Ducks at Oilers, G61 2024-25

by Lowetide
  • On the road to: CAR (Expected 0-0-1) (Actual 1-0-0)
  • At home to: ANA, MTL, DAL (Expected 2-1-0) (Actual 0-0-0)
  • On the road to: BUF, NJD, NYI, NYR (Expected 2-2-0) (Actual 0-0-0)
  • At home to: UTA, WPG, SEA, DAL (Expected 2-2-0) (Actual 0-0-0)
  • On the road to: SEA (Expected 0-0-1) (Actual 0-0-0)
  • At home to: CGY (Expected 1-0-0) (Actual 0-0-0)
  • Overall expected results: 7-5-2, 16 points in 14 games
  • March result: 1-0-0
  • Oilers in 2024-25: 35-21-4, 74 points in 60 games

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Admiral Ackbar

The play of this team has really plummeted since the addition of Klingberg. He hadn’t been great in his own zone but I couldn’t possibly pin all of this on him.

Their back end is hot garbage right now

meanashell11

I thought he had a good game last night.

daniel

Knobby just said “Fragile” again. Maybe tomorrow’s blog is ‘Roundabout.’

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Buddy

Pretty sure all of us are Close to the Edge.

Scungilli Slushy

Time to get going? How Soon is Now

v4ance

I keep hearing the Oilers are sniffing around Gibson in Anaheim or Binnington in STL.

If we get a goalie out of ANA, I’d rather we asked for the better goalie in Dostal or, if we’re gambling, take a run at Arvid Soderblom out of CHI

Scungilli Slushy

I caught the start and family made the rest on and off, thankfully

So highlights came on and to me again at least two goals that need to be saved. SV% says so, the two are far down the league. SV% over time is the story

The deflation from weak goals was obvious in Nuge’s presser. It is ruining their morale it happens so often

There might not be an answer this season. But someone needs to light a fire under this veteran team with superstars

Scungilli Slushy

Knoblauch seems as demoralized as the players. The boss needs to be pissd off at this point. They know he cares. Now they need to know he wants it as bad as them and will do what it takes. As they should want to

Brogan Rafferty's Uncle Steve

The geriatrics movement this summer has really blown up.

What a depressing stretch of games.

daniel

The no movement clauses are being taken literally.

Rafa Nadal

Not to state the obvious, but I think this team is in trouble. The bottom 6 forwards just do cardio and the defense and goaltending have fallen off a cliff.

Gaz Gazzersson

Dostal doesn’t “have their number”, Louie.

He didn’t need to. They were MIA most of the night.

Scungilli Slushy

I haven’t seen a goalie take game from them in years. Except ours from us

delooper

I wonder if it’s a bit of a morale issue. The Oilers being too much about McDavid and Draisaitl, not enough about the team.

Lucid Oil

Went way too quietly after the first.

Scungilli Slushy

The main reason they are getting punked by s playing too slowly. Being slow skating doesn’t help

It’s the problem in the PP. They need far more tempo. That’s how the Ducks scored, attack hard and make shots fast

As it always has been forever

Scungilli Slushy

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delooper

Slow, lazy passing, poor coverage.

SKOilerFan

Not sure you can acquire all of what is needed at the deadline to fix this

fishman

Nope. Lots of work needs to be done in off season. No move contracts will be a problem.

Funny Bissonness

Not that it really matters this game (ya can’t go down 5 against Dostal, just can’t), but that was a brutal non call on the hook. McDavid can’t buy a call these days.

Scungilli Slushy

The Oilers might have the weakest sticks in the league. Can’t stop passes can’t make them

Diablo

That’s a weak penalty call.

Scungilli Slushy

Sometimes people need a straight up challenge, tough talk. It’s time Knoblauch. Being team Dad is AHL stuff. Time to go full Winston Churchill

Also clearly a goalie is needed. Can’t blame horrendous SV% on the skaters all of the time. That’s why I look at league rankings. Compared to peers. Most teams have issues

delooper

IMO it’s pretty clear the team was playing awful D. If the Oilers can get a great goaltender with little short or long-term sacrifice, great. But their problems lie elsewhere.

Scungilli Slushy

Given the defensive stats they aren’t being hung to dry. They just can’t make saves consistently

Deflates the team. Bcs over time, mentally a killer

delooper

Awful clearing attempts. Poor d-zone passing. People not receiving reasonably-good passes when they are made.

rich tm

Respectfully, the turnovers, the lack of a backcheck has been going on for about 15+ games now. They are giving up grade A chances with poor attention to details. They don’t make it hard for the other team to get to scoring areas and they are turning pucks over consistently.

Yes, the goalies could make a couple more saves, but they’re having to make a lot of saves because right now, this is a very bad defensive team.

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Scungilli Slushy

Think about it as goals against average versus save percentage. The Oilers give up among the least high danger chances against. Our goalies should be league top in SV%. Goals against average reflects the team play

rich tm

I don’t believe that’s correct. Carolina gives up the fewest, while right now, the Oilers are giving up the most at 2.86 high danger chances against the rush per game.

Last edited 29 days ago by rich tm
Scungilli Slushy

True but SV% has been mediocre at best all season

delooper

If McDavid gets two natural hat-tricks in one period, this’ll be a game.

Diablo

Nice goal.

delooper

Oh my, a goal.

Gaz Gazzersson

I hear the new Daredevil series is good.

hunter1909

Does anyone have a Time Machine? I want to go back to 1968 London.

delooper

The 90’s in NY were pretty fun, too.

fishman

Yikes Leon -4 after two.

delooper

I remember only a few weeks ago people talking about him being such a complete player and so defensively responsible.

Hopefully this pooping of the pants is cleaned-out tonight.

Gaz Gazzersson

This team has gone from must-see to barely watchable.

fishman

Switched to watching the Briar after first period. Seems it was the right call.

delooper

Before that Gudas event with Hyman, Bouchard had such a big giveaway the Ducks flubbed the attack — it was too severe a change in expectations, they short-circuited.

Scungilli Slushy

Blackadder tactics. A cunning plan

OriginalPouzar

Arvy’s best play of the year….. sigh.

Odd that Jack seems surprised at how good Dostal is – this is known, no?

Paulie

Why would McD want to resign with this organization?

dangilitis

McDavid has 77 points and is a +1 this season. With all due respect, he is as much a part of the problem this season as anyone else. And that is from one of his biggest fans. He needs to elevate his line, that is what he is being paid to do.

90s fan

Such a flake. We were 1 game away from a cup, we lost in round 2 to the champs, followed by round 3 to the champs followed by round 4 to the champs. How how many teams have been better than us over the course of the last 4 years?

But we hit a rough patch and you’re excusing our players from resigning? Thats it, we are a just a bad team? How short is your memory? We were first in the division like 7 or 8 games ago. Did i dream all of that?

Diablo

Hyman gets a forearm shiver from Gudas, and no one does a damn thing.

Scungilli Slushy

Hyman is far bigger, maybe he should do something

Scungilli Slushy

Absolutely! Don’t stand up for yourself when you’re a big player! Or anyone else!

Scungilli Slushy

Not like it’s the NHL!!

Diablo

This team is putrid … can’t score, can’t defend, can’t hit, can’t make a save.

They’re losing to teams that the Flames are beating right now. They’re going to be looking up at the Flames in the standings soon if they keep this up.

Not a contender.

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Scungilli Slushy

Imagine trading for Frederic, and sending mostly nothing. Incomprehensible

dangilitis

I don’t think I have ever been more disappointed in an Oilers team.
In the decade of darkness my expectations were low. and were generally met.

I literally have no idea what to expect from this team anymore. We have gone from general game domination for a good chunk of this season, to being consistently porous and impotent for 10 games.

The product is awful to watch right now. Not much more to say

OriginalPouzar

Lazy Leon on the backtrack!

dsr29

He’s been a primary culprit on 3 goals. Not only him, but there’s no effort on defense.

DenverOilFan

I get that Nurse jumped in cheating for offense but Leon saw Strome with enough time, he literally hoped the pass wouldn’t get thru and McD was the “dman” in the corner to prevent the pass. Not sure who was secondary culprit(s) there

StixMalone

We want 10. They deserve the shit kicking tonight…

John Chambers

Strome puts it home on pass from Lacombe

delooper

I wonder if one of McDavid’s problems isn’t just consistently taking too-long shifts.

oil-in-the-blood

Until this team plays together in structure and effort this is what we will get regardless of what tender comes in. We have seen them do it but not lately. Forwards all need to help in the D zone and D have to be better positionally. Sigh, maybe they are incapable and I think i there def is some personnel issues on D especially but man, we have seen them play better.

Diablo

Dostal is a really good goalie. I would trade Bouchard for him. I doubt Anaheim would accept.

SKOilerFan

He is very quick

SKOilerFan

Ripped that PK apart. 4 pylons

Diablo

Wow that’s is just such a dumb penalty.

norm2015

so i gotta watch arvidson skate around the net for another year? wow useless

Scungilli Slushy

Nobody is leading this team

Ruderless. Can’t trade all of the players

Scungilli Slushy

Especially after the idiot sticks gave all of the forwards clauses

ArmchairGM

Well, I’m glad Stan blew his load on any injured 4th line winger who may or may not be available for the playoffs. All that on-paper truculence is certainly what this roster needed.

Scungilli Slushy

Definitely Armchair

dangilitis

Well, is it going to be a comeback that gets this team back in playoff mode, or is it going to be an embarrassing loss against a bottom feeder that destroys morale?

fishman

To be fair I don’t see Ducks as a bottom feeder. They are at 500 on the season and have some good young players. Can’t see Dostal letting in 4 goals though. Come back would be awesome but unlikely.

SKOilerFan

Yah Dostal has shut these guys down before. I’d bet more on the lead widening based on the continuation of free shots from the slot

Ranford.85

Well… that escalated quickly.

hunter1909

This team is officially in free fall.

Feel free to down vote.

ArmchairGM

Well, a few hours ago you were all about Pickard being the go to guy. So own up.

hunter1909

Sure. I also wondered why they were so keen to jettison Ken Holland, the only GM since Sather who gave the team stability and look where that got me.

DevilsLettuce

sure hope there’s some cameras recording the behind the scenes crash outs that Pickards play is causing tonight.

oil-in-the-blood

sorry but its not all on him… the D zone is a mess… he won the last game for them, he cant do it every game, he is a backup goalie

rich tm

That was one of the worst periods all season in their zone. Forwards not working back, letting Anaheim get to the tough areas uncontested. Puck staring. I mean, just brutal.

fishman

Veteran team with poise, not…….

SVR

Need our starter to come in and shut the door

Brogan Rafferty's Uncle Steve

This is the kind of goaltending and defence that gets coaches fired.

SKOilerFan

Then Nurse puck watching on what should have been goal 5. Just awful defence

StixMalone

4 five on five goals against just brutal