Here’s something to look forward to. Another Garbage Bowl game against the Blackhawks & the other Connor. Seriously… they both suck about the same yet have elite players named Connor. Maybe call it the Connor Bowl instead huh.
Honestly, they need to loosen up and have fun again… they’re so in their own heads right now, and down on themselves, it’s not hard to see how things could be going squirrely…
4 basic truths (these are just a few examples); 1) Changing coaches did not improve the team. 2) The Oilers need a new GM. 3) The Oilers need an overhaul in both their defensive corps and their goaltending. 4) The Oilers need to find a way to get rid of at least one (preferably both) of the contracts belonging to Nurse and Campbell without harming the team. Sigh.
There is no “I” in team ….beyond the woefully inadequate defence …it looks a whole lot of individual efforts …this is not a team willing to play for each other for 60 minutes
They need a legit defenseman. Nurse, bouch aint it. Need someone like Pronger so the top forwards can just focus on doing there part. Drai and Mcd are not good defense players and cant force them to be.
10 years of bad goaltending can't be a coincidence. Schwartz needs to go. Every time he gets his hands on a tender they get worse and worse. Unfortunately being married into the Katz family has made DS untouchable.
Another disaster , zero puck luck and the reffing was beer league at best. Swartz still employed ? I have watched from 1980 and will continue . Soups shutout was luck from the highlights I saw. I keep thinking rebuild if this continues. That said I agree they can come back to make the playoffs. Keep the faith.
In 8 years with McDavid we can’t make a bottom 6 forward group work….ever? Seriously why do we pay our scouting department? Everyone blames Holland, but do you all think he’s making these decisions on his own? Our scouting staff NEEDS a to be cleaned up as well as the goalie coach. I read somewhere that he’s Katz’s nieces husband? Is that true? This is just stupid now, people just standing around. Why do we want to pay Bouchard even more money than he’s making? McLeod deserve this raise? Ryan, Janmark being resigned? So many mistakes this past summer. We could have kept Kostin if we did something better this summer with the money. Connor Brown 4 million dollars? He doesn’t even look involved ever!
Play with urgency one period out of every game. Play that way for three periods they'll win a lot of games. Improve the defense. Improve the goaltending. Not over yet. 4 1/2 months still to go.
Hey down there in New Zealand. A few months ago you didn't like my doubts about Vinnie's foot speed. Actually, I think he's doing okay. Certainly willing to mix it up. We could use a little more of that. By what method do you get the Oilers? Maybe one day the NHL will play a game in your city. Any hockey played down there? I know, gotta say it. Team name will be the Kiwis. Oiler fans all over the world unite!! I know a guy in Paraguay but can't get him interested in hockey. He prefers to ride his horse in the Chaco and go dancing with his wife.
Yes the refs sucked When this team plays desperate hockey they dominate play but unfortunately they don’t decide to play this way until the game is already over and unfortunately the season is now over.
Hey Patrick, it must be tough to keep up the enthusiasm to do these. We appreciate your efforts though dude, keep going. Good times pass but then so do the bad. It’s tough waking up to these results or worse, staying up until 3am watching (I’m in the UK) and seeing such inconsistent play. It’s good to listen to these each day so keep them coming 👍🏻
Long post follows with base game statistics including some for the Carolina Hurricanes. Read, don't read, up to you. These are BASE stats not detailed ones provided to give a foundation.
Statistics for Edmonton Oilers at Carolina Hurricanes November 22th, 2023
Edmonton:
Hyman 2 Goals (1 on PP)
Ekholm 1 Goal (Shortie)
Draisaitl 1 Primary Assist (on PP Goal)
Bouchard 1 Secondary Assist (on PP Goal)
McLeod 1 Primary Assist (on Shortie)
Foegele 1 Secondary Assist (on Shortie)
McDavid 1 Primary Assist
Nuge 1 Secondary Assist
Skinner 8 Saves on 12 Shots = .667 Save Percentage (pulled in under 20 minutes for obvious reasons)
Pickard 13 Saves on 14 Shots = .929 Save Percentage (great job in relief)
Hurricanes:
Fast 1 Goal
Drury 1 Goal
Teravainen 1 Goal, 1 Primary Assist
Jarvis 1 Goal, 1 Secondary Assist
Necas 1 Goal
Burns 1 Goal (Empty Netter)
Chatfield 2 Secondary Assists
Martinook 1 Primary Assist
Bunting 1 Primary Assist
Aho 1 Primary Assist
Svechnikov 1 Primary Assist
Skjei 1 Secondary Assist
Staal 1 Primary Assist (Empty Netter)
Slavin 1 Secondary Assist (Empty Netter)
Kochetkov 13 Saves on 15 Shots = .867 Save Percentage (played 40)
Raanta 7 Saves on 8 Shots = .875 Save Percentage (played 20)
Stu stunk and got yanked with not even 20 minutes played. Pickard came in and did great (only let in 1 on all of the shots he'd faced but damage done on Stu's watch). McDavid won ONE faceoff all night. Thankfully Nuge and Leon made up for it but still it's like his reflexes are off. Coach Knoblauch went 11-7 and doesn't do it well. Offense playing defense was, what's worse that pitiful, oh I know, DEAD. They couldn't pick up an assignment if their lives depended on it. D didn't do any better. It took less than 5 minutes for Carolina to score 4 goals. The Oilers were still napping until Hyman got a PP goal (we haven't seen a PP goal in some time so yeah, lets cheer for that (sigh)).
I couldn't listen or watch the game or even catch highlights. Sorry folks but my medical reality strikes again. Hope there was something good that came out of this game because all I see is another Oilers loss and another game they have to make up to even see 500 again. Take care all
G'day Patrick…love your show. Maybe, perhaps, possibly the Good Ol' Boys Club of fathers, sons, brothers, friends and close associates isn't the right formula to build a winning Management Team. It's time some tough love and it needs to start now. How should these people be measured? It's seems to me it should the same metric used on the Coaches that come and go here. By the way how has the new one worked out? The previous coach WAS good enough, but GM's and the sons/brothers/friends in the Ivory Towers are not held accountable!! It's should be embarrassing that Holland has another Holland and Gretzky as AGM. It's the same for Jackson in his position…he's McDavid's Agent??? Is this a ploy to keep on or with the Franchise? And what is Nichol doing, what has he done? How are these people measured? I don't think they are! If the Owner was responsible, every year he would conduct an audit and evaluate what these people have done to make the Team better. This Organization has been rewa4ded OFTEN for their failure with high draft positions and what's become of it? They've squandered the time with the best hockey player I've ever seen. What have the Jacksons, Gretzkys, Hollands, Nicholson, Coffees etc accomplished? How "special" has the advice been from the Special Avisors? The Oilers currently sut 230th I a 32 Team League and sport a .306 winning percentage. This should be humiliating, should be unacceptable and drastic measures should be taken. Oiler fans should not put up with this Organization built on nepotism. From top to bottom is laughable.
Patrick, Oilers fam down here in Alabama, Nick Saban talks about Bama listening to all the Rat Poison. You think all the "cup or bust" and preseason talk has been rat poison? I watch every game, listen to Bob, you and Patrick and get fired up but puck drop begins the let down. I still feel the Oilers will go on a run. It's painful watching the looks on their faces. Last night in Carolina, they seemed slower. Carolina sticks were everywhere knocking pucks off our passes. Refs did try to even things in the 3rd, calling a few on the 'Canes. And as far as the need to bring in someone with leadership…..that can backfire as we have veterans with leadership. It would be a huge slap in the face to 99,29,91 and 93. I'd say briing in a goalie even if it means trading some big names. Hang in there. Go Oilers and Roll Tide
trying to muster an ounce of sympathy for the Oilers but then I am reminded of the overwhelming numbers of Oiler fans arrogance pre-season, commenting that the Flame's line-up should compete in the junior leagues, the AHL, or their sons' teams were greater than the Flames. Ah… let them eat crow a while longer, then perhaps some begrudging sympathy will eke out
Is anyone here capable of an honest discussion?? Can anyone give an honest answer why McD & Leon should stay in Edm for 1-2 more yrs?? This team never protects them. The risk of serious injury is all they have to look forward to.
The honest topic now is where will they choose to go this year. Has to be a team with deep goaltending because the Oilers will get one of them in a trade. Nashville?? Boston maybe?? And it has to be a team with a lot of young talent because they’ll have to give a lot of it up to get McD and/or Leon. Which team is deep in goaltending with plenty of youth & is ready to win now??
Every mistake and lazy back-check by Bouchard is not held to account. All the players except Ryan and Hyman are doing doing the same now. (cheating for offense). Please just start Pickard next game. Skinner is playing worse than Campbell.
They were "all over" a superior team that had a 5-1 lead. The Oilers are 0-10 against good teams this season. They're done. Beating up on the Kraken a couple games doesn't make the oilers non-garbage.
Not sure how you’re gonna do it, it would prolly take a 17 way trade amongst the league but trade the f outta nurse. Package him up with Bouchard and a top 6.
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Here’s something to look forward to. Another Garbage Bowl game against the Blackhawks & the other Connor. Seriously… they both suck about the same yet have elite players named Connor. Maybe call it the Connor Bowl instead huh.
Honestly, they need to loosen up and have fun again… they’re so in their own heads right now, and down on themselves, it’s not hard to see how things could be going squirrely…
You keep saying “this team can do so much more” that was last years team bud give it up, ITS OVER! Oilers suck lol
Whomever lifts the cup this year. This is going down either as the best or worst season in franchise history.
Campbell isn’t an NHL goalie.
Need 2 d.
Need 2 bottom 6 forwards.
Need a goalie.
Need McDavid shut down until healthy.
Need Drai to buy in
Need Kostin to galvanize this team
They are never good in afternoon games so don’t get your hopes up.
It was too late a week ago…
This is not a good team.
They’re not changing their stripes.
4 basic truths (these are just a few examples); 1) Changing coaches did not improve the team. 2) The Oilers need a new GM. 3) The Oilers need an overhaul in both their defensive corps and their goaltending. 4) The Oilers need to find a way to get rid of at least one (preferably both) of the contracts belonging to Nurse and Campbell without harming the team. Sigh.
What if mcdavid and draisatl are purposely trying to get traded?
Saying cup or bust is a hex from the get go
Cup or bust I say bust playoffs is done Jeff Jackson was the worse think Oilers brought in skinner is no starter coach is done time to clean house
Yammy and Bjugstad and Kostin were the ones to keep
I bet Henry must be so pissed off at the moment.
#FIREHOLLAND
There is no “I” in team ….beyond the woefully inadequate defence …it looks a whole lot of individual efforts …this is not a team willing to play for each other for 60 minutes
yeah maybe these humiliations will get Jackson clued in we need a 1a goalie and some defensemen that only wanna be a shut down D
TOTAL JOKE. THIS DEFENSIVE SYSTEM IS AWFUL FOR THIS GROUP OF PLAYERS. TIME TO STOP THIS STUPIDITY THAT DOESNT WORK FOR THIS TEAM
They need a legit defenseman. Nurse, bouch aint it. Need someone like Pronger so the top forwards can just focus on doing there part. Drai and Mcd are not good defense players and cant force them to be.
10 years of bad goaltending can't be a coincidence. Schwartz needs to go. Every time he gets his hands on a tender they get worse and worse. Unfortunately being married into the Katz family has made DS untouchable.
Kent Holland nurse get pay more than Leon that is the problem.
you guys know we (the hockey world) are loving this.
Screw this team anyways lmao..I'm done allowing these loosers affect my daily life 😅
Another disaster , zero puck luck and the reffing was beer league at best. Swartz still employed ? I have watched from 1980 and will continue . Soups shutout was luck from the highlights I saw. I keep thinking rebuild if this continues. That said I agree they can come back to make the playoffs. Keep the faith.
This season has exhausted me and we're not even 1/4 through it.
In 8 years with McDavid we can’t make a bottom 6 forward group work….ever? Seriously why do we pay our scouting department? Everyone blames Holland, but do you all think he’s making these decisions on his own? Our scouting staff NEEDS a to be cleaned up as well as the goalie coach. I read somewhere that he’s Katz’s nieces husband? Is that true? This is just stupid now, people just standing around. Why do we want to pay Bouchard even more money than he’s making? McLeod deserve this raise? Ryan, Janmark being resigned? So many mistakes this past summer. We could have kept Kostin if we did something better this summer with the money. Connor Brown 4 million dollars? He doesn’t even look involved ever!
Can someone tell me why Bouchard is playing as much as he is? Guy should be playing 15-18 minutes a game max.
He’s like a Ghostisbehere. Great offensive D man but BRUTAL on D. Should be a 3rd pairing PP specialist and that’s it.
Also firing woodcroft was a joke.
Their D can't d, their goalies can't make a stop and their forwards don't back-check past their own blueline. Nuff said.
Pickard played well anyways. How long before Schwartz's stank ruins him too?
Play with urgency one period out of every game. Play that way for three periods they'll win a lot of games. Improve the defense. Improve the goaltending. Not over yet. 4 1/2 months still to go.
Hey down there in New Zealand. A few months ago you didn't like my doubts about Vinnie's foot speed. Actually, I think he's doing okay. Certainly willing to mix it up. We could use a little more of that. By what method do you get the Oilers? Maybe one day the NHL will play a game in your city. Any hockey played down there? I know, gotta say it. Team name will be the Kiwis. Oiler fans all over the world unite!! I know a guy in Paraguay but can't get him interested in hockey. He prefers to ride his horse in the Chaco and go dancing with his wife.
Yes the refs sucked
When this team plays desperate hockey they dominate play but unfortunately they don’t decide to play this way until the game is already over and unfortunately the season is now over.
Hey Patrick, it must be tough to keep up the enthusiasm to do these. We appreciate your efforts though dude, keep going. Good times pass but then so do the bad. It’s tough waking up to these results or worse, staying up until 3am watching (I’m in the UK) and seeing such inconsistent play. It’s good to listen to these each day so keep them coming 👍🏻
Trade: Mitch Marner, Nic Roberston, Ilya Samsonov, a first round pick and second round pick for Connor McDavid.
Come home, Connor.
Just an idea.
My PTSD from the decade of darkness is creeping back. Work ethic has always been our problem
Oilers will loose Friday they are even worse in afternoon games
Long post follows with base game statistics including some for the Carolina Hurricanes. Read, don't read, up to you. These are BASE stats not detailed ones provided to give a foundation.
Statistics for Edmonton Oilers at Carolina Hurricanes November 22th, 2023
Edmonton:
Hyman 2 Goals (1 on PP)
Ekholm 1 Goal (Shortie)
Draisaitl 1 Primary Assist (on PP Goal)
Bouchard 1 Secondary Assist (on PP Goal)
McLeod 1 Primary Assist (on Shortie)
Foegele 1 Secondary Assist (on Shortie)
McDavid 1 Primary Assist
Nuge 1 Secondary Assist
Skinner 8 Saves on 12 Shots = .667 Save Percentage (pulled in under 20 minutes for obvious reasons)
Pickard 13 Saves on 14 Shots = .929 Save Percentage (great job in relief)
Hurricanes:
Fast 1 Goal
Drury 1 Goal
Teravainen 1 Goal, 1 Primary Assist
Jarvis 1 Goal, 1 Secondary Assist
Necas 1 Goal
Burns 1 Goal (Empty Netter)
Chatfield 2 Secondary Assists
Martinook 1 Primary Assist
Bunting 1 Primary Assist
Aho 1 Primary Assist
Svechnikov 1 Primary Assist
Skjei 1 Secondary Assist
Staal 1 Primary Assist (Empty Netter)
Slavin 1 Secondary Assist (Empty Netter)
Kochetkov 13 Saves on 15 Shots = .867 Save Percentage (played 40)
Raanta 7 Saves on 8 Shots = .875 Save Percentage (played 20)
Oilers Hurricanes
Shots on Goal 23 27
Hits 9 12
Faceoffs Won 32 25
PP 1/4 0/5
Giveaways 12 11
Takeaways 7 9
Blocked Shots 19 18
3 Stars: 3-Chatfield (2 assists), 2-Teravainen (1 goal, 1 Assist), 1-Jarvis (1 goal, 1 Assist)
Player TOI SOG +/- PIM Hits Blocks Giveaways Takeaways
Ekholm 22:31 2 1 0 3 0 1 0
Bouchard 21:32 3 -1 2 0 3 2 0
Nurse 20:53 0 -1 0 0 2 0 0
Desharnais 16:49 0 -1 0 1 1 1 0
Kulak 16:05 0 -3 0 0 4 0 0
Ceci 15:07 1 -1 0 0 1 0 0
Broberg 5:17 0 -1 0 0 0 0 1
Hyman 20:22 5 0 2 1 0 0 0
Draisaitl 19:48 2 -4 0 0 1 1 3
McDavid 19:40 1 -3 2 0 3 1 0
Kane 19:07 2 -2 0 1 0 0 0
Nuge 19:04 1 0 2 0 0 2 1
Brown 15:52 2 -2 0 1 1 0 0
Foegele 15:13 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
McLeod 13:58 2 0 0 0 0 3 1
Ryan 11:04 1 -1 0 0 0 1 0
Janmark 11:00 0 -2 0 0 1 0 0
Hamblin 7:33 0 -1 0 0 0 0 1
Oilers Faceoff Breakdown:
Won Lost Percent
Nuge 10 4 71.4
Draisaitl 9 6 60.0
McLeod 4 4 50.0
Hamblin 4 2 66.7
Ryan 2 1 66.7
McDavid 1 8 11.1
Hyman 1 0 100.0
Foegele 1 0 100.0
Stu stunk and got yanked with not even 20 minutes played. Pickard came in and did great (only let in 1 on all of the shots he'd faced but damage done on Stu's watch). McDavid won ONE faceoff all night. Thankfully Nuge and Leon made up for it but still it's like his reflexes are off. Coach Knoblauch went 11-7 and doesn't do it well. Offense playing defense was, what's worse that pitiful, oh I know, DEAD. They couldn't pick up an assignment if their lives depended on it. D didn't do any better. It took less than 5 minutes for Carolina to score 4 goals. The Oilers were still napping until Hyman got a PP goal (we haven't seen a PP goal in some time so yeah, lets cheer for that (sigh)).
I couldn't listen or watch the game or even catch highlights. Sorry folks but my medical reality strikes again. Hope there was something good that came out of this game because all I see is another Oilers loss and another game they have to make up to even see 500 again. Take care all
It's time for a new coach. How long do we stick with this guy.
G'day Patrick…love your show. Maybe, perhaps, possibly the Good Ol' Boys Club of fathers, sons, brothers, friends and close associates isn't the right formula to build a winning Management Team. It's time some tough love and it needs to start now. How should these people be measured? It's seems to me it should the same metric used on the Coaches that come and go here. By the way how has the new one worked out? The previous coach WAS good enough, but GM's and the sons/brothers/friends in the Ivory Towers are not held accountable!! It's should be embarrassing that Holland has another Holland and Gretzky as AGM. It's the same for Jackson in his position…he's McDavid's Agent??? Is this a ploy to keep on or with the Franchise? And what is Nichol doing, what has he done? How are these people measured? I don't think they are! If the Owner was responsible, every year he would conduct an audit and evaluate what these people have done to make the Team better. This Organization has been rewa4ded OFTEN for their failure with high draft positions and what's become of it? They've squandered the time with the best hockey player I've ever seen. What have the Jacksons, Gretzkys, Hollands, Nicholson, Coffees etc accomplished? How "special" has the advice been from the Special Avisors? The Oilers currently sut 230th I a 32 Team League and sport a .306 winning percentage. This should be humiliating, should be unacceptable and drastic measures should be taken. Oiler fans should not put up with this Organization built on nepotism. From top to bottom is laughable.
Draisaitl shows zero commitment to team defence. He was minus 4. He is a terrible leader. And so is McDavid.
Patrick, Oilers fam down here in Alabama, Nick Saban talks about Bama listening to all the Rat Poison. You think all the "cup or bust" and preseason talk has been rat poison? I watch every game, listen to Bob, you and Patrick and get fired up but puck drop begins the let down. I still feel the Oilers will go on a run. It's painful watching the looks on their faces. Last night in Carolina, they seemed slower. Carolina sticks were everywhere knocking pucks off our passes. Refs did try to even things in the 3rd, calling a few on the 'Canes.
And as far as the need to bring in someone with leadership…..that can backfire as we have veterans with leadership. It would be a huge slap in the face to 99,29,91 and 93. I'd say briing in a goalie even if it means trading some big names.
Hang in there. Go Oilers and Roll Tide
I knew before the game oilers were going to lose. I didn't bother watching.
trying to muster an ounce of sympathy for the Oilers but then I am reminded of the overwhelming numbers of Oiler fans arrogance pre-season, commenting that the Flame's line-up should compete in the junior leagues, the AHL, or their sons' teams were greater than the Flames. Ah… let them eat crow a while longer, then perhaps some begrudging sympathy will eke out
Hey man….not an oilers fan but love how you cover the oilers… you arent judgmental, overreacting like many sites…what do you think will fix this tram?
The Oilers are a really good 15 min team
Is anyone here capable of an honest discussion?? Can anyone give an honest answer why McD & Leon should stay in Edm for 1-2 more yrs?? This team never protects them. The risk of serious injury is all they have to look forward to.
The honest topic now is where will they choose to go this year. Has to be a team with deep goaltending because the Oilers will get one of them in a trade. Nashville?? Boston maybe?? And it has to be a team with a lot of young talent because they’ll have to give a lot of it up to get McD and/or Leon. Which team is deep in goaltending with plenty of youth & is ready to win now??
Every mistake and lazy back-check by Bouchard is not held to account. All the players except Ryan and Hyman are doing doing the same now. (cheating for offense). Please just start Pickard next game. Skinner is playing worse than Campbell.
They were "all over" a superior team that had a 5-1 lead. The Oilers are 0-10 against good teams this season. They're done. Beating up on the Kraken a couple games doesn't make the oilers non-garbage.
Not sure how you’re gonna do it, it would prolly take a 17 way trade amongst the league but trade the f outta nurse. Package him up with Bouchard and a top 6.
There's a couple of winnable games coming up now. The Oilers better make those count.
Pickard should be given the start next game.
Also, fire the coach every second game for an infinite winning streak!
BTW You could really have used Adam Larsson right now.