Just over a year ago today, the Oilers shut out the Golden Knights in Game 4. Henrique scored two goals, the Edmonton skyline was shining, and the Moss Pit was bumping.
A year later, they're about to fire Kris Knoblauch, who helped guide them to back-to-back Cup Finals.
The Oilers got caught.
Stan Bowman proves yet again he's terrible at his job.
Kris Knoblauch deserves better!
But yeah, blame the coach - AGAIN.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins will be going on coach 10.
10!!!!!!!
He's been in the league for 15 years.
THE. COACH. IS. NOT. THE. PROBLEM.
@citchmook 🤣🤣 like I said numbers don’t lie, yes he’s not a Makar.. I know that but he should of been a nominee and his style of play can be frustrating but he plays the most penalty mins of all dman and if the oilers didn’t have him on the team then who would they have? So don’t even.
Evan Bouchard scored 95 points and wasn't a Norris finalist because he's horrendous defensively, doesn't create his own offense, half of his points came on the power play and half of his assists were secondary. Without Connor McDavid, Bouch is a 50 point defenseman.
@qauckenbush17 Scoring 4 goals in the last two games should win you those games, it’s clearly coaching and defence. Think about it! We’ve scored 8 goals in two games, allowed 13…
This series may very well end the oilers window, the new teams that drafted well and are young and skillful are about to take over , Edmonton looks to be out on the outs, incredibly slow and fragile, playing like idiots , and very very very bad coaching.
My NHL Award Picks:
Jack Adams - Dan Muse
Hart - Nikita Kucherov
Norris - Zach Werenski
Vezina - Ilya Sorokin
Selke - Nick Suzuki
Calder - Matthew Schaefer