Neil Garritty

@FabulousBS @nielsonTSN1260 Maurice said in an interview in the playoffs that his team avoids the left side of the Oilers because Ek, Nurse, and Kulak are harder to beat than their partners. Tkachuk said he avoids Nurse because his chances are better against his partner.

@NeilGarritty @nielsonTSN1260 Completely true. Teams use certain lines vs Nurse. Seguin alluded to it once during an interview. Also, Bouch can be defensively responsible but he can’t cover for Nurse. That is why he’s better with Ekholm. He’s defensively predictable and competent.

I've watched the 2nd Panthers goal about 20 times since the game ended. That may have been the most useless I've seen Nurse and Bouchard on a goal all year, ALL YEAR. They both try to hit him, then they both ignore him, watch the play, get/stay out of the way and he scores.

@FabulousBS @nielsonTSN1260 None of that is true. Cool story though.

@nielsonTSN1260 Florida targets Nurse specifically. All good teams do. He makes repeated errors under pressure. And Bouch is not a good partner for Nurse because Nurse tosses grenades on the regular in the D zone. Bouchard has a poor first step so he often can’t react fast enough to cover for 25

@nielsonTSN1260 @ExtraLars Was Bouchard covering Nurse? After they hit Greer, Nurse goes to his position. For some reason, Bouch also goes to Nurse’s position.

@PoolNuge3 I’m not sure Walman has been fully healthy in his career.

If Jake Walman is not fully healthy then you need to sit him. Call up regula if Emberson isn’t ready yet. Put Stastney back on his natural left side.

@SNstats What’s their record when nobody on the team registers a point?

Oilers fall to 0-10-2 this season when Connor McDavid fails to collect a point

@PoolNuge3 Stu Skinner. Ha! Just kidding.

It’s coaching.

@ToughCallPod Counterpoint, if every team played like FLA, they would be in the penalty box for the majority of the game.

Just an observation that if Florida would just play like tonight all the time people wouldn’t hate them nearly as much. Excellent execution of a smothering system. Winning battles. Incredible with their sticks. Even played physical. Win and walk. They choose to be jerks as well.

@NickZararis Matthews? Austin Matthews? Clutch? Austin Matthews?

Working on a pretty big research project about stars in the NHL I already have McDavid, Crosby, MacKinnon, Kucherov and Matthews to establish a baseline If I asked you: who’s the most clutch player in the league, who would you mention?

@50in39 @Lowetide Using shots as a focal point for a team that seems allergic to shooting the puck seems a bit off.

@Lowetide You saw the shift Nurse-Bouchard had together, right?

Nurse-Murphy 0-4 shots in that period five-on-five (3:40). I'd like to see Nurse-Bouchard, Walman-Murphy for a spell.

@Lowetide Are the dmen solely responsible for shots or are there fwds on the ice with them?

@zach_20007 @Lowetide Ya, what does he know?

@Lowetide That won’t happen Coffey never deploys his defenders correctly

@50in39 @shanecanamerica @Lowetide Walman-Murphy was not good, there’s a reason why they changed the pairs.

@Theregimentfc @bcurlock

@bcurlock i can't watch a another game that is coached by knob or that features nurse getting over 11 minutes of ice time

Personally I’d have played Jarventie.

@PoolNuge3 Ha! I misread your post. Sounds like we’re in complete agreement.

@NeilGarritty Well yeah when I say “this team” I mean the players

After playing Florida so many times you’d think this team and this coach would know how to play them properly in order to win

@Tyler587019948 @EdmontonOilers Bouchard’s man scored the goal but I’m sure a high IQ guy like yourself already knows that.

@EdmontonOilers Holy fuck Nurse you are softer than shit. Why the fuck are you staring at the puck lmao, lowest IQ in hockey history

2-0 Florida. #LetsGoOilers

@50in39 @itsWozzz What was Bouch doing after he hit Greer?

@itsWozzz Little = Mega

The defence here was a little suspect

@ToughCallPod I wonder how he would feel if the Hall of Fame was in New York or another US city?

This is quite a run he’s on. lol.

@MasterTech_Ben @dstaples Of the Oiler’s dmen, Bouchard has the most shots on goal and has the most even strength goals (12). Nurse has the second most shots on goal and has the second most even strength goals (7). Seems like shooting is a good thing.

@dstaples Walman has been awful since January. Why do you make a hard pass when it's not a stretch pass??? Nurse keeps taking shots that never hit the net??? Seriously, if you can't play with precision follow the kiss rule Keep it simple stupid! Hockey 101

Walman and Stastney got eaten alive by the Sharks in the second. Time to call up Regula? If he's playing well, why not?

@KevinMcCurdy Regula?

@NeilGarritty That's not supported by the analytics. Ekholm dominates his minutes regardless of who he plays with. Ekholm with Walman might actually be the way to go. They have got *GOT* to find a way to split Walman-Stastney.

Alright, everyone come hang out at the cope vendor for a few minutes with me, it's bad but, truly there are some likely probabilities with Leon out, and some of them are VERY good for the team longer term: -Savoie gets welded to 97 and plays serious minutes through the end of the season. Excellent. He thinks the game at near Connor's speed, and has boots to match. The chemistry is there, let them cook. - Put Nuge with Samanski and Frederic and let them gel. 10/81 in limited sample (33 minutes) is 57% Corsi, 100% GF (1-0), and 69% expected goals for all while stomping high dangers 8-3 for and against. Nuge played well with Kane and Hyman last year in the poffs when both of those two were playing wrecking ball. - Basically everyone south of McDavid on the roster is going to see a minute bump. Here's what I'd probably do for lines: 22-97-18 92-16-28 10-93-42 81-19-53/46/Jarventie Redistribute the minutes 20, 16, 14, 10 per night. There are some extremely potent pairings mixed in here that have already strong or potentially strong synergies. Defensive pairings: 25-2 14-5 96-49 (when he's health, hopefully soon). Run Ingram primarily. Run Murphy with Dickenson's line wherever possible, run Bouchard with Davo and then figure out the rest from there. There is hope here, first and foremost that Leon's injury doesn't require surgery and heals rapidly and fully. Secondly, I think we're going to see some crazy stuff out of the rest of the roster as they answer the call. Watch for breakouts from Podkolzin, Kapanen, Savoie. I'll follow this up over the coming days with some little tidbits as to how I came to these conclusions. For those who think the season is over because of this: