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Rob Soria

@Oil_Drop

Author of Connor McDavid: Hockey's Next Great One, former Edmonton Oilers writer for Copper & Blue, The Hockey Writers and currently on hiatus, Music Lover 🎧🌱

Edmonton, Alberta Katılım Ekim 2011
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Rob Soria
Rob Soria@Oil_Drop·
@CentristRadial Frankly, they can't afford to do it. They'll have good nights and bad nights but all that matters are the points.
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Radial Centrist@CentristRadial·
@Oil_Drop Agree. The Oilers are focused on making the playoffs. They don't really care about fan narratives.
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Rob Soria@Oil_Drop·
I genuinely can't believe how worked up Oilers fans and the local media about last night's game. IMO, a solid showing against Tampa and the upcoming divisional games are of far greater importance. People are reading far too much into what that Panthers game represented.
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Rob Soria@Oil_Drop·
@jaysay1977 They've been very average this year. As far as the division goes, it has been a joke. However, there is one every year. This year it's the Pacific.
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jaysay1977@gmail.com
[email protected]@jaysay1977·
@Oil_Drop It represents how average this team has been all year, No one should be surprised. Lucky their division is a joke
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Rob Soria@Oil_Drop·
@jimmathesonnhl Fair and it's all good. I just didn't view the Florida game as important as many did. For me, it was just two points. You obviously want them but they division games are more important. IMO, the Oilers focus is getting where they need to until 29 comes back.
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Rob Soria@Oil_Drop·
@monk3y_bizness With no Leon, I say the get at least six points out of the next five but I think there is a good chance they grab seven.
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M.@monk3y_bizness·
@Oil_Drop I’ll be shocked if they win one of the next 5 to be honest
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Rob Soria@Oil_Drop·
@1331Brian I think they'll respond & be just fine from here until the end of season. They start playing for keeps in mid-April. That's when I expect this team to elevate.
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BFR@1331Brian·
@Oil_Drop I guess we’ll see how his tweet ages Rob. I hope you’re correct.
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Rob Soria@Oil_Drop·
@CoffeeSacred @jimmathesonnhl I didn't say they had no chnaces, I said there was veey little to pick between the two teams through 40. We can sit here & say the looked slow & sluggish but again, they gave up very little. Oilers had chances but couldn't beat Bobrovsky.
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Ray of Knight 23@CoffeeSacred·
@Oil_Drop @jimmathesonnhl Gave up breakaway and there was no one within 6 feet of Greer in the front of the net on that tip. They looked slow and sluggish. Not one forward not on McDavid’s line had a shot on net through 40.
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Rob Soria@Oil_Drop·
@lion_teaa I don't quite get this angle & I heard it repeatedly last night. Oilers already beat them this year and lost yesterday. Much like their two series, it's pretty tight between the two teams. Unfortunately, the Panthers won the two big ones. Winning last night won't change that.
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oily life 🧡💙
oily life 🧡💙@lion_teaa·
@Oil_Drop Yet the comments on forecheck of the other team.. it did cause issues. We seem to keep doing the same thing over and over and still can’t get pass the panthers
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Rob Soria@Oil_Drop·
This could be my favourite Knoblauch post game presser of the season. I knew he get asked the questions he did and he handled it perfectly. As I said earlier, that was a fairly even game. The puck didn't go in & they gave up next to nothing but... youtu.be/IHhtqwPDgzQ?si…
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Rob Soria@Oil_Drop·
@Madi39 Get used to it my friend, as he isn't coming out
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Madi-Committed to Winning 🥴
@Oil_Drop I can’t do Henrique anymore. Savoie - McDavid - Hyman Podkolzin - RNH - Roslovic Samanski - Dickinson - Jarventie Jones - Lazar- Kapanen
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Rob Soria@Oil_Drop·
No sign of Frederic in the 3rd suggests he's likely out against the Bolts. Wouldn't be surprised to see Lazar get back in, as he's been practicing. Oilers Lines Savoie - McDavid - Hyman Podkolzin - RNH - Roslovic Samanski - Dickinson - Kapanen Jones - Henrique - Lazar
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Rob Soria@Oil_Drop·
@IlesBuck Yeah, he could've but I didn't think that was an issue. They created chances, they just didn't bury them. Would've swapped back to Hyman and Savoie as his regualr wingers but what can you do. I'm guessing that trio will be back together against the Bolts
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Buck Iles@IlesBuck·
@Oil_Drop My only issue last night was Knobs not getting away from the McD line up against Chucky/Bennett. Home ice last change he could have done a better job line matching
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Rob Soria@Oil_Drop·
Another result where fans & media will shit on the Oilers for effort & god knows what else. Just like last year's final, you can't spot Florida 2 or 3 goals when, at worst, they should be up one or even. Getting the odd save is a must. Without them, the ask becomes a tad much.
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Rob Soria@Oil_Drop·
@moe99oilers I think he's going to be a useful B6 guy who will chip in a little bit of offence feom time to time. At the moment, I have no doubt the ask is to be defensively sound & always on the right side of the puck. He does both very well. I like him quite a bit. There's a player there.
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Moe99@moe99oilers·
@Oil_Drop What’s your thoughts on Samanski? I find him slow and no offense in him. Safe and not a liability out there.
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Rob Soria@Oil_Drop·
@brightswc @kami4374 I wasn't suggesting there were none but there weren't many and they all went in. Again, not blaming the goalie but one extra save in the first, probably changes that game.
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Brad@oilersfan071973·
@Oil_Drop True. Giving up a breakaway like that (which they do often) sucks too. You could tell the oil weren’t scoring after that first pp early in the second period.
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Rob Soria@Oil_Drop·
@kami4374 Of course it is and my only point in this, it's difficult to always come back from being down a goal or two early in games.
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Kamich_S@kami4374·
@Oil_Drop At the end of the day, it’s pretty hard to win when you scored zero goals.
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Rob Soria@Oil_Drop·
@Shashi20163108 @jimmathesonnhl To be fair, whenever I'm at a game they lose, the first thing I always hear in the crowd is complaints about their so-called effort. It never fails 😆
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Shashi@Shashi20163108·
@Oil_Drop @jimmathesonnhl It was a lifeless performance. People in our row, people in front of us, people behind us were all saying the same thing. And then I’m seeing comments on here and I’m seeing the media all saying the same thing. Highly unlikely we’re all wrong.
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Shashi@Shashi20163108·
@Oil_Drop @jimmathesonnhl That’s fine, Rob. Everyone has their own opinion. To me and many others it was clear and obvious it was a complete no show. Blatantly obvious.
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Shashi@Shashi20163108·
@Oil_Drop @jimmathesonnhl Was at the game the effort was absolutely putrid by the Oilers. This was a complete no-show by the team.
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Rob Soria@Oil_Drop·
@kami4374 Because that's how he creates what he does. In order to be that player, taking chances is part of the deal. If you're hoping for 97 to turn into Patrice Bergeron, you will be disappointed. How many games has Connor won for this team, this season? Same question for their goalies?
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Kamich_S@kami4374·
Of course it would be great if he made the save. But McDavid has made too many giveaways like that in the last few games , tried to make something out of nothing and his hands seem to be off. He needs to be more patient . How about just not give away the puck in the first place. And then the mistake is amplified because the defencemen were playing too deep, thinking offence first instead of defence. I didn’t see Florida give up any breakaways tonight.
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Rob Soria@Oil_Drop·
@brightswc @kami4374 Honestly, where were all these solid opportunities Florida had? Not blaming Ingram at all but part of the deal with a goalie, is making timely stops. They can happen whenever, as each game is different. He made a few in the 2nd against SJ that were huge. He made none tonight.
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DJ@brightswc·
@Oil_Drop @kami4374 You can’t look at this game and start blaming Ingram. We gave them many more solid opportunities and they gave us nothing because they know how to play team defense and we don’t. Sure as save on a breakaway would be nice but how about we don’t give them a breakaway.
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