Keirik

Feels like I’m always ahead

Stromer!

Don’t hold your breath

Where are you playing Miller lol

Hey look, a good draft pick

Alright. Wife and sister are gone. Dinner was eaten. House is quiet. This is perfect lol

Lol hi!

You’re sassy lately with me lol

Well like I said, off the top of my head those were just two. I’m sure there are more. I know we now know they weren’t top prospects but in that same JT Miller trade, we did get two 1st round picks in Howden and Namestnikov who was a 24 year old former 1st rounder that had 20 goals. Plus Hajek was a 2nd rounder. I’ll concede the point because I can’t really think of too many.

That first link I believe is league stats, not Oilers. They didn’t make the playoffs every year in those stats. 17/18 and 18/19 they def didn’t make the playoffs.

Yeah I don’t know about powerplays being lower in the playoffs. There are stats that show otherwise. Here’s an article from oilers nation that contradicts whistles being put away. It’s from last year but it gets the point across. YEAR PP/GP REG PP/GP PLAYOFFS 2015 3.06 2.92 2016 3.11 3.27 2017 2.99 3.12 2018 3.04 3.23 2019 2.92 3.16 2020 2.97 3.51 https://oilersnation.com/2021/05/13/playoff-preview-do-refs-put-whistles-away-in-nhl-playoffs/ There is also this article about the Caps specifically. In each of the past four postseasons, the Caps have actually had more power play opportunities per game in the playoffs than they had in the regular season: 2021: 2.73 power plays per game in the regular season, 4.20 power plays per game in the playoffs 2019-20: 3.13 in the regular season, 3.50 in the playoffs 2018-19: 2.88 in the regular season, 3.43 in the playoffs 2017-18: 2.98 in the regular season, 3.13 in the playoffs As for trades, I’m not going to go crazy looking up everything but one that comes to mind we’re the Caps trading Forsberg to Nashville for Martin Erat. I can also remember us trading away JT Miller.

You know, I haven’t done my next…..the last couple of games

Lol, sicko!

Norm Maciver for trivia

Perfect start time to me. Sister in law is coming over for dinner at 4 then at 5 wife and sister are going out to a paint class. House to myself with the Rangers on. Oildnt ask for more.

Well, it hasnt seemed to affect him yet in terms of the opponent. I’m not saying it’s ideal but teams have has a fun with their goalie being the end all be all. The Tim Thomas cup year comes to mind. The Lundqvist cup run comes to mind. Hell with Lundqvist’s team they didn’t even have a guy in double digit goals through the playoffs. They had spread out contributions and Hank had to be super Hank. Sucks we didn’t win but I’d take that run this year after the Quinn years. There are powerplays in the playoffs. There will be chances for this team. It’ll just be a case of finding out who steps up, who elevates their game, and who clearly can’t handle the bigger moment. In terms of cleaning the cupboards. We keep throwing out names like Chytil, Lundkvist, and Kravtsov. Only Kravtsov has value really and it’s not even that much. Teams are going to be asking for Schneider, Miller, Othmann and 1sts. No way I deal Schneider. I don’t even want to deal Miller either. We need these guys to not just fill out the roster but be players, learn what it takes to win, and be part of this club because cap wise we can’t exactly afford another meaty contract after this current year without retention. The rumored price for a guy like JT Miller is astronomical. Look, this all started with the idea that the way they are, it’s a guarantee they won’t go far in the playoffs and I started saying that’s impossible to know when you have a goalie the plays on a .940 clip. It’s not on accident they are where they are. The roster that is playing tonight is the roster that needs to learn how to produce at 5 v 5 because it’s the only one they can afford to put out there after this season.

I suppose we will see. I'm simply saying thar our game breaker is our goalie. He will keep us in games and will steal some. We also gave big money tied up in guys we are stuck with. Might as well see if they step up or learn what it will take to win in the playoffs. We can't trade every prospect for rentals and clean the cupboard just for this run because we need some of those cost controlled contracts to give us an impact fir a few more years until the cap goes up or ntc expire. Id likei not be a one and fine team in terms of making the playoffs because we put all the eggs into winning in our first year ever making the playoffs with this group. It's not a recipe for success usually.

Leafs shoring up their team by getting a guy with 20 points in a two year span of the prime of his career. Yup, that’ll get ‘em over the hump.

Negative. Not with some retention. Feel bad for the dude. He seems to be built for a king sized meal and instead he’s eating happy meals

As I sit here watching Calgary vs Seattle I wonder why the Kraken havent pulled Yanni out of the lineup to be safe

Hard stop. I’m not all over the place. I’m consistent. I don’t think it’s the end of the world that our best player is a game breaker and the best goalie in the world. He gives us a chance to win basically every single night. I think you are all over the place. One post there’s an excuse why we beat Boston then when you’re shown we beat them another time so you switch to Florida until you were reminded we also beat them and did so without our Norris winner in the lineup. Now you’re saying you’re talking solely Tampa. The defending Stanley Cup Champions. We beat them as well, but I guess it only counts if we beat them and Vasy stands on his head in the process and Shesty throws up a stinker. I’ve made my points multiple times as well. Vasy is an incredible goaltender. He’s also only a .911 goalie against us in 8 career games despite being a career .924 goalie. I don’t know what would happen if we play Tampa in a 7 game series. I’d sure like to find out though since the game is played out on the ice and not on paper though.

For Bob quite often in the playoffs. For Toronto? Who knows. They find a thousand ways to choke but Andersen has been good.. For Carolina? Not as likely. For Pitt? Jarry is a career .894 in 8 starts in the playoffs thus far. For Washington? I don’t know who the eff their goalie is it neither Samsonov or Vanacek have much playoff experience and what they have is horrid. Sorry. I’d do more teams but there aren’t any more with points near us in our conference. and again, so what if we rely more on our goalie. That’s fine for the playoffs. There’s nothing crazy about me disagreeing with you. We both have opinions. The playoffs have not played out yet, so until then, it’s just an opinion. I’ll never fully count out a team with the best goalie in the world.

RIP cat

In the playoffs? Bob stinks in the playoffs. Career under .900% so I don’t know how many times. Bob also has a career .908% against us specifically in 25 games. I just don’t get the logic. So Bob is a .920 goalie and we will ignore how he turns into a pumpkin coke playoff time. Well then Igor is a .938 goalie. He was a .932 goalie as a rookie. He was a .930 goalie in Hartford. He was a .930-.950 goalie in Russia. It’s not like this isn’t who he is. He’s not playing one year lights out and average every other year. As for Vasy. I also don’t understand what the point is. So when we beat an elite goalie it’s met with. “ how often do you think k you are going to beat an elite goalie” Then if we win it’s because Igor stood on his head and how often can we depend on Igor to stand on his head. Swayman had a .971% the other and we won. Quick had a .933% in late Jan and we won. We lit up Campbell before the break who has a .924% for the year. We are winning some games even when goalies also are standing on their head. We are lighting up some goalies that are having good years or have cups under their belt. They aren’t a perfect team. They rely on their best players to be their best players. It’s a formula that’s been used many many many times to varying degrees of success. There are powerplays in the postseason. There are even up calls for 4 v 4 with more open ice. We have a young team that is taking the first steps into that upper echelon of the league and we are learning on the fly while being a top team record wise in the league. Fuck, sign me up for that after the last 3 years. And we are doing this while our first and second overall talents still have a fuck ton more to give.

It’s hard to tell if we have anyone that can yet. There are so many guys that need playoff experience on this roster before we can figure this stuff out. I agree that a 28 year old ld Rooney with zero playoff games under his bel5 pales in comparison to a 33 or so season vet in Dominic Moore. There is only one way to tell though. Someone has to step up and you never know who’s it’s going to be come playoff time. Remember when Brian Boyle thought he was an elite power forward against Ottawa during the playoffs in like 2012 maybe? Remember when Nash forgot how to score in most postseasons? Lol. These are the kinds of things we need to find out. We can make some smart upgrades but I’m not selling all of our top talents and futures just to nab rentals that can never remain here. I’ll do it if it’s a guy that is going to be a piece for next year or more, but not to be held ransom just to get a player for 6 weeks or so. I want to win but I see this team as having a lot better pieces than we give credit for. The results are there but just not how we get to them. There are however, games that show me the capabilities are there. We didn’t crumble when we lost Fox for 5 or so games. We didn’t roll but we didn’t die on the vine either. We have some of those games where we beat good teams. We have games where we don’t of course, but the foundation is there in my mind. Plus with how heavy we are with 5 or 6 contracts that will all be here until 24/25 at the earliest, we are going to need cost effective production and experience through playing big games whether we like it or not.