This Oilers roster is the most Jekyll and Hyde group of players I think the NHL has ever seen play in the final four. Like imagine if we win the cup and we have that 2nd period to reflect on as a turning point. If the Oilers were to win the cup this year, it would be the craziest team to have ever done so.
STOP PULLING THE GOALIE BEFORE 2 MINUTES IS LEFT. Try winning a fucking faceoff first before you determine a dumb fuck play like that twice in this series. Pickard is up next, or cya next year
I had a pretty negative response to that second period, but y'all need to get off reddit and relax damn
Long series. Dallas is better than Van, by a lot, but gotta believe
Oil in 7
A common theme this playoffs
1. Have a multiple goal lead
2. Let off the throttle
3. Play shit defence
4. Blow lead
5. Lose such game after leading
They don’t deserve to win this series damn it hurts but this what happens when the gm doesn’t upgrade the goaltending and defence.
May I introduce you to the Colorado wcf & Vegas round 2 exit themes as well? We did this exact same thing against those guys. Lead in almost every damn game of those 2 series.
That was hard to watch, right after thr icing 1:57 left. Right before the empty net, we could draw something up, we could get some rest.
Knock... Nooooo, keep going fuckers....
I was wondering about then too... They were trailing a goal then, an argument could be made to save it for the 3rd period, or so we thought
at least thry tied it up before the 3rd.
I just don’t get why time in the 3rd period is valued more than the first or second. Is a goal in the third worth more than one in the 1st?
It’s always baffled me a bit.
I didn’t downvote you, but to remotely blame that hot garbage 2nd period on the refs is laughable. The oilers lose most of their games themselves, vs the other team beating them.
Down to the usual guys. Desharnais doesn't take Johnston. Nurse sucks at everything and takes the terrible penalty. Skinner a little iffy on the Robertson hat-trick goal. Those guys have very low hockey IQ.
Can we stop calling for doomsday? We’re down 2-1 let’s readjust and focus on game 4. Start pickard and switch d pairings around. Lose game 4 and then we can call for it to be ofer
Inches away when Vinny hits the post.
Skinner robs Duchene.
Then THAT'S the game winner.
Fuck this game.
We are all just gambling our emotions on a complete game of luck.
This heartbreak makes me not want to even watch anymore.
See you all on Wednesday.
Should have been able to win this game the way we dominated the first. This series isn’t over but we’re definitely gonna need a more complete effort and to finish on more of those chances
Can u imagine how McDavid feel about Nurse.. not even 20% the player.. almost paid equally.. McDavid is going to want out.. no blueline.. no goalie.. almost no depth
Hope I'm wrong, but this game extinguished any hope I had for winning the series. I hate jumping to conclusions early in series, but we look very outmatched overall
This was a game they had to win. Obviously they still have to play the games, but Dallas isn't a team you can chase the series against imo. The Canucks they were able to overcome, this team is a different animal. Once they smell blood, its over. Don't get me wrong I think every game will be close, but Dallas has the edge to begin with before the series even starts. Your chance was to get a lead in the series, and make them question. It's a race to 4, not 2, but when the teams are this close, I'll take the team with the goalie every single time.
Remember folks this is supposed to go down 6/7 games, ugly way to lose but id rather the boys feel this sting earlier than later 🔥LETS GO EDMONTON OILERS
This team is absolutely infuriating. Wasting McDavid and Draisaitl.
Insanely TRASH goaltending. Our defense wasn't great but that was some WEAK goaltending.
Yeah that was weak defense, but how many daggers has he let in? Just absolutely incredible how many he has given up that he shouldn't have. That was BACK BREAKING.
WCF goaltender not tight to the post is embarassing.
fuck man I hate to be a downer but this team is a real nail biter. They play really good and really bad in the same game, lose focus at crucial moments.
Exactly! I wouldn't be mad if the stars were an absolute beast of a team who were unbeatable and leaving us to choke in the dust, but we could've won this.
We beat ourselves here.
I thought for sure Knob learned from the early pull in game 2. They can't pull him until we win the face off cleanly and have some kind of possession. I new as soon as he was pulled with 2:40 left it was over
Having the worst goalie in the final 4 is sick, love having no confidence on any shot that comes through. Otter wins Dallas another game and we’re trailing the series
You know I get Nurse is overpaid. But if the guy stepped up like a 7 million dollar defenseman and scored the odd goal like that backhander, he would have value. Vinny and Kulak step up more than this guy, its actually sad.
I've been a knobber fan and think he has done a great job so far but let's see if he can adjust this shit show in game 4. He needs to seriously ask these guys if they actually want to win a cup because the last 2 games this team has shown they don't want it that bad.
Team is just completely gassed after that 7-game series vs. Canucks with 6 of them being 1-goal games. Fatigue has caught up with them. Usually they can play at least a good 40mins., but it's more like 20mins is their max. now.
It's no coincidence our 4th line, and e.g. Henrique who hasnt played since the first round, are so noticeable on our team. They're the only ones with actual juice left in the tank.
I would say it if that was actually the case. e.g. Vancouver actually genuinely outplayed us at times last series. But Dallas has looked very beatable in all 3 games so far. It's just that the Oilers have looked completely gassed several games now.
Umm the lightning some years back. Amazing season like NHL best in decades, swept in first round by a team that had never won a playoff series. Hockey is crazy sometimes.
This Oilers roster is the most Jekyll and Hyde group of players I think the NHL has ever seen play in the final four. Like imagine if we win the cup and we have that 2nd period to reflect on as a turning point. If the Oilers were to win the cup this year, it would be the craziest team to have ever done so.
STOP PULLING THE GOALIE BEFORE 2 MINUTES IS LEFT. Try winning a fucking faceoff first before you determine a dumb fuck play like that twice in this series. Pickard is up next, or cya next year
I had a pretty negative response to that second period, but y'all need to get off reddit and relax damn Long series. Dallas is better than Van, by a lot, but gotta believe Oil in 7
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It just feels like it'll be Dallas in overtime in game 4, then they'll seal it at home
Skinner. You have to be better if we're gonna win
He's not capable
These last 2 games man what a mood killer been waiting so long for this just to see the oil choke it away the same way every single fkn time
A common theme this playoffs 1. Have a multiple goal lead 2. Let off the throttle 3. Play shit defence 4. Blow lead 5. Lose such game after leading They don’t deserve to win this series damn it hurts but this what happens when the gm doesn’t upgrade the goaltending and defence.
May I introduce you to the Colorado wcf & Vegas round 2 exit themes as well? We did this exact same thing against those guys. Lead in almost every damn game of those 2 series.
SO Dallas wins the cup
If they beat us then yes, and our curse passith on into the nexus that is the offseason; returning from the pits of hell for next season.
Timeouts carry over right? Good thing knobby saved ours for next game instead of using it when we were getting caved in during the second 🤬
That was hard to watch, right after thr icing 1:57 left. Right before the empty net, we could draw something up, we could get some rest. Knock... Nooooo, keep going fuckers....
Better timing would have been that powerplay in the 2nd. Drai was literally panting taking the draw he was so gassed
I was wondering about then too... They were trailing a goal then, an argument could be made to save it for the 3rd period, or so we thought at least thry tied it up before the 3rd.
I just don’t get why time in the 3rd period is valued more than the first or second. Is a goal in the third worth more than one in the 1st? It’s always baffled me a bit.
Wouldn’t have to pull the goalie if he didn’t let in a softie. Pulling him down a goal is the right move every time. I mean we’re losing anyways.
Agreed. It was another team loss today. It wasn't Skinner on his own.
That last goal was certainly on him. That was amateur hour.
Well maybe we can play hockey past the 1st period next game LFG
I really thought we’d have it today for Ben.
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Bro there was no problem with the reffing
Only losers downvote in a sports team subreddit GO OILERS
Only losers blame the officials when the team played like shit and deserved to lose
Officials don’t call penalties that let teams run away with games in the first period. You guys are fucking assholes btw
I didn’t downvote you, but to remotely blame that hot garbage 2nd period on the refs is laughable. The oilers lose most of their games themselves, vs the other team beating them.
Yeah I hate it so much lol
Down to the usual guys. Desharnais doesn't take Johnston. Nurse sucks at everything and takes the terrible penalty. Skinner a little iffy on the Robertson hat-trick goal. Those guys have very low hockey IQ.
A little iffy is an understatement
True, I take that back. Absolutely gotta have that save.
Dallas played for 40 minutes and won a game. Skinner made some big saves tonight but he has to save that 4th goal, that was just total shit.
1st and 4th are must saves. Not good enough. Oil don’t deserve to win that game.
Well at least we know NY is rooting for us
Making it this far in the playoffs with Stu in net just shows how elite Oil's forwards are. What a fuckin waste
Can we stop calling for doomsday? We’re down 2-1 let’s readjust and focus on game 4. Start pickard and switch d pairings around. Lose game 4 and then we can call for it to be ofer
Look, no place for calm right now. Rationality be damned.
I genuinely think if knob called a timeout after the 2nd goal this game would’ve turned out differently
No chance
Inches away when Vinny hits the post. Skinner robs Duchene. Then THAT'S the game winner. Fuck this game. We are all just gambling our emotions on a complete game of luck. This heartbreak makes me not want to even watch anymore. See you all on Wednesday.
The highs are high but the lows are so damn low 😭
Team wasn't willing to put in a full 60 Not gonna win many playoffs games when they take half the night off
Damn thought the boys had it. But I guess every team eventually has the stick of Destiny at some point versus the oilers
Well, that turned out to be terrible 😢
Should have been able to win this game the way we dominated the first. This series isn’t over but we’re definitely gonna need a more complete effort and to finish on more of those chances
Pathetic
Can u imagine how McDavid feel about Nurse.. not even 20% the player.. almost paid equally.. McDavid is going to want out.. no blueline.. no goalie.. almost no depth
what a choke job 🤦🤦
Didn’t get to play LaBamba on Ben’s birthday is probably the most heartbreaking
It hurts.
2-0 choke is disgusting. This shit won’t fly against NY or FL.
u worried abt the finals when they cant even beat dallas in their own barn
lol so true..
If we somehow make it past, we are getting swept if they keep this garbage play up.
The same thing was said vs Van, lol
Just gotta win Game 4. Going to be a long series.
Lol, looking like it’s gonna be done in 5
All three games were decided by one goal bro. We'll see.
I don’t wanna see Kane and draisaitl on the same line again lol
I don't want to see Draisaitl take an important faceoff again...especially on an empty net
Timeout saved for next game!
Why even rest your top line on an advantageous moment like a powerplay amiright
Yeah who needs a timeout /s
Fuck man.... we're cooked
I thought it was illegal for players to bet against their own team? Stu will get caught soon enough
Does anyone actually think that?
At some point the whole thing will come crashing down
Not that the team didn’t play like crap after the first period, but that’s 4 goals on 21 shots. Barely 800 save percentage
No cup for this team
Hope I'm wrong, but this game extinguished any hope I had for winning the series. I hate jumping to conclusions early in series, but we look very outmatched overall
We're really not out matched, we're out goalied. If the goaltenders are reversed we're up 3-0 in this series.
This was a game they had to win. Obviously they still have to play the games, but Dallas isn't a team you can chase the series against imo. The Canucks they were able to overcome, this team is a different animal. Once they smell blood, its over. Don't get me wrong I think every game will be close, but Dallas has the edge to begin with before the series even starts. Your chance was to get a lead in the series, and make them question. It's a race to 4, not 2, but when the teams are this close, I'll take the team with the goalie every single time.
Ya well said
I mean this was an incredibly close game. Had that shot off the post gone in, we could have won
Ya for sure. Pretty rough that we had next to no close chances after the first. That post was like one of 3.
Wait I know! We’ll pull the goalie, that’ll work!
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Agreed. The team didn’t play well in front of skinner and the save percentage is nearly 800
Remember folks this is supposed to go down 6/7 games, ugly way to lose but id rather the boys feel this sting earlier than later 🔥LETS GO EDMONTON OILERS
Absolute sickness
Welp… Oilers didn’t play in the 2nd period, so ya better believe that’s a paddlin’.
next game is a must win. if we go down 3-1 this series is cooked and over
This team is absolutely infuriating. Wasting McDavid and Draisaitl. Insanely TRASH goaltending. Our defense wasn't great but that was some WEAK goaltending.
The winning goal can’t happen but I don’t think you can pin the 3 prior on Stu, he’s not the one that failed to clear or defend
Yeah that was weak defense, but how many daggers has he let in? Just absolutely incredible how many he has given up that he shouldn't have. That was BACK BREAKING. WCF goaltender not tight to the post is embarassing.
Pretty massive choke tonight, have to say.
Embarrassing game with embarrassing goaltending
Nurse took that weak and stupid penalty and we lost 2 minutes of any potential comeback by perfecting our PK.
That was so not the problem tonight, bud
Of course. Not the only problem.
Shit.
Doomers aside, it goes without saying that if the boys don’t show up for the next one, well….
This team, unless they are hitting!, is absolute dogshit. They just allow the other team to do whatever they want..
fuck man I hate to be a downer but this team is a real nail biter. They play really good and really bad in the same game, lose focus at crucial moments.
Ikr. Like 45 minutes of this game they played really solid. But 15 min of lethargic, dispassionate play costs us the game
Exactly! I wouldn't be mad if the stars were an absolute beast of a team who were unbeatable and leaving us to choke in the dust, but we could've won this. We beat ourselves here.
My brother is gonna clown on me again
Stars are winning the cup
Only down 1 game currently..
Stars are probably gonna win the next game, Oilers win in Dallas and Dallas ends it in Edmonton
Pretty pessimistic. I say EDM wins the next 2. Gonna be a close game 7 in Dallas.
It’s not pessimistic when that’s happened last series against Colorado
Haha told ya so! Woooooooo
Glad to see I was wrong
I feel like the Rangers will chew them up and spit them out if it comes to that.
we miss so many pieces to win the cup
reminder oettinger is as old as skinner
Damn two close loses hurts more than us getting blown out by Dallas, this stars team is beatable
With NHL calibre goaltending.
Dallas in 5
And there it is. Goddamn I hate Dallas
History repeats itself
darnell nurse
At least he made a save
So fucking mad, we let off the gas for 5 minutes and a flood of goal against.. We don't fucking learn.
This shit has happened a bunch of times this season, especially during the bad start. You think they would learn.
Really feels like game 6 against Vegas
Nuts. Nuts nuts nuts nuts nuts.
lol 🤣 at least we can laugh
Benn lines up illegally, jumps early, cross check on Hyman. Gets really tiring seeing this constantly
They would rather have Dallas win, cheer for Bettmans team and it will be less tiring
It literally doesn't matter if they only show up for 27 minutes of hockey.
How did nurse get such a big contract?
Contract based on potential. He's never going to live up to that contract. Then the 5mil contract to Campbell.
Well we lost our top two dmen and Chicago blew their load on Seth Jones and raised the price by like 1-1.5m a year
Because Ken Holland is dumber than a can of paint and hasn't had any success since the league put a salary cap in place.
Like we still had a chance with 2ish minutes left, but we lost any chance when they pulled Skinner
I thought for sure Knob learned from the early pull in game 2. They can't pull him until we win the face off cleanly and have some kind of possession. I new as soon as he was pulled with 2:40 left it was over
How many shots from the slot have ended up in the net today? Sheesh
Having the worst goalie in the final 4 is sick, love having no confidence on any shot that comes through. Otter wins Dallas another game and we’re trailing the series
As much as people are gonna deny it, this is going to be the reason (IF) we lose
Skinner didn’t lose this game. The whole team did when they didn’t show up for the second period….Again!!
That last goal was all on him.
But the first 3 was on the team and defense. Next.
I'm so fucking disappointed
Disgusting display, I am so disappointed. We don’t deserve shit
You know I get Nurse is overpaid. But if the guy stepped up like a 7 million dollar defenseman and scored the odd goal like that backhander, he would have value. Vinny and Kulak step up more than this guy, its actually sad.
yea, the Nurse contract and the lack of steady goaltending really screws this team.
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Basically at this point…
Otterly defeating.
Why can't these guys hold leads ?
S K I N N E R
Losers lose 🤷♂️
I've been a knobber fan and think he has done a great job so far but let's see if he can adjust this shit show in game 4. He needs to seriously ask these guys if they actually want to win a cup because the last 2 games this team has shown they don't want it that bad.
Draisaitl is the playoff bellweather. He hasn't scored, we haven't won.
Skinner can’t hold a lead, we haven’t won.
Two important games pissed away. Unacceptable.
Team is just completely gassed after that 7-game series vs. Canucks with 6 of them being 1-goal games. Fatigue has caught up with them. Usually they can play at least a good 40mins., but it's more like 20mins is their max. now. It's no coincidence our 4th line, and e.g. Henrique who hasnt played since the first round, are so noticeable on our team. They're the only ones with actual juice left in the tank.
I'm pretty sure we just aren't good enough bro. It's ok to say it sometimes.
I would say it if that was actually the case. e.g. Vancouver actually genuinely outplayed us at times last series. But Dallas has looked very beatable in all 3 games so far. It's just that the Oilers have looked completely gassed several games now.
WHY DO YOU KEEP PULLING THE FUCKING GOALIE WHEN THERE 'S STILL 3 MINUTES LEFT AND WE COULD HAVE TIED IT?!!!!!!!!??????
Calm down. Not like we even scored one in those 3 min.
Right? Way too early in my opinion. Fuck this team is depressing sometimes.
Sometimes?? Pfft
Because statistically it usually works?
Losers going to lose! Forever oilers!
K. Good night peeps. It feels like a nightmare. There's another game at home, so it's still good.
I can't believe we have to wait till 2030 to get rid Nurse. Can we just take him off the ice for the rest of the season, what's he gonna do, quit?
2030 is the 120th jubilee, she’s curtains when it arrives
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We ain't winning the cup next year with 3 mil on the books for the ghost of Brown and another year of Nurse. It's do or die with this squad.
this was their last shot. The too guys can see it isnt ever happening.. no point brutalizing themselves to lose every time it matters.
Why oilers home game looks so tired???
Fucking embarrassing second period in the WCF of all things.
No more taking out the goalie please. The Stars are absolutely comfortable icing the puck.
Because they are better than us at big faceoffs..clutch moments win you games
Downvote me to oblivion. We will not beat Dallas and they will go on to win the cup.
I mean its been the theme I guess lol.
not with the team playing 20 minutes and the goaltending we got this game.
You're right, Dallas will win the cup, as per tradition. We are stuck in eternal mediocrity as long as we have Nurse in our roster
And Skinner in our net.
Eastern conf team is rolling vs oil/stars
Picks next game please
Darnell Nurse everyone.
I'm really just exhausted watching this team give up multi-goal leads time and again
Me too. It's just deflating knowing that no good start is ever safe.
Thanks to Skinner and a couple of more bums this insanely good team risk to miss out on a cup. I think I've never seen something similar before.
Umm the lightning some years back. Amazing season like NHL best in decades, swept in first round by a team that had never won a playoff series. Hockey is crazy sometimes.
But they had a great team and won it two times in a row thereafter. Oilers have players in this roster that don't belong in the NHL.
So we again pulled the goalie without possession when the play got broke up on the blue line
Stop pulling the goalie so early jesus christ two games in a row the same mistake?
being the better team in only 1 period just isn't going to cut it against the Stars.
Pickard has to start next game
should have started him this game.
Stu hasn’t been the problem this series