Sorry but Woody was outcoached the entire second round. Campbell should have played game 5 at the very least. Yamamoto should have been glued to the bench. Kostin and Forgele deserved way more minutes than they were given. This is all you J
Skinner this, Skinner that! blah blah blah! stop blaming Skinner for our failures. I think it's better to give the rookie a taste of failure. Screw that blame Skinner! Campbell next time!
So if we started Campbell in game six and lost we would all say "why didn't you start skinner" We simply got out played five in five and we didn't defend our house. We'll be back next year
This certainly isn’t the only thing that Jay does RAW. I have seen his work on certain illicit websites, and I can say that this man is an utter SAVAGE. Guy’s got a freakin HOG.
Jay, trade secrets in developing the potential of hockey players. I have an though and idea that will improve each play and over all the team. Contact me and lets get started.
Buncha morons in the comments talking down to a coach who has a job you will never get close to. Greatest player on earth says he's the best coach he's ever had. Was Woody perfect? Nope. But if you're blaming Woody for the elimination, you're only telling on yourself. To quote the late great Apollo Creed, "Be a thinker, not a stinker."
ALL year long we had 2 specific players failing. Yammamoto and Ceci. Game after game after game… failure. But the team was outscoring their ineffectiveness. It's up to the Coach to recognize these players floundering. And what did we see Woodcroft do to fix their ineffectiveness in their positions? NOthing! Absolutely nothing. No attempts to try a different player combination. He ran Yammo in the top 6 and Ceci with Nurse right until the final game. That was a failure on his part. Only he can say why? But I will put at least 25% of the blame on Holland who did nothing ALL year long to remedy the situation. Both Coach and GM failed in this regard and it cost them the playoffs.
It's easy why this year's loss hurt more. Last year they got swept 4-0 in the WCF… easy to swallow when you had 5% chance to win the series. However when you lose 2-4 and you were minutes away away from winning at least 1 game and go to a potential game 7, it hurts.
Coach you need to trash the man on man in the Dzone and go to a more conventional box coverage, like the successful teams do ie Vegas/ LA. And give the top 6 the freedom to be creative in the Ozone and pp! Also, quit making the top 6 players kill penalties, you exhausted Connor Leon by doing so. The bottom 6 are quite capable of doing a good job on the PK..Learn to trust them! .Dont complicate things too much!
I think Jay is very well spoken and understands the game, it’s just unfortunate maybe he couldn’t sense putting in Campbell to get a different look at the back end during the ebs and flows of a series . Great coach otherwise hope the boys come back strong next season. Enjoy the summer Woody. Can’t believe the non call on the Ekholm high stick. That was an atrocious non call.
Just skate like the 2 win games. Pops everything that moves. They didn’t do a thing in those games. Y can’t he/ they see that? Solutions right to there. If they played like those 2 games. They’d have still playing. LA is the team to beat in the west no one else.
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Sorry but Woody was outcoached the entire second round. Campbell should have played game 5 at the very least. Yamamoto should have been glued to the bench. Kostin and Forgele deserved way more minutes than they were given. This is all you J
Jay “ I only stick with one goalie in the playoffs “ Woodcroft
Skinner this, Skinner that! blah blah blah! stop blaming Skinner for our failures. I think it's better to give the rookie a taste of failure. Screw that blame Skinner! Campbell next time!
Campbell should have started game 6,too many pulls for Skinner in playoff games.That should have been a warning sign that he was off his game.
So if we started Campbell in game six and lost we would all say "why didn't you start skinner"
We simply got out played five in five and we didn't defend our house. We'll be back next year
This certainly isn’t the only thing that Jay does RAW. I have seen his work on certain illicit websites, and I can say that this man is an utter SAVAGE. Guy’s got a freakin HOG.
Didn't like how he ran the bench. When playoff adversity came he didn't adapt.
Jay, trade secrets in developing the potential of hockey players. I have an though and idea that will improve each play and over all the team. Contact me and lets get started.
Jay I like you but you dropped the ball that Vegas series should have played Campbell
Buncha morons in the comments talking down to a coach who has a job you will never get close to. Greatest player on earth says he's the best coach he's ever had. Was Woody perfect? Nope. But if you're blaming Woody for the elimination, you're only telling on yourself. To quote the late great Apollo Creed, "Be a thinker, not a stinker."
No good hockey left. I was so into oilers games, Good luck to the teams that idc about.
I think jay should stay with the oilers he is a great coach
Good luck catching the Seattle Kraken next year.
Losing is a disease.
ALL year long we had 2 specific players failing. Yammamoto and Ceci. Game after game after game… failure. But the team was outscoring their ineffectiveness. It's up to the Coach to recognize these players floundering. And what did we see Woodcroft do to fix their ineffectiveness in their positions? NOthing! Absolutely nothing. No attempts to try a different player combination. He ran Yammo in the top 6 and Ceci with Nurse right until the final game. That was a failure on his part. Only he can say why? But I will put at least 25% of the blame on Holland who did nothing ALL year long to remedy the situation. Both Coach and GM failed in this regard and it cost them the playoffs.
Completely out coached by Cassidy in the series.
It's easy why this year's loss hurt more.
Last year they got swept 4-0 in the WCF… easy to swallow when you had 5% chance to win the series.
However when you lose 2-4 and you were minutes away away from winning at least 1 game and go to a potential game 7, it hurts.
21 minutes of cliches with no real answers.
Jay what hell. Why u played skinner game 6. Wow Campbell should have played. U guys be in next round wow. Now happy with u.
They had so many Ghost passes these play-offs i lost track.. don't just throw the puck away fellas..
I hope both Skinner & Soup play there best next year and our D helps them more as well…
Not sure if Jay is the guy. He seems a bit stubborn and set in his ways to win. Have to be more open to taking calculated risk and changing things up
His positivity is infectious. He's good for this team.
Last year was Smith. This year was Skinner. What is with him and goaltenders?
Coach you need to trash the man on man in the Dzone and go to a more conventional box coverage, like the successful teams do ie Vegas/ LA. And give the top 6 the freedom to be creative in the Ozone and pp! Also, quit making the top 6 players kill penalties, you exhausted Connor Leon by doing so. The bottom 6 are quite capable of doing a good job on the PK..Learn to trust them!
.Dont complicate things too much!
Jay made a mistake by playing Skinner, period.
Klim Kostin played 3.30min game 5 and 3.50min in game 6. WTF??
Everyone saying Campbell should have been put in, you all have a short memory. There’s no guarantee Campbell would have saved our season.
Not only that the team in front of skinner should take some of the blame defensively.
I'm already excited for next year.
If Oilers just would target a AAA goaltender and size up on their defense they would be near unstoppable.
I think Jay is very well spoken and understands the game, it’s just unfortunate maybe he couldn’t sense putting in Campbell to get a different look at the back end during the ebs and flows of a series . Great coach otherwise hope the boys come back strong next season. Enjoy the summer Woody. Can’t believe the non call on the Ekholm high stick. That was an atrocious non call.
Jay is good but not great. We got out coach against Vegas
Just skate like the 2 win games. Pops everything that moves. They didn’t do a thing in those games. Y can’t he/ they see that? Solutions right to there. If they played like those 2 games. They’d have still playing. LA is the team to beat in the west no one else.
Do a better job with line match ups and scrap the man to man defensive zone and go to more of a zone defense and profit!