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MikeyD

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  1. I find it weird how our forwards on the pk always cut off the pass down the wall from point first instead of the middle of the ice. Just seems like a really stupid angle to take. If anything you want to force the pass down the wall because they're harder to control and easier to turnover. Stupid lack of fundamentals is why our pk sucks.
  2. Thank God Cheech has his new rulebook! He's been using the one from 1973 for way too long!
  3. Elite playmaker and an elite turnover machine. Just depends on the night. Fortunately for us, most times it's the former lol.
  4. From that angle looks like Hart lost track of the puck. Didn't even react.
  5. Yeah I honestly don't understand why the NHL allowed that amount to even be considered for negotiation. They get crapped on by the players for not looking out for their alumni and then they allow the smallest of fines which I believe accumulates this money for these types of purposes.
  6. I see your point. I feel like the team needs to outscore as well which is why I propose Boeser and Horvat play together so they don't drag down another scoring line lol.
  7. Probably wouldn't have been the only net positive line if they took away the forechecking from Hoglander on that line though. The only replacement would be Podz. Nobody else could fill the role of the speedy forechecker there. Easy to ignore how good he was from a defensive standpoint on that line because he missed a couple shots. Edit: it's stupid to break up a line that held the Oilers to 2 shots all game despite the team being outplayed for 40 minutes.
  8. Honestly their powerplay is perfectly fine for the set up and tactics. What sucks for their powerplay is when they kill it because they don't move their skates or the puck faster than a beer league team would.
  9. Nurse only received a 5k fine. Awesome news. Oilers are gonna continue to play him.
  10. It literally can't get worse with Bo. Half the games he doesn't show up or put in any kind of effort at all despite being capable of being a 1st line player with the skill he possesses. He has a great shot, good foot speed, can hit when he wants to hit but chooses to do these things so sparingly. It's rare you get a firey Bo Horvat game but with Petey you see maximum effort 90% of his games which is what you want in a player. Even when he was at his absolute lowest last year he was still one of the few players actually trying to generate something. He leads by example every game. He backchecks hard every single game. He doesn't give up on plays like Horvat does. We get angry at Jake Virtanen for the efforts he put in but Bo somehow gets a pass most nights because of this perpetual notion that he's somehow good defensively and is a work horse. The guy can show up in the playoffs and eliminate a team single handedly but can't be bothered to show up to a regular season game 75% of the time. If he wasn't on the powerplay he'd be Tanner Pearson with good faceoff stats.
  11. It's just set plays and lots of practice. Something apparently our pp can't do for some reason. We have 2 looks.
  12. Makar didn't shut McDavid down lol. Why do people keep perpetuating this nonsense? Makar looked brutal defensively in that series to the point of where panels kept highlighting how young he is as a defenseman constantly in that series. He was a minus player in that series despite sweeping the team lol.
  13. Impossible. It's an afternoon game. Impossible for the Canucks to win those.
  14. Honestly having seen that powerplay run so much, the best way to defend it is to lay down on the ice and cover as much ice as possible ala Chris Tanev. You have to eliminate seams and when you're down a man you have to force them through you. Nobody on our pk sprawls out and they use that down low play so much. They throw it low, quick bump to middle and bump out to McDavid so much.
  15. Pettersson led the team in hits from the forward group with 3 hits.
  16. When you get hemmed into your own end for a whole period they better be getting ice time.
  17. Oh my god Anthony on the hit again. Jesus Christ Mannnnnnnnn
  18. And people still crap on Hoglander. There's a reason why they outshot 10-1 and his forechecking was part of that reason.
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