Seth Jones hunting

No sandpaper.

On the 5th goal the Oilers were standing around watching. Not the usual standing around and watching but an impressive version that should redefine the term. Potter is an idiot.

Wow. Let's hold off on planning the parade route just yet. A lot of exposed weakness tonight.

Well on the plus side, my Nation Pool is getting a big bump... So there is that.

Down 6-1 after a single period against a clearly superior team.

... at least Krueger knows how to give a speech in this situation.

so this is your fault.... get off our board!!!

:) jk

Fistric should have started this game.oh well Potter is making it a good case that he does next anyways. Too many statues on the ice tonight too.

Imagine this team in the playoffs.

I believe it will go something like this, ahem...

"SWEET MOTHER F**KER!"

I have the sharks feed and want to scratch my eyes out. We could use a couple 5 min powerplays .....

Needs: 1) veteran top 2/4 defence man; 2) goalie not named Dubnyk or Khabibulin; and 3) ugly, axe wielding, nasty, mean checking forward who can play 10 minutes a night.

Thanks to Tambellini for all your off season work finding none of these players. Have you calculated our draft odds yet, Tambi?

So...Whose it gonna be this year? McKinnon, or Jones?

Who could have seen that coming?

Umm, You

Mckinnon please

I got nothin

The oilers looks young in that first period... like midget young.

Lol this your night. I give you the kudos.

Better second period. Five more like it and we'll. Be ahead

"And with the first overall pick in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, the Edmonton Oilers are proud to select..."

Hey they don't need to finish last to pick first overall, remember all 14 non playoff teams get a shot. But yeah Edmonton will probably get a better chance %wise than other teams.

Just terrible coverage and by guys that should know how to play defensive zone coverages in Gagner, N. Schultz, Smid, Petry, etc.

FACK!

Welp. At least this thread will always have that Octane Rocket at the top of the page.

Ok boys, two more and were back in it.

Ok boys, two more and were back in it.

The score is 2-1 and Ralph sends Gagner's line over the boards shortly after Nail scored on the power-play.... guess what happens next? SJ nets another and the Oilers are in panic mode.

Micheal so what if Sam is a point-a-night if he's gonna end up -2 for the night!! It's like starting 1-zip before the puck is dropped..

The probelm with Paajarvi he gains the zone outside then throws the puck away with a shot from the outside with nobody near the net yet. He does this over and over. Sure they are shots on net but they basically are turn overs as the other team grabs the puck and turns the play back ip the ice, He needs to watch Taylor Hall he can gain the blueline with possession of the puck wait for his team mates to drive the net and then shoot or pass to players coming in, take it behind the net or throw on the breaks and wait for the D to enter the zone, or last is the best one drive it to the net either wide or cut into the middle. MPS need to take less 40 foot shots from the outside and more attempts to shoot within 20 feet of the net.

Harti needs to be with more offensive minded players to make him useful.

Potter out, Fistric in. Gagner needs to learn some responsibility and not be so disconnected from his surroundings.

Giving Horcoff and Smyth ice-time they don't deserve will do way more harm than good.

Full credit to SJ for a dominant 1st period. It's only 1 game early in the season and young players have always been plagued by inconsistancy. The oil , to their credit, kept plugging and didn't give up. DD will rebound next game. All that being said, Potter is not a NHL defenceman. Whitney is no longer a NHL calibre player. We are handicapped on the back end and a high draft choice will not impact that fact for the next 5 years. Time to trade for real NHL D-men.

Exactly...it was ONE bad period of hockey. Lets not forget that our 29th and 30th place Oilers crushed the Blackhawks on a couple of different nights over the last two seasons. This is not the time to panic.

Whitney skates like he doesn't have a care in the world or an ounce of urgency/fire in his body. He's a flake.

Brutal first.

I think Hartikainen should be on the forth and Paajarvi on the Horcoff line.

I wouldn't panic yet but, Gagner and Whitney have got to get there own zone coverage corrected most ricky-ticky.

Still calling Oilers a borderline lottery team in need of another big 1-B center, SJS leaned on the Oilers forwards in the first then took the foot off the pedal for the rest of the game.

Size does matter.

Good for Yakupov and Schultz had good opportunity to score a few.

the Oilers have serious coverage issues and bad habits creeping into there game.

San Jose took there foot off the Oilers head, the game could have been even worse had San Jose kept the pressure on.

Yeah if they sat Fistric and Peckham because they were not game ready, or did not know the system,and Whitney is deemed game ready with that ECHL skating. One has to ask how badly out of shape is Peckham? How hard can it be to learn the Oilers system? Is sending two D behind their net leaving two San Jose forwards alone in front of our net part of that system? How about chasing behind the net on a 5-3 PK? How about getting a routine 2-2 and both D go after the puck carrier leaving the second forward to go to the net all alone?

The Defenseman that made the worst mistakes tonight though were our top D. Smid,Petry, and N.Shultz all had brutal gaffes.

But Whitney in general looks slow and doesn't hold the line on the PP.

Last time Whitney through a hit the rink was called Northlands . . . weakest game as an Oiler - I hope he does not go back to pouting for a week again. That ankle looks bad he has no jam or cut on any move he makes.

Can someone trade Belanger to Montreal for their Butane Girl

Can't fault Dubie in this one

Kreuger next time you play a team with size Fistric better be in the line-up so someone can keep them honest in our zone.

nough said . . .move on.

Good points but Dubnyk was fighting the puck from the start of the game, at least 4 of the 6 goals he should have had.

Well that game was something that happened.

Next.....

Dubnyk - 6 goals on 17 shots....how very Schneider-esque.

was the anthem singer being beaten with a bat that was covered in barbed wire while she sang last night?

I actually thought I was watching "killer karaoke".

she should have been. My ears felt like they were.

An absolutely terrible 1st period but since we all know that (4 pages of comments and counting..) I will quickly move on:

- Taylor Hall was flying again but seemed to force a lot of passes just over the blueline, especially to Eberle. Perhaps it was just an off night as sometimes just nothing works in a game.

- Hartakainen showed a really nice glimpse of what we need from him down low for about 25 secs in the 3rd. He had the puck low and behind the net for quite awhile and could not be bumped off. Unfortunately he ended up giving the puck away with errant passes but I was happy to see that type of work and hopefully he can build on that.

- Paajarvi was flying but still ineffective on the outside. Seemed to be more comfortable in the game though. I think that means more time in the AHL would be exponentially better for him.

- Last but not least, sometimes when things are not working you need a physical element to break the cycle or stir things up a bit. Not saying Eager/Fistric would have been the difference, but I think the Oil need to have a different dynamic available when their core game is not working.

Sorry about the long post. Happy to watch the 2nd and 3rd periods though.

Anthem singers are one group I cut slack; going in front of 16,000+ people and performing is difficult enough... But when they ALL know the words, it only makes it worse.

Although that being said, it was a very painful experience :(

Though funny and very creative, I can't support Clyde Frog. DSF irritates the hell out of me, but he does it by cherry picking his facts and ignoring the flaws in his arguments that others point out. I can't say I've ever seen him purposefully go after an individual here in a persistent unending attack meant to drive his target off the site.

We need Fistric, Eager and Jonesy in the line up ASAP! Hopefully Eager and Jones eye's are healthy to start playing some games again. I love the edge Eager plays with. The guy can move and throw his weight around.

Our Defensive play was Horrendous!! Worst period they've played in close to 3 years. I can't blame everything on Dubby but he was "half-ass" as well. If any team leave Marleau or Couture alone in the slot they are going to score 8-10 times. Just can't give those guys breathing room.

Hopefully we come back strong against the struggling Kings tomorrow. And hopefully Dubby can find his game again (although Danis played solid and I was quite nervous he wasn't going to be).

I dont know who to feel more bad for the National Anthem singer or the Oilers...

Anybody here think the reffing sucked, not there fault the oil loss as the calls were terribly inconsistent on both sides. Stupid refs will just make a long season even longer.

Whitney should spend time in the gulag after game like that.

Small fast team with lots of potential . Deja Vu all over again.

Maybe this is the year they get rid of Lowe and Tambo which would be a good thing.

Build a team not an All Star team. They have built a team that can't perform in the playoffs.

When are they going to wake up.

Blame it on the Tarty anthem singer, she set the tone for the first period.

Man for man there are many teams with worse personnel on defense than the Oilers. If you think back this is how they have played for the past several years, not much has changed or improved. Yes Petry has gotten better, and N.Shcultz added defense to the defense, and young Schutlz is a great addition [ still early],but that only reiterates the point... coching and the system SUCK. I think Smith is not the answer as defense coach, only because we keep seeing the same type of play for these guys. It would help if guys like " flyby Hemsky, and Gagner learned how play defensive hockey over 200 ft of ice. Something has to change, and you can't turn over the entire roster. Hopefully it can be done, its only two games though.