On lies, damned lies, and playoff lies.
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Connor McDavid wants you to know a few things about his Oilers.
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Hutson arrives, Kane speaks, and we run down the injury list.
Get yer Gameday Notebook here!
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Oilers are getting adept at patching wins together with whomever shows up at the rink.
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There are games the Oilers can win without McDrai.
This was not one of those.
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Oilers practice today: No McDavid, S. Skinner, Ekholm or Klingberg.
Otherwise full practice. Likely no skate tmw as team flies to Vegas.
Pickard starts in Vegas. Rodrigue, we suspect, could get San Jose on Thursday, his 1st NHL start.
Draisaitl saves the day. (And the sports writer’s copy.)
On another 50-goal, 100-point season by a player whose numbers portend one of the game’s all-time greats - and he’s only halfway done.
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As a Canadian struggling with America right now, @cbssundaymorning.bsky.social is a warm and welcome reminder of the decency that remains, despite the fascism.
Keep the embers alive.
McDavid scores on first (and only) shot on goal of the game.
Ahem...
Three assists for Nugent-Hopkins, and Skinner is the best goalie on the ice at MSG with 21 saves, as Oilers go home at 2-2 on this trip.
Strong defensive game, excellent goaltending. If the offence can find itself, EDM could be in the process of finding a game that wins.
McDavid with 14:16 of ice time, his usual share of possession, and a few nice looks.
Not a single shot attempt from the Oilers captain however, who could use some of Lou DeBrusk's "shooter mentality."
Every player has a ‘tell’ in their game when they are struggling.
For Connor McDavid, he turns everything into 5D chess.
Some simplify. The more 97 struggles, the more impossible plays he attempts.
Just an observation.
This might be the most important 1-0 game the Oilers have ever played at the home of the Islanders.
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Oilers with an excellent start but can't solve Sorokin.
Watching to see how long the coach can resist moving away from his lines.
Kris Knoblauch has gone where all Oilers coaches go, eventually.
Playing 97 and 29 all night, while everyone else sits and watches.
I hasn’t worked. It won’t work. It isn’t working.
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This is the 4th line turnover Knoblauch called "the turning point." That's Jones giving it away.
But it's inside the NJ zone, 5 Oilers behind the puck.
Could he have got it deep? Sure.
But it did not give NJ transition
Knoblauch will likely change his view when he sees the video tmw.
Plenty of passengers in Oilers lineup tonight.
A bunch of guys just along for the ride.
What we (think we) know about the Oilers performance, playoff opponents.
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I think it’s time to migrate over. Cheers.
It’s a Bluebird day at Marmot Basin, with a nice temp inversion that makes its warm up top.
New Knob chair? 👍👍👍
Connor McDavid just wants what we all want. A rule book worth the paper it’s printed on.
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It was a Statement Game in Edmonton.
One was somewhat whiny and needless, the other bold but fruitless.
On a loss to the mighty Capitals.
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How well is Edmonton playing right now?
The Oilers can beat you 1-0 or 5-3, at home or on the road. With Pickard or Skinner in goal.
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Edmonton is finding its way, and just on time with a month of home games coming up.
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If Hyman is back tmw v. CBJ, I'm also moving Jeff Skinner back into the Top 6.
He's played well in a depth role, earned a chance up top.
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Podkolzin Draisaitl Skinner
Janmark Henrique Brown
Kapanen Ryan Perry
Yup, starting to feel effects of having 3 Top 6 wingers out. The Browns and Podkolzins can carry you so far, but missing Hyman, Arvidsson and Kane.
