GDT – Edmonton Oilers 3, Detroit Red Wings 2 (SO) – Mar 19, 2010 @ 7:30 PM – TSN – Game 71
By Racki, March 19, 2010 10:21 am
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PRE-GAME RANT
If a team falls in the standings and there is no one around to watch it, are we better off? I think so. I’ll probably watch the game though, being the die hard I am. But my game watching routine has gone from watching like a hawk at every play, and doing a lot of rewinding/replaying to having it on in the background while I do something else. Can we watch Eberle and the Falcons somehow? Perhaps that internet link that’s always floating around…
Anyways, enough of that tone. I’ll hope for wins from here on out. I demand entertainment. The #1 pick overall (lottery pick aside) has pretty much been settled. The Oilers are currently 13 points behind the Leafs with a mere 12 games left (the Oil do have a game in hand, to note). I can’t see them getting 13 goals in that time period, let alone 13 wins.. so it should be sealed. But nonetheless, I’d like to start seeing some wins here and a glimmer of hope for next year.
Prediction? Pierre McGuire will crush on Theo Peckham tonight, James Duthie will say something monumentally funny that the whole panel will laugh at and Craig MacTavish will feel sorry for the Oilers.
PROJECTED LINE-UPS
Edmonton Oilers Projected Line-Up (subject to change)
Penner-Cogliano-Brule
Minard-Gagner-Stortini
Moreau-Horcoff-Pisani
Nilsson-Potulny-Pouliot
Gilbert-Whitney
Chorney-Peckham
Johnson-Strudwick
Dubnyk
Deslauriers
TEAM COMPARISON
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STATS |  |
|---|---|---|
| 69 | GP | 70 |
| 34 | W | 21 |
| 23 | L | 42 |
| 12 | OT | 7 |
| 80 | P | 49 |
| 0.58 | P% | 0.35 |
| 2.65 | G/G | 2.43 |
| 2.58 | GA/G | 3.43 |
| 19.8 | PP% | 17.8 |
| 83.3 | PK% | 76.9 |
| 32.9 | S/G | 28.4 |
| 29.9 | SA/G | 32.4 |
| 51.2 | FO% | 46.8 |
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Themocracy
French judge gives Fillipula a 9.5…
No make up call?
Nabokov is such a seive.
I have him in the pool that some of us here are in, and he’s always allowing 3 or more goals a game, it seems. OK, obviously this is an exaggeration because somehow he still has a great average and sv%… but I find he’s not having enough big games for my liking.
And Moreau misses the barn…
For Steve-O’s benefit, that was some cool head maneuvering under pressure by Gilbert.
DD doing the righty – lefty pad saves there!
Edit – or was that lefty-righty?
Big Glove by Big Easy…
I believe you were right the first time
I don’t know what Kronwall was wondering about – I saw that from my seat here in the peanut gallery…
Linesman looked like a MLB umpire there…
Man, Peckham has been all over Bertuzzi tonight. Hard-nosed, tough play. Well done.
Thats what we have been waiting for… a few good checks, and smart defensively… i cant wait until next season when we can get a full dose of his leadership.
Also, im shocked he hasnt had any goals, he has been firing from everywhere and has come close to scoring a number of times for us…
as time wears on, im getting more and more happy with this trade.
Crunch time.
Oh btw, did anyone hear Whitney’s comments after the last game? He had some words that basically ripped on the team, saying that they give up after one goals against and implied they need to stop feeling sorry for themselves.
http://oilers.nhl.com/club/podcastplayer.htm?pid=98&iid=21036
“we say woe is me, and that’s a loser attitude”
Wow! Replay?
ohhh NOOOOOO… come on, let the time be expired…
Ohhhhh-does that count?
OH MY GOD!
NOT IN… PLEEEEEEAAAASSSEEEE
Oh boy… let’s see… heartbreaker
Shit, goal.
GOD DAMN EDMONTON!
FUCKIN AARON JOHNSON
Aww… Dubs needs a doob…
Oh damn. That is going to count.
Sorry, but typical fucking Oilers. Feel sorry for DD.
Man… I feel so bad for Dubnyk. This kid is snake bit, and the team isn’t helping him one bit…
Oh, man – I’m obviously a noob to these boards… Glad somebody else was dropping the f-bombs for me. I screamed it out here…
Sigh Typical Oilers……I fell awful for Dubynk though, poor bastard deserves a win. I want 2 points bad for him tonight
.2 seconds away from his first NHL victory. I need a drink… Peckham needs an OT goal to bring back the happy vibe.
Awe Pecks. Its a shame but that puts a dent in otherwise rock solid game.
fucking brutal.
man, poor DD.
Dropit…how ya like being an Oil fan?
FFS!!!
Wings have a lot of talent. We need to play D and get to a shootout.
Yah, pretty much anything (within reason) is fine here.
Im used to it… seems like ive been one since january
I still can’t believe we’re watching OT.
so how many time have we let in a goal in the last minute of a period this season??? 15 or so would be my guess, maybe more.
Come on – I know it’s OT, but that was a mugging…
The hockey god’s frown on passive play, and that is always what gets this team snake bit.
We didn’t get a single PP this game, did we?
Not for lack of opportunity… kinda brutal.
Nice rush by Whitney there. I am liking him more and more.
going to the shootout now boys! COME ON DD!!!
He plays an extremely smart game.
I was pretty torqued about losing Visnovsky for Whitney, but he looks pretty solid. I agree with you Racki – it’s looking better and better.
Let’s go Oil… big Shootout win now…
Lets go doobie!
Pull doobie and put Morrison in! *sinister look*
Love Johnson and Whitney
POTS!
YES!! Nice deke, Potulny!
That went in so fast I didn’t see it.
Agreed on all of that. Making me feel a little better about losing Vis.
Post!
Finally Dubes get a little luck.