give me a gift... burn that ridiculous shirt you're wearing

Driasaitl has been voted best passer in the league by rhe playee a couple time I’m pretty sure

Podkolzin needs some love also as a good win and fit. It’s a shame Jeff Skinner and Arvidson are not living up to expectations. Imagine if they were also! #LFGO

Honestly lower then 5 isn’t fair, he’s second in goals only too Mathew’s since he signed his 8 year deal and second in points only too McDavid

Not a chance. Well a small one.. Connor will surpass him with almost certainty. And Nate is just as likely to win again as any other front runner. I bet he’s hits the 100 assists benchmark for the first time this year to join McD and Nikita. He’s on track for 98. The top guys average 2ppg in wins and only one in losses.. that’s the true measurement of the very best in the nhl…

LAST YEAR how about playoff scoring GP 74 G 41 A 67 108 PTS PPG 1.47/game. He is Top 3 McDavid, McKinnon and then Draisitle that is mount Rushmore at the moment. 97 is at 1.58 per playoff game. Not much a difference. McKinnon is at 1.29 per playoff game. Austin Martin is not even worth looking up he is less than a point a game in the playoffs

He's top 5.

I’m liking Kappy. I think we keep him

Have jolly Christmas, and a happy 2025. Thanks you for your commentary. You do a real fine job.

merry Christmas nick!

McDavid already got the Conn Smythe, time for Driasitle's

0 goals in the SCFs

Bouchard will be fine. Everyone needs to chill but also understand that’s the player. You take the good with the bad and discount his contract accordingly.

Merry Christmas. Love your videos. Keep going strong. Go Oilers.

Excellent analysis

Game 34. Long post follows with base game statistics including some for the Ottawa Senators. Read, don't read, up to you. These are BASE stats not detailed ones. My comments and observations at the end. Statistics for Ottawa Senators at Edmonton Oilers December 22nd, 2024 Edmonton Oilers: Arvidsson 1 Goal, 1 Primary Assist (PP) Hyman 1 Goal (PP) Henrique 1 Goal McDavid 1 Primary Assist Draisaitl 1 Secondary Assist (PP) Janmark 1 Primary Assist Brown 1 Secondary Assist Skinner 20 Saves on 21 Shots = .952 Save %age (Excellent) Ottawa Senators: Cousins 1 Goal Ullmark 6 Saves on 7 Shots = .857 Save %age (20 minutes played) Merilainen 12 Saves on 14 Shots = .857 Save %age (36 minutes played) Senators Oilers Shots on Goal 21 21 Hits 16 11 Faceoffs Won 29 19 PP 0/1 1/5 Penalty Mins 12 4 Giveaways 13 (11 per NST) 18 (13 per NST) Takeaways 5 (2 per NST) 7 (5 per NST) Blocked Shots 6 (4 per NST) 24 (20 per NST) 3 Stars: 3-Henrique (1G), 2-Hyman (1G PP), 1-Arvidsson (1G, 1A (PP)) Player TOI PP TOI PK TOI SOG +/- PIM Hits Blocks Giveaways Takeaways Nurse 22:58 3:10 0:00 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 Bouchard 22:18 6:10 0:00 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 Ekholm 21:27 3:10 1:16 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 Kulak 19:57 0:00 0:45 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 Emberson 15:39 0:00 1:15 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 Stecher 12:06 0:00 0:43 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 Draisaitl 22:40 6:10 0:06 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 McDavid 22:39 5:52 0:07 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 Hyman 20:21 5:55 0:00 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 Arvidsson 16:52 5:31 0:00 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 Henrique 15:16 3:19 1:01 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 Podkolzin 13:13 0:00 0:46 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 C Brown 12:56 0:00 0:52 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 Perry 12:22 3:19 0:00 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 J Skinner 11:50 3:13 0:00 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 Kapanen 11:16 0:00 0:00 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 Ryan 11:05 0:00 0:00 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Janmark 11:05 0:00 1:06 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Oilers Faceoff Breakdown: Won Lost Percent Draisaitl 9 6 60.0 Ryan 5 3 62.5 McDavid 3 7 30.0 Podkolzin 1 1 50.0 Henrique 1 8 11.1 Perry 0 1 0.00 Janmark 0 1 0.00 Arvidsson 0 2 0.00 Senators's Faceoff Breakdown: Won Lost Percent Pinto 8 5 61.5 Norris 8 3 72.7 Giroux 6 6 50.0 Tkachuk 5 4 55.6 Greig 1 0 100.0 Guadette 1 0 100.0 Ostapchuk 0 1 0.00 Surgery still postponed so here are some stats. Again, I can't watch the games. What follows is my opinion. Arvidsson who has lit up Ottawa in the past 6 games continues that trend with a Goal and an Assist (on the PP goal). Hyman scored (the PP goal) and has scored 10 goals in his last 9 games including in 6 straight. Rico got his 3rd goal of the season (finally) though he lost a tooth during the game (from a high stick if memory serves). For Ottawa they had one goal from Cousins, unassisted. Ullmark left the game after the first period with an upper body injury and didn't return. Merilainen took over for the last 2 periods. Both goalies had identical .857 Save %ages. At the other end Stu let in one and stopped the rest for a .952 Save %age (Excellent). Stats wise, both teams same # of shots, Ottawa out hit Edmonton (not a surprise) 16 to 11, Ottawa won 10 more faceoffs (rare) 29 to 19. The Senators also took a LOT more penalties (12 minutes to 4) and gave one up on the PP. The Oilers PK kept the sheet clean. Oilers had more Giveaways (18 to 13), more Takeaways (7 to 5), and LOT more blocks (24 to 6). Ottawa was frustrated and sloppy (hence the penalties). Edmonton kept their cool. Bouch had another bad night. With LA's loss to Washington, the Oilers leap frog them and move into 2nd place in the Pacific 3 points back of Vegas who didn't play tonight. The big game is the next one after the Christmas break next Saturday when Edmonton faces LA in an important match. Take care all.

Your right though, this happens too frequently with Bouchard.

That trade would have been interesting and rewarding for both teams.

There is a lot of podcasters on Oilers. I wish this would get more success

Man I really didn't know stue is running the locked on Oilers podcast! 😳😅

McDavids grinder of a goal in zadorovs face to make it that much sweeter

Thanks for the summation of the Oiler action. And guys: a word to the wise. Keep yo’ eyes to the skies. You might see something you might not otherwise….

Bruins got confidence off a fluke goal. Then we did. Glad we beat them. We're better than the Bs

Two types of players the Nashville Predators have never had in their franchise history. A solid consolation prize for sucking rather than being stagnant in perennial mediocrity.

I disagree with expectations for Skinner. His team leaves him hung out there alone way too much and this definitely affects his mindset as the rushes forward are always occurring in every game wat too many times. Seems when Picard is in net the team is far more focused on giving him more support in front of net. Yes there are endless statistics but there is no way to measure his mindset when he is standing there and his forwards and defence are already heading towards opponent’s net .

Satisfying win in a C effort for 56 mins in this game game by the oil. Seen Vegas & Florida do this all the time. It’s character building.

Bro he’s ranked top 10 in the nhl rn

No no no and no. Don’t know which team is lucky guys. The 4-3 goal is not luck , then what? Skill? Come on now. The 5-4 goal is across the goal line. And Bouchard help them out like that. Ya that’s a sign of get rid of Bouchard.

Just the Classic oilers blowing a 4-2 lead when you think they will win and hold back. Same old

Let’s not overthink it ,getting up when we win, and even then complaining about how we won . Shit happens , lots of games in last few days against good teams. 3 weeks ago we would have been overjoyed if we thought they would have won 4 of 5 of these games. Take a breath. We know we need another experienced D . Bouchard has a ton of pressure he is putting on himself to get the BIG contract and doesn’t need us pointing out those glaring mistakes he is well aware of. He will be getting support from Coffey who made horrendous mistakes when he started off. Let’s not start on him like poor Nurse gets . No wonder players hesitate to come here

1. Nurse double minor 2. Florida 4th goal 3. Sam Reinheart lucky goal Edmonton needs better shutdown players if anything.

Relying on Burchard for Defense is like playing Russian Roulette, some days are good/lucky some days you windup killing you whole teams momentum . Even and Stu are making Nurse who had a decent game look reliable . These two were so bad , we forgot about Perry and Jeff Skinner This lose also came when Bob was playing as bad as Skinner, but he did made one great save to preserve the win on Leon in the 3rd on a funny bounce of the back board from a shot from Burchard, right on the sweet spot of Leon's stick and Bob made that beautiful save . That goal by Reinhart on Stu's noggin was a slap in the face. 😂

Did you just say the Eastern Conference is so bad ??? I tell you right now if the Oiler's were in that conference, they be lucky to make a wild card spot !!!

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It's tough when Bouchard isn't beating goalies, in the past while he's had some prime opportunities with time to find a lane but the angle he chooses doesn't go around the goalie. One specific example in this game was when Mcdavid activated him down the right wing and Bouch basically needed to go short side quickly and it was open, but he released it right to the middle of the net/goalie. Usually he can make up for his mistakes by having such an accurate snipe

Without Barkov lol

Game 31. Long post follows with base game statistics including some for the Florida Panthers. Read, don't read, up to you. These are BASE stats not detailed ones. My comments and observations at the end. Statistics for Florida Panthers at Edmonton Oilers December 16th, 2024 Edmonton Oilers: Hyman 2 Goals C Brown 1 Goal Draisaitl 1 Goal (PP), 1 Secondary Assist Kapanen 1 Goal McDavid 3 Primary Assists (1 on PP) Bouchard 1 Secondary Assist Ekholm 1 Secondary Assist (PP) Perry 1 Primary Assist Kulak 1 Primary Assist Skinner 22 Saves on 28 Shots = .786 Save %age (O U C H!) Florida Panthers: Boqvist 1 Goal (Shortie) Tkachuk 1 Goal (Kicked it in but) (PP) Forsling 1 Goal Mikkola 1 Goal, 1 Secondary Assist Reinhart 1 Goal, 1 Secondary Assist (PP) Verhaeghe 1 Goal (GWG), 1 Primary Assist (PP) Bennett 1 Primary Assist Lundell 2 Primary Assists Ekblad 1 Secondary Assist Luostarinen 1 Secondary Assist Bobrovsky 25 Saves on 30 Shots = .833 Save %age (not Great) Panthers Oilers Shots on Goal 28 30 Hits 39 21 Faceoffs Won 27 38 PP 1/4 1/3 Penalty Mins 11 13 Giveaways 16 (12 per NST) 16 (12 per NST) Takeaways 3 4 Blocked Shots 13 (7 per NST) 15 (12 per NST) 3 Stars: 3-McDavid (3A), 2-Hyman (2G), 1-Reinhart (1G, 1A) Player TOI PP TOI PK TOI SOG +/- PIM Hits Blocks Giveaways Takeaways Ekholm 22:40 0:43 4:22 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 Bouchard 22:25 3:13 0:00 4 -2 2 1 1 1 0 Nurse 20:35 0:27 0:16 1 1 6 1 0 1 0 Kulak 20:27 0:00 1:34 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Emberson 15:44 0:00 4:30 0 0 0 4 3 0 1 Stecher 14:56 0:00 1:25 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 McDavid 23:00 3:52 0:00 0 -2 0 0 0 2 0 Nuge 17:00 3:33 3:10 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 Draisaitl 18:59 3:30 0:00 3 -2 0 1 0 0 1 Hyman 17:50 2:58 0:00 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 Henrique 16:01 0:04 3:21 0 -2 0 1 2 3 0 Janmark 14:34 0:00 2:10 1 -1 0 0 0 1 0 Kapanen 14:33 0:00 0:34 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 C Brown 11:33 0:00 2:12 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 J Skinner 12:58 0:24 0:00 0 -1 0 0 1 0 2 Podkolzin 14:33 0:00 0:31 3 1 5 5 1 1 0 Perry 11:03 0:58 0:00 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 Ryan 10:16 0:00 0:07 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 Oilers Faceoff Breakdown: Won Lost Percent Draisaitl 15 7 68.2 Nuge 7 2 77.8 Henrique 7 6 53.8 McDavid 5 7 41.7 Ryan 4 3 57.1 Janmark 0 1 0.00 Brown 0 1 0.00 Panthers's Faceoff Breakdown: Won Lost Percent Lundell 7 5 58.3 Bennett 7 14 33.3 Reinhart 6 10 37.5 Nosek 5 2 71.4 Rodrigues 1 2 33.3 Boqvist 1 3 25.0 Verhaeghe 0 2 0.00 Surgery still postponed so here are some stats. Again, I can't watch the games. What follows is my opinion. What a positively wretched game. Oh it was high scoring on both sides but the defensive collapse and the goalies inabilities to keep things out of the twine made it like a game of 5 year olds. Stats analysis: Leon had his 6th consecutive multipoint game. Hyman scored twice then took a slapshot to the face going off until he returned with a full face shield. Hyman got his 200th goal of his career in the 2nd period. Look, this one was ugly on many fronts. Too many penalties, a Bouch cough up less than 3 minutes into the game gives up a shortie, at one point the Oilers were up 4 to 2 and then boom, 3 in a row for Florida then Edmonton got one to tie it up before Verhaeghe got his 9th of the year and no more goals went in. Oilers had slightly more shots, almost half the hits, won 11 more faceoffs, got a Powerplay goal (so did Florida and they got a Shortie), everything else was pretty much a wash. Couldn't watch or listen to this one as I was at a Christmas Party. Just going from what I get afterwards. What I think is a team that didn't come to play facing one that decided to play. Take care all.

Oilers worst goalie skinner because of him we lost Stanley cup last year what manager & owner is doing we need goalie not this skinner you see agin today he is garbage & garbage he should leave this city, disgrace.

Bouchard had a bad one

15 wins? 20 wins? 30 good goalies? 30? 31? maybe even as low as 20? fuck dude, you sound like my 4 year old spitting out arbitrary numbers thinking she knows how to count

Dude just give your prediction talk for 10 min max and done lol

I feel confident when Picks is in net. He’s been playing really well. We’re almost back to where we should be. Consistent at minimum and improving every game. #LFGO

Pickard has to be giving them confidence. They play a lot better when they have confidence.

I think Oilers WERE kind of turtling, but counter attacks are just so second nature that they almost fall into high danger chances, not to discount the finishing they showed but those extra goals only took a little bit of extra offensive effort at the end after they spent a lot more effort on the defensive side.

Stecher pots 2 Goals since this was posted definitely playing well and yes finally for first time on a Strong Team.

Pickard is half way there. Lotta hockey left.

Whenever Draisaitl comes out moving his legs, Oilers play a great game. He was all over the place and even back checked . Impress team win, whole team played with confidence

Will Bouchard even be playing? SOB Hartman!!!

Game 29. Long post follows with base game statistics including some for the Minnesota Wild. Read, don't read, up to you. These are BASE stats not detailed ones. My comments and observations at the end. Statistics for Edmonton Oilers at Minnesota Wild December 12th, 2024 Edmonton Oilers: Hyman 1 Goal (PP) Kapanen 1 Goal (GWG) Brown 1 Goal (Shortie), 1 Secondary Assist Nuge 1 Goal Draisaitl 1 Goal, 3 Primary Assists (2 on the PP) Stecher 1 Goal Ryan 1 Goal McDavid 2 Secondary Assists (1 on PP) Bouchard 1 Primary Assist, 1 Secondary Assist (PP) Podkolzin 2 Secondary Assists Janmark 1 Primary Assist (Shortie) Emberson 1 Secondary Assist (Shortie) Nurse 2 Primary Assists Pickard 29 Saves on 30 Shots = .967 Save %age (Exceptional) Minnesota Wild: Gaudreau 1 Goal (PP) Faber 1 Primary Assist (PP) Johansson 1 Secondary Assist (PP) Gustavsson 21 Saves on 26 Shots = .808 Save %age (pulled after 40 minutes) Fleury 7 Saves on 9 Shots = .778 Save %age (came in relief for 20 mins) Oilers Wild Shots on Goal 35 30 Hits 8 23 Faceoffs Won 28 22 PP 2/4 1/3 Penalty Mins 11 13 Giveaways 14 (12 per NST) 21 (18 per NST) Takeaways 3 3 Blocked Shots 11 (10 per NST) 14 3 Stars: 3-McDavid (2A), 2-Draisaitl (1G, 3A), 1-Bouchard (2A) Player TOI PP TOI PK TOI SOG +/- PIM Hits Blocks Giveaways Takeaways Kulak 24:19 0:00 1:55 3 1 0 2 2 1 2 Nurse 22:30 1:43 2:30 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 Ekholm 21:34 1:28 2:07 0 2 2 0 4 4 0 Bouchard 21:22 3:49 0:00 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 Emberson 15:13 0:00 2:34 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 Stecher 12;14 0:00 1:25 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 McDavid 19:54 3:52 0:07 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 Nuge 19:28 3:45 2:46 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 Hyman 18:42 3:55 0:00 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 Draisaitl 18:03 3:37 0:00 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 Henrique 16:01 1:31 2:43 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Janmark 13:49 0:00 1:40 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 J Skinner 13:10 1:36 0:03 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 Kapanen 12:45 0:00 0:40 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 Podkolzin 12:19 0:34 0:00 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 C Brown 11:53 0:00 1:55 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 Perry 11:43 1:25 0:00 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 Ryan 9:33 0:00 0:00 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 Oilers Faceoff Breakdown: Won Lost Percent McDavid 9 7 56.3 Draisaitl 7 5 58.3 Henrique 5 7 41.7 Ryan 2 0 100.0 Podkolzin 2 0 100.0 J Skinner 1 0 100.0 Nuge 1 1 50.0 Janmark 1 1 50.0 C Brown 0 1 0.00 Wild's Faceoff Breakdown: Won Lost Percent Rossi 7 9 43.8 Hartman 7 4 63.6 Khusnutdinov 4 5 44.4 Gaudreau 2 6 25.0 Boldy 2 1 66.7 Trenin 0 1 0.00 Johansson 0 2 0.00 Again, waiting for surgery, couldn't watch or listen to the game just some highlights after the fact. First, Minnesota is missing several good players due to injury. So are the Oilers. Next, Leon was all over this game. His assist on the Kapanen goal was a keep away for the ages (eventually against 2 players). One Goal and Three Assists on the night. He's got 4 Goals and 6 Assists over the last 4 games. Folks that's 2.5 points per game. He leads the league in Goals and Game Winning Goals right now. He didn't do it alone. Podkolzin multipoint night. McDavid multipoint night. Bouchard (who got hurt after a late hit INTO Pickard by Hartman who should face some suspensions for it but that's a Player Safety thing so who knows) had a multipoint night too. Nurse (who has been playing some of his best hockey of late) had 2 Primary Assists for a multipoint night. We got 2 of 4 on the PP. Let in 1 of 3 on the PK. Got a shortie on another of their opportunities. Derek Ryan scored a goal (his 1st of the year). Ty Emberson got into a really good fight (and when the Oilers fight they "tend" to win) and he is from the Minnesota area so lots of his family in attendance (and he got an Assist on the Shortie too). Stecher got his 2nd goal of the season. Brown got his 4th (and it was the shortie). All 4 lines scored. Many said the Oilers would be lucky to get 2 of 4 on the 4 game swing against Tampa Bay, Minnesota, Vegas, and Florida. We won the first two (in very different ways) but with both of those games showcasing that we DO have Defense (please let Bouch just have something minimal, loosing him would be a big hit). Two more games to go. LA lost tonight to the Devils but Vegas beat Winnipeg in OT. Canucks won, Flames lost, Seattle won so while we gain ground on LA we just keep pace with Vegas. We really need to beat them to close the gap somewhat. Take care all

You should have said you can tell the Wild got smoked because even Derek Ryan got his first goal in 40 something games! Lol