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Nevermind high danger stats. What is the Oilers' save% on shots that have no business going in?

That "holding the stick" is celebrated as gamesmanship when Florida does it.

The Oilers' core is taking heat for not speaking to the media last night. Yes, they need to be A LOT better but there are too many passengers hiding behind them this season.

Mangiapane has played around 150 minutes with one of 97 and 29 at 5 on 5 and has 14 shots in 16 games. He can face the media.

I'm proud to say that I was at the 10-2 loss to the Sabres 16 years ago. Row 2 on the goal line that the Sabres attacked twice. What a night.

Robert Nilsson had a 2 point night.

This sounds like the pitch for a novel that I would definitely read.

Bouchard normally has a long leash with me but he needs to be a 90 point player just to break even on these bone head defensive plays. He's basically MA Bergeron so far this season.

The bad news: the Oilers are 2-2-1

The worse news: the Oilers have only played 1 good game this season

The good news: the Oilers are 2-2-1 while only having 1 good game this season

Make that 10 of 12 from 3 players.

The Oilers have scored 11 goals this season in 4.66 games.

RNH, Draisaitl and Mangiapane have 9 of them.

There is no combination of words that can do justice to how much I don't care how badly Bouchard is in October as long as Playoff-Bouchard shows up in the spring.

If I'm Team Canada's GM, he makes the team. He's not just a big game player. He's arguably the most clutch Dman we've seen in decades.

If Knoblauch values accountability, he's benching Bouchard for a bit.

All this fancy passing (leading to turnovers). The Oilers look like a team unaware that they won the last game because the Rangers got goalie'd

That's okay, Bouchard. We know you're saving all your defensive capabilities for the playoffs.

I'm still not a Stan Bowman fan, but I am relieved that I shouldn't have to worry about all this extra cap space McDavid is leaving him being wasted on a Cody Ceci.

The Canucks broadcast REALLY didn't want to acknowledge the goalie interference.

Last season, instead of hitting the pist, the gravitational pull of Skinner's mass would have pulled the puck towards him and into the net.

The weight loss is already paying off.

We saw some signs of life from Howard that period. Hopefully he's just warming up.

For the sake of your sanity, I recommend not following the McDavid-extension story daily.

Here's a little reminder of the BS we had to sit through with Draisaitl last year:

Sitting through the media's manufactured suspense that we're seeing with the McDavid extension is one of the most annoying part of being a hockey fan. Draisaitl didn't go to Boston. McDavid isnt going anywhere either

Remember when we had to pretend there was a chance the Oilers would draft Eichel?

The Oilers' "punches thrown at opponents being held by the refs per 60" just got a big boost.

So if anyone wants to adopt a Ducks fan, DM me.

My kid was begging me to turn on Cars on the Road (Cars TV show). I told him I'm watching the first 10 picks and then he could watch his show

I should have turned it off the first time he asked. After a couple months of talking about Draisaitl and the Oilers, he just said, "I love the Ducks"

The GMs on screen is soooo awkward. Whose idea was this?

I like the player and I don't hate the cap hit...but why 8 years? That makes no sense.

Guys like Kane, Frederic and Walman came in and added some swagger to the line up (along with Perry) but the refs decided early that only Florida's agitators were allowed to have "gamesmanship." With our PK being as bad as it was, those guys became scared to play their game and were neutralized

Exactly. I'll admit that I was drinking the Jackson Kool-Aid last summer but it was clear by November that he'd built a fantasy team

One team was built to win games 2-1 and the other was built to win games 6-5. Put those teams on the ice together and the former usually wins 5-1.

I'm a Bouchard goal away from winning some money so I'm still heavily invested.

Suck it, Bobrovsky.