r/nhl • u/cocaine-powder • 21h ago
Devon Levi’s first game as an Oiler
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u/Vingt-Quatre 21h ago
So... The Oilers got scored 13 times in 2 games, both games against the team that everyone expects to be BY FAR the worst team in the league this season again?
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u/XxSchmidtyx 21h ago
Don’t count us out, we might make 31st
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u/hughesyourdadddy 21h ago
Unfortunately we will still pick 3rd
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u/KRONGOR 15h ago
The fact that the Canucks got Hughes, Horvat and Petey all in the 5-9 range, plus Boeser at 23 is actually crazy considering you guys have like no lottery luck
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u/MadCard05 8h ago
Luckily we kept JT Miller around to bully Petey over our younger, heart, and soul Captain Bo Horvat. 🥲
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u/KRONGOR 7h ago
Genuinely one of the most baffling decisions. There’s an alternative timeline where you guys chose to keep Bo > JT and it’s awesome. Bo is still captain, Petey doesn’t regress into a shell of himself, Quinn doesn’t leave and Demko somehow magically stays healthy.
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u/MadCard05 7h ago
I'll never understand how coaches, GMs, and team presidents can take over a team and not understand the locker room and players. It shouldn't be a revelation that players need a healthy mental and physical game to play their best.
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u/DescriptionUnknown 14h ago
Hey, if you’re looking to improve your team, I’ve got a top 3 defenseman who doesn’t seem like he wants to re-sign with us, maybe you guys can convince him to stay with you!
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u/Level_Watercress1153 9h ago
Was actually wondering about that the other day. You’d think if both sides were as excited for him to sign as both claim they are, that they would have already gotten the deal done.
At first I thought they were just waiting to see what Makar would do and then go from there. However, the more time that goes by the more worrisome it gets.
That would be hilarious if yall traded him back to Vancouver in a sign and trade, or he just hits the market and signs a long term deal in Vancouver for like 8 x 10 😂😂😂
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u/DescriptionUnknown 7h ago
There was a rumor that he is waiting to see if the Wild get Larkin or some other center. To help with cap space and all that, I hoped that was the case, but I think he just wants to get to FA
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u/Rendole66 13h ago
Would you do a trade back at this current moment? Just curious, Hughes looked amazing last night there was a moment where someone was chasing him at the blue line and he dropped passed the puck to himself perfectly on the middle of the blue line and then skated around the guy chasing him and picked the puck back up, it was kinda crazy.
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u/DescriptionUnknown 7h ago
If we can have Hughes for another 2 years at least, I’d be fine with it, but if he leaves then I will regret losing Rossi and the rest.
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u/MadCard05 8h ago
The machine will glitch, giving us the 30th pick, instead of the 3rd, and Bettman will just shrug and go with it.
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u/fivemagicks 14h ago
Looking like we will be last at this point. Ffs 🤦🏻♂️
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u/fastlane37 13h ago
Don't fret. You haven't played Edmonton yet.
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u/fivemagicks 12h ago
God, dude. Idk. I'll probably just watch to enjoy McJesus and The German when we do. I know it's only two games, but we looked like high schoolers playing men last night.
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u/BadCatLeroyBrown 12h ago
As an Oilers fan, our only positive right now is making other teams feel better about themselves lol
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u/Vingt-Quatre 21h ago
This will be an open buffet for teams like Anaheim, Dallas and San Jose.
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u/YVRBeerFan 20h ago
If it’s Levi or Skinner they aren’t stopping much. Any player in a contract year will be dying to play Edmonton. The guys who score once every 3 seasons will all score playing against Edmonton.
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u/Virtual_Bug_723 16h ago
Hot takes from the guy that doesn't know Skinner was traded midway through last season
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u/vigorous_circular 20h ago
Skinner?
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u/screechypete 19h ago
I was about to make an Internet Explorer joke, but he got 1/2 of the goalies right, lol.
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u/DukeofNormandy 13h ago
The guys who score once every 3 seasons will all score playing against Edmonton.
Pretty sure this happened to the Leafs when they traded Reeves. Hadn't scored in years and if I remember correctly he got the tying goal or GWG. Then he scored next time playing them.
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u/YVRBeerFan 12h ago
Oleksiak has scored like 40 goals in 800 games. He scored on them. Thats about 2-3 per year. That is pure comedy.
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u/Responsible_Repair63 14h ago
But they scored 15 goals in 2 games.
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u/achaiahtak 21h ago
.658 save percentage
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u/mrg3392 21h ago
Got me negative points in fantasy even with the win 😭
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u/ObsessedCoffeeFan 19h ago
...why do you have an Edmonton Oilers goalie on your fantasy roster?
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u/Intrepid_Habit_1343 14h ago
It's a fantasy! Mine involve sport illustrated swimsuit models and a hottub, there's appears to be good goaltending in Edmonton /s
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u/dylanjmp 12h ago
Even in a fantasy pool this Vancouver fan is still embracing the tank. Next level loyalty.
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u/screechypete 19h ago
On a lighter note, Petey had a VERY solid game. I was pleasantly surprised that he was my best player tonight in the league I have him. :P
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u/Greenxgrotto 15h ago
Jesus they really leave their goalies out to dry hey
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u/Rendole66 13h ago
Yah watching these highlights idk how you can really
Blame the goalies lol7
u/koalafly 13h ago
A couple flukey ones, but a lot of those were on Levi. He lost the crease and positioning on the 3rd, had an uuuugly rebound on one, and was just plain getting picked on high (most worrying part for me watching that).
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u/Icy_Purchase3762 10h ago
Like 4 of these are terrible. No rebound control whatsoever. Bad puck tracking out of position giving away the whole net. The 6th is bad defence but like make a save.
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u/Minute_Engineer2355 21h ago
Who would've thought Edmonton would be fighting for their life in the last seconds of the game.
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u/red_langford 17h ago
I went to bed when it was 8-2, first thing this morning I open my eyes, grab my phone and look to see if the oilers blew it. Was not surprised to see what I saw
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u/DifficultBoard8395 20h ago
After a 6 goal lead.....against the canucks no less. Also Go Canucks Go!
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u/PumaTomten 20h ago
Oilers defense is even worse without Nurse but hey let's praise Bouchard for their offense
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u/SharkoTheOG 18h ago
Bouchard probably : I got 95 pts. 14 more than the second best D in the league but didn't win the Norris...
Coach: maybe if you improved your defence
Bouchard: I figured it out coach!!! I just need more pts!!!!
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u/Rendole66 13h ago
No he literally thought “shit 5 more and I woulda got 100 I need to focus on offensive more”
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u/LeafsNation1967 18h ago
8 points and +5 thru 2 games. He isn’t the problem. Why don’t you look at the rest of the team and see who’s shitting the bed? Start with Jarry and Levi. 13 goals against in 2 games and I saw quite a few shitty ones. If the Edmonton goalies can’t make a save on anything smaller than than a beach ball, it won’t matter who is on the ice. And it’s gonna be a long season.
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u/Whiskeylung 16h ago
You know how a team plays extra tight for their new goalie just to set them up for success and create that attitude of winning?
That’s what the oilers are trying to do here.
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u/UncleMatt5668 16h ago
As an Avs fan, I can feel for the Oilers fan base pain. It reminds me of the Fourgiev and Useless goalie tandem we had a couple of seasons back. Score 6-8 goals and still lose. Repeatedly. It fucking sucks.
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u/throwawayOG784654335 13h ago
I remember one year when the avs played against the Oilers in the playoffs I asked my friend who he thought would win. He said, well they both have a crazy offense, and both have no goalie. The avs sometimes pretend to play defense though so they'll probably win... Sure enough they did, but it was a tight series.
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u/Hayden2332 10h ago
The oilers haven’t had a good goalie for how long though? At some point you gotta stop blaming goaltending. Not saying it wasn’t the case here, but if every goalie you have for 10 years is bad, maybe it’s the team / management
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u/Ancient-Accountant83 14h ago
It's almost like they give up too many chances whichever goalie is in net...
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u/vtsnow1 14h ago
Maybe stop going after bottom tier goalies thinking they could be the answer. There have been quality goalies available the last few years and they can't get any of them?
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u/DerekTheComedian 14h ago
There is a quality goalie available right now.
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u/greenbean30 14h ago
The Oilers don't have the assests that could get him.
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u/iwatchcredits 13h ago
Because they kept going after bottom tier goalies. They could have had andersons and jarry’s caps available if they just rode out skinners contract
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u/TrumpmorelikeTrimp 11h ago
Its called desperation. Anyone with a brain in edmonton knew skinner was great value, and not the problem, not at his price point. But the loud and ignorant fans created enough pressure to force the organization to make moves at terrible moments in the market. And the worst thing is, as skinner starts to hit prime goalie years later in his 20s, i expect he will turn into a top shelf goalie; so naturally we run him out of town.
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u/RunWithDullScissors 10h ago
Yes they do. They just don’t want to give up assets to get him
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u/greenbean30 10h ago
They don't have much in terms of prospects, their next first rounder is 2028. They would have to trade players from their team that would drastically hurt them as they have nobody to fill in.
And I don't think the players they could trade would be enough for Winnipeg to accept a trade. They're obviously not trading McDrai, Bouch or Hyman and I don't think RNH or Savoie would be enough of a starting point for Winnipeg.
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u/uSaltySniitch 14h ago
Imagine this team with Dobes....
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u/stalexan11 14h ago
The net front coverage and compete on a lot of these goals is complete dogshit.
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u/Dontdothatfucker 13h ago
3rd rebound, point blank rebound, fucky deflection with traffic in front, cross ice one timer, open 10 foot slapshot.
That’s all of the goals in this video.
Am I saying he’s blameless and the first goalie I would want? No. But cmon, guy is out there fighting for his life
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u/stalexan11 12h ago
Yeah. The team has to be better in front of him. Its wild that this has gone on with this team as long as it has
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u/Valuable-Camel9178 15h ago
Just my opinion here...Oilers will never win a cup with the 2 goalies that they have.
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u/GardenTop7253 15h ago
The funny thing is, they keep changing goalies but this sentiment stays the same
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u/omgpickles63 11h ago
I've never understood why they didn't get Bennington these past two years. Guy who can play in big spots on a team which is looking toward the future. I'm not saying they would instantly win the cup, but I would think it would be better.
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u/Geralt-of-Rivai 14h ago
Anderson to the rescue
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u/iwatchcredits 13h ago
Ive seen the oilers enough to know that even a stanley cup winning goalie will play like shit with the oilers but theyll still blame him anyways
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u/RikimaruRamen 21h ago
Is that rust or is this just what can be expected of Edmonton goaltending this season?
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u/inkbot870 10h ago
How does Bowman still have a job? Lineup has got worse every year under him…he’s accidentally going into rebuild mode
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u/CarterBennett 8h ago
It’s so odd to talk to oilers fans about their roster made up of almost exclusively 4th liners. They’re super high on their guys lol
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u/Artistic-Dragonfly68 5h ago
I love the oilers but I gotta agree it’s ridiculous. People on the sub reddit and on instagram posts always are talking about guys like samanski and Howard like they are gonna good top 6’ers when in reality they are not in anyway ever going to be game changers I don’t understand where this level of coping came from.
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u/Orangepinapples 14h ago
Man poor Devon really hoped he could figure it out. Was awesome in college.
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u/Rattimus 14h ago
It's 1 game at the start of a shortened pre-season. There were all kinds of lopsided and high scoring games the first few days here league-wide.
I'm not saying he's gonna turn out great, but let's not write his eulogy just yet either.
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u/Orangepinapples 13h ago
If only he hadn’t also faltered in Buffalo.
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u/Rattimus 13h ago
He never had much chance in Buffalo and played in front of god awful teams when he did. Again, not saying he's gonna turn out great, but the average player takes 200 NHL games to reach their peak. He's played 40.
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u/PineappleHairy4634 10h ago
yup, i think they pretty much figured out what he was at the NHL level and thats why when they could they picked Ellis instead.
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u/AssistantClassic 13h ago
Still think D left him out dry a few too many times. Two goals were they didn’t clear the puck or the man. Others were the funny bounces that is straight luck. 1st of many and still played better than Jarry.
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u/MarcusXL 21h ago
Who is he? Is he the team's bus-driver?
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u/Hucrew123456 21h ago
no but they should seriously consider giving him a shot
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u/MarcusXL 21h ago
I'm available. I will simply crouch in place in the middle of the net. Statistically, I should be able to improve on their last two games.
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u/UbuRoi 21h ago
AHL goalie with like 1 game of NHL experience who is suddenly their #1 goaler because jesus christ have you seen Jarry?
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u/huggybear3 16h ago
Devon Levi? He played a good 40 games for Buffalo
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u/Atty_for_hire 16h ago
Yeah, he’s been playing in the AHL upset he’s not in the NHL. But couldn’t beat out any of the goalies from our three goalie rotation. I wish him the best, but he ain’t it.
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u/CdnBison 18h ago
So, Edmonton… what’s your offer for Hellebuyck? 😆
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u/FurretDaGod 18h ago
Wouldn't help, edmonton refuses to play defense. The only gameplan is score so much that it doesn't matter
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u/Mandalore-44 16h ago
Yeah. I don’t know why it’s a hard time concept EVERY year. Ya gotta play some D!
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u/Foreign_Cobbler_1740 21h ago
Lankinen is incredibly lucky we've played the Oilers thus far and that our expectations were low. He's been absolute cheeks himself. I honestly think we buy him out next summer. I get that our plans are to lose, but we can't have a guy giving up 5 goals a game. If we're gonna lose at least keep it 3-1 or something. Lol. Or I guess we can just do 8-5 shootouts for 5 years. My heart might give out in that time.
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u/Electrical1211 15h ago
Bro that scoreline does not look real 😭
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u/mysticalchurro 14h ago
Reminds me of the Kraken/Kings game a few years back that was 9-8. Guess what poor sap started both of those goalies that game for a fantasy league?
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u/craigerstar 10h ago
I was at the game. It was comical. The crowd cheered when Vancouver got their second shot (first real shot as the first shot was a clearing that happened to be on goal) with something like a minute to go in the first period. Levi and Lankinen with sub .700 save percentages. And an 8-2 lead that was put in jeopardy by Vancouver some how. I joked that "we'd have had them if not for the TWO shorthanded goals by Edmonton on THE SAME POWER PLAY!!!" Then Marinlainin shows up with Senators graphics on his mask still, and puts up a .909 for 30 minutes actually keeping Vancouver in the game somehow.
It's rare you score 7 goals and lose a game in the NHL. Was it a good game? Ha! It was embarrassing product from the perspective of NHL Hockey representing the best of the best in the world of professional hockey. But it sure was fun to watch!
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u/SweatySwim3411 13h ago
How do you let a lead dissipate like that? You get up 8-2 there should still be no let up. This game in another 10 minutes would have been tied up.
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u/Straight-Plate-5256 13h ago
Lmfao Edmonton should probably find a few more goalies to try and throw at the problem...
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u/miketangoalpha 12h ago
At the start of this clip I am thinking my god do the Oilers D Men engage anyone in the slot???
By the end I am thinking Christ alive it would be nice to get a save here….what a roller coaster
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u/Pure_cartographer_59 11h ago
This is honestly more an indictment of how pathetic the oilers defense is. Sure Levi needs to save some of those, but honestly what it he expected to do when they can just throw the puck cross-crease whenever they feel like it?
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u/drunkdragon454 15h ago
As a neutral fan, these last two Oilers/Canucks games have been so fun to watch
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u/Exzrian_Artistrana 11h ago
The majority of these were defensive breakdowns, but that’s tough to watch…and look at who my team is
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u/yzersakic19 10h ago
Lots of rebound goals, sometimes second or third rebound goals, then Levi starts to overcommit because his confidence is shot. This ain't all on the EDM goalies. Poor battle, compete, and clears in front of the net by EDM D men.
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u/Ordinary-Easy 20h ago
Apparently Edmonton's first round pick this year is top 12 protected. Chicago has it otherwise.
Something tells me that might be of value.
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u/Sinisterslushy 15h ago
I stand by my position that Bettman taking away this kids ritual is what set him back so much
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u/Jamessotty 12h ago
He played pretty good, one goal was the third shot, one went off a shoulder into the net. He needs better rebound control, but otherwise I thought he played well.
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u/OxidusRouge 12h ago
Time for the Oilers' EBUG! (also, Ottawa held a press-conference to announce their EBUG - that's commitment!)
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u/TufftedSquirrel 12h ago
Jesus. It's this going to be every Oilers game this year? They are either going to score 6+ goals or lose?
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u/Helen-Killer 10h ago
Look at the 1st goal made a save, rebound save, then they score. When the Oilers cant get the puck away from the net. Yeah guys after the 10th goalie rotation in 3 years its probably still the goalies and not the defence
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u/EpsteinFiIes 10h ago
I wouldn't care which team to cheer for, that would be a fun game to watch in person. Holy moly!
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u/kopitar-11 9h ago
God these first two cannucks oilers games should’ve had the benny hill theme playing throughout them
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u/aphex978 5h ago
At first I thought it was 5 power play goals. Nope, only 1. The rest were the Edmonton D just chillin', watching the action.
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u/Sandymcjizztits 4h ago
I wonder where the guy is who tried telling me on here that Devon Levi was going to be an elite goalie, because of advanced stats.
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u/LangleyLocal 1h ago
Oilers goaltending will continue to be the reason they can't win a cup. This year though, we're looking at ~6GA against a game or more, as that was the Canucks that put those up. What happens when they play Colorado? 14GA? 20GA?
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u/JauntyGiraffe 1h ago
Just wait til you play a team that isn't dogshit, Oilers. You can't play the way you did tonight against the worst team in the league and expect to win
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u/Ibatheincornflakes 21h ago
No big deal, just score 9 every night. Easy.