corner and looked to the middle of the ice….paused….thought “no, not the middle of the ice”… then went up the boards.
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The hamster kicked in just as he went to throw it up the middle.
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“Mm, pass it blindly through the middle a Jedi does not, young Cannonball, for that way the dark side lies, and also an odd-man rush the other way, mm.
Yeah, except for that stupid drop pass to no one in the first.
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Absolutely. Who knew he could throw a clean one?
by TakeoutArtist on Jan 23, 2012 8:58 PM MST up reply actions
Crafty play by Marleau on Gagner’s stick there. Gagner fanned completely.
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I wonder if Grebeshkov would come back for 2.5 *4 ?
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You mean when rebuild 2.1 started?
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Not as strong as he was last season.
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Oilers have 12 shots, 4 of them by Eberle.
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There is nothing the TSN can say that will convince me that Tambellini deserves a four-year contract extension. NOTHING.
You are not alone, my friend.
Even the EJ readers are 2:1 against.
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Surprised it’s even that close. Who can possibly support that idea? The only success the Oilers have had under Tambellini is failure, and the no-brainer draft picks that come with it.
Think about how hard the team has sold this rebuild and how much water the media has carried for them.
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Fair point. I’m probably out of touch with the common man, living all the way outside the bubble here in TO and getting all my Oilers news from hockey blogs.
That you are.
There are a ton of Oilers defenders left in the world and they get very cranky when “the rebuild” (v3.2) isn’t give 5-6 years to succeed.
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Still, you’ve got to think that four years is overkill. If you figured things were going according to plan, I could see two years. But if this team is in last place in two years, could anyone really be comfortable Tambellini in charge for another two years?
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by Scott Reynolds on Jan 23, 2012 9:38 PM MST up reply actions
Fair point. I’m probably out of touch with the common man, living all the way outside the bubble here in TO and getting all my Oilers news from hockey blogs.
Ain’t that the truth! I’m in the same boat as you (not TO, but close enough), and one does get a very different side of things. Fortunately, we are well-supplied, both in quantity and quality, with Oiler blogs. And that’s all the sucking up I’m going to do tonight. :)
Just because Edmonton is doing the rebuild “the right way”, doesn’t mean Tambellini has to be at the helm through the whole process.
by TakeoutArtist on Jan 23, 2012 9:17 PM MST up reply actions
Agreed. I remember Lowetide saying something along the lines of: “GMs who start rebuilds often don’t finish them.”
Like the Quebec GM that drafted three times in a row at 1st overall.
Oh, that didn’t happen. He was fired.
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https://twitter.com/felixpotvin/status/161663345714397184
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Craig Patrick’s contract was not renewed after drafting 5th, 1st, 2nd, 1st, and then the team tanked again. He was not there to draft 2nd (J. Staal) again. Apparently he was bitter about being let go.
Considering he allowed his non-hockey life to affect his hockey life and the Penguins business operations, he was lucky to have worked for as long as he did.
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It’s great that Hall is going full bore, but does he need to do that with an axe wound on his head?
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I’m almost surprised that Sutton missed that. It was that wide open.
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by Scott Reynolds on Jan 23, 2012 9:31 PM MST up reply actions
Same here. He skated straight at the puck.
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The prophet!
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by Scott Reynolds on Jan 23, 2012 9:37 PM MST up reply actions
Dammit Belanger! Doesn’t stop the entry, doesn’t get to the point.
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I dont know if it was Belanger
But the Oilers had one guy in the corner, away from the play, effectively making it a 5 on 3 until he got back into the play. That left the shooting lanes and Couture open. Thats why they scored.
by jacktheboxboss on Jan 23, 2012 9:41 PM MST up reply actions
Belanger gave so much ground on Thornton’s entry.
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Sorry guys
Thats brutal. Looks like the Sharks get this game as a holiday gift.
Burns is pinching like crazy, it’s a 1-0 game, Hemsky doesnt want to give up the tying goal. He doesnt want Burns to get by him and beat him, so he stands his ground, hoping he can interfere a bit with Burns while Burns recklessly jumps forward. That’s not intent to injure, or a major. If anything it’s interference. Ridiculous call but this is a ridiculous game sometimes. Burns lies on the ground for 30 seconds and it changes the call. Should never be that way.
Unintentional knee on knee contact. 5 plus a game.
by TakeoutArtist on Jan 23, 2012 9:42 PM MST up reply actions
Takeout is that the rule?
Any unintentional knee on knee contact is a 5 min major and a game?
Because I thought the refs deemed it intentional, intent to injure, and thats why he got 5. Which is a joke.
by jacktheboxboss on Jan 23, 2012 9:44 PM MST up reply actions
No, just the contact was unintentional. Kneeing is an automatic 5 and a game, regardless of intent, I believe (I don’t have the rulebook memorized).
by TakeoutArtist on Jan 23, 2012 9:47 PM MST up reply actions
I had to go and look it up, but it is in fact the ref’s discretion as to whether it’s a minor, a major, or a match penalty. Linkee!
Then that means the refs fucked up big time
Im surprised Hemsky and Tom Renney didnt scream at the refs. Oilers had a chance to finally get a W and the refs just gave it away.
by jacktheboxboss on Jan 23, 2012 9:59 PM MST up reply actions
Doesn’t seem like that bad of a call. He gave him a kneeing penalty. It resulted in a serious injury, so it was a major penalty. It was not intentional, so it was not a match penalty.
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by Scott Reynolds on Jan 23, 2012 10:02 PM MST up reply actions
Yeah
From the moment this game started, I started to wonder if Hemsky had been told that the Sharks were considering trading for him. Either that, or scouts from other teams are watching him this game, because he was trying about 50x harder than Ive seen him in a long time. He wouldnt normally even care enough to get in the way of Burns in any form.
But yeah I thought the penalty call was brutal.
by jacktheboxboss on Jan 23, 2012 9:43 PM MST up reply actions
He’s been set to siege by the hordes thus far.
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That was a great shift for the Oilers, especially because it was Thornton’s line trapped in the defensive zone.
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by Scott Reynolds on Jan 23, 2012 9:52 PM MST up reply actions
This is just a different team with Eberle in the lineup. It’s like a team with the potential to, you know, score
You realized they’ve been heavily outplayed and outshot?
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Dear Corey Potter: clear the damned puck. Fancy two foot chips in your own end are a major HUA
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Did Hall take a high stick there?
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Maybe. He may have been told to do so though.
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Hall: F*ck off Renney. Terrible goalie pull last game btw.
Renney: Taylor, please, if you want to vent go tell the ref to f*ck off
Hall: F*ck off ref!
by gvblackhawk on Jan 23, 2012 10:00 PM MST up reply actions 2 recs
What happened to Petry there? He looked like he was hurt heading off the ice.
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by Scott Reynolds on Jan 23, 2012 10:00 PM MST reply actions
Blocked a shot with his wrist, it looked like.
by TakeoutArtist on Jan 23, 2012 10:04 PM MST up reply actions
Gall bladder removal in the locker room. Out for 14 months.
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And Good Morning to you! You’ve missed a lot of Dubnyk saves, Ales Hemsky getting thrown out for kneeing, and an Eberle goal! And also Taylor Hall swearing at the referee…
sounds pretty normal to me :-P
bring Sheldon Souray back!
by Screaming69 on Jan 23, 2012 10:07 PM MST up reply actions
Recording chances for this game
And just realized I have zero for the Oilers in the third period? Did I miss any? This never happens.
Smid had a good opportunity, by the sounds of it, but it may not have met the definition of a scoring chance as they’re being counted.
It was a shot from the point. May have been screened though…
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by Scott Reynolds on Jan 23, 2012 10:10 PM MST up reply actions
When you think about it
The idea that Ales Hemsky, who has glass knees himself, who is just now getting a stretch of healthy games in after recovering from like five different knee injuries the last two seasons…the idea that he would purposefully risk his glass knees just to hopefully injure someone else’s knee, at the risk of injuring his own again, it’s crazy.
by jacktheboxboss on Jan 23, 2012 10:06 PM MST reply actions
I think it was Auger who said all that nasty shit to hall
by One_Roy_Save_On_The_Calendar on Jan 23, 2012 10:07 PM MST reply actions
Really? I guess Hall now has a conversation point the next time he sees Alex Burrows.
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by Scott Reynolds on Jan 23, 2012 10:08 PM MST up reply actions
Or is it Burrows? I get the two mixed up sometimes.
by TakeoutArtist on Jan 23, 2012 10:08 PM MST up reply actions
Nice job on the one-on-one by Smid.
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by Scott Reynolds on Jan 23, 2012 10:07 PM MST reply actions
That entire sequence by Hall was nuts. Lost stick, got stick. Blew by everyone.
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Rememnda slobbers over Gagner’s shootout
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Dubnyk for GM.
Also I can’t believe Gagner is still doing that move, and that it’s still worked.
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It’s the first time he’s done it at full speed since he was 18
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Good point. He has really slowed down with that move in the last two years
by gvblackhawk on Jan 23, 2012 10:19 PM MST up reply actions
THe first couple of times he tried it he was moving hard at the goalie. It’s like he forgot how good it was when the goalie had no time to react.
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Wait. Gagner scored with that move? The same move that fails every time? Holy moly!
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by Scott Reynolds on Jan 23, 2012 10:18 PM MST reply actions
More dramatic when his goal wins it, that’s why.
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It would have been an uncontested winner though, Couture wouldn’t have had the opportunity to shoot.
by TakeoutArtist on Jan 23, 2012 10:21 PM MST up reply actions
Well-disguised shot there from Pavelski.
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by Scott Reynolds on Jan 23, 2012 10:19 PM MST reply actions
Just had an epiphany….Fire Renney and make Smyth player/coach…then when he retires fire Tambo and make smytty coach/GM
by One_Roy_Save_On_The_Calendar on Jan 23, 2012 10:21 PM MST reply actions
How long ago was it that Roloson turned in 40 something saves to steal one from SJ?
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Sat 04/07 | L 0 - 3 |
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Anaheim
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Thu 04/05 | OT - L 2 - 3 |
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Los Angeles
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Mon 04/02 | L 0 - 2 |
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Anaheim
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Sun 04/01 | W 2 - 1 |
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Los Angeles
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Fri 03/30 | L 1 - 4 |
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