I have decided to make my first donation to
@sacetalks
today. I won't stop cheering for the Oilers, but I'm also going to do what I can to help others after today's Bo*man hiring. If you'd like to support as well you can donate here:
I talked about it briefly in my video today but as a
#LetsGoOilers
fan and content creator I feel I need to use my voice and platform to do something about the Bo*man hiring. I don't have specifics yet but I am planning on donating a % of my ad revenue on YT every month to (1/2)
The NHL needs to bring back the Stanley Cup Playoffs logo on the ice. It looked great on broadcasts and I don't know why they got rid of it.
#NHL
#StanleyCup
The media around the NHL is shameful man. All we've been hearing since the trade deadline is that Mark Stone's spleen injury was so serious and he'd be out for 6+ months and wouldn't play in the playoffs until round 2 or later. Absolutely shameful. Pathetic really. The fans knew.
Paul Coffey: I don’t want to be a coach. *Proceeds to get the absolute most out of a very average D core*
Jeff Jackson: I don’t want to be the GM. *Proceeds to have the greatest Day 1 Free Agency in Oilers history*
Maybe we just need more hockey men who don’t want the job lol
74% of NHL first-round draft picks go on to become NHLers.
Ken Holland's TOTAL draft picks currently on EDM's roster: 0%
Percentage of Ken Holland's total draft picks currently playing in the NHL since 2014: 7.6%
💀🔫
Oilers fans pissed off at a proud dad watching his son score a goal in his hometown is wild to me. Yeah Louie is on the Oilers broadcast but it's a GAME and these guys are humans too. Let them savor the moments no?
Jeff Jackson going private last night on Twitter is such a coward move. You want to hire Bowman? Fucking own everything that comes with that, including the fan response. Don't like it? Then don't hire him. What a joke.
Don't share the Whitney post, just report it. Unreal that someone with the reach that he has, in a sport that regularly deals with SA scandals, that he saw no issue posting it in the first place. Gross.
Kevin Bieksa LITERALLY called the Edmonton Media, while LIVE on NATIONAL television "Raw, dead and dumb." Everyone laughed. Gazdic says the Canucks are a joke and their fans say horrible thing on an Oilers podcast, and the response is OUTRAGEOUS. Pet a cat or touch some grass 😂
After 3 straight wins over Dallas, Kris Knoblauch decided to re-insert Foegele into the lineup, put Nurse-Ceci back together, and then load McDavid and Draisaitl in the 3rd period to completely nullify his other 3 forward lines.
You can tell he's a rookie NHL coach.
The
#LetsGoOilers
have 17 million dollars of cap space allocated to:
Mike Smith
Kyle Turris
Devin Shore
Duncan Keith
Zack Kassian
Tyson Barrie.
Next season Darnell Nurse's 9.25 million/yr extension kicks in. Contenders don't waste this much cap space holy fuck.
Jacob Markstrom has as many points as Connor Brown this season. Yes, the Calgary Flames GOALIE has 4 assists in 32 GP. Brown has 4 assists in 41 GP.
End this madness. Play Sam Gagner. The Connor Brown experiment is over.
Evander Kane: 0 goals in his last 21 GP.
Nugent-Hopkins: 0 goals at 5v5 in his last 6 weeks.
Mattias Janmark: 0 goals in his last 19 GP.
Derek Ryan: 1 goal in his last 26 GP.
Ryan McLeod: 1 goal in his last 12 GP.
This is uh... not great.
#LetsGoOilers
Tippett just can't help himself by killing a kid's confidence and play by benching rather than COACHING. I feel for Samorukov. He deserves better than this. Just like Bear in the playoffs. What a joke of a head coach.
#LetsGoOilers
We need better broadcasting for the Oilers. I LOVE that the TNT crew blasted Nurse for his horrific pinch leading to the 4 on 1. All Debrusk said on Sportsnet on the replay was "poor on ice awareness by the Oilers." Not Nurse, "The Oilers."
The only thing I've realized through watching these Stanley Cup Playoffs is that even if the Oilers pull off the miracle comeback and oust the Canucks in 7, they are so far behind the likes of Dallas, Florida and the Rangers in depth, structure, defense and goaltending. 😔
The Luke Gazdic disrespect on the timeline right now is brutal. Be better Oilers fans. If you're THAT emotional over a trade you might want to head outside and breathe some fresh air or something
Elliotte Friedman: The Oilers don't want to do something they'll regret for generations.
Oilers: *Literally fired their winningest coach by win percentage in team history two weeks ago*
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I'm going to comment on the Luke Gazdic stuff...
1) His comments were on a podcast not affiliated with Sportsnet, so who gives af?
2) Look at the stuff that's said on pods like SC, and you want Gaz fired? Grow up
3) Gretz is actively cheering for EDM on TNT & biases can exist
Oilers: Complete the best hockey trade the team has made in YEARS. Fans on all sides celebrate.
Spector: *ignores Ekholm trade* "Bye-SON!"
Matheson: "But Barrie :'("
Rishaug: "High price to pay with risks."
Why has EDM MSM been so lukewarm? Mad it's not a good Canadian boy?
Desharnais’ face makes me laugh. The double headlock…
I still don’t understand how the Oilers got a 5-on-3 out of that sequence with the hit and scrum.
Jay Woodcroft, Ken Holland, and the Edmonton Mainstream Media have successfully dismantled Puljujarvi and turned him into a zero-confidence bottom-six grinder. Poor guy. Please trade him to a team that wants him. He doesn't deserve the treatment he's gotten in Edmonton.
I'm not someone that ever gatekeeps being a "fan," but holy smokes that group that harassed McD and his fiancée need to be shamed into oblivion. They do not represent the majority of real Oilers fans. Let the players live their lives. Say hi and congrats or something. Brutal.
The Golden Knights fired Gerard Gallant in just his 3rd season with the team because they started the 2019-20 season 24-19-6. In his time in Vegas, Gallant made the finals and had a playoff record of 16-11.
Tippett's playoff record with EDM is 1-8. 5x5 metrics are ABYSMAL.
With the Oilers struggling, the knee-jerk reaction is to fire the coach.
But the franchise requires stability more than another new name in one of the NHL’s longest lines of head coaches over the past 10 years. (
@SportsnetSpec
)
I'm still not over the fact Ethan Bear had one turnover that led to a game-tying goal in a playoff game (with fans ignoring the fact the Oilers blew a 3-goal lead as a TEAM) and Holland traded him away. Cost-controlled, home-grown, top-4 fan favorite.
#FireHolland
Stuart Skinner deserves all the praise in the world today, but I also want to say Vinny Desharnais has been an absolute standout for EDM in round one so far. His defense has been unbelievable. Extend him this summer!
#LetsGoOilers
Nuge-McDavid-Hyman
Skinner-Draisaitl-Arvidsson
That is a NASTY top-6. Get a top-4 puck moving D-Man to play with Darnell Nurse and this team is absolutely cooking.
"The Oilers need an ELITE, Vezina caliber goalie in the playoffs!!"
*Looks at Connor Hellebuyck and his 5.04 GAA and .870 sv% in two games this post-season.*
How much of your soul would you sell to have Hellebuyck? The playoffs are a different animal..I believe in Skinner! 💪
Canucks can't beat a Cup Contender after all the trash talking their fans did about Edmontons "easy" schedule during the 16-game win streak LMAO get absolutely dunked on
#NHLBruins
BROWNMARK REUNITED!
The
#LetsGoOilers
today have signed:
Viktor Arvidsson - 2x$4m
Mattias Janmark - 3x$1.45m
Jeff Skinner - 1x$3m
Corey Perry - 1x$1.4m
Josh Brown - 3x$1m
Connor Brown - 1x$1m
Tidy work from Jeff Jackson.
No Draisaitl or McDavid producing points leads to a game where the team can't score. Holland's team is so flawed yet WCF appearance makes so many fans blind to how badly constructed our team is.
Sam Steel was signed for league fucking minimum and has more goals than Edmontons bottom-six COMBINED. Who could have seen that coming? Not good old' "guide and record book" Holland.
@pjreddy
I'm well aware it's not the playoffs yet lol the NHL haven't used a playoff logo on the ice for a few years now. 2019 or 2020 was the last one I can remember
I never thought I'd ever see the Oilers make the Stanley Cup Finals again in my lifetime... so much emotion on stream tonight. I couldn't contain the tears or heart rate. What a ride it's been so far.
#LetsGoOilers
The Edmonton Oilers are the 2nd oldest team in the NHL (average age of 30.2).
They are older and slower after the trade deadline.
They have no draft picks by Ken Holland making an impact in the lineup.
Their window will close QUICKLY if they don't win a cup this season.
I'm so happy Puljujarvi is going to an analytics-driven organization + also gets to be reunited with Sebastian Aho! That fanbase is going to LOVE him.
Woodcroft completely dismantled the kid and deserves heat for it. And fuck the media in Edmonton for taking pleasure in it.
The Edmonton Oilers deserve to be in the Stanley Cup Finals, but the Florida Panthers deserve the Stanley Cup. It's the reality of this series, and as much as it hurts, teams go through this regularly before finally breaking through to win the whole thing. But it's not over..🧡💙
Two teams removed from Edmonton, second double hip surgery before the age of 26, played his way through an AHL tryout and was able to make the NHL through determination and effort and heart. This is a story everyone in hockey should be inspired by. What a loser thing to post.
Lots of Edmonton fans cheering for him. But what a bust his career has been so far. Second coming of Nail Yakupov. But with Connor McDavid and today’s Oilers, nobody in Edmonton looking back now.
Oilers: "Gee, after Bouchard's FUCKY WUCKY last night, we should get some help on Defense!"
Also Oilers:
*Signs Darnell Nurse to 9.25 Million/yr contract*
*Trades Ethan Bear*
*Trades Caleb Jones*
*Gives Barrie term + money*
*Refuse to trade Broberg for help*
Put Brown + Janmark on Waivers.
Call up Lavoie + Hamblin or Pederson.
I am SICK of this bottom-six. Inject some youth and skill in there for the love of God.
#LetsGoOilers
Yeah fuck right off. Absolute horseshit. Hockey is not for everyone and this fucking proves it. I will legit donate all my Oilers memorabilia and never pay a single dollar towards that organization again.
#LetsGoOilers
Bowman will become a top candidate for
#Oilers
GM vacancy. Believe he was on Edmonton’s radar when Jeff Jackson was hired last summer though still ineligible then.
The Edmonton Oilers have the best forward group in the entire NHL:
Nuge-McDavid-Hyman
Skinner-Draisaitl-Arvidsson
McLeod-Henrique-Holloway
Janmark-Ryan-Brown
Kane*-Perry
*Likely LTIR or traded. If they can move out Ceci for a true Top-4 RD this team is instantly Cup Favorites
There is ZERO reason Holloway should be out of the lineup when the playoffs start. Sit Janmark if you have to, Holloway is too good, too fast, and too skilled to remove from this top-9 IMO.
Oilers are 6-2-0 in their last 8 games and they've been without Kane, McLeod, Foegele and Yamamoto until recently. I know I whine and bitch about this team a lot, but they're finding ways to grind out wins and I love it. That Rangers game was a turning point.
#LetsGoOilers
Smith couldn't stop a beach ball against Chicago in the 2020 play-in series. Tippett's playoff record with Edmonton is 1-7 with a sweep in round 1 against WPG last season. Tippett is winless in his last 10 games. Holland wasted all of his cap space this summer.
But blame Koski?
LA’s 1-3-1 trap is dependent on the defense and forwards running interference and pick plays, and the refs just let it go and call the Oilers for ticky tacky bullshit. Sick league. It's truly incredible. Go back to 2005-06 rules.
Rewatched the Oilers/Devils game and good lord. Darnell Nurse is 100% NOT playing any sort of system or structure. Numerous times he was at the red line waiting for a breakout like he was a winger, skating into opposite corners, getting lost in transition. Wtf happened?
Canucks: *first playoff caliber season in years and their second-year GM Goes big game hunting and loads up a month before the trade deadline.*
Oilers: *In the middle of historic 16-game win streak to get back into top-3 spot in Division*
Anyone want to wake up Ken Holland?
Honestly if the Oilers decide to take the 2nd and 3rd round picks as compensation and then package them with something to acquire a legit top-4 RD to play with Nurse I think that’s better than keeping Broberg or Holloway. They’ve given themselves a lot of wiggle room here 👀
You know what's not Peter Chiarelli's fault? Having $15.5 million in Cap tied up in Tyson Barrie, Duncan Keith, Cody Ceci and Zack Kassian. Not to mention signing a 39 year-old Smith to a two year extension, and trading cost controlled young Dmen.
@TacTixHD
@BaconCountryYT
Every year: hey Gamechangers, we want GM connected, the old EASHL progression system, less focus on HUT, more focus on Be a Pro, etc.
Gamechangers: LETS OPEN UP SOME PACKS BABY!!!!! GET HYPE!!
Brown: 0 goals in 46GP
Janmark: 3 goals in 43GP
Holloway: 3 Goals in 26GP
Ryan: 5 goals in 54 GP
McLeod: 9 goals in 53GP
Perry: 3G in 10GP Suddenly demoted to 4th line???
Gagner: 5G in 26GP and healthy scratched most nights.
Get this team some finishers holy smokes.
@PierreVLeBrun
This is exactly why
@TheOfficialHDA
was created. Player-led movements against racial injustice. I'm proud of them for taking a stand today and I'm proud of the players in the bubble for standing with them. The
@NHL
is always too far behind the 8-ball. Keep it going.
Ethan Bear on team preparedness: "When I look at Edmonton and Carolina, just the way they prepare its night and day difference."
Shots fired at the Oilers who have been publicly bashed for team preparedness from former players in the past.
#FireNicholson
#FireHolland
Evander Kane: 0 Goals his last 13 GP. He has just 7 G in 2024.
All of his 21 G this season have come in 15 GP, meaning he's been held scoreless for 49 games this season. That is horrific.
"But he HITS!" Does he? He's thrown 4 or less hits in a game 45 times this season. 🤷♂️
I think Holland not moving anyone off the roster speaks volumes to the tightness and chemistry in that room. I would have liked another top-6 winger and a top-4 dman, but at the end of the day, EDM is the team to beat in the west, IMO. I like our chances more than ever.
I'm definitely in the minority here, but I feel the NHL needs to contract and have LESS teams, not expand. Talent is diluted enough as it is. If they do expand to 34+ teams then they better expand the playoff format too.
Debrusk likely never hits the higher goal totals Kane has, but barring injury, if he is playing with either McDavid or Draisaitl he’s a lock for 30+. Debrusk is also a terrific penalty killer and drives play 5v5, two things Kane does not do. Debrusk is also faster and younger.
Evander Kane is a better NHL player than Jake Debrusk, & I can’t believe this needs to even be said. The Oilers need to have Kane healthy going into next year, not dump him for salary cap reasons. You don’t just get rid of perennial 20+ goal scorers…
#LetsGoOilers
The Bruins lost Bergeron, Krejci, Hall, Orlov, Bertuzzi and Hathaway and are off to a better start this season than last year's record-setting 65-win campaign.
The difference a good coach, strong analytics department, goaltending, and competent front office can make.
Pickard has ONE tough outing against the best offensive team in the NHL after he had won 5 straight (including a shutout) and there are fans ACTUALLY bitching about him today over Brown/Janmark/Bottom Six/Defense/PK???????
Really?
Chychrun-Karlsson
Broberg-Bouchard
Kulak-Ceci
Deharnais
Imagine trading Nurse and Barrie + other assets to get Chychrun AND Karlsson. That D corps would FEAST on everyone.
Remember in 2017 when Eberle turned to avoid a hit against Anaheim and the MSM and fans dog-piled on him for WEEKS until he was traded? Keith's play here is so much worse, so much more embarrassing, and straight up unacceptable for a vet that's been around as long as he has.
Nurse had a 14.87 xGF%, was on the ice for 11 shot attempts for and 28 against, had two giveaways and ZERO takeaways, had ZERO hits, had six scoring chances for and 15(!) against, 2 High-Danger chances for and 7 against.
Skinner stole this game. Nurse was ABYSMAL.
In the final Battle of Alberta of the season, the Oilers got season-best performances from Nurse and Skinner that ensured the win over the Flames in a tight, physical battle.
"That's always the game you want to win," said McDavid. (
@SportsnetSpec
)
Incredibly frustrating game on numerous levels tonight for the Oilers. Kulak/Ceci are absolutely dreadful. Ryan needs to sit. Knoblauch's coaching decisions were questionable at best, immediately going to McDrai down 2-1 made ZERO sense. Goalie pull without possession?!?!?!? 💀
Four more games until Connor Brown earns a $4 million dollar payday! Let's take a look at his stat line:
5GP, 0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points, 4 hits, and a -4!
Ken Holland Masterclass.
Since the trade deadline the Edmonton Oilers are 7-4-3 with just 1 win against a playoff team.
Maybe sending Gagner & Holloway to Bakersfield wasn't the play. Also give Stecher some games and sit 1 of Desharnais/Ceci. Call up Broberg and give Nurse a night off too I don't care
Remember when Edmonton MSM didn't want Eeli Tolvanen off of waivers FOR FREE last season? Well, in 80 GP with the Seattle Kraken, he has 24 goals, 23 assists, and 47 points. $1.45 million against the cap. Imagine we had him over Connor Brown? Only 24 years old too. 🤷♂️
I have a feeling Jeff Jackson is going to be aggressive at the draft and before July 1st at moving contracts to create cap space. Keep your eyes out for tonight especially 👀
#LetsGoOilers
Sam Gagner: *doesn't play for weeks, gets thrust into the lineup against Detroit, struggles on a line with black holes in Derek Ryan and Connor Brown.*
Knoblauch: I've seen enough. Let's get Janmark back in there!
Maybe give Gagner 2 or 3 games to get back into it? Idk 🤷♂️
McDavid interfered with for 10 full seconds being held offside, then he retaliated and Silfverberg goes down like a sack of bricks and McDavid gets the only penalty. SICK League.
Yamamoto is far more frustrating to watch than Puljujarvi ever was in the top-six. Good lord. Great work ethic, just not cut out for top-six minutes IMO.
This Kane-Ryan-Brown line is so bad. What does Kane do if he's not scoring? Same with Janmark and Erne. The bottom-six is so bad. Get Gagner in there and call up Holloway too. Brutal.
Calvin Pickard is now 9-4-0 this season with the Oilers, with a 2.24 GAA and .919 SV%. He's also basically even in GSAx. He's done EVERYTHING you need a backup to do. Those who are still yelling into the clouds about the team not acquiring a goalie should be ignored
Canucks lose 10-7 and then 3-1 in back-to-back nights.
3 wins in their last 8 (two of those wins came against Chicago and Washington...)
Are we *FINALLY* seeing the PDO regression? Is it happening in front of our eyes? Only the PDO Gods know for certain.
Brown hadn't seen a SINGLE shift after the Stars' 2nd goal. Steps onto the ice after EDM makes it 3-2 and Dallas IMMEDIATELY scores on the PP. Unbelievable.
"Edmonton is not a desirable place for many players" holy fuck how badly run of an organization do you have to be for players to say no to possibly playing on a team with McDavid and Draisaitl?
Fire Holland.
Friedman mentions that players have NTC these days, and Edmonton is not a desirable place for many players which makes it that much harder. Oilers were really hoping Campbell would go down to the AHL and rediscover his game, that's not happening right now.
I can't even ask the Oilers to play better right now after two. They belong here, they are dominating the shot clock, scoring chances and possession... Bobrovsky has just been better for Florida.
Skinner played average or above average in games 6 and 7 against VAN and games 1 and 2 against the Stars. Oilers offense failed Skinner in game 2. You want a save on that 4th Dallas goal tonight, but Stu has been giving this team chances to win including tonight IMO.
If I'm Edmonton, I give him league minimum for the rest of the season. If he gives us .905 in limited starts that's fine, but a veteran goaltender to keep Skinner calm and help with the pressure in the kid's 2nd season would be beneficial IMO. A different voice than Schwartz.
Some thoughts after the OT Loss to Nashville:
-Janmark blows. Get him off the 2nd line for the love of God.
-Campbell gave the boys a chance to win.
-McDrai is NOT working. Split them up for God sakes.
-Give Kostin better linemates.
-Blast Shore to the moon.
Ugly game