Well, that sucks. The Oilers really could have used the extra point in this one. I think this means I'm going to have to quit my job. I work part time at GM Place doing the silent auction sales. Puts beer money in my pocket while I go to school. The problem is that most of the time I work in Section 121. How is this a problem? If the Oilers are playing the same night I'm working in this section, they lose. Only once have they won while I've been working there. Normally, I wouldn't be troubled by this sort of superstitious thing, but based on my power to predict overtime vs. Dallas (ask Loxy, it's true) I'm taking stuff like this a little more seriously.
This is going to be pretty positive, despite the loss, because I'm tired of being mad at this team.
- The team looked like they played fairly well overall, which is nice. The overall impression one gets from the last 3 games (yes, even the collapse against Dallas) is that the team is good enough to be winning games. Unlike, say, the last Vancouver game, where they looked like should be relegated to the AHL.
- Hejda is a pretty good dman. I have a sneaky suspicion that Smid will be one of the few Oilers not rushed back from injury. The optics of his arrival may prevent him from being sent to the AHL or sat for any length of time, but giving him a couple extra days to rest just makes good sense.
- It's nice to see the STP line being who I thought they could be at the start of the year. If Stoll had been playing this well when the goaltending was miraculously good, the Oilers would have had a much nicer cushion to completely blow with this losing streak.
- I didn't see Roy really screw up except on the OT goal. That's a pretty solid positive in my books.
Hopefully the team generally not looking like ass is a sign that this horrendous losing streak is over. Hopefully a 8 game winning streak is coming up. Hopefully that doesn't blind Lowe to the need for another good dman for this team.
And while I'm hoping for things, I'd like a pony.
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The Black Frog was so busy last night that I barely caught the game. What I did catch was Roy on during OT...
Not that I have anything against the guy, but with Bergeron? In his 2nd game?
That's not quite right.
It's really too bad he was victimized in OT, up to that point he had played a really solid game.
Definitely a better game by the Oilers. The next two weeks determines their season: gotta keep playing good and Lowe needs to be active. We're not out of it yet.
Roy, definitely should not have been paired with Bergie and even more, should not have been on the ice in OT. Bad move MacT.
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