Edmonton Oilers Emotionally Fragile Having Lost Six Straight Games | Tim and Sid

NHL analyst John Shannon joins Tim and Sid to talk about the state of the Edmonton Oilers.
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[@eliasboesersson8774]

My wife and I live in Vancouver and I'm a huge Canucks fan (see name). My wife is from Edmonton and over the years we've always ribbed each other when the other team is on a tough run. It's so brutal right now I can't even joke about it with her. The fact that Calgary and Vancouver have both passed their rebuild is an absolute joke.

[@burn5500]

Your wife is a trooper! Buy her, her favourite snacks for when she watches an Oilers game. It’s so brutal you have to cheer her up! You rub salt into the wound and make her happy. Win-win for you!

[@1983skeletor]

Us Canucks are not past the rebuild yet. I believe we will though. Props to your marriage Dude, I don't know if I could marry a rival fan lol. My wife doesn't care about hockey and that was a tough pill to swallow.

[@mikes7446]

Edmonton feels like they’ve been in rebuild mode forever.

[@joqim4652]

Mike S yeah they’re a great example of how not to rebuild

[@ImmortalWombat]

Then, Florida and Arizona the 3 shithole teams, sad Edmonton that bad

[@justinyoung9021]

Because they try to be a team that can go deep before they are ready for it, they think they r better than they r

[@MrManfly]

@@justinyoung9021 not the last few years if you've been watching them they aren't that good and they know it ! thanx for NOTHING Chiarelli !!

[@dynamoproductions5]

Mike S Their upper management are still living in the glory days of Gretzky

[@ctrlshiftqq9846]

how tf u gonna thank a GM who traded matthew barzal for a bag of pucks?

[@quezatcol750]

i hate when people say that they traded barzal.. they traded the pick to isles who then took barzal.. have you ever seen edmonton drafting? if it isnt in top 5 they dont know how to draft.

[@Thosewithnonames]

Trading away Barzal's pick is somewhat forgivable since they traded that pick before the draft positions were announced and Pittsburgh (who the pick originally belonged to) was looking to be a promising team in the playoffs, meaning that that pick was likely going to be at the bottom of the first round. Even if they could predict Pitsburg doing poorly in they playoffs, most mock had Barzal going 8th overall. What IS unforgivable is trading away Hall and Eberle for nothing when they were already proven stars.

[@cptf-30]

At least , its not Subban... Barzal is nothing.

[@MrManfly]

@Ari Lin this stuff happens though. Vancouver has waited to see a lot more out of #6 pick Virtanen....still waiting, Calgary has waited to see a lot more out of #4 pick Bennett....still waiting, so it happens with high picks too!

[@michaelkirkpatrick7483]

oilers would not have been smart enough to draft barzal anyway, so don't worry about it

[@wizardwonder]

Lets not forget that with the 16th pick, besides Barzal, the Oilers could have had Thomas Chabot, Brock Boeser or Kyle Connor. With the 33rd pick? .. Sebastian Aho or Brandon Carlo. All for...Griffin Reinhart. 😊

[@Aebischer1984]

luap b 🤦‍♂️

[@8989griff]

Peter Chiarelli loves magic beans

[@anonykip]

Yeah but their scouts and GM are so inept that they would've totally whiffed on that too and pick some plug even if they had those picks.

[@nateletkeman3558]

Considering how good statically McDavids been this season... I can’t imagine how good he’d be on nearly any team. What a shame. Go Flames

[@melvynobrien6193]

Maybe he's been thinking how great it would be to play for a good team.

[@Danny0dbert]

Right!? He'd score 200 points a season on a good team. Damn shame

[@ZachDunnTV]

10:10 “St.Louis seems to have peaked at the right time, but who knows how long that will last?” -John Shannon February 2019.

[@bittmanbobby]

Lets not forget that the last time a Canadian team won a Stanley Cup was in 1993

[@timothyng3226]

Don't stop Edmonton, for the rest of us it's funny to watch and laugh at

[@Magicmeatbag]

so mean :(

[@JeremyCuddles]

As a Canucks fan, it’s not fun for me anymore. I love the sport and don’t wanna see a fanbase suffer like this for this long. Not to mention I’m a fan of McDavid/Draisaitl.

[@Musicrecords10]

I like seeing bandwagon fans suffer, not loyal ones

[@Lazorvictory]

@@Musicrecords10 i like how bandwagon fans comment negative comments constantly too.

[@99oildrops]

lol you would never say that if you were an Oilers fan.

[@IAMTHEJUGGERNATE]

Only Toronto might understand their pain? Did you watch the Flames between like '94 and '04? There have definitely been some low times for southern Alberta, too. Heck, the decade that followed '04 was only slightly better than the one that preceded it. It feels good to have a solid team again finally, but it has hardly been smooth sailing to get here.

[@emw989]

try being a canucks fan

[@seanhiggins5607]

Yup was definitely close to a decade for the leafs from like 2004-2011 that was dark times reminds me of those teams not much depth and against the cap

[@LetsGoWrongboarding]

But how did Toronto turn it around? They burned it all to the ground and salted the earth. They fired everyone from the GM to the scouts to the guys who change the lightbulbs. And you know what? It seems to have worked. Edmonton needs to break up the boys club.

[@CharAznable-]

One man ruined hockey for a million people. Take that in.

[@fevzikamalov965]

​@Shawnaldo75 Trust me, had he done nothing (stay put) the team would be a contender. It was bad before him and having him put the franchise back 2-3 years.

[@canadiansuisei-fan841]

Plz have John Shannon on the show more often

[@brandonnarayan5796]

It’s a team full of fourth liners up front beyond McDavid, RNH, Draisaitl, and Chiasson (2nd/3rd liner).

[@mezpezlez]

There is more flames fans watching this video than Oilers fans lol.

[@rodchallis8031]

Elements of what should be a solid core in Edmonton are elements of solid cores on other teams. Assets acquired show a failure to appreciate the speed change in the game. It's not "in the room"-- unless they mean boardroom.

[@outsideredge]

The problem is that they're the only show in town 8 or so months out of the year. They're so beloved that even when they're just decent, the players get worshipped. They never have to fight for their relevance in the marketplace. Even Toronto, when they went year after year of missing the playoffs started to be unable to fill their expensive boxes. In the past few years when Vancouver were in the bottom 5 in the league you saw games with swaths of empty seats. Not the case in Edmonton. They always fill the building, no matter how terrible they are, and that's how complacency sets in.

[@DERTHIX]

There’s some guys on KZbin that play Franchise mode in NHL 19 that would do a better job managing that team 😂

[@nickfury8973]

At this point, an average fan can do a better job managing this. You got a generational talent in McDavid and a close- to-franchise talent Draisaitl, and you got here?

[@DERTHIX]

Nick Fu it’s sad to see talents like that wasting away

[@dynamoproductions5]

Keep pinning it on the dressing room when it's the management's fault for the inability to build a winning team for over a decade now.

[@concars1234]

Exactly lol, Chiarelli traded away absolutely everything

[@dukesfan23]

Peter (I think the roster is good enough) Chiarelli has done a terrible job with Oilers but in all fairness, the Oilers have a terrible draft record. Here is a list of players the Oilers have drafted since 1982 that were outside the first round who have gone on to play more than 350 games: -Esa Tikkanen -Todd Ewen (never played For Oilers) -Kelly Buchberger -Shaun Van Allen (23 of 794 Games with Oilers) -Geoff Smith -Shjon Podein (68 of 699 Games with Oilers -Josef Beranek -Anatoli Semenov -Kirk Maltby (164 of 1072 Games with Oilers) -Miroslav Satan (126 of 1050 Games with Oilers -David Vyborny (never played for Oilers) -Georges Laraque -Fernando Pisani -Tom Poti -Jason Chimera (130 of 1107 Games with Oilers -Shawn Horcoff -Mike Comrie -Matthew Lombardi (Never Played for Oilers-Drafted By Flames In Re-entry Draft) -Brad Winchester -Matt Greene -Jarret Stoll -Kyle Brodziak -Tobias Rieder 23 players in 30 years (1982-2012) and only nine of them played the majority of their games with the Oilers. This is an absolute horrible draft record. By Comparison, Detroit has 42 players using the same measurement. By the way, 350 games are only a little over Four Seasons.

[@branstringer2502]

Sid I heard it too, thought Tim was droppin the ol' fbomb

[@eiguch]

You have to get rid of the old guard. Fire Kevin Lowe and McTavish and hire a proper scouting staff

[@logans5443]

Everyone always says Leon and Connor are playing great and that's it. Nuge is about to hit 50 points, he deserves to be included in the conversation.

[@rylan1931]

I love you sportnet and vids

[@FireRayquaza24]

Just come to the best Alberta team down south guys! We will welcome any hurting fans :^)

[@aokua1006]

Until they are forced to move cause the city doesn’t want to pay for a new arena

[@arunalukariyawasam]

​@@aokua1006 lmao, it's hilarious that people fall for that play for public money. If Habs and Sens can stay without public funding, so can the Flames. Cities funding teams is very much an American thing.

[@waynelandry9000]

with a little mocking of course

[@fuego1915]

Am I the only one who noticed John Shannon said at first, it was so cold he was using a block heater, but later said it is raining at his house? Wild weather.

[@420WhySoSerious420]

When your team has 4 first overall picks in six years and still sucks, your team deserves to suck.

[@MrRaziza]

No team "deserves" to suck. No fanbase or players on the organization have any say on who gets picked, how scouting is done, or how trades are made. The head office and corporate level of the team's do the dealing, and create the team we see every other night. The only ones who "deserves" anything are the ones who put the dumpster fire together in the first place.

[@420WhySoSerious420]

@@MrRaziza Anything else there white knight?

[@drake9675]

100 percent with Sid on what he thought he was hearing at 1:56

[@connorpowers2786]

HIS FACE 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@america1410]

This makes me sad this has been my favorite team ever since I started watching hockey in high school. I really hope we can get over this hump and at least make it to the playoffs

[@greysonG10]

Nice Blackhawks profile pic, lol

[@Lebmourad9]

God it’s great to be a flames fan

[@mikes7446]

Enjoy the Cinderella season

[@cantthinkofaname7247]

Mike S enjoy it in the basement lmao you're a kings fan

[@centralhockey12]

CANT THINK OF A NAME at least he experienced his team winning 2 cups...and the flames? Congrats on having a great regular season, let’s see how they handle the playoff pressure.

[@gsyyc8407]

Ya

[@isaacfrohlich4575]

Most people hope their team wins a Stanley Cup in their lifetime, I'd be impressed if the Oilers made the playoffs again in my lifetime

[@NightyNineNights]

The things thats in the water is that they have 1 scoring line. No defense, No goaltending. Sound familiar?

[@aaronfleshler6219]

It's pathetic that them and the sabres are the same amount of points out of a playoff spot

[@MrSkarbek36]

hey man... Take it easy on us sabres fans :(

[@aaronfleshler6219]

@@MrSkarbek36 I am a huge sabres fan-j triggered we would easily make the playoffs in the West and may not make it this year

[@gumbbbyyy]

Buffalo don't need to prove anything at the moment, you guys have got draft picks stolen from Edmonton over the past few years, yet your fanbase held on. But some Edm fans are scumbags that boo their team every night.

[@chocolatemoose7761]

Aaron Fleshler Yeah, the western bottom 8-9 is so amazingly and equally bad right now that no one is out of the running for those wildcard spots. Avs need to wake up cause they shouldn’t be down there for Pete’s sake.

[@jonathanens1798]

John Shannon, your a beauty!!! Ens brother

[@99oildrops]

They are not leaking oil. The leaking oil car exploded and is now a flaming train wreck... I say this as an Oilers fan. What a horrific disaster. 😓

[@mpaulm]

They are lucky to be where they are in the standings because Anaheim is on a horrid streak and Chicago and LA suck.

[@brettfavreify]

Wow, that coaching change made a huge difference.

[@TheGamingMidget123]

Canucks were at SCF in 2011 when oilers were re building, Canucks started rebuild in 2015 when oilers were still re building, and now Canucks are better than oilers. CANUCKS LAPPED THE OILERS

[@remolalougarou6512]

Honestly I feel for them. with all whats going on in the west,, injuries slumps etc. , they can still make playoffs. they need to stop finger pointing and start playing has 1 . coming from habs fan. good luck edm. dont give up on them just yet. A touraround or end of season change.

[@dueben]

Mcdavid to Seattle

[@melvynobrien6193]

McDavid to the LEAFS!!! Nylander and three prospects. Oilers are stupid enough to take Nylander.

[@abcdefghijkl140]

@videotrevis You Leafs fans are hilarious

[@mikes7446]

Just trade McDavid. Edmonton is wasting his prime years being playoff-less.

[@iamkool12342]

sick plan dude, no better way to improve your team than getting rid of the best player in the world

[@Martingigs1997]

@@iamkool12342 well, it worked when they traded Gretzky, worth trying

[@iamkool12342]

@@Martingigs1997 no its not worth trying. are you insane? and even if they tried, trying to create a trade that involved him would be next to impossible right now. give me an example of what would be a good trade for mcdavid, im genuinely interested to hear one

[@quinnhughesiselite2201]

@@iamkool12342 McDavid to montreal for Ryan Poheling 2019, 2020 first round picks, Nick Suzuki and Tomas Tatar maybe lol but McDavid will never get traded

[@baibureh8816]

I would love to see this. The fans would burn down the arena and riot in the streets.

[@colinbunny942]

I grew up having to watch a crap hockey team lose yearly. But back then the tickets where cheap as dirt and radio stations gave away tickets all the time. So it wasn't as bad. But these days I can't imagine fans paying these prices for this sh it

[@darrylbarnes8894]

I have been a Leafs fan as long as I remember. The Leafs have had some terrible eras so I feel Oiler fans pain. They have the greatest player in the world and it must be frustrating that the team struggles so much.

[@concars1234]

"what's it feel like to be Connor McDavid right now?" What an inane, moronic question...

[@rogerthat309]

Tough times in oil town.

[@natovato6242]

For the past 15 years now

[@cassidydankochik3294]

Say they do blow it up? What would they even get for the players they'd get rid of?

[@nothing2see315]

You dont start block heaters you plug them in so I guess Mr. Shannon has a nice heated garage?

[@MrJabez89]

So... you start it by plugging it in?

[@nothing2see315]

@@MrJabez89 When you start your car do you say you have to plug it in? Or if you turn a lamp on do you say you started it?

[@canadiansuisei-fan841]

The man is probably loaded from his Sportsnet contract. He probably has both and a heated driveway to go with his heated Canada Goose jacket

[@MrJabez89]

@@nothing2see315 Yes

[@nothing2see315]

@@canadiansuisei-fan841 Exactly and he says he had to start his block heater to sound more relatable to the common Joe sports fan.

[@OviLVR8]

Now they know how their fans have felt for years.

[@bowriver1]

It's just not fair. You have to live in Edmonton AAAND your team sucks? WOW that is tragic

[@evandoeswhatever3993]

Phil Viner hey now, Edmonton is a pretty good city

[@AM-li2if]

@@evandoeswhatever3993 LOOOOL

[@evandoeswhatever3993]

@@AM-li2if Ever been here?

[@edmontonboy99]

EvanDoesWhatever It’s a good city yes, but there’s a lot of bad things that happen in the city too

[@evandoeswhatever3993]

@@edmontonboy99 Theres bad things that happen in every city

[@might33duck76]

10:30 Why does everyone always mess that line up?

[@austing.8870]

Brad Treliving: "Thank you Peter, everything is going according to plan".

[@fish8196]

So many amazing youtube videos made about the oilers utter disgrace of the past 11 years! when will this finally end??

[@jimross3593]

1:56 The F bomb sounded like it was going to be dropped. I know it wasn't still lol.

[@mikewhipkey6863]

I'm a Penguins fan but I root for the Oilers in the West.. I feel bad for Mcdavid such a class act great player deserves better than this... and the fans in Edmonton deserve better!

[@Maky6171]

This hurts as a bruins fan cause I’m looking at the other teams thinking “we got to fight just to get in” for the east. The west though a complete dumpster fire could still get in

[@SuperRavensfan101]

They need actual wingers and a competent defense

[@chrismetcalf1261]

If the issue is within the dressing room do a press conference and tell the other teams these players are not open to trade but the rest are...send your offers. Embrace a rebuild publicly and the fans I believe can accept that. Show the players the management is no longer messing around. If there is a complete facelift, so be it. But something needs to be done. And as someone below me stated, I do not believe McDavid is a leader. No offence to him but maybe just let him play with an A and do what he does best, play the game. I live in Edmonton and am far from an Oilers fan but I cant help but feel everyone's pain and frustration.

[@zzii0327]

The question should be "How are they only 3 points out of playoff?"

[@thinkingjack]

Chiarelli is a god damn hero. It’s way too fun watching the oilers and even more fun watching their fans. The Fans out here blaming Chiarelli but not MacT? Not Lowe? Not the garbage ass owner? Nah let’s blame the GM and not the actual old boys club. I hope they hire Gretzky soon, he can further platoon the team like he diligently did AZ. Hilarious

[@kattzculo7739]

Old boys club good job very impressive 👊

[@RetroCruze]

As a long time leafs fan, you're not going to like how this goes

[@francebalante8254]

As a Flames fan, I like where Oilers are right now, lol! But I do feel bad for McJesus, he doesn't deserve this. If this continue on for the rest of the season to miss yet another playoff, I seriously think McJesus will demand a trade.

[@bennym8218]

the problem is the the players...beside 3 or 4 of them there is just no try. puck 2 feet away well lets not move our feet to get to the puck lets sit and take a breather while someone else moves their feet and gets the puck instead. They get scored on and the team just starts to mope, its all feel bad for me because i'm trying my hardest...suck it up cupcakes...you make millions a year to play a game, at this point the oilers need to grow up and realize that life is tough!!! i would love to see these guys being a labourer at a construction site making 18$ an hour...I've worked with people making far less that work much much harder than these bums(like i said though except for maybe 3 or 4 of them).

[@Emper0rH0rde]

Could be there's only one trade the Oilers need to make before they're a playoff team again. When the Capitals traded for Rod Langway, they were a playoff team almost just like that, after years of being complete rubbish.

[@ckendall67]

- Really? One big trade is going to completely fix the Oilers' situation right now? All they are is McDavid & Draisaitl...they need those two guys to drag the team to victory every night. If not...then they're toast. They have ZERO depth beyond those two players. One trade isn't going to fix the Oilers' situation over night.

[@ckendall67]

- And even last night...Drai scored both Edmonton goals, McDavid assisted on both...and STILL the Oilers fell apart. Even when they ARE putting up points the Oilers still can't win games. Yikes.

[@canadiansuisei-fan841]

They just gotta trade Daryl Katz and the Old Boys Club for a decent owner and front office

[@edday4093]

Karl-Anthony Towns nobody is gonna take that trade. Just fire them

[@kennycai8695]

Brother, it's a lot more complicated these days. For us, GM Poile was gambling, cause it was one of his first gambles. Nowadays, it's not very clear cut.

[@natovato6242]

We believe that we can still draft the number one pick... Realtalk Edmonton...

[@paulelliott3220]

Damn it's another disappointing year Might be 3 points out of a playoff spot but for a fan it's feels like we're nowhere near Damn, I'm from UK and flown over to Edmonton (and Sweden) to watch my team - Oilers through and through but damn frustrating

[@edday4093]

They’re only 3 points out from wildcard? Says a lot about the state of the west right now

[@cantthinkofaname7247]

Don't worry though, their fans are still living in the 80s

[@AlexTheOilersFan]

It's not the fans who are living in the 80's, it's the management.

[@spencerhanni6984]

Whats taking the Flamers so long to catch up?

[@migilicuttie1556]

YES THE TEAM IS HORRIFIC ASS......... BUT DO YOU REMEMBER THE 80s

[@tornado7205]

Spencer Hanni nice try dumbass

[@jpogs6976]

@@spencerhanni6984 wdym idiot

[@niccopernicus8966]

As long as fans continue to fill the seats, there is no urgency for Katz to purge the organization of dead weight in senior management. It won’t matter who they bring in as GM, expect more of the same as long as the Old Boys Club remains intact.

[@deonal]

Nicholson has to go this off season, this is his "something in the water." But heck Katz will bring in Gretzky and Coffee and the Oiler fans will dream large and fail even larger once again! Toronto Maple Leafs ( decades of failure ) 2.0!

[@nneichan9353]

Where is the joy in the Oiler fanbase, administration and for the players? Ok, this has come to the point of a step beyond feeling sad for one great player running up humiliating losses, to hey, there are a lot of players who are feeling the slap in the face. Feel how hard it is for each of them, not just one star, or 2 star players. Having the first pick over and over, and still lacking... something is very wrong in EDM. What is it? Is it internal? External? What steps need to be taken? What makes TOR do well? Chance? or planning? What put TBL where they are right now? Why did the Caps have winning season after season and a Stanley Cup at last? Can EDM do it? Of course they can. Get it done. From the top to the bottom, inside and out. Don't be so devastated by each loss, no wins are owed, just earned. So go out and earn it. You CAN do it. If you still doubt and feel like the hockey gods are against you...look at the former players you've let go. How are they doing? What have they accomplished? Individually and with their teams. Come on EDM.

[@concars1234]

The management is all fucky

[@Feedback4Utoday]

U r right. Be positive Fight on. Problem is owner/ mgt... Clear lack of ability to judge talent & character.. That is the issue..

[@lockshabaz1876]

its actually pretty depressing

[@swiftdee5287]

The Oilers lack team toughness because they're emotionally fragile. They signed Lucic to his deal to bring that toughness, except that he doesn't have the footspeed to play the actual role he was signed to play. So depth wise when it involves knowing how to play tough and at NHL speed which the Oilers just don't know how to execute effectively. That's why things just sort of fall apart on them. Some player personnel changes will help alleviate that over time (long term time horizon). Eventually, this team will learn the same way in which the Calgary Flames and the Winnipeg Jets have learned. I humbly believe that the actual thing that Ken Hitchcock and staff need to teach them is the understanding of how to be tough team wise and defend properly for 60 minutes. This is what the NHL is. It is incredibly hard to defend for 60 minutes. The top teams in the league with the exception of maybe the Leafs, all defend as hard as they can for 60 minutes, and that is why they're earning their points. The offense becomes a by-product of good defensive team play, then transitioning to offense. Obviously, if you have some top end talent it is going to translate to offensive chances and opportunities, but remember a lot of it is generated by something they did well defensively. So that is where the Oilers need to get to. It might happen this year, but they have to get over the current mental state and grind out a win. Until then it will be nothing but depression for them

[@goon8058]

"Who's Dumber?" "It's a tie"

[@thomash5239]

I'm so embarrassed we lost to the Oilers in the first round a couple years ago

[@Sapnap69420]

Thomas H because they were good before now i don’t even know what to say to them.

[@thomash5239]

@@Sapnap69420 so they were good for one season and bad every surrounding season? no, they were lucky that season.

[@ABDStillLegit]

4:56 Aww, how you guys gonna show a kid crying over the Oiler's loss. My heart ;(

[@donovanjd3]

i ashamed to be an Oiler fan

[@georgeblair2486]

When Jack Hughes becomes a Penguin, y'all will lose your minds....

[@natovato6242]

Relocation is the answer ...

[@intentionaloffside8934]

And don’t tell anyone but McDavid where you’re going.

[@remolalougarou6512]

Nato Vato To Regina lol

[@hortiez]

Us Oilers fans are pissed because someone let chiareli do these trades and signings. Wheres the intelligence of the management allowing us to get screwed so badly. Someone in the organization should have vetoed the Hall trade and really discussed the power that chiarelli should have.

[@gocanuckurself1]

Still available when Oilers should've taken to the 2015 Draft podium.... Mathew Barzal Kyle Connor Thomas Chabot Colin White Brock Boeser Travis Konecny Anthony Beauvillier But no, Griffin Reinhart, y'all.............. Just sayin'.......................

[@tonyk501]

RE: Edmonton Oilers There is nothing in the water in Edmonton that is somehow responsible for the Oilers losing games. It's simply that this collective group of players are not skilled enough to play at an NHL level on a consistent basis and they all subconsciously know it and feel it as a group. Too many players on the team who don't belong in the NHL. It's that simple. The Oilers will have to make a whole lot of roster changes in the off-season.

[@scottyrym6241]

I love the oilers. Its not the team. Management needs a rebuild possibly the coaching.

[@nikantropov3165]

Mactavish needs to go. It blows my mind they still employ him

[@MrManfly]

"there's something in the water"....they need to fire Nicholson and a few others higher up than him !

[@muskegmarauder9402]

might have to package some skilled players and crappy contracts to get out of this mess boys, sorry, not sure what the alternative is.

[@silentpulls7447]

Coming in from 2021... still same story

[@hockeyalley1]

My advice to Mcdavid get out of Edmonton as fast as you can if you want to have a successful career. Go to Colorado or Buffalo or Vegas.

[@FirstLast-zk5ow]

McDavid ate the cap .. and should take responsibility .. Instead he has chosen to put it on other players. :(

[@waynelandry9000]

having to rely on other teams to lose is no way for a team to hope to make the playoffs.get rid of the old oilers this isn't the 80's. best thing Calgary did was getting rid of the sutters and bring in business men to run the team. and my comment on draisatil is 8.5 million a year but can only produce playing with McDavid. wonder how all those first round draft picks that were traded feel about not being in this mess that the oilers have been in for over a decade.its not going to be an easy fix in edmonton

[@ryans413]

Welcome to Deadmonton

[@eiguch]

Wayne Gretzky was the greatest hockey player to ever play the game but get rid of him and the old guard

[@yeahhf]

Trade talbot and number 27 useless

[@judeaberdeen6848]

No one wants them

[@WakkoKakko]

I get that Lucic fell off a cliff skill-wise, but Talbot averaged 70 starts a season for the last two seasons. Seriously, what team has a goaltender start just over five out of every six regular season games? Still a goalie’s graveyard, I see.

[@kquch5596]

do not forget rieder,gravel,rattie,benning

[@yeahhf]

DerJungeMiroslav talbot is horrible

[@kennycai8695]

Good luck finding a buyer. Even Benning or Bergevin aren't THAT stupid.

[@BameronCerry]

Canucks lost 12 in a row and are now hungry for playoff action with strong locker room comraderie while battling injuries the majority of the season so far. Edmonton failed in their rebuild. Connor is carrying that team on his back and they have little to show for it. RNH, Nail Yakupov didn’t pan out as well as we all hoped. Hall is gone; what did Chiarelli see in Larsen again? Their only good defence man is Nurse, though Bear looks promising. Don’t @ me

[@DeckardWhite]

Man, after a nearly two decade run of the West running the league: Avalanche, Redwings, Ducks, Blackhawks and Kings. The West is a joke now considering how awful teams can limp into the wildcard spots.

[@MrPetzold123]

They have no hope before 2023.

[@spadepickmann7442]

Hello darkness my old friend

[@13johnnyemo]

To a man statistically every player on the Oilers is on pace to score more points then they have last year, many of them on pace to have career years. At what point does the whole " these players need to act like they want to win" narrative stop and we finally come to our senses and realize aside from McDavid, Nuge and Draisaitl these players are who they've always been, they're getting paid accordingly, and they're not good enough.

[@lolimadethisvid]

Maybe after a few more first round picks they'll get in the playoffs :D

[@LetsGoWrongboarding]

All they need is another 4 first round picks...

[@LoN3wOlF5tudi0s]

Is this not the same team that made it to like the third round less than 2 years ago? Now one bad streak and it's the end of the world? No, that's not over reactionary at all.

[@Purplexity]

2nd round

[@owenmathews8806]

You need to fire the scouts or who's making the decisions on drafting, cause they are terrible! Or it's your development! Or it's in the locker room! Or it's the coaching staff... Actually who knows, it's the whole organisation... It's really quite sad.