Devils at Oilers, G13 2024-25

by Lowetide
  • On the road to: CAL (Expected 1-0-0) (Actual 1-0-0)
  • At home to: NJD, VEG (Expected 1-1-0) (Actual 0-0-0)
  • On the road to: VAN (Expected 1-0-0) (Actual 0-0-0)
  • At home to: NYI, NAS (Expected 2-0-0) (Actual 0-0-0)
  • On the road to: TOR, MTL, OTT (Expected 1-2-0) (Actual 0-0-0)
  • At home to: MIN, NYR (Expected 1-1-0) (Actual 0-0-0)
  • On the road to: UTA, COL (Expected 1-1-0) (Actual 0-0-0)
  • Overall expected result: 8-5-0, 16 points in 13 games
  • November results: 1-0-0, 2 points in 1 game
  • Oilers in 2024-25: 6-5-1, 13 points in 12 games

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OriginalPouzar

Lack of finishing is a thing but I have a hard time getting in to feelings after that game.

The team played hard, outplayed the Devils quite thoroughly through two and just couldn’t finish and their back-up goalie leaked two meh goals. Given the 3 in 4 circumstances, without McDavid, meh.

Half way through the first it felt like this was just one of those games the team is going to lose no matter what.

Big game on Wed – should be great.

rich tm

Would it be too much to ask the coach when they get a PP that they consider not keeping guys on the ice who’ve just completed a 1 minute shift and they’re gassed?

Fuhr and Lowething in Vegreville

Picks didn’t play terrible, but man his team is snakebit, and as terrible as he didn’t play, hard to win a game when you only give up 19 shots and three go in. I’m not sure what the fancies will say, but my eye test says we outplayed them and the shot clock said we had almost double the shots, at some point I gotta believe the pendulum swings the other way and the floodgates open.

Last edited 17 days ago by Fuhr and Lowething in Vegreville
OriginalPouzar

Picks wasn’t “terrible” but he wasn’t good – the first two goals were both highly stoppable and Grade C chances. Oilers couldn’t score, and that’s a thing, but the goaltending was the main difference in this one.

Happens!

Diablo

Lights are out at my place. Guess I didn’t miss much. On to the next one.

Neumann

Mine were too. I resisted as long as I could and eventually broke down to check the score and boom lights came on. Will have to settle for the highlights and the play by play from the thread. It will paint a 80% picture of the game.

winchester

Nuge played great, so did Nurse and Drai.

Not much from Philp, needs more time.

Brown not threat to score against pee-wees

flea

They generated some good chances in the first and second and couldn’t cash. No gas in the third but i admire the fight in them. Still, Jersey did a good job disrupting them tonight, lots of bobbling passes and nothing was clean.

I think they tried for plenty of grease just didn’t get the bounces tonight. Bit of a dud for their big Amazon debut! Go beat the Knights.

Lummer

This game was never going to end any other way.

winchester

Kidding aside, what is going on right now is a perfect example of the Oilers ridiculous silly attack plan. But they won’t change.

Fuhr and Lowething in Vegreville

Elaborate please?

KnightRain

Guess they aren’t gonna call any penalties anymore…big surprise…

LMHF#1

Knoblauch loves Arvidsson and doesn’t like Skinner based on who gets extra time.

Makes zero sense.

winchester

We got them surrounded!!

LMHF#1

Just got home and the Prime broadcast sure is better.

An announcer actually calling the plays in the game? What a concept.

winchester

Seems like. oilers have forgotten how to get a greasy goal.

When they turn it on, absolutely most skilled team in the league. Well, except for not scoring. But other than that…

KnightRain

Damn…Hyman trying to make a cute play. When your down you gotta be sure with the play and not dig a bigger hole…

JJS

He does this particular one fairly often. Circles high in the o-zone without a plan. I’d prefer he keep tighter to the circle and shoot.

Tarkus

That was a piss-poor play by Hyman.

Prairie_Sentinel

Well shit

DevilsLettuce

Hamilton is softer then babyshit.

OriginalPouzar

This feels like one of those games that, no matter how well they play or what they do, they just won’t win – at the same time, they deserve to be rewarded with a couple of goals in this period to tie it up!

Munny 2.0

Is it just me or is the gameplay picture quality not so good on this Amazon broadcast?

Last edited 17 days ago by Munny 2.0
doritogrande

Someone’s gotta tell papa Amazon that Kevin Lowe was GM in 2006. Painful interview for Kevin to have to sit there for.

Reja

Oilers will win in OT.

fishman

Drai with 3 points!

KnightRain

Again, I wouldn’t change much. Lotta good things going on but they’re goalie has a horseshoe somewhere…
Get the puck to the point and get to the front. Screens, tips and scrums are the tonic for a goalie getting to everything he sees.

Tarkus

Sheldon Keefe looks like a grey-haired Randy from Trailer Park Boys.

OriginalPouzar

Not sure how they are down 2 – frustrating.

doritogrande

We’re playing “Mostly Goalie” tonight?

Allen has been great.

OriginalPouzar

Neither goal against unstoppable.

Imagine if Stuart let in those two?

50/50 chance this game is scoreless if Stu was in net.

DevilsLettuce

Imagine? Seen Stu allow goals like that all the time, no imagination necessary for such a scenario.

fishman

Picard has been pretty solid this year but swap goalies (with NJ) tonight and we are up by two at least. Too bad because team putting in a good effort tonight on a back to back against a rested team.

Last edited 17 days ago by fishman
Brogan Rafferty's Uncle Steve

That is probably the game. PK kills Oilers again.

What will also probably be lost in tonight’s loss is one of Nurses best games of the season.

KnightRain

Don’t throw in the towel just yet. If we get one we’ll come on like gangbusters. Just gotta keep plugging away for that first one.

Reja

Bouchard can sure create and he’s getting more confident with his nifty stick handling moves.

StixMalone

I’m seeing Bouchard having a terrible game. Giveaways by trying said moves…..

OriginalPouzar

I am uncertain as to how/why the Oilers are not winning this hockey game at this point….

fishman

After listening to the Calgary (spits) crew last night I am quite liking the broadcast tonight.

Brogan Rafferty's Uncle Steve

I have never seen a team so collectively snakebit. It’s crazy.

We need another exorcism.

GB&Q

Someone needs to start a GoatFundMe.

fishman

4 on 4 power play????

fishman

Podz with a great chance but “No Soup” (*Tarkus*)

jp

Weird how they never actually call just the embellishment.

I guess the zebras don’t want to fully admit the blown initial call.

KnightRain

Good call. Nobody goes down by being slashed on the hands, ffs…

DevilsLettuce

Podkolzin will never score

BornInAGretzkyJersey

Podkholzin will never score again.

rich tm

Jack Michaels will stellar work on the radio broadcast. First full minute of the 2nd period and he describes none of the play by play.

Seriously – why bother putting him on the air if all he’s going to do is ramble about nothing? Completely useless broadcaster. Keep him on TV.

LMHF#1

Fun thing to keep track of – how often he doesn’t actually tell you who has the puck before a goal.

He’s also started mispronouncing Podkolzin, so we can add that to the list.

DexandRuby

Why sit Cam!? He’s way better than Jack.

The combo of Louie and Jack on TV is absolutely terrible.

OriginalPouzar

That’s not how their contracts work.

Jack does every Oilers game – if he’s on on TV, he’s on the radio.

I know there are some (many) that don’t like Jack but I would suggest that’s a huge minority opinion and he’s very popular among the casual fan.

rich tm

I don’t mind Jack on TV because I can see what’s happening and don’t need someone to state the obvious.

On radio, he’s just brutal – you can’t get a vision for what’s happening because he’d rather ramble on and serve up male bovine caca than paint a picture of what’s happening.

jp

So Ronnie Attard.

25 year old RD with some size (though not necessarily physical).

Led his USHL team in goals, points, +/- to get himself drafted in the 3rd round as a 20-year old.

Led his college team (Western Michigan) in +/- in 2 of 3 seasons and was close to a point per game in years 2 and 3.

Scored about 0.5 points/game and was 4th on the Phantoms in +/- each of his full seasons (tough 7 games this year it looks like).

And in 29 NHL games over 3 seasons, he’s at 55% shots, 50% goals and 54.5% xGoals (all 2nd among the 12 Flyers D who played at least 400 minutes).

It’s probably nothing (he’s 25 and hasn’t come close to being a regular), but an interesting player for sure.

OriginalPouzar

I could see him getting in to the Oilers lineup, no?

He’s trending very much to be a Group VI UFA.

Of note, his cap hit is $850, not league min.

Reja

We just need the first one then the dam will break.

KnightRain

Agreed. Hes lunging all over and flailing away. Hes gonna crack, if we keep on him.

KnightRain

I wouldn’t change much. Their goalie can’t keep this up and, if we keep attacking, we will start popping. Forechecking hard and the backchecking is mostly good with a few timely back checks to disrupt.
Two non calls for obvious holding the sticks and the ref took out Drai at the end.
Guess we’re gonna have to do it the hard way.
The only way we know how, really…

Brogan Rafferty's Uncle Steve

Refs taking a sabbatical tonight. So many trips/holds not called.

Sierra

Some very noticeable holding of sticks went uncalled.

fishman

As much as I would like to see us on the PP I don’t miss watching our PK…..

Brogan Rafferty's Uncle Steve

I like Stetcher. Makes a lot of nice plays with the puck.

DevilsLettuce

Someone needs to abuse Dillon

jp

I was also surprised the holding the stick wasn’t called.

Gerta Rauss

LoL…Keystone Kops by Bouchard and he saves the day with the shaft of his stick

jp

Holy hell. Bouchard with a 1.000 SV% so far.

Sierra

I think the save was a fluke, but he better have made the save after his giveaway.

jp

Yup on both counts.

KnightRain

If not for Allen, we would have 4 by now. Haven’t be able to keep it up.
Attack!!!

Brogan Rafferty's Uncle Steve

Good lord. The Devils have Dom Hasek in net.

Gerta Rauss

I think Martin Brodeur would also work in this instance

Sierra

Oilers refuse to put the puck behind Allen!

KnightRain

Great save, Pick!!! Way to stay with it!

OriginalPouzar

OriginalPouzar

 November 4, 2024 6:59 pm

I’m behind live but the Oilers have been fire for the first three minutes – could have 2-3 goals.

and they continue to be fire through five and then one grade C chance the other way and they are down 1.