Eckholm writes a cheque to take a big hit, to give us a 2 on 1, resulting in a goalt. Ekholm skate pass to keep the puck in o-zone resulting in a goal. Ekholm has that big wrinkly sexy brain, and his body has to cash those cheques
That was a good pick Leon with hollo and Kane.. we need to win the game5 and game6.McDavid will win the game5 for Oilers. And game6 is the full team effort. LFGš
Unless he's trying to keep Canucks coach guessing who will be their goalie tomorrow… there's no way you put back in Skinner IN VANCOUVER after Pickard's performance. Skinner has zero confidence and Pickard just got that W playing well, you play him until you lose at least 1 game… plus crowd will chant Skinnnnnnnnnner after getting pulled and get in his head from the start. BAD move if he goes back with Skinner but I think he just doesn't want to tell the Canucks yet who's playing.
Great game! Defence played better than recent gamesā¦now they need consistency! If they are not doing the job, they need to be pulled and bring out Stetcher / Brombergā¦there isnāt time
Big Vin Desharnais has to utilize his size and hitting capacity more than he has shown…he needs to be an intimidation factor in his defensive zone..I see him "floating" with one hand on the stick and seemingly not sure where to go when the offensive is coming on strong against him. Footspeed is needed for him to get on the heavy checking opportunities where he should be laying on solid hits along the boards and in front of the net.. he needs to up his nastiness and try to match Nurse in aggression. Hoping to see Perry slam in some goals.. he takes a lot of beatings and I wish him the best to ring up some points for his sacrifices…. same for Kane ..two guys who really lay it all out on every shift
Thank Kris for switching to Pickard in net. OMG ! I wish Pickard could be in net for the whole series against the Canucks. Then after put Skinner back in net if Oilers make it to the 3 round.
Knoblauch said Leon put the line together. I don't think a coach should publicly admit something like that, and keep that sort of thing behind the doors.
Having two relevant lines is important. Superstars make others around them better and 97 and 29 dont really make each other better 5 on 5. Kane, RNH, and Holloway are all much more relevent when they are playing with one of them.
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CiCi went hard too
Pickard number 1 star tonight
Eckholm writes a cheque to take a big hit, to give us a 2 on 1, resulting in a goalt. Ekholm skate pass to keep the puck in o-zone resulting in a goal. Ekholm has that big wrinkly sexy brain, and his body has to cash those cheques
That was a good pick Leon with hollo and Kane.. we need to win the game5 and game6.McDavid will win the game5 for Oilers. And game6 is the full team effort.
LFGš
Really happy for Holloway, he has improved since coming back and shows so much competitiveness.
Unless he's trying to keep Canucks coach guessing who will be their goalie tomorrow… there's no way you put back in Skinner IN VANCOUVER after Pickard's performance. Skinner has zero confidence and Pickard just got that W playing well, you play him until you lose at least 1 game… plus crowd will chant Skinnnnnnnnnner after getting pulled and get in his head from the start. BAD move if he goes back with Skinner but I think he just doesn't want to tell the Canucks yet who's playing.
still need more fr mcleod, forgele,perry.. meaning the 3rd line.. they have not done much..
Canucks played like absolute dogshit for 53 minutes and still almost won it. recoilers are toast if that's all they got
Keep these lines together, and play Pickard again.
Did Perry play? I didn't notice him
Holloway was excellent
GREAT GAME OIL, WAY TO GO KANE PLAY THEM VANCOUVER PLAYERS HARD
Great win Oilers. Picks played a solid game. Deserves to play another game.
Im just trying to figure out why would you let Derk Ryan take that faceoff draw, i know he is good but Leon is the best on the team, that puzzled me
Keep a leash on " THE SLUG " Nurse and you'll do better !!!!!!!!!
Great game! Defence played better than recent gamesā¦now they need consistency! If they are not doing the job, they need to be pulled and bring out Stetcher / Brombergā¦there isnāt time
Big Vin Desharnais has to utilize his size and hitting capacity more than he has shown…he needs to be an intimidation factor in his defensive zone..I see him "floating" with one hand on the stick and seemingly not sure where to go when the offensive is coming on strong against him. Footspeed is needed for him to get on the heavy checking opportunities where he should be laying on solid hits along the boards and in front of the net.. he needs to up his nastiness and try to match Nurse in aggression.
Hoping to see Perry slam in some goals.. he takes a lot of beatings and I wish him the best to ring up some points for his sacrifices…. same for Kane ..two guys who really lay it all out on every shift
I think Chris needs to work with the team a little more We did alright you guys we just need to fit Wednesday series and remove on
Thank Kris for switching to Pickard in net. OMG ! I wish Pickard could be in net for the whole series against the Canucks. Then after put Skinner back in net if Oilers make it to the 3 round.
Knoblauch said Leon put the line together. I don't think a coach should publicly admit something like that, and keep that sort of thing behind the doors.
Oilers need confidence in their D zone.
If Derek Ryan didnāt take that faceofff then we wouldnāt have to fight to break that tie
Having two relevant lines is important. Superstars make others around them better and 97 and 29 dont really make each other better 5 on 5. Kane, RNH, and Holloway are all much more relevent when they are playing with one of them.
Oilers won't make it past this round šššš