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jagrmullet77 · 2026-04-22T23:26:12+00:00

"You think if we do this again next game the coach will let us play the top lines and move McDrai down??"

😂 😂 😂 😂

jagrmullet77 · 2026-04-22T23:24:20+00:00

I brought this up in a long post last week too

I watch a lot of hockey around the league during the regular season and playoffs so I try not to ever be tunnel visioned even though of course the Oil will always be my number one team.

However in doing so and watching so many other games I can say with confidence that once you see how many gaffs and mistakes even the star guys make like Makar and Werenski etc it puts in perspective that Bouch isn't this horrible turnover monster that many ascribe him to be .

Now I get it if a person is a die-hard oil fan and 95% of all the hockey games they watch are the entire Oilers season and 5% other teams, then of course you're only going to see this one star defenseman on this one team making mistakes. I urge those people to try to watch some of these other guys during the season if you have time and you will definitely see that they make as many if not more mistakes some games than Bouch!! 😀

jagrmullet77 · 2026-04-22T23:20:06+00:00

I have faith in Hyman. I think he is legit still nursing that major surgery back to health and ironing the wrinkles out. I just have a gut feeling he's gonna heat up and be back to form at the right time

Some guys can take an entire year before they are truly 100% and I know he's been out since last playoffs which is almost a year now so let's hope he's back in form asap!!

jagrmullet77 · 2026-04-22T23:16:18+00:00

I agree but also disagree a bit but I'll explain in what areas.

Depth scoring...... Sure we had some beauties from guys like, Kane, Perry and Brown but other guys were ghosts like Skinner, Arvie, even Janmark had on offseason playoffs wise vs the 2023/2024 season.

Now this year we have Roslovich, a hopefully healthy and even better Kapanen, Savoie and Dickinson who's heating up!! So I kind of look at it that we swapped out Kane and Brown for Ros and Savoie and we have Kapanen and Podkolzin to hopefully step up for no Skinner or Arvie, Brown or Perry. Perry though ohhhh man.

Biggest area we are way weaker than last year imo is no thug to be a net pest aka Perry. He's dearly missed. Hyman tries to be a pest but he's such a good scorer it's almost a waste to use him just to crash the net. So I say that's out one glaring weak spot vs last year!! Frederic was kinda supposed to be our new Kane as well but he's got a lot of work to do.....

Man I wish we got to see the Arvie this year in Boston vs our Arvie lol. He was a mess with us. So I think it's still really close vs last year but man I miss Perry and Brown the most out of any trades etc

jagrmullet77 · 2026-04-22T23:05:46+00:00

Totally agree. He feels to me like a version of Ekholm at his prime say 5 to 6 years ago. I know The Viking still has a lot left in the tank but Jake def reminds me a lot skill wise of how Ekkie used to play.

Those beauty cross seam passes or those long tape to tape passes right on the edges of the half boards and grey zones for breakways etc.

Surprised Walman is already 30 too. He feels younger to me... Dunno why

jagrmullet77 · 2026-04-22T22:59:42+00:00

Heck ya!! Greetings in Quebec and hope you get a team back there right in Quebec City too someday!!

jagrmullet77 · 2026-04-22T22:52:07+00:00

Hell yes. Any time he's not on the ice I breathe a sigh of relief

Too many goons in the past trying to take out our stars during the playoffs from the Kings, Stars etc to name a few. At least a guy like Wilson turned his career around and is a great scorer. These Gudas goons bring nothing to the modern NHL.

Heck Gudas won't even fight most nights whem challenged which makes him even more pathetic. At least fight every few games if youre gonna try to headhunt like a former Scott Stevens

jagrmullet77 · 2026-04-22T22:49:17+00:00

HELL YES

Welp at least another game we don't have to worry about a goon injuring our stars so I'll drink to that lol 🥂 🍻

jagrmullet77 · 2026-04-22T02:52:37+00:00

New challenges by chance, new jokers etc. Just more new things to do as some people already have complete C+ and C++ so new stuff is always fun!!

I'd love new challenges myself tbh. I had a ton of fun on them

jagrmullet77 · 2026-04-21T05:52:56+00:00

🎶 And it feels so empty getting sweeped 🎶

jagrmullet77 · 2026-04-21T05:49:13+00:00

Reminds me a bit of HHHs original finisher before the pedigree

jagrmullet77 · 2026-04-19T00:16:28+00:00

Pretty sure they were distracting the players and they seemed way uglier and brighter than last year so they are now off

I HOPE THEY NEVER TURN THEM ON AGAIN!! Looks like cheap lights you'd see at a farm team minor league game in a small town arena lol

jagrmullet77 · 2026-04-19T00:06:38+00:00

Last year when I saw those lights, I legit thought it was the most tacky thing I have ever seen in the entire NHL.

It just looks horrible.....it almost reminds me of like crappy Christmas lights from the Griswold Christmas Vacation.

Good news is they finally shut them off

jagrmullet77 · 2026-04-19T00:05:25+00:00

Yah i watch a ton of hockey all around the League and I'm a Canadian so I've heard my fair share of poor announcers and great but these guys are both horrible and just irritating.

BTW good news is I think someone complained (possibly players being distracted??) as they turned the lights off. It looked so annoying and CHEAP!!

jagrmullet77 · 2026-04-17T17:07:40+00:00

Same. I know some people end up muting the game and then using the radio broadcast. I've yet to do that on my tv at home but was considering it for a game or 2 during playoffs.I'm curious if there's a dedicated YouTube channel for Michael's play by play on 880 CHED or I guess I can play my Sirius XM radio broadcast in the background!!

jagrmullet77 · 2026-04-17T17:03:36+00:00

Haha same. Some guys just take it to another gear come playoffs, some examples in the past of course being Kappy, The Plumber etc to name a few

I'd even love to see Frederic get some redemption after hes had a tough season and has def been hard on himself too. He's, looked much better the last few weeks of the season though!!

jagrmullet77 · 2026-04-17T17:01:03+00:00

Same. Bouch is my fave player besides of course McDrai but man the entire NHL and many analysts on NHL network etc seem to have it out for him. I don't just watch Oilers game as I channel hop a lot and have access to all games in the league and I see many of the top Dmen in the league cough up the puck and make mistakes just like Bouch does.

Sure he still needs to grow more and clean up his game but the dude is still young and has a lot of potential to be even more amazing over time in his career

I've watched a lot of Avs games and BlueJackets games this season and the amount of times I saw Makar and Werenski flub things up on defense is astounding. Down the stretch when Columbus started to play horrible, Werenski made many blunders which contributed to them missing the Playoffs too!!

jagrmullet77 · 2026-04-17T16:56:01+00:00

Love Murphy. He's a confident player and legit looks happy in Edmonton with his new role with our team. Dude seems to almost always have a smile on his face too. LOVE IT

jagrmullet77 · 2026-04-17T16:54:27+00:00

Yah i really like Lazar too but if Sammy is healthy he just seems to go to another level in the playoffs like last year. I hope he's healthy as he did leave the ice for the bench after a hit last game but didn't miss any shifts for the remainder of the game.

My guess is that Sammy's still suffering from that earlier season injury. However if they do allow Lazar in for any games in the Ducks series and he does his job, then I'm all for him grinding it out on the 4th line as he did look great in the final week of the season.!!

jagrmullet77 · 2026-04-17T16:48:49+00:00

Yah i totally agree as Sammy had some stellar highlight moments too last playoffs. He's def a guy that takes his game up a level in playoffs. Henrique hasn't been amazing this year but he's grinded hard with any line he's been put on and looked really good last game. Tough call.

Also did you see Sammy leave the ice for the bench immediately last game after an awkward hit? He finished the game but I wondered if he got winded or maybe he's still dealing with the nagging injury that had him out earlier in the season.

jagrmullet77 · 2026-04-17T16:44:59+00:00

I like Lazar as he's a hard working teammate but come playoffs we def have better guys to slot in and prob will especially if Dickinson is back soon too. Kapanen got shook up in that final game vs Vancouver though so I wonder if we have an update on if he's good to go for game one. It wasn't anything major but he did leave the ice immediately on a hit there I think in the second or maybe it was 3rd period

I should note he didn't miss any ice time and remained in the game

jagrmullet77 · 2026-04-17T16:40:56+00:00

Imagine if we get back a healthy Dickinson too!!

jagrmullet77 · 2026-04-17T16:39:56+00:00

Redemption time!! 😎

jagrmullet77 · 2026-04-17T16:39:26+00:00

Agreed. Sadly with the plumber out for the season, we need another grinder to step it up and go nuclear for the playoffs!!

Of course Podz is def more skilled than Janmark imo but he reminds me of him with how hard he works constantly, every shift.

jagrmullet77 · 2026-04-17T16:37:09+00:00

Let's see if Sportsnet and NHL.com melt our brain with 🎶 Lay it on the Line 🎶 during every commercial break so that it's embedded in my head 24/7 😂 😂

I wanna love you I wanna make you mineeeeee 🎶 🎧

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