Mark Spector tweeted it. They just don't have the depth to compete with all these injuries. You're missing your top three forwards, and have to defensemen out. How do you come back from that? All you can do it work hard.
Except we head a 2-0 lead, against the worst team in the NHL.
LOL, WTF was going on there at the end? Renney, Dubnyk whoever. It's all really REALLY bad, complete gongshow. With all due disrespect to the Anaheim debalce, this 3rd period was one of the worst displays of hockey that i might have ever seen from a "professional" team. I know that the kids are out but at least play with some pride ya buncha clowns.
Anyway, i'm just glad that Hall is alive after that scary incident and i'm surprised that i'm still alive after that Oiler "performance".
The only question now is if the Oilers miracle fluke run to start the year can save them from finishing last in the league for the 3rd straight year.
At this point I'm not so sure. I would say something about how embarrassing it is to lose to the worst team in the league, but lets not kid ourselves here. The Edmonton Oilers are the worst team in the league. There is not a team in the league that has been worse than Edmonton since their first 12 games. I challenge anyone to find a team that has been. I checked the Blue Jackets just to be sure and sure enough they have been the better team, horrifying as that stands.
This team could very well be the worst team ever in the history of the NHL. A 30 team league and we could finish last 3 straight years. Give me a break. Enough is enough.
Injuries be damned. It's a tired excuse after 3 years of this garbage.
Mark Spector tweeted it. They just don't have the depth to compete with all these injuries. You're missing your top three forwards, and have to defensemen out. How do you come back from that? All you can do it work hard.
Lets be completely honest, even when we were healthy, would the outcome of the game be vastly different?
The kids may have scored, but apart from that?
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I am questioning our coaching more and more. It seems like we panic and do stupid things when things don't go according to the pre-game plan. Tough to fire anyone when all our best players are hurt, but the poor decision making and inability to react to in game issues by our coaching staff are becoming a bigger and bigger red flag for me.
Not that upper management is getting a pass either. Our lack of depth is embarrassing right now.
Agreed with whoever in the GDT said someone should be fired for that too many men play alone.
I was actually really confused by that. Who was changing to make it too many men? They didn't play the puck and there was no one near the bench. they didn't really show it that well on sportsnet.
I've never seen that before, not even in novice hockey.
I help coach a PeeWee team. I'm pretty sure that if my team did that, I'd get my ass kicked by some hockey parent in the parking lot. Was Renney even watching? Was he not telling Dubnyk to go back? Was the Oiler who jumped on even watching? So many questions. No answers.
At least Potter took a more direct approach to losing us the game this time. Lately he has been taking dumb penalties like shooting the puck over the glass in St Louis or tripping a player against New Jersey to lose the game for us. Tonight he just let fourth line player Colten Gillies (who is fresh off waivers) walk right around him and set up the game winning goal.
Hemsky is the worst player on the ice. They need to trade him. If they don't they should ****ing waive him. This from a HUGE Hemsky fan. He's been my favorite player until last year.
No heart.
No desire.
Brutal puck decisions.
Horrible giveaways.
Play dies with him more often than not.
Lets be completely honest, even when we were healthy, would the outcome of the game be vastly different?
The kids may have scored, but apart from that?
Who knows. It couldn't hurt. I don't really get it when people say you can't use injuries as an excuse, because when your entire first line is out of the lineup, I think that's an excuse. The thing that you can't excuse is lack of effort. It really doesn't matter who is on the ice, if the effort isn't there, you're screwed.
I am questioning our coaching more and more. It seems like we panic and do stupid things when things don't go according to the pre-game plan. Tough to fire anyone when all our best players are hurt, but the poor decision making and inability to react to in game issues by our coaching staff are becoming a bigger and bigger red flag for me.
Not that upper management is getting a pass either. Our lack of depth is embarrassing right now.
I look at simple stuff like line changes and we are constantly screwing them up. Even the goalie pull was an fup because we didn't get the puck in deep and then they pull him.
Anyone else think Forwards may have been tired, As hall was missing, Hordichuk and omarra barely played, pretty much 3 lined the game?
Dubs was also terrible. should have had atleast 1, and wtf was he doing not going to the bench when the puck was in CBJs zone and instead comes when its at center ice THEN touching? just Moronic
Injuries aside, this team has difficulty winning when DD is in net for some reason
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