Bouchard normally has a long leash with me but he needs to be a 90 point player just to break even on these bone head defensive plays. He's basically MA Bergeron so far this season.

The bad news: the Oilers are 2-2-1 The worse news: the Oilers have only played 1 good game this season The good news: the Oilers are 2-2-1 while only having 1 good game this season

Make that 10 of 12 from 3 players.

The Oilers have scored 11 goals this season in 4.66 games. RNH, Draisaitl and Mangiapane have 9 of them.

There is no combination of words that can do justice to how much I don't care how badly Bouchard is in October as long as Playoff-Bouchard shows up in the spring. If I'm Team Canada's GM, he makes the team. He's not just a big game player. He's arguably the most clutch Dman we've seen in decades.

If Knoblauch values accountability, he's benching Bouchard for a bit.

All this fancy passing (leading to turnovers). The Oilers look like a team unaware that they won the last game because the Rangers got goalie'd

That's okay, Bouchard. We know you're saving all your defensive capabilities for the playoffs.

I'm still not a Stan Bowman fan, but I am relieved that I shouldn't have to worry about all this extra cap space McDavid is leaving him being wasted on a Cody Ceci.

The Canucks broadcast REALLY didn't want to acknowledge the goalie interference.

Last season, instead of hitting the pist, the gravitational pull of Skinner's mass would have pulled the puck towards him and into the net. The weight loss is already paying off.

We saw some signs of life from Howard that period. Hopefully he's just warming up.

For the sake of your sanity, I recommend not following the McDavid-extension story daily. Here's a little reminder of the BS we had to sit through with Draisaitl last year:

Sitting through the media's manufactured suspense that we're seeing with the McDavid extension is one of the most annoying part of being a hockey fan. Draisaitl didn't go to Boston. McDavid isnt going anywhere either Remember when we had to pretend there was a chance the Oilers would draft Eichel?

The Oilers' "punches thrown at opponents being held by the refs per 60" just got a big boost.

My kid was begging me to turn on Cars on the Road (Cars TV show). I told him I'm watching the first 10 picks and then he could watch his show I should have turned it off the first time he asked. After a couple months of talking about Draisaitl and the Oilers, he just said, "I love the Ducks"

The GMs on screen is soooo awkward. Whose idea was this?

I'm a Bouchard goal away from winning some money so I'm still heavily invested.

Suck it, Bobrovsky.

Stop pulling Skinner. This is just getting silly. Put me out of my misery already.

Zero regulation wins in the finals and we led for something like only 33 minutes. I thought the second best team (but the best goalie) won the cup last season. This season, the best team is winning the cup. It's an easier pill to swallow.

Florida has obviously been better but the refs allowing them to cheat is really solidifying it.

Bouchard was handcuffed by an unnecessarily awkward pass from Ekholm...but come on, guys. That's a situation where you take a penalty and make that slash count.

Can we stop putting a positive spin on the Panthers being immature trolls? In the 90s, they'd be ridiculed for being a bunch of soft divers and now they're celebrated for it.

This isn't on Pickard but if you're going to go down, you go down swinging with Skinner

Hockey is the best

The good news is that it's 3-0 when we deserve to be down 5 or 6-0.

Mr. Game 4 🤘

According to Natural Statrick, the top line didn't create a single high danger scoring chance and only two scoring chances at 5 on 5

Podkolzin had a 14.22 GFx% and the eye test totally aligns with that. Taking Stecher out of the line up has also done Nurse no favours. He's playing well. His partners have been fighting it.

Perry drops his gloves, the refs grab him, and then allow him to take punches. If that doesn't sum up the series...

This is all on the refs. They've created this brand of hockey.

I'm not saying someone should drop kick Bobrovsky but...

Nurse...

12 minutes left and Draisaitl still doesn't have a shot on net. Florida is playing him well but 0 shots? That's on the player. There should be a cap on how much heat Skinner takes between now and Thursday.

This game was a total implosion after about the first 10 minutes but the good news is we only need to win one game on this trip to Florida. Win game 4 and everything is hunky-dory

DeBoer would have pulled Skinner 3 times by now.

Given the calls that Wes McCauley has made tonight I can only assume he believes wrestling is real

I don't understand how the refs are okay with Florida building their reputation on making fools of them. They get rewarded for embellishments and "accidentally" cheating. As a professional, where's your pride? Don't you value credibility?

All those powerplay and Draisaitl doesn't have a shot on net yet. McDavid with only two. Our best scorers aren't shooting.

Goaltender interference is only acceptable if it directly leads to a goal.

McDavid needs to give a "dig in" speech between periods. Getting out of this period down a goal would be a win at this point.

In Kane's defence, that was his first real infraction of the game.

DJ Khaled: Introducing the *literally checks notes* Oilers!

Hockey is so much easier when you're allowed to cheat.

That atta boy from Tkachuk immediately aged terribly. Florida should tread lightly. They need Bob more than we need Skinner.

I'm very relieved we don't have to talk about Knoblauch's stupid challenge for the next 44 hours.

This is pretty cowardly. He panicked. His team showed more character and poise than he did tonight. If a team loses four straight games by 3+ goals, the coach needs to look in the mirror.

Maybe on the 3rd shot.