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@Bhogs25 @TSNRyanRishaug Florida has a massive analytics presence and still ran us over 2 straight years

@TSNRyanRishaug This is what happens when teams start focusing on analytics too much. No more Matt Hendricks type players what will pull the team into the fight. Doesn't mean they don't hit enough or fight enough, but they need more emotional leaders. Not a room full of quiet skilled players

On far too many nights the Oilers are a docile lifeless group. Next to no emotion or push back from them tonight. Tiny flashes of it stand out - A guy throws a few decent hits and scores a goal and it’s a complete outlier. Like he’s playing a different game than the rest. Not a good trait.

@puckmarks Next pronger @Josephk90

Darnell Nurse has been absolutely brutal so far this season. He’s not generating his usual offence, getting caved in defensively and taking way too many penalties. This contract is truly disastrous and keeps having worse and worse consequences. #LetsGoOilers

@DKellner88 @tyleryaremchuk More importantly, why commit to that extension without watching 3 months of hockey to see if he still has it?

@tyleryaremchuk That’s why I was hoping he wouldn’t get more than 3 mil on that extension. He’s old did they expect him to be worth 4mil a year?

Tough night to be Mattias Ekholm

@compoundpapi @OPMWire @microcapmoss 🤝

@compoundpapi Would love a copy if you can track down

@Kozak_C @DKingBH This would be a great way to ensure McDavid doesn’t re-sign here

@DKingBH I think you play nurse on his off side and let kulak play LD. Or you let him be Maroon and play him on Mcdavids wing

@cooncoinclan @JasonGregor @Gorillioneer Bingo

I believe EDM will make additions at the trade deadline. Last season Perry, Arvidsson, Skinner, Brown and Ryan combined for 38 goals before the deadline. Can their replacements; Mangiapane, Frederic, Tomasek, Savoie and Lazar/Philp combine for 38?

$ZDC.V in the wild

@Josephk90 Ceci and Dumoulin for Gavrikov and Spence?

@Bfonts3 Where did they finish again this past year? And they improved in the offseason. Edmonton finished 3rd this year and got worse.

Pacific standings early prediction: Vegas LA Vancouver Edmonton Anaheim Seattle Sharks Calgary

@Mike_kim714 137

Final US Open giveaway. You get this duffle bag, my US open credentials, a pair of my Footjoy premier shoes that I’ll sign (worn during my titleist shoot) Winner is first person to guess my locker number this week. 1-200 No cheating! Some of you asked insiders to look my locker number up 😂

@YukonGold14 @JesusS20004 If you assign the blame for that goal against to Bouchard then nobody is going to talk you out of this argument. Severe flaws in how you analyze the game if that’s the takeaway

@JesusS20004 Even under a $95M cap in 2025–26, $11M+ = 11.6% is still more than Nurse and Makar at signing... $11M+ assumes he’s elite in all situations. Plays like that GA tonight don’t help his case within his defensive and overall game.. My point still stands tho... Math’s still there..

Ryan Rishaug mentioned on Got Yer Back last night that he believes a deal with the Oilers and Bouchard will get done, and he thinks the deal will be eight years at around an $11 million AAV.

@cbelfour12 @tyleryaremchuk You can admit that you don’t know a thing about hockey, it’s a safe place and we won’t judge you

@tyleryaremchuk Holy crow you can blame that Eks all you want, but that was on Bouchard flubbing it at the point

Ekholm might be unplayable. That was awful.

@YukonGold14 @NorthStar623 @oilersdailyy Second all time in playoff points per game by defenceman is a pretty strong indication of what he is now, coupled with regular season points in the 60-80 range, strong underlying numbers and he is the best breakout passer we have by far

@Bfonts3 @NorthStar623 @oilersdailyy Nurse got $9.25M under an $81.5M cap = 11.3%. Bouch at $9.5–10.5M under $88M is the same range. He’s had a strong playoff, but again, he’s not a Norris winner or on Makar-level. $11M+ assumes he’s already there. Pay for what he is now, not a projection. We did that with Nurse…

@YukonGold14 @NorthStar623 @oilersdailyy How on earth would he sign for Nurse money given both of their performance on this team? While Bouchard continually elevates in the playoffs and the cap has risen and will continue to rise

@NorthStar623 @Bfonts3 @oilersdailyy I get locking him in with the cap rising. But $11M feels premature. You're paying for a Norris-lvl ceiling he hasn't reached yet, whether he gets there or not. $9.5–10.5M makes way more sense for where Bouch is now. You don’t pay Norris money before the Norris shows up on the ice

@YukonGold14 @oilersdailyy Have you been watching different playoffs the last few years? The case for $11 million could not be stronger

@oilersdailyy Not $11 million….. Bouch deserves to get paid, but let’s be real, that’s just way too steep.

@jakemalasek Can you suit up for the oilers tomorrow night?

Can everyone take a look at this stretch pass I made in beer league last night. Thanks.

@hawkwired @TSNRyanRishaug Hand up, bounced back

@hawkwired @TSNRyanRishaug Every night

Nurse skates off the ice while the puck is in his D zone after penalty expires. Baffling, and after a brutal penalty. Oilers with a messy start here.

@Jeffdthompson It is absolutely incredible, you will love every second out there!

I’m about to go here 👇 and for the first time in my life play golf four days in a row. Really excited. Anyone guess where I’m going?