🔥 Hot take 🔥 - Fully agree with Babcock not splitting up McDavid and Draisaitl - yet.
The rest of the players said that they wanted *opportunity*.
You have an 8-2-1 record you’re gonna make the playoffs and you need to figure out what you have early in the season.
Injuries are a huge factor. Nuge and Hyman just came back and haven’t fully found their game.
Savoie, Ekholm and Levi mean you’re missing your starter, 1st pairing D and top 6 winger.
If you can absorb the losses or stay competitive with this setup - do it.
The Oilers can figure out what they have with a lot of these players the only way they’re going to become what they’re supposed to be is the play lots and they need steady lineups to figure it out.
Don’t overact to one loss that statically was mostly* goaltending and injuries. (Mostly*)
Stay the course and this team will get healthier and better. IMO.
Learned yesterday that every single Toronto Maple Leafs fan is always on standby with at least 3 reasons why they play in the TOUGHEST DIVISION IN HOCKEY. Apparently it’s an excuse and a flex at the same time.
Vancouver Canucks Fans we have underestimated you.
“He’s not signing” is one of the greatest chants ever heard.
Incredible work.
Captain Jack 🏴☠️ retweeted
(Related) Worst save % by a goaltender through their first 23 appearances with a franchise - Last 40 NHL seasons (1986-87 to present):
.829- Scott Gordon (QUE)
.851- Brian Hayward (SJ)
.852- Jimmy Waite (CHI)
.854- Peter Sidorkiewicz (OTT)
.856- Grant Fuhr (CGY)
.858- Jarry (EDM)
Worst goals against average by a goaltender (minimum of 15 such games played) - #Oilers franchise history (1979-80 to present):
4.23- Ron Tugnutt
4.04- Ron Low
4.03- Eddie Mio
3.84- Tristan Jarry (Via allowing 6 in a 7-2 loss to the Maple Leafs earlier tonight)
3.74- Joaquin Gage
Love that the Edmonton Oilers beat the NHLs best Teams like Carolina and Minnesota.
But need to beat the leagues weaker teams like Vancouver and Toronto consistently too
Need to take these teams as seriously as they take playing the Oilers.
Congrats to the Leafs on getting to play against Tristan Jarry.
Quite the victory lap online though for such a medicore performance.
Easy to point at the Edmonton Oilers missing so much of their roster for the loss but they are going to have to learn to consistently beat weaker teams like the Toronto Maple Leafs to be considered true contenders.
To give credit where’s it’s due Auston Matthews is actually having a great bounce back season and racking up so many points that he’s almost putting up Evan Bouchard numbers.
Mike Babcock was 100% the right coaching pick for the Edmonton Oilers to go for it all.
The Toronto Maple Leafs and Colombus Blue Jackets wanted to do cardio, be famous and collect paychecks not win championships so he wasn’t a fit there.
“The Edmonton Oilers have an easy schedule just wait until they play a real team like the defending Stanley Cup Champion Carolina Hurricanes”
Tough goal against Evan Bouchard tonight. Looked like he was doing his best Cale Makar impression out there.
Connor McDavid last week saying that the Madison Square Garden is his favourite arena to play in on the road. 👀








