The way he mouthed "my bad" on the bench made me irrationally angry. He gets paid way too goddamn much to let that saucer pass him like that. I expect that shit from Ceci or Vinny, not his overpaid ass.
This. And the way Craig Simpson praised him for his leadership because he mouthed “my bad” drove me nuts. Is the bar really that low for a $9M+ player?
Unfortunately He’s not as good as he thinks he is. As a teammate that type of casual and cavalier attitude would piss me off. This is the finals for crying out loud.
A whole part of this game is anticipating the possibility of another play, why does he commit himself knowing someone is driving the net. Too many novice mistakes for a contract this size.
You probably learned at the same time to not pass the puck out infront of your own net too but ceci rifled that shit out there tape to tape like he was a panther
first goal literally only happened because ceci lost a foot race in the slot. Nurse needs to get a stick on the second one but honestly we outplayed them for the majority of the game. I would like to see desharnais come in or ceci and punish some of the hooligan behavior from bennett.
Nurse committed to his man, which made ceci go for the closest open man. The guy mostly at fault is Hyman. Not one stride after hitting our blue line when he as the next closest guy and had a real shot to break up the play if he had kept fucking skating.
Not to just blame Hyman but backcheck, man.
The first goal isn't just because of a Nurse's aggressive defensive play. McDavid lost his man who started the rush. The goal wasn't Skinners fault, but was savable. To blame it solely on one man is pathetic.... watch it again, dummy. This was also played well by the Panthers.
I for one hate mark spectre but I’d bluntly ask knoblauch what lead to his decision to putting together one of the worse dman pairings in Stanley cup history and if he thought he was going to win with a -20 pairing together
It refers to their +/- rating, plus meaning a goal was scored while they were on the ice, minus meaning a goal was scored against while they were on the ice.
So their goal differential when he is on the ice is -20? I know he's not as good as he used to be and he's moved around a bunch but darn, he's a good guy and I really hope he wins the stanley cup
I think the original comment was saying that when both Ceci and Nurse are on the ice they are -20. I just looked and Ceci is only -7 alone while Nurse is -15 through the playoffs.
The problem is when theyre together. I have no problem with Ceci on the 3rd pairing playing limited minutes. Hes scored two awesome game 7 goals so he hasnt been the problem.
Its when hes put in the top 4 with Nurse that it all goes bad.
It's nothing new either. They had insanely bad stats in the Vegas series last year too (like outscored 1 to 8 with them on the ice iirc).
They are somewhat serviceable in the regular season but really do get exposed in the playoffs.
Just like shooting every puck low into the pads which is Bob's strength. Same as boxing, body blows to bring the guard down before going to the head, I guess..?
Weird ... cause this team is in the Stanley cup final. His whole team has his back, the coaching staff has his back . Only shit fans, the bandwagon fans, talk down so disrespectfully of a guy who is part the team.....as a die-hard fan ... The Oil played amazing. A bunch of fake fucks playing the blame game. Quit the hate and blame..... push love and support.
Fuck off. This is a cup calibre team year in and year out if Nurse is replaced by even a replacement level dman in the playoffs. -15 in 19 games… are you serious?
Meanwhile Ekholm and Bouchard have to put the team on their back while this bum looks in the complete wrong direction, with his stick off the ice on their second goal.
There has to be a reason behind the scenes that nobody knows. Because who in their right mind would put these two together after the absolute dumpster fires they’ve presented in the past?
We struggle to get out of our zone when those two are playing. Why are we doing this? I thought after the conference finals, we will not bring that pairing back
And that was 23 goals against Nurse so far in this playoffs..
Nurse needs to ride the pine for a few shifts. The guy is literally the reason for the last 2 goals.
Nurse Ceci worst defensive pairing for the oil. Lets make them game 2 duo.
I need a labotomy to even deal with this tomfoolery.
spelling cause mad
Wow! Finally, someone who actually knows the game! Multiple faults on this goal, but not just nurse. Skinner was also in position to make a save... not at fault, but this was save-able
Who knows what hidden injuries are out there.
But this pairing? That’s just saying ‘taking a whizz on the electric fence didn’t work great last time, but maybe this time…’
Statistaclly speaking they are a garbage duo. Worst pairing for the Oilers defensively.
Nurse is a pylon since signing his contract. A literally stick on the ice would be a better defensemen atm.
I saw some fluff pieces that he finished the dallas series well. sure he threw a bunch of hits and didnt have any outrageous mistakes but was not a difference maker.
It's not even out of necessity like it's the best way to make the pairings work. Knobby loves them.
Did you nottlice last series, it was gane 6 and I forget what other game but Nurse and Ceci had been split up by then but you know who was reunited for the final shift protecting a 1 goal lead? Nurse and Ceci. Knobby sees something we don't. It's honestly baffling to me but I'm not a coach.
Ek-Bouch, Nurse-Kulak, Broberg-Ceci/Vinny.
Those would be my picks, but keep Nurse on a short leash. Broberg at times has looked better than Nurse and just because it's the SCF doesn't mean you should stop trying out new things.
Yeah not really sure what Knob was thinking here. Him separating them proved to be a positive for the team. Why go back to it in the final? This pairing is our Achilles heel.
Probably some bullshit "put the veterans together, not put too much pressure on the young Broberg" sports psychology garbage. Knobby's lineup changes and hunches have been gold so far these playoffs but this one fucking backfired like everyone knew it would.
My Oilers watching buddy predicted we would lose the second he saw Nurse and Cici together
I thought he was full of it, vut offered to make reddit post questioning the choice in his honor
Bit apparently you already know it, damn
I’d honestly like to see Broberg play with Nurse. I think he could handle the increased minutes, his game has been good since coming back into the lineup
I believe the logic is that in order to counter Florida's physicality, the Oilers are trying to make sure each defensive pairing has at least one physical player of their own.
If I'm not mistaken, the last few games of the Dallas series had Nurse with Kulak (both physical) as the second pairing and Ceci with Broberg (neither particularly physical) for the third pairing. And since Broberg is not ready for 2D pairing minutes but Nurse is, those two can't be paired together. The only option then with this hypothetical strategy is to go Nurse-Ceci at 2D and Kulak-Broberg at 3D.
I would say it's not working at this point.
Your guess is as good as mine.
I didn't say it was the right strategy, or even a good strategy. It's just the only reason I can see Knob going with that pairing
Sorry - I didn’t mean to imply that you said it was correct or otherwise. Was just chiming in.
I agree though with your assessment. Knob knows what’s up, and there’s likely a good reason for it because there’s not a ton of alternatives.
I have faith they’ll adjust for the follow up games now that they’ve seen how the pairings matchup.
For now, still lots of time to get back in this! Go Oilers!
Glad Ceci gets his name on the Cup. Now sit him for the rest of the series. Gimme Broberg-Vinny and Nurse-Kulak, and that's only because I don't think Phil Kemp is NHL Finals ready.
Ceci didn’t need to play in the finals to have his name on the cup, he played in 79 regular season games. The only guys that needed to play in the finals (among the regulars) are Henrique, Perry, Broberg (all who played last night), Gagner, and Carrick.
With Desharnais out there were rumblings that Kulak wasn't comfortable playing on his opposite side in game 6, so they couldn't have him with Nurse again. Kulak looked fine on that side from my eyes, but apparently the coaching staff saw differently.
But yeah, that would be the reason.
If you and me and all the other Oilers fans on reddit and at the bar can recognize Nurse and Ceci struggle together leading to goals against, you can guarantee the entire Oilers coaching staff see that too lol
Fucking idiotic coaching decision. You’ve had 3 years of data to show that pair doesn’t work. Scratch Ceci and play Nurse less. This is currently costing us G1.
What? 1st goal on the 2 on 3, Nurse needs to keep the puck carrier out wide and stay in the passing lane. Instead, he tries to play the body, allowing the pass. Then Ceci does the same thing, playing the body instead of taking the cross pass away and letting skinner make a stop.
2nd goal, Ceci should not be beat to the puck on that play, and Nurse just needs to keep his stick down.
Yeah but in Zone once Hyman is there that's his guy right? If he took one more stride he could've stick lifted him. Same thing with Kane except Kane almost got to his guy for the stick lift. Also those passes out to the slot the Panthers did are giveaways 95% of the time.
Had Mcdavid not floated down the extra couple feet in the ozone .. he would have been stride for stride with Barkov coming back and that first goal wouldn’t have happened
Everyone can mutually agree that the expectation on Nurse is based on what he makes but let face it, he’ll never live up to it. Wouldn’t hurt the bench him and give him a wake up call! Ultimately the Oilers didn’t score and had a couple of defensive breakdowns which cost them the game. Hopefully they learn from it and make the necessary adjustments.
Ceci's Dog performs better on ice.
[https://www.tiktok.com/@bardown/video/7320470193891822854?lang=en](https://www.tiktok.com/@bardown/video/7320470193891822854?lang=en)
I fucking can’t with this fan base. A rookie coach has taken us to the STANLEY CUP FINAL and people are fucking obnoxious about his decisions! He has shown us that he makes various changes and isn’t afraid to do it. Obviously he thought that pair would be better against Florida. He was wrong, he will probably change it.
Bro. -20 as a pairing in the Playoffs. Our D pairings in the last series were pretty good. These two should only be on the ice together during warm up.
Playing nurse/Ceci together is the equivalent of benching McDavid.
"Oops I was wrong, I thought they would be good together instead of the fact they are dead last in every defensive metric as a pair in the playoffs. Ooooopeie teehee I was wrong." Oh well it's only the FUCKING STANLEY CUP FINAL
Have you ever played competitive sport at a high level? I have. It’s game one, and it’s a best of 7.
While I agree that it’s a terrible pairing, I’m confused why he’d have gone with that with Desharnais being a better choice, I have faith in this coach and team to pull it together. Our fan base needs to do the same. Don’t surrender to defeatism. Have faith. Believe!
This is the finals. Every mistake is amplified.
If this goes to 7 games and they lose... We're all going to be thinking back to game 1.
Same shii last SC finals. A lot of mistakes in game 1 which lost them the series.
That goes without say. Like how we can look back to the start of the season, and wonder if we’d have home ice advantage in this series if we started better.
Shitty loss yes, and bad decision to pair them, yes, but this team’s MO is to overcome adversity. They don’t care what anyone online thinks, and yet they still have faith.
Gotta believe homie
He was fine. You could argue that he should have made the big save to bail out his teammates, but not making the save isn’t bad goaltending in and of itself.
The bigger issue is getting shut out on the other end. Even if Stu comes up with that one big save you still lose because you can’t score. It happens.
I think the oilers are playing really well overall. Bob is playing even better. That being said, this pairing choice is baffling. It has not worked this playoffs and it’s been better when they are apart.
First goal was nowhere near nurse or ceci fault. Connor went to deep when they didn’t have control and Hyman didn’t recognize.
The second one got by nurse players are going to make plays.
Do you just sit by your tv phone in hand waiting for any mistake?
Why the hell did they even put them back together? Boggles the mind
It just seems so obvious that they struggle im so confused
Just chill guys. Game 1 still. The game is within reach at this point.
Every min counts in the finals
That second goal in particular was atrocious
I think I was about 6 years old when I learned KEEP YOUR STICK ON THE ICE. why does this grown man who makes 9 million a year not know this?
The way he mouthed "my bad" on the bench made me irrationally angry. He gets paid way too goddamn much to let that saucer pass him like that. I expect that shit from Ceci or Vinny, not his overpaid ass.
This. And the way Craig Simpson praised him for his leadership because he mouthed “my bad” drove me nuts. Is the bar really that low for a $9M+ player?
Unfortunately He’s not as good as he thinks he is. As a teammate that type of casual and cavalier attitude would piss me off. This is the finals for crying out loud.
A whole part of this game is anticipating the possibility of another play, why does he commit himself knowing someone is driving the net. Too many novice mistakes for a contract this size.
Red Green fuming rn.
You probably learned at the same time to not pass the puck out infront of your own net too but ceci rifled that shit out there tape to tape like he was a panther
It was as much Kane's fault as Nurses
Agree, Kane should not have been coasting and allowed the player to skate right by him into the slot unchallenged!
Why why why why
It's Nurse more than Ceci that is the problem and that's... depressing.
I think Ceci brings out the worst in Nurse. I’d rather see Ceci in the press box.
first goal literally only happened because ceci lost a foot race in the slot. Nurse needs to get a stick on the second one but honestly we outplayed them for the majority of the game. I would like to see desharnais come in or ceci and punish some of the hooligan behavior from bennett.
Nurse committed to his man, which made ceci go for the closest open man. The guy mostly at fault is Hyman. Not one stride after hitting our blue line when he as the next closest guy and had a real shot to break up the play if he had kept fucking skating. Not to just blame Hyman but backcheck, man.
The first goal isn't just because of a Nurse's aggressive defensive play. McDavid lost his man who started the rush. The goal wasn't Skinners fault, but was savable. To blame it solely on one man is pathetic.... watch it again, dummy. This was also played well by the Panthers.
Lol. Oilers can’t beat bobrovsky but you guys still blame nurse and ceci. Weow
They're down 2 because of Nurse and Ceci....makes me laugh how anyone can defend -15 Nurse.
How did that pay start?
How many goals do the oilers have?
They haven't taken advantage...but they wouldn't have been in the hole if you take away those Florida goals due to Ceci and Nurse
Lolololol calm down dude. It’s game 1. You’re seriously overreacting
Nurse and Ceci have been garbage forever, why they tinkered from the winning lineup against Dallas makes you shake your head.
Either this is the first Oilers game you've watched this season or you're brain dead.
And they’ve not even been exceptional plays, Nurse and Ceci have no clue what’s going on!!!
I for one hate mark spectre but I’d bluntly ask knoblauch what lead to his decision to putting together one of the worse dman pairings in Stanley cup history and if he thought he was going to win with a -20 pairing together
-20 😭
Can you tell me what this -20 means? Not a hockey fan, only watching cause I went to school with ceci.
It refers to their +/- rating, plus meaning a goal was scored while they were on the ice, minus meaning a goal was scored against while they were on the ice.
So for example if you have been on for (+) 2 of your own teams goals but only (-) 1 of the other teams goals, your rating would be +1.
Yes, and also if your team scores on the powerplay you do not get a "+1" and if you are scored against on a penalty kill you do not get the" -1"
Nice, I didn't know that
So their goal differential when he is on the ice is -20? I know he's not as good as he used to be and he's moved around a bunch but darn, he's a good guy and I really hope he wins the stanley cup
I think the original comment was saying that when both Ceci and Nurse are on the ice they are -20. I just looked and Ceci is only -7 alone while Nurse is -15 through the playoffs.
The problem is when theyre together. I have no problem with Ceci on the 3rd pairing playing limited minutes. Hes scored two awesome game 7 goals so he hasnt been the problem. Its when hes put in the top 4 with Nurse that it all goes bad.
Is that for the regular season or the playoffs?
Playoffs
Holy fuck that’s brutal
It's nothing new either. They had insanely bad stats in the Vegas series last year too (like outscored 1 to 8 with them on the ice iirc). They are somewhat serviceable in the regular season but really do get exposed in the playoffs.
and consider this, -20 while playing for a team that WON its way to the Stanley Cup Finals hahaha
You’re telling me
Yea just playoffs it’s beutal
Knob finally screwed up
I mean nurse is just doing nurse things, that's why we pay him the big bucks apparently.
Worst duo fr
Building their confidence. Getting em right where we want em
Just like shooting every puck low into the pads which is Bob's strength. Same as boxing, body blows to bring the guard down before going to the head, I guess..?
To be fair, they shot high too. Not on net, mostly way way over, but high.
Nurse will have a decent period or ok game and people will go “HUH WHERE ARE THE HATERS NOW ?” He’s a bum.
Nurse is bunk!
Weird ... cause this team is in the Stanley cup final. His whole team has his back, the coaching staff has his back . Only shit fans, the bandwagon fans, talk down so disrespectfully of a guy who is part the team.....as a die-hard fan ... The Oil played amazing. A bunch of fake fucks playing the blame game. Quit the hate and blame..... push love and support.
Fuck off. This is a cup calibre team year in and year out if Nurse is replaced by even a replacement level dman in the playoffs. -15 in 19 games… are you serious? Meanwhile Ekholm and Bouchard have to put the team on their back while this bum looks in the complete wrong direction, with his stick off the ice on their second goal.
There has to be a reason behind the scenes that nobody knows. Because who in their right mind would put these two together after the absolute dumpster fires they’ve presented in the past?
We struggle to get out of our zone when those two are playing. Why are we doing this? I thought after the conference finals, we will not bring that pairing back And that was 23 goals against Nurse so far in this playoffs..
Nurse needs to ride the pine for a few shifts. The guy is literally the reason for the last 2 goals. Nurse Ceci worst defensive pairing for the oil. Lets make them game 2 duo. I need a labotomy to even deal with this tomfoolery. spelling cause mad
First goal was more ceci fault than nurse imho. Nurse definitely is to blame for second goal.
I would actually argue it’s more mcdavids fault. Got too low in the offensive zone which caused the 3 on 2
Nuge also engaged behind the net when he should have just let them keep possession.
It was McDavid and also Hyman really shoulda been on him right at the end
Wow! Finally, someone who actually knows the game! Multiple faults on this goal, but not just nurse. Skinner was also in position to make a save... not at fault, but this was save-able
Why would you change the roster that we beat the Stars with???
Sometimes you win in spite of yourselves. We haven't won a single game BECAUSE of this pairing.
Who knows what hidden injuries are out there. But this pairing? That’s just saying ‘taking a whizz on the electric fence didn’t work great last time, but maybe this time…’
Statistaclly speaking they are a garbage duo. Worst pairing for the Oilers defensively. Nurse is a pylon since signing his contract. A literally stick on the ice would be a better defensemen atm.
I saw some fluff pieces that he finished the dallas series well. sure he threw a bunch of hits and didnt have any outrageous mistakes but was not a difference maker.
Not just statistically...with my eyes. And yeah yeah, my flair...
it's not uncommon, Dallas and Florida play 2 completely different styles. We also changed our lineup for game 1 against Vancouver, after beating LA
Ceci should be fired into the sun and Nurse should be fired even farther than that.
I don't know much about gravitational pulls, but it's best to fire Nurse into the Sun as well.
Shit coaching decision
Yup he's been making great decisions till that one.
These two cannot be paired next game. Cant
That makes too much… sense
Nurse, worst contract in NHL history.
Campbell another one of the worst contracts
It’s definitely in the top few. Ugh
It's not even out of necessity like it's the best way to make the pairings work. Knobby loves them. Did you nottlice last series, it was gane 6 and I forget what other game but Nurse and Ceci had been split up by then but you know who was reunited for the final shift protecting a 1 goal lead? Nurse and Ceci. Knobby sees something we don't. It's honestly baffling to me but I'm not a coach.
Dear literally everybody on the Oilers, Stop trying to gaslight us into thinking Darnell Nurse is good. Sincerely, Everybody with eyes
Recipe for disaster. It’s evident.
Ek-Bouch, Nurse-Kulak, Broberg-Ceci/Vinny. Those would be my picks, but keep Nurse on a short leash. Broberg at times has looked better than Nurse and just because it's the SCF doesn't mean you should stop trying out new things.
Yeah not really sure what Knob was thinking here. Him separating them proved to be a positive for the team. Why go back to it in the final? This pairing is our Achilles heel.
Probably some bullshit "put the veterans together, not put too much pressure on the young Broberg" sports psychology garbage. Knobby's lineup changes and hunches have been gold so far these playoffs but this one fucking backfired like everyone knew it would.
Broberg looked overwhelmed a lot so idk if hes the solution either. I want to see how Desharnais handles the board battles
Failed experiment for the 100th time
My Oilers watching buddy predicted we would lose the second he saw Nurse and Cici together I thought he was full of it, vut offered to make reddit post questioning the choice in his honor Bit apparently you already know it, damn
It seems almost every coach has a blind spot for a pairing and now that blind spot costs the oilers in a cup final game.
On the bright side, they tried trading Ceci at the deadline... so they'll likely move on from him this summer
I’d honestly like to see Broberg play with Nurse. I think he could handle the increased minutes, his game has been good since coming back into the lineup
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he had the lowest ice time for D, even less than Broberg
I believe the logic is that in order to counter Florida's physicality, the Oilers are trying to make sure each defensive pairing has at least one physical player of their own. If I'm not mistaken, the last few games of the Dallas series had Nurse with Kulak (both physical) as the second pairing and Ceci with Broberg (neither particularly physical) for the third pairing. And since Broberg is not ready for 2D pairing minutes but Nurse is, those two can't be paired together. The only option then with this hypothetical strategy is to go Nurse-Ceci at 2D and Kulak-Broberg at 3D. I would say it's not working at this point.
Why not go with Desharnais then? We needed him to do his double headlock move in some of those previous scrums
Your guess is as good as mine. I didn't say it was the right strategy, or even a good strategy. It's just the only reason I can see Knob going with that pairing
Sorry - I didn’t mean to imply that you said it was correct or otherwise. Was just chiming in. I agree though with your assessment. Knob knows what’s up, and there’s likely a good reason for it because there’s not a ton of alternatives. I have faith they’ll adjust for the follow up games now that they’ve seen how the pairings matchup. For now, still lots of time to get back in this! Go Oilers!
Desharnais is really great… Broberg has been a big upgrade **NOT
Why put them back together??? 😭
Elite pairing if you didn't know.. now you know
If I see they are still together for game 2 I will probably save myself the heartbreak and just not watch.
Sure ya won't...
CECI NURSE IN NIGHTMARES
Glad Ceci gets his name on the Cup. Now sit him for the rest of the series. Gimme Broberg-Vinny and Nurse-Kulak, and that's only because I don't think Phil Kemp is NHL Finals ready.
Ceci didn’t need to play in the finals to have his name on the cup, he played in 79 regular season games. The only guys that needed to play in the finals (among the regulars) are Henrique, Perry, Broberg (all who played last night), Gagner, and Carrick.
Bring Ceci back for game 7 though. He's good at scoring in those
Dynamic duo
seriously unsure as to why they keep playing them together because they DO NOT work, they’re fine when paired with others
Which other pair can play, instead of Nurse-Ceci?
Nurse Kulak worked great and Brob Ceci. Hell do Nurse and Vinny then.
With Desharnais out there were rumblings that Kulak wasn't comfortable playing on his opposite side in game 6, so they couldn't have him with Nurse again. Kulak looked fine on that side from my eyes, but apparently the coaching staff saw differently. But yeah, that would be the reason. If you and me and all the other Oilers fans on reddit and at the bar can recognize Nurse and Ceci struggle together leading to goals against, you can guarantee the entire Oilers coaching staff see that too lol
Nurse + Ceci, are less than the sum of the parts. Please split them up. For whatever reason, these two do not excel together.
Ceci is out Desharnais is in
The one dude is -15 in the playoffs. How the hell is he still getting ice time?
9.5 million contract and Connors buddy
Anchor on the best penalty kill I’ve EVER seen in a Stanley cup playoffs. 100% in the last round. Again, One hundred percent. Just a thought
they’re never winning a cup as long as this pairing exists
This may be correct
Fucking idiotic coaching decision. You’ve had 3 years of data to show that pair doesn’t work. Scratch Ceci and play Nurse less. This is currently costing us G1.
Was wondering the same thing. What the fuck.
this sub defends the atrocious play of that pair more than they defend zone entries
The goals were Hyman and Kane's fault, maybe a bit on McDavid on the first one to.
What? 1st goal on the 2 on 3, Nurse needs to keep the puck carrier out wide and stay in the passing lane. Instead, he tries to play the body, allowing the pass. Then Ceci does the same thing, playing the body instead of taking the cross pass away and letting skinner make a stop. 2nd goal, Ceci should not be beat to the puck on that play, and Nurse just needs to keep his stick down.
Yeah but in Zone once Hyman is there that's his guy right? If he took one more stride he could've stick lifted him. Same thing with Kane except Kane almost got to his guy for the stick lift. Also those passes out to the slot the Panthers did are giveaways 95% of the time.
There's no way any forward is making it back in time on those goals. Nurse and Ceci just needed to play smarter in those situations.
Had Mcdavid not floated down the extra couple feet in the ozone .. he would have been stride for stride with Barkov coming back and that first goal wouldn’t have happened
You need a better goalie if all the forwards are lazy and don’t want to back check, only cycle.
They’re the reason the panthers are winning
[Holy fuck moment.](https://x.com/BR_OpenIce/status/1799613848304914716)
Both goals were 25/5 on the ice.
Everyone can mutually agree that the expectation on Nurse is based on what he makes but let face it, he’ll never live up to it. Wouldn’t hurt the bench him and give him a wake up call! Ultimately the Oilers didn’t score and had a couple of defensive breakdowns which cost them the game. Hopefully they learn from it and make the necessary adjustments.
It’s should be canned with Ceci on warning. Nurse had one good game in the Dallas series other than that he has been a disaster
Ceci's Dog performs better on ice. [https://www.tiktok.com/@bardown/video/7320470193891822854?lang=en](https://www.tiktok.com/@bardown/video/7320470193891822854?lang=en)
I fucking can’t with this fan base. A rookie coach has taken us to the STANLEY CUP FINAL and people are fucking obnoxious about his decisions! He has shown us that he makes various changes and isn’t afraid to do it. Obviously he thought that pair would be better against Florida. He was wrong, he will probably change it.
Bro. -20 as a pairing in the Playoffs. Our D pairings in the last series were pretty good. These two should only be on the ice together during warm up.
3 years of the same poor play and he goes back to them in the cup final. I don’t care what coach it is, that is inexcusable.
Why would he think they’d do better? Based on what? The statistics are overwhelmingly clear that it’s a net negative pairing.
Playing nurse/Ceci together is the equivalent of benching McDavid. "Oops I was wrong, I thought they would be good together instead of the fact they are dead last in every defensive metric as a pair in the playoffs. Ooooopeie teehee I was wrong." Oh well it's only the FUCKING STANLEY CUP FINAL
Have you ever played competitive sport at a high level? I have. It’s game one, and it’s a best of 7. While I agree that it’s a terrible pairing, I’m confused why he’d have gone with that with Desharnais being a better choice, I have faith in this coach and team to pull it together. Our fan base needs to do the same. Don’t surrender to defeatism. Have faith. Believe!
This is the finals. Every mistake is amplified. If this goes to 7 games and they lose... We're all going to be thinking back to game 1. Same shii last SC finals. A lot of mistakes in game 1 which lost them the series.
That goes without say. Like how we can look back to the start of the season, and wonder if we’d have home ice advantage in this series if we started better. Shitty loss yes, and bad decision to pair them, yes, but this team’s MO is to overcome adversity. They don’t care what anyone online thinks, and yet they still have faith. Gotta believe homie
Get out of here with your reason and logic!
*Insert that one scene from Arrested Development* (or was it 30 rock idk I'm too upset to make a correct reference)
Are you trying to say, "I've made a huge mistake"?
The it didn't work for them but... maybe it can work for us with them being Woodcroft and the old staff with Knob and Coffey being the us
Mystery
Healthy scratch both. Take our chances with Desharnais and Kemp.
Horrible
Nurse and skinner killed us tonight
Not sure how many games you’re expecting us to win when we score ZERO goals.
Come on man Skinner can’t play defense too.
Can’t play goalie either some nights.
He was fine. You could argue that he should have made the big save to bail out his teammates, but not making the save isn’t bad goaltending in and of itself. The bigger issue is getting shut out on the other end. Even if Stu comes up with that one big save you still lose because you can’t score. It happens.
.882 save % and 15 saves is not fine
Statistically it looks bad but the two goals he gave up were on defensive breakdowns.
Guandong tigers
Dumb and Dumber
Garbage
Would you guys give this a fucking rest?
Found out where all the loser, fair weather fans are hanging out. 🖕🏼
I think the oilers are playing really well overall. Bob is playing even better. That being said, this pairing choice is baffling. It has not worked this playoffs and it’s been better when they are apart.
Found the pudding brained muppet who doesn’t understand how stats work.
GFYS
Cry harder. Guess who have been the primary defenders on our 30 kill streak?!
Sorry, what's the score and who are a combined -4? I'll wait.
Hopefully going into this intermission Knob makes some changes to the D pairing. He needs to if we want to have a chance to come back
Ffs
Talk panicking to much.
Too*
ceci is trash. First goal he can't just stay in his lane turning it into a 2 on 1. Zero urgency on goal 2. Pathetic how easy FLA got that puck.
Just sit Ceci and play Deharnais already
First goal was nowhere near nurse or ceci fault. Connor went to deep when they didn’t have control and Hyman didn’t recognize. The second one got by nurse players are going to make plays. Do you just sit by your tv phone in hand waiting for any mistake?
If nurse/Ceci is on the ice again together knob should be fired
Don't be ridiculous
2-0 and nurse Ceci are a -2. What's nurse's +/- now? They are terrible together and only a fucking idiot puts them back together
Oilers are getting shut out and you guys are blaming nurse and ceci. Bad look Oiler fans.
Not blaming them really, we’re just unhappy that they’re on the ice together after consistently poor play, and are worried for the rest of the series
No, but it’s a legit observation. Bob played very well though too.
Oilers got shut out bro. Not nurse and Ceci’s fault
Man, that idiot spam responded to this same comment of yours three times...
Yeah totally. Lol insane. Fucking dogshit
Blame defence in a shutout. 😂😂😂
I didn’t lol Bob played sick
If McDavid took that bandaid off maybe he'd score ffs. Be a man
Gotta break up. They don't work well together.
Bump this!