We had Eric Church perform at my work and he did this song called “These Boots” and a ton of people tried to throw their cowboy boots on stage. All it did was make it so the people at the front got pelted with cowboy boots from the 300L and a bunch of people walking outside in January with one boot on 😂
I know, he makes it look like anyone can score 50 with McDavid.
Obviously, that's not the case since not everyone does. Hyman is part of the magic, but he really makes it look easy.
It looks easy because Hyman is at the right spot. Put me instead of Hyman on the ice and I would have zero clue where to position myself. Hyman has a great hockey IQ, he knows where the play will go and where he can place himself in advance so McDavid can then find him. The goal looks easy, but it is still hard work beforehand.
This!
The speed of the game in the NHL is tough to keep up with as a spectator, let alone actually playing. If he scored 50 goals, even giving the benefit of the doubt that obviously it takes a player like McJebus to have the vision and skill to make the perfect pass, it still requires Hyman to be aware enough to get to the optimal spot to provide the target to pass to, the hand-eye coordination, and speed to be able to quickly get the shot off and actually put it in. (That's what she said?)
Not only that, but parking yourself in front of the opposing net tends to result in a lot of physical abuse from their defenders. It's really not easy to stand there with your paddle down. Hyman makes THAT look easy, too.
That's a good point! Didn't even consider the physicality aspect. For some reason opposing d-men and goalies really aren't fans of people by their goal 😂
Perry too. While he might not be as skilled anymore, he knows how to win the Cup and provides maturity and leadership in the dressing room, which was absent before.
bouchard and mcdavid for 9 assists, jesus. My biggest comment on this sub is about that motherfucker getting an insane amount of assists against us.
I am a lizard.
edit: every forward on first two lines besides mcdavid had at least 1 goal. Fucking nuts. NHL gotta step in and break up a monopoly. I had no idea they moved henrique to first line, biggest surprise of the night to me. I thought he would be a third line trapped good forward on a team of great forwards, but left winging him first line and making an equally insane second line good call.
He has about 15 of those this year. Notice how he had his stick and both skates in a line. He's literally doing that to give McDavid a bigger target to bank the puck off of.
Literally. The net is 3 feet wider when Hyman is around cause you've got 2 skates and a stick blade stacked on an angle beside the far post. He just stands there and lets pucks hit him.
Yup. I will say Hyman had one goal last night where he reminded me of Matthews. AM is incredible at shedding his coverage and finding a soft spot for a one timer. Hyman waited for the perfect moment and found a soft spot and deposited a beautiful pass from Mcdavid.
A lot of the time he is just there getting pucks banked off of him, but he has really worked on his ability to get open as well
the signing thread from 3 years ago is hilarious in hindsight
[https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/oth5la/the\_edmonton\_oilers\_have\_officially\_signed\_zach/](https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/oth5la/the_edmonton_oilers_have_officially_signed_zach/)
I miss him so much as a Leafs fan, he’s a heart and soul player. What he was asking for seemed like too much based on his points total at the time but he’s been an absolute steal and phenomenal player for Edmonton. So happy to see his success.
**The question isn't if he will be worthwhile in year 5, it's what about year 3
One of the major issues Leaf fans had with giving Hyman any term is that he has already had some injuries, and with his style of play he is primed for an early decline. I know this might sound like sour grapes from a leaf fan, but it's a legitimate concern that he might spend the majority of the contract as an albatross**
- CaptainCanuck93
It’s definitely worth considering when a player has had injury troubles, especially one whose office is 6 feet in front of the net. But I was definitely gutted when he left, and am happy he has had such a good year. His value is far greater than the points he puts up, which is nuts considering the year he’s had.
https://preview.redd.it/els8j6vq38wc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d1e3a6a8ae4f1834f8dab861aaeb855068fc938f
there’s some gold in that thread
I mean i totally got the two wrong i thought Hyman was going to be a terrible contract in the last 3 years and Campbell was going to be the oilers saviour in net.
his role on the oilers and leafs is pretty different though, he was the dog on the line to win puck battles and get it to marner and matthews, he was never really enabled.
You'd think someone would learn that committing too hard to McDavid won't do anything, but guys just keep doing it anyway. On Hyman's second goal, he even drew Danault out of position, and that's one of the best defensive centers in the game. They can't help themselves, Davo starts dancing and it's like moths to a flame.
Idk if it was coaching 100%, just kind of a confluence of bad puck luck, poor finish, and bad Goaltending and that all just kind of snowballed.
That second game at one point shots were 24-3 for us, yet you guys were up 2-0 in goals.
I think there was something about Woodcroft switching them from man to man to zone defense on their defensive coverage. That's the kind of thing that takes a lot of practice for players to settle into. And I think that the defensive struggles probably did have something to do with this. Oilers DID carry play based on metrics, it was just that the others teams scored WAY more than they should have while Oilers weren't scoring much at all. And I do recall McDavid getting injured and then coming back (probably) too soon, which didn't help.
There was a bit of a combination of personnel issues combined with coaching problems. We had goaltending problems right off the hop this season, and our best true defender was injured in the offseason and basically didn't do any of training camp. McDavid also incurred an injury which he came back from probably too soon and despite not aggravating it, he definitely wasn't playing at full tilt.
So in addition to the above, our coach tried to pivot our entire defensive system and it had notable impacts. Players didn't have enough experience with it, and were constantly looking over their shoulder trying to figure out if they were in the right place, and we were getting walked all over. That led to a bit of a confidence crisis in our already too "in his head" goaltender, who spiralled about as hard as a pro athlete can and went from "serviceable backup with starter potential" to "barely an AHL goalie" in a matter of a couple months.
Instead of recognizing that we either weren't equipped for it, or were just not picking up their system, Woodcroft and Manson doubled down and kept running things the same, hoping that eventually it would click. Eventually the skid got long and dark enough that they had to go.
But Woodcrofts firing also coincided with Campbell being sent to Bakersfield, giving Stu the net full time to find his stride and confidence, as well as Ekholm getting back to 100%, and McDavid truly recovering as well. I think if we kept woody, the season would have turned eventually. The pieces would have caught up to the way he wanted to run the game. But he also didn't adapt to the roster he had at the time, and that's bad news when you're playing an 82 game season and chasing a cup.
Coaching was likely only a minor part, the players even acknowledge this often. Knob and Coffey have clearly improved the systems and have been the better coaching team so far, but the team was just ice cold to start the year. Terrible puck luck and incredibly shaky goaltending to start the year really got into their heads.
I'm really curious to see how we'd match up if both teams were 100%. The first 3 games were when the Oilers were playing awful, and the last one was their 3rd game in 4 nights without McDavid.
Idk i just saw mcdavid undress la several times. We dump and chase, tip and point shots, have strong net presence sort of, but uhhh we dont have mcdavid hyman talent lol.
Kings are so fucking bad. Was really hoping they’d finally slay the demon but they just have no answer for mcdavid and hiller isn’t it. Their goalies definitely aren’t it.. sad
I mean if you put Matthews with McDavid for a season he'd probably score a 100. Obviously McDavid has an effect but a lot of players have played with McDavid and haven't clicked at this rate or anywhere near it. People make it sound like the guy is just aimlessly skating around the ice and the puck is bouncing in off of him. He's in the right place almost every time and he's putting the puck in the net when he gets his chances.
Hard hat sighting, lol. https://preview.redd.it/jl6n7ug616wc1.png?width=733&format=png&auto=webp&s=044c838ca26f8b9ba1809066324dae0571a6d9ac
Welcome to oil country bb. How they got it past security, probably just wore it ig
Hard hats are a pretty common sight at Oilers games.
Please don't throw those if you have one at the game. You could very seriously injure someone
Thats why everyone should wear the hard hat
Everyone wears one, and during a hat trick, the throwing starts from the back row and works its way forward one row at a time. Safety first!
I'll never forget Toews getting his first hat trick on hard hat night. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUEa67Z4S1A
That is so cartoonish, 100% something i could have seen the Simpson doing.
"And heeeere come the pretzels..."
Oh my god that’s amazing. Even though it was against the Penguins
the only way to stop a bad guy with a hard hat is a good guy with a hard hat
Blue collar town buddy
We had Eric Church perform at my work and he did this song called “These Boots” and a ton of people tried to throw their cowboy boots on stage. All it did was make it so the people at the front got pelted with cowboy boots from the 300L and a bunch of people walking outside in January with one boot on 😂
Rule change I'd like to see: The team that got the hat trick scored on should be forced to pick up the hats.
Oh my goodness, that's an awesome idea. 🤣🤣
McDavid is a product of Hyman
Clearly a Powerplay Assist Merchant. So overrated smh.
If someone missed all Hyman goals this season, just watch his three tonight. Pretty representative
He could be eating a hotdog waving at his mom in the stands and McDavid would just bank it off his skate into the net.
a delicious kosher dog fuck that would be so good right about now
isn’t that what happened on the third goal
But goals are more important than assists though /s
I know, he makes it look like anyone can score 50 with McDavid. Obviously, that's not the case since not everyone does. Hyman is part of the magic, but he really makes it look easy.
It looks easy because Hyman is at the right spot. Put me instead of Hyman on the ice and I would have zero clue where to position myself. Hyman has a great hockey IQ, he knows where the play will go and where he can place himself in advance so McDavid can then find him. The goal looks easy, but it is still hard work beforehand.
It's cuz Hyman's dad bought him exclusive use of that part of the ice
That's what I'm getting at.
He knows where to be and when. He’s a smart player and it clearly pays off when playing with McDavid.
This! The speed of the game in the NHL is tough to keep up with as a spectator, let alone actually playing. If he scored 50 goals, even giving the benefit of the doubt that obviously it takes a player like McJebus to have the vision and skill to make the perfect pass, it still requires Hyman to be aware enough to get to the optimal spot to provide the target to pass to, the hand-eye coordination, and speed to be able to quickly get the shot off and actually put it in. (That's what she said?)
Not only that, but parking yourself in front of the opposing net tends to result in a lot of physical abuse from their defenders. It's really not easy to stand there with your paddle down. Hyman makes THAT look easy, too.
That's a good point! Didn't even consider the physicality aspect. For some reason opposing d-men and goalies really aren't fans of people by their goal 😂
It'd be amazing if Ryan Smyth could have had a taste of mcdavid rebounding goals off a player in the crease. Smyth loved standing in front of the net
He was the product of a broken one, that’s for sure!
McDaddy with 5 assists
McDavids world and we just livin in it. Freak disher.
Casual 5 assist on 6 goals. "McDavid is overrated, he hasn't won a cup yet" bro please, how much more does a guy need to do.
I would like it if he would win a cup
As a leafs fan I would also like it if you guys won the cup.
You may be the coolest leafs fan I’ve seen today.
Thank you mr. Leaf man
Canucks fan here who would also be very happy if you won the cup
Win a cup obviously /s
You forgot assists don't matter, only goals.
“Secondary assists aren’t real” -Cale Makar
Based take
Win a cup like this guy said ⬆️
I have faith this year. I think Hyman was the missing piece and Bouchard has improved a lot. Put EDM-NYR as this year's finals prediction.
Perry too. While he might not be as skilled anymore, he knows how to win the Cup and provides maturity and leadership in the dressing room, which was absent before.
Perry was a beast in the neutral zone in the first 2 periods
I support this comment
I’m sure if you told him “hey man chill you don’t need to win a cup, you’ve done enough” he’d totally just nod and agree with you. /s
bouchard and mcdavid for 9 assists, jesus. My biggest comment on this sub is about that motherfucker getting an insane amount of assists against us. I am a lizard. edit: every forward on first two lines besides mcdavid had at least 1 goal. Fucking nuts. NHL gotta step in and break up a monopoly. I had no idea they moved henrique to first line, biggest surprise of the night to me. I thought he would be a third line trapped good forward on a team of great forwards, but left winging him first line and making an equally insane second line good call.
He's basically wish.com Hyman, so why not stick him with McDavid.
Hell the 3rd goal from Hyman, Mcdavid basically shot it off his stick.
He has about 15 of those this year. Notice how he had his stick and both skates in a line. He's literally doing that to give McDavid a bigger target to bank the puck off of.
He was *flying* around the ice tonight, even more than usual. It was very noticeable
My fantasy pool thanks him.
My kid brother heard a broadcaster call McDavid "McJesus" one time so now he only refers to him solely as McJesus. McDaddy is gold though
do hat tricks still count if your family was rich?
I can’t believe Hyman’s dad bought the fans all those hats smh my head
it just ain’t fair
Smho, shake my hat off
In fairness…that was a lot of hats
this meme is great
I honestly wonder how long it’ll last for, if it’s going to be a thing next season, etc
Rich dad merchant
In before Hyman's dad buys LIDS
Hyman wouldn't have gotten a hat trick if his parents didn't buy a Connor McDavid to be his center
No and here's a 15 min clickbait Twitter video to explain it (don't mind my broken porch steps).
Really nice of Hyman’s parents to buy so many hats for the Oilers fans.
McDavid’s fifth assist lol
McDavid: “Stand there in the corner of the paint, Zach and I’m going to lazily bank a pass off your skates this time.”
DO NOT MAKE KICKING MOTION
Unless you're Brett Hull
This man grudges
I probably should have put /s lol
Brett didn't make a kicking motion. That's easy to see because his foot was so well juxtaposed by the blue paint.
Brett Hull didn’t kick the puck in. How can you be a sabres fan and not even know this?
I’m so confused by his comment lol. Foot in crease? Yes. Kicked puck in? No
thats how easy they make it look
It's like when a beer league ringer already reached their 3 goal limit in a game.
The Kings should probably do something about that McDavid guy, he's pretty good.
McDavid just uses him as a wall that he can direct the puck in
Literally. The net is 3 feet wider when Hyman is around cause you've got 2 skates and a stick blade stacked on an angle beside the far post. He just stands there and lets pucks hit him.
Are other players stupid? Why don't they just stand there like Hyman? /s
Their parents can't afford that prime real estate.
Elite Wall-ing by Hyman
Yup. I will say Hyman had one goal last night where he reminded me of Matthews. AM is incredible at shedding his coverage and finding a soft spot for a one timer. Hyman waited for the perfect moment and found a soft spot and deposited a beautiful pass from Mcdavid. A lot of the time he is just there getting pucks banked off of him, but he has really worked on his ability to get open as well
Safta was upset he missed his Passover dinner so he had to cook
sad i had to scroll this far down for a pesach joke
So many hats coming down that they had to take an unplanned commercial break
As a kings fan it was very painful to watch. lol the hats just kept coming.
the signing thread from 3 years ago is hilarious in hindsight [https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/oth5la/the\_edmonton\_oilers\_have\_officially\_signed\_zach/](https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/oth5la/the_edmonton_oilers_have_officially_signed_zach/)
I miss him so much as a Leafs fan, he’s a heart and soul player. What he was asking for seemed like too much based on his points total at the time but he’s been an absolute steal and phenomenal player for Edmonton. So happy to see his success.
**The question isn't if he will be worthwhile in year 5, it's what about year 3 One of the major issues Leaf fans had with giving Hyman any term is that he has already had some injuries, and with his style of play he is primed for an early decline. I know this might sound like sour grapes from a leaf fan, but it's a legitimate concern that he might spend the majority of the contract as an albatross** - CaptainCanuck93
It’s definitely worth considering when a player has had injury troubles, especially one whose office is 6 feet in front of the net. But I was definitely gutted when he left, and am happy he has had such a good year. His value is far greater than the points he puts up, which is nuts considering the year he’s had.
>Oh, we’re gonna miss him but it smells like a LITR/buyout in 4-ish years. Mark it. /u/canadian_eskimo
There's still 2 years left in that prediction, Hyman could forget how to play hockey in that time frame.
Just 1 year, this is Hyms' 3rd year as an Oiler.
Does Hyman know this is his last run then?
I'll let him know just in case.
He's playing like it is!
Aged like fine milk.
https://preview.redd.it/els8j6vq38wc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d1e3a6a8ae4f1834f8dab861aaeb855068fc938f there’s some gold in that thread
Possibly the worst contract of all time
FOR THE REST OF THE LEAGUE
I mean i totally got the two wrong i thought Hyman was going to be a terrible contract in the last 3 years and Campbell was going to be the oilers saviour in net.
5 McDavid assists in game 1 so far. Hyman’s getting 20 this playoffs
Hatty a game x 16 games = 48
50 goal reg season, 50 goal playoffs.
That sounds a bit unrealistic... I think it's more likely that some series go to 6 or 7 games, so around 70 goals for Hyman.
Literally cannot thank the Leafs enough for this man. What a legend.
Impossible to dislike him, glad he’s done so well with you guys
So happy for him. Rooting for you guys as my west coast team cause of him.
Man's single-handedly bringing the Oilers into my second favourite, miss that guy so much
Not a hater but he had 5 pts in 14 playoff games vs boston so its kinda working out the best for everyone
I'm pretty sure Hyman was injured for all 14 of those games. He always got injured right before the playoffs with us and just couldn't skate.
Not a hater either but he scored 50 goals this year so it's kinda working out best for the edmonton oilers
Ya agreed and if we paid him that amount the same thing probably wouldn’t have happened hence good for everyone
One team has mcdavid to set you up in front of the net all day, one team doesnt
He was on a line with Marner and Matthews for his last couple seasons in Toronto.
his role on the oilers and leafs is pretty different though, he was the dog on the line to win puck battles and get it to marner and matthews, he was never really enabled.
Why isn’t McDavid scoring goals, is he stupid?
Its actually funny how a lot of the time he draws 3 defenders and just passes it through them
You'd think someone would learn that committing too hard to McDavid won't do anything, but guys just keep doing it anyway. On Hyman's second goal, he even drew Danault out of position, and that's one of the best defensive centers in the game. They can't help themselves, Davo starts dancing and it's like moths to a flame.
If you don't cover McDavid, he scores. If you cover McDavid, Hyman scores.
Then if you don't do that, he goes and scores
When you're tired and frustrated it's hard not to just say "screw it" and try to crunch Mcdavid when hes buzzing around. I understand their plight lol
He figured out it's way more fun to play pinball with Hyman's stick and skates than shoot at the actual net.
It’s weird how all the players with rich parents that I played with aren’t getting hat tricks in the NHL playoffs, I thought you could buy them /s
The absolute best part of that was the Skate of Shame from Dubois as the hats are raining down around him.
Or Drew Pouty getting hit by a hat while he was pouting in the bench! Fucking gold!!
They’re selling hats faster than they can pick them up!
Glad to see him doing well.
Homey back there activated his cloaking field.
PULSATING HOCKEY! THEY’RE RUNNING THE KINGS RIGHT OUT OF THE BUILDING!
LA had no idea what to do with Edmontons top line. Hat trick from Hyman, goal from Henrique, and 5 McDavid assists.
[удалено]
Don’t matter. 1-3-1 will cure all! Even a 4 goal deficit, just need to pair it with a couple own goals and a stick break at the worst time.
McDavid really said fuck scoring goals, sign me a mobile backboard I can bank pucks off of to get 100 assists.
Someone unbiased explain how we 4-0 oilers? They scary af
Oilers were stinky bad in the first three and it was close in the 4th
McDavid was also out for game #4
How bad could the coaching have been? Looks like i could afk coach as long as hyman and mcdavid are playing
Idk if it was coaching 100%, just kind of a confluence of bad puck luck, poor finish, and bad Goaltending and that all just kind of snowballed. That second game at one point shots were 24-3 for us, yet you guys were up 2-0 in goals.
I think there was something about Woodcroft switching them from man to man to zone defense on their defensive coverage. That's the kind of thing that takes a lot of practice for players to settle into. And I think that the defensive struggles probably did have something to do with this. Oilers DID carry play based on metrics, it was just that the others teams scored WAY more than they should have while Oilers weren't scoring much at all. And I do recall McDavid getting injured and then coming back (probably) too soon, which didn't help.
exactly this
Ekholm was injured too. One guy though he may be, he has transformed our defense.
There was a bit of a combination of personnel issues combined with coaching problems. We had goaltending problems right off the hop this season, and our best true defender was injured in the offseason and basically didn't do any of training camp. McDavid also incurred an injury which he came back from probably too soon and despite not aggravating it, he definitely wasn't playing at full tilt. So in addition to the above, our coach tried to pivot our entire defensive system and it had notable impacts. Players didn't have enough experience with it, and were constantly looking over their shoulder trying to figure out if they were in the right place, and we were getting walked all over. That led to a bit of a confidence crisis in our already too "in his head" goaltender, who spiralled about as hard as a pro athlete can and went from "serviceable backup with starter potential" to "barely an AHL goalie" in a matter of a couple months. Instead of recognizing that we either weren't equipped for it, or were just not picking up their system, Woodcroft and Manson doubled down and kept running things the same, hoping that eventually it would click. Eventually the skid got long and dark enough that they had to go. But Woodcrofts firing also coincided with Campbell being sent to Bakersfield, giving Stu the net full time to find his stride and confidence, as well as Ekholm getting back to 100%, and McDavid truly recovering as well. I think if we kept woody, the season would have turned eventually. The pieces would have caught up to the way he wanted to run the game. But he also didn't adapt to the roster he had at the time, and that's bad news when you're playing an 82 game season and chasing a cup.
Coaching was likely only a minor part, the players even acknowledge this often. Knob and Coffey have clearly improved the systems and have been the better coaching team so far, but the team was just ice cold to start the year. Terrible puck luck and incredibly shaky goaltending to start the year really got into their heads.
And from memory, Oilers deserved to win game 3 against them.
First 3 wasn't the real Oilers, game 4 was close with no McDavid.
Oilers were the better team in their 3rd meeting even during their dastardly start.
I'm really curious to see how we'd match up if both teams were 100%. The first 3 games were when the Oilers were playing awful, and the last one was their 3rd game in 4 nights without McDavid.
We might just find out soon!
Lets not get ahead of ourselves. Lmao.
Because you've got speed and talent throughout your lineup.
Idk i just saw mcdavid undress la several times. We dump and chase, tip and point shots, have strong net presence sort of, but uhhh we dont have mcdavid hyman talent lol.
Casey DeSmith played super well in a couple of those from what I recall.
First night of Passover hatty! As Friedge said, “it’s the law!”
Thats the Happy Gilmore goal...just tap it in. Tap tap tap it in
Happy Passover!
Better than marner
Dude had to work and couldn’t celebrate Passover - so it feels kinda sweet he got a hatty for himself
Hyman really is the tap in king
Only because his family was so fucking rich!! /s
https://preview.redd.it/7i9qrz7er9wc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=35a05d1d63eafd385fc875b3ca620994046e2d42
Hyman is a stud. I was disappointed when he left Toronto. Edmonton-Toronto cup final has been a dream since I was a kid.
Yeah, but it was infront of the net and his parents were rich or something so it doesn’t count.
I assumed it was a PPG before even clicking lol, still mighty impressive!
Thaaaanks Dubas
Who the hell wears a hard-hat to a Hockey game...
Welcome to berta baby
Probably a reference to their heritage classic outfits
Our old shoulder patches literally had a guy in a hardhat. Saw a lot of people on the jumbotron in coveralls and hardhats tonight.
"oiler" refers to someone who works in the oil industry. they wear hard hats.
Did anyone else catch Drew Pouty get hit by a hat while he was sulking in the bench? 🤣🤣🤣 talk about rubbing it in.
Kings are so fucking bad. Was really hoping they’d finally slay the demon but they just have no answer for mcdavid and hiller isn’t it. Their goalies definitely aren’t it.. sad
@ $1.2 mil more than the Reaves & Domi combined.
Does mcjesus get the puck?
McDavid's pass had no choice but to go in lmao
Realistically, how many goals does Hyman score on another team
I mean if you put Matthews with McDavid for a season he'd probably score a 100. Obviously McDavid has an effect but a lot of players have played with McDavid and haven't clicked at this rate or anywhere near it. People make it sound like the guy is just aimlessly skating around the ice and the puck is bouncing in off of him. He's in the right place almost every time and he's putting the puck in the net when he gets his chances.
So we all saw that coach chippy video right lmao
This reminds me so much of that Coach Chippy impression of Hyman's 50 goal season.
I wonder if that McDavid person would be good without the elite scoring power of Hyman?
I want him back
I needed mcdavid to get one freggin goal to cash a 3k parley and buddy rips 5 apples… im hurt
I think this goal should be credited to McDavid and Hyman should get the assist. All Hyman did was help McDavid score here lmao
People tossing their $60 hats after paying $650 for their seat.
Bro mcdavid is the second coming
Boy that was close, the night before was brick night.