BBKL Week 5

[Mike]

That's EST.

[Nick]

This year I have yet to see all of yesterday's scoring... what hours is it up between ?

4:15 - 5:20 AM

Safely while I'm asleep..icic....pricks. and of course the 'yesterday's stats' tab is annoying to read. think it could just toss up in the same format as the previous day..

[Nick]

with all due respect to Facey's previous competitors, it is nice to see him finally get a matchup against a playoff team. had it far to easy so far lol.

Season record of 49-10-5 or against every team a record of 1274-416-166,which breaks down to 42.5-13.9-5.5 -> schedule hasn't had much effect on my out score. Also 4-0 versus everyone aside from CBJ and you (both in week 1, also tied NYR)no matter the opponents, now this week I am facing the team that would have limited my points the 2nd most this season, 32-26-6 against you shook, and 36-22-6 versus shiv.


Not feeling super confident as i) it's already unlikely to beat a team like Shiv's 5-weeks in a row, ii)not loving my teams gp breakdown and iii) now seeing Shiv's wicked start to the week it feels like i+ii were accurate and it looks like a win for me this week is bleak.

[KapG]

Chuck and I In a good one!

[kimmer]

Go leafs go

Pleade win 1-0 against my ramo lol

[The BBKL Insider]

Go leafs go

Pleade win 1-0 against my ramo lol

fuck that, no risky business

3-0, i hate scary finishes.

[Lee]

Another 4 spot would be nice.

Even better if Ranger put up some points. 4 hits last night was pretty cool.

[The BBKL Insider]

ranger was good last night

it was franson caught out of place a bunch of times.

once again, Rielly and Dion were out best dmen tho

[Nick]

Rielly ? last night? he was chasing in our own zone a lot IMO. Great work offensively all night and seemed like i saw a tone of him, but sometimes down/low he still gets on the wrong side.

I liked Dion, Gunner & Gardiner - all shut down the strong opposition players repeatedly. Dion actually had some bad puck movement decisions, but nothing that cost us. I also agree Ranger was okay.

[The BBKL Insider]

i thought gunnar looked rather bad last night - one of his worst games.

[Nick]

The truth is that Edmonton wasn't up to stuff - aside from their power play I was rarely worried about what was happening.

[The BBKL Insider]

The truth is that Edmonton wasn't up to stuff - aside from their power play I was rarely worried about what was happening.

i thought they outplayed us - esp in period 1

once again it was our goalies who won us the game.

[Nick]

Maybe is sheer shots on goal... but in quality chances? naaaaaa

[The BBKL Insider]

Maybe is sheer shots on goal... but in quality chances? naaaaaa

i'd say chances as well,,,,the difference being we (kessel) burried everything he was given....i watched the game with a few of my oiler buddies,,,they said the same thing...Oilers outplayed the leafs,,,the leafs finished all their chances, whereas Reimer shut down the oilers.

[Robin Hood]

Maybe is sheer shots on goal... but in quality chances? naaaaaa

+1

[Robin Hood]

I also don't like the talk about how "Reimer won us the game". More like Edmonton's goaltending and defence keeps losing them games. If they get both, maybe it ends 2-0. If they get a bounce it's 2-1.

[Robin Hood]

Last thought: Kessel is becoming a Top 10 player in the league. A true game breaker.

[The BBKL Insider]

Last thought: Kessel is becoming a Top 10 player in the league. A true game breaker.

I've been saying this for a year now,,,,he's worth every penny..the guy just knows how to finish...

and anyone who doesn't think a good goalie (who stopped 43 shots) didn't win us the game either had too much blue-aid or didn't watch the game...the oilers had a lot of quality chances last night, esp right in front of the net.

[Nick]

Man I was comfortable all game - no Oiler looked notably dangerous, they rarely had inside position and like a single 2:1 all night... Their PP had good movement and a couple of shots, but it wasn't 'oh-shit' moments like versus the Penguins where a HUGE save was a made, it was good saves from marginalized shots (IMO) - my GF commented that the Oilers look sloppy compared to the Leafs.

On a side note, Lupul was awful - just poop all game, clarkson was physical but aside from that had a very small impact. Kadri, Kessel, JvR, Bolland, Ashton, McClement appears to win the puck battles and dominate the play. I'm excited for our team healthy, Bozak and Kules are top 6 time on ice forwards for us - that's big portions of the game where we have our non-first choice players on the ice, once structured down into the designed roles I think we'll have a formidable forward group.

[The BBKL Insider]

On a side note, Lupul was awful - just poop all game, clarkson was physical but aside from that had a very small impact. Kadri, Kessel, JvR, Bolland, Ashton, McClement appears to win the puck battles and dominate the play. I'm excited for our team healthy, Bozak and Kules are top 6 time on ice forwards for us - that's big portions of the game where we have our non-first choice players on the ice, once structured down into the designed roles I think we'll have a formidable forward group.

i agree with this part, forsure