Oilers vs. Maple Leafs - Mar. 1st, 8:00pm - SN, Fan 590

[Guilt Trip]

Man Samsonov has been terrible

Hes made some great saves and let in some soft goals. He's scrambling tonight.

 

[Guilt Trip]

Awekward fall there for Liljegren

 

[ZBBM]

Looking for the Matthews "beast mode" button on my computer.

Aren't we all.  Maybe it got deprecated....

 

[ZBBM]

Awekward fall there for Liljegren

His head snapped a bit too and I wondered if they'd put him in protocol.

Edit: Sounds like they did.

 

[Guilt Trip]

Awekward fall there for Liljegren

His head snapped a bit too and I wondered if they'd put him in protocol.

Seems to be ok. Keefe messing with the lines. ROR with Laff and Kerf.

 

[ZBBM]

Two thunderhits by Holl.  Didn't fare so well against the fearsome RNH though.

 

[yuzisee]

McCabe is the only D without a minus tonight. Lots of options moving forward haha

Meanwhile, Nylander worst on the team at ?3 at 5v5. It's possible he's just really sad about his buddies, and it will wear off with time.

 

[Guilt Trip]

Why do you have to fight after laying a hit...

 

[L K]

It would be cool if our top players could draw penalties

 

[Guilt Trip]

It would be cool if our top players could draw penalties

Yup...

 

[cw]

I know he scored two last game but I miss when Matthews felt like every rush was an inevitable goal

I mean, last year I seriously wouldn't have traded Matthews for McDavid.

How stupid is that?

McDavid is far better. last year I told some Oiler fan buddies the gap wasn't that far off but there's no comparison. Biggest thing for me is McDavid barely takes shifts off where Matthews takes games off. Night and day between the two.

Well, I think you're just wrong about Matthews taking games off.  It's well-documented that he's vastly improved his defensive game and they had a side-by-side comparison to McDavid in a graphic tonight.

But no, the fundamental point is that nobody is anywhere close to McDavid overall.  It's remarkable that one player can be that much better than the rest of the best players in the world.

When your stats show no points, no shots on goal etc for someone making his money that's brutal and it does happen. We criticized his play at times this year a lot of us and maybe injury related but you expect more. He has taken nights off. If you're expecting him to play good D and not produce offensively and you're fine with that sorry I'm not ok with that not at his salary.

When? When do his stats show no points, no shots on goal, etc.

Here's his stats for this season:
https://www.nhl.com/player/auston-matthews-8479318?stats=gamelogs-r-nhl&season=20222023
He had a shot on goal or more in every game but one.

In the one game he didn't get a shot, against Carolina Nov 8th, (the team had 21 total) he got an assist in a 3-1 win that only had one PP.
He also won 61% of his draws (best on both teams)
He got one of his teams two takeaways. One of their 17 hits. And one of their 14 blocked shots.

There has been something wrong with him this year. He was hurt with a sprained knee. I still suspect he's nursing something else - as do many others.

As for this claim of yours:
"When your stats show no points, no shots on goal etc for someone making his money that's brutal and it does happen."

Didn't happen this year. I went back fives seasons. It only happened once against Washington ... during last season when he won the Hart, Rocket & Ted Lindsay trophies.

 

[ZBBM]

Good shift by Rielly and he negates the penalty.

 

[Guilt Trip]

Nice to see Holl fight for his job. Some big hits tonight. Rielly with a nice hit in McFlop too

 

[L K]

What the heck was that PP.  absolute garbage effort tonight

 

[ZBBM]

Nice to see Holl fight for his job. Some big hits tonight. Rielly with a nice hit in McFlop too

Good to see them competing in a lost cause.

 

[Bill33]

I'm a bit disappointed with O'Reilly tonight. He looks slow and ineffective.

 

[Guilt Trip]

Nice to see Holl fight for his job. Some big hits tonight. Rielly with a nice hit in McFlop too

Good to see them competing in a lost cause.

Yup. Nice to see.

 

[ZBBM]

Samsonov denies Hyman.  I'll give him credit, he's hung in there even though he had a bad game.

 

[Guilt Trip]

Samsonov denies Hyman.  I'll give him credit, he's hung in there even though he had a bad game.

Good to see him battle.

 

[L K]

Ceci grabs onto Bunting but it's not a call because the refs don't like him