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Takeaways from tonight's #Oilers v Hurricanes:

- Good: It's not 60 min, but the urgency and push is better.

- Good: Skinner with a .917 SV %. Stu won us that game.

- Bad: Defence. Better in the third. But wow, they can't get the puck out of their zone.

Still a win though!

Takeaways from tonight's #Oilers v Columbus

- Good: Urgency seems to be coming back. They almost came back to win

- Bad: I'm not sure how much longer Pickard has with this team. Yes, the defence shares blame, xGA were high. But the actual GA were higher.

This seems to be a pattern over the last few games.

Late Takeaways from tonight's #Oilers v Columbus

Good: McDavid's a miracle worker. Finally the team found life

Bad: Watching a game in person, I can see why the offense struggles. They prefer to pass instead of shooting on goal and they are bad at passing!

But a win is a win!

Early takeaways from #Oilers v Colorado:

- Tonight, the Oilers learned how far they are from being a good team. It's far

- I get the criticisms on Skinner. But blaming Skinner for this game is like complaining about a broken chair leg after your house burned to the ground

Takeaways from tonight's #Oilers v Dallas.
- We didn't even deserve a point. Take it and run.
- Skinner is better this year. Adding Moneypuck's xG chart for tonight. This didn't happen much last year.
- We are giving up far too many grade 'A' chances

Takeaways from tonights #Oilers v Blues

It just seemed like sloppy defence in our own zone tonight. I don't recall any horrid giveaways. Just difficulty clearing the zone, and getting to rebounds

And there seemed to be a lot of rebounds.

Takeaways from tonight's #Oilers v Rangers

- Getting better is never a straight line
- Skinner seems to be regressing

I'm not in the 'Skinner has to go' group. He was good when the team sucked. He's earned some time to find his game. But he needs to improve. The clock is ticking.

At least it's a good 40 minutes, instead of a good 20 minutes.

Getting better, really slowly, but getting better.

Takeaways from tonight's #Oilers and Mammoth:

- Looks like the offense is back! It's been a long time since they had that 5+ goals in a period.

- Skinner still had 'that one goal'. But he was the better goalie tonight. That's all you can ask for.

Also, Sportsnet, be better!

Takeaways from tonight's #Oilers v Canucks game

- Roslovics best game as an Oiler. 1st on Oilers in shots and plus/minus

- Took awhile, but the top guys seemed to find their game.

- Still having trouble getting out of their own zone.

- Pickard needs to improve

It feels like that.

Takeaways from tonight's #Oilers v Kraken

- Shots are higher, but most seemed perimeter shots

- The 3rd period makes me think the Kraken are legit. Textbook shutdown hockey until Nurse's goal

- Can anyone play with McDavid and Draisaitl. I'm not sure Knoblauch thinks so

Takeaways from tonights #Oilers v Ottawa.

- WIN!!!!!!!
- Not the best game, but at least it was exciting, and they won!
- Congrats to Howard with his first NHL goal!

Takeaways from today's #Oilers v Detroit?

- Draisaitl's 'breakaway' sums up this game. Misplay after misplay

- The forwards need to shoot more.

- One good thing? They finally put Podz with Mcdavid and Draisaitl. I hope that sticks.

Takeaways from today's #Oilers v Devils.
- Too pass happy, as usual 😭
- They don't seem to adjust for different ice surfaces. NJ is known for not having the best ice. They need to simplify.

So much for not having an early season slump.

Takeaways? For tonights #Oilers v Islanders game? Hmmm....

- a Bouchard special
- bad penalties
- a well deserved loss

That's the early season Oilers we haven't gotten this year, until now.

They better fix whatever that was by Saturday.

Takeaways from tonight's #Oilers v #NYR game:

The main criticism of Skinner: he can't steal you a win, and he always lets in 'that one goal'

Stu Skinner stole that game, and there were no goals scored against him.

Well done Stu! Shutout well deserved!

#LetsGoOilers

Takeaways from the #Oilers v Canucks

- There will be no early slump this year. the Oilers' play is great

- Pickard looks more confident in net this year. Great game

- Demko, if he plays like that all season, he's winning the Vezina

Remember, be kind to #Leafs and #Flames fans today. Hoping McDavid would leave Edmonton is all they had.
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Let's GO!!!!!!!!!

#Oilers

Yeah maybe, it's just a hunch. Howard seems to still struggle during puck battles, while Tomasek and Savoie seem better at it.

I could very well be wrong though. He has had a pretty good camp.

Yeah, I don't think any of us are cap experts...lol.

Gregor reported they can't send Savoie down. I'm guessing he would've checked, but who knows.

My guess. Tomasek, Jones and Lazar will be sent down. Then after Hyman is on LTIR, Tomasek and Lazar will be called up and Howard will be sent down.

Alao, man I really hope the rumour on the presser is true.

As I understand it, if Savoie isn't on the opening roster, Savoie's 1 million bonus would count against the cap if he is called up this year. If Savoie is on the opening roster, his bonus won't count against the cap. So it seems unlikely he would be sent down.

Thoughts on tonight's #Oilers vs Canucks preseason game:

- Preseason is OVER!!!!
- Bring on the regular season!!

Check out this chart. I wanted to know, is it true that players are not signing this year?

The past 4 years, by Oct 1, 6-9 players signed with more than a 6.5% cap hit. This year, there was only 1, Kaprizov.

Now that Kaprizov signed (and Hughes Oct 1), will the dominoes fall?

Thoughts on tonight's #Oilers vs Kraken preseason game
- How can you tell Savoie is making the team? He played the most minutes out of any Oilers forward
- With so many players sick, the loss was expected
- I'm guessing Leppanen and Hutson will be sent down to Bako

Thoughts on tonight's #Oilers preseason game:
- Samanski seems like another good signing by Bowman
- Bakersfield will have a really good team this year
- Tomasek and Philp will make the Oilers this year.

Thoughts on the #Oilers preseason game against the Kraken:
- Veterans are rusty

Time to make some cuts, the veterans need to shake off the rust.

Thoughts from tonight's #Oilers game against the Jets:
- Leppanen and Hutson have skills
- Howard's best game so far (beauty goal)
- Philp is ready to be an NHL'er