That was impressive win by the Oilers. They held the Ducks to only 5 goals.

That type of defense and impressive goaltending by the Oil (built by their young and forward thinking GM) should work very well as teams start getting into their grooves and the season wears on.
- RealityChecker

For sure. But if you watch the whole first gif how the fuck does the guy who coughs up the puck get a pass? How about the d guy coasting in behind him to support that gets blown by and caught up in the neutral zone. Or the guys coasting to the bench for a line change when the other team has the puck heading into your zone.

I kinda think those are more important details than how Myers played that, which was to take everything away but the shot.
- Load Management

It was a disgusting group effort and a lot of players had their own donkey highlights. I really liked how Green wore some of the responsibility. An inspiring start to 2 more years.

i didn't think they were his fault (or he made the most egregious error on the ice.)

what i will say is that when things break down, he doesn't know what to do. more specifically, he isn't fast at decision making. he kinda stands around and looks and thinks, "wtf? where's my partner? what should i do?" and then he acts. it might be a fraction of a second but it looks like an eternity with gameplay going on.

simply put, his decision making is slow but he's not the worst d out there (which is saying something.) he's just the worst with the best salary. $6m for that? gtfoh. and this isn't hindsight. the anti-myers crowd knew this about his defense from the beginning. and he doesn't bring the toughness enough for us to overlook it.
- RealityChecker

You boys enjoy the rest of it. I know what's next here. I'm out for now.

You boys enjoy the rest of it. I know what's next here. I'm out for now.
- Load Management

I see the main thread is already locked 17 minutes in.

For sure. But if you watch the whole first gif how the fuck does the guy who coughs up the puck get a pass? How about the d guy coasting in behind him to support that gets blown by and caught up in the neutral zone. Or the guys coasting to the bench for a line change when the other team has the puck heading into your zone.

I kinda think those are more important details than how Myers played that, which was to take everything away but the shot.
- Load Management

Of course the overall Canucks D system is hot garbage. Everyone would look better if that got fixed.

However, the conversation is about Myers defending what's unfolding in front of him – not who caused what to happen. Sure, the team would be a lot better if they didn't have breakdowns that caused odd man rushes, or had a better system in place to cover better defensively. Sure, Myers isn't responsible for starting the play/breakdown. But this is about how Myers is as a defender (as you stated he was a good defender), and unfortunately for the team and himself when things break down he doesn't make the break downs better. As RC said, he's not aware and not sharp – he's very reactionary, which for 6 mil in a top 4 role is pretty terrible.

You said the two Canucks were "standing still" at the line, but (#26?) you can clearly see angling from the boards to the center of the ice to take away the pass, and whoever the other guy is maybe 1/2 step behind the Sabres player. Myers stays upright, gets his stick/body on Okposo, and either forces him to beat him or go wide and try to make that pass. Either of those plays is a lot less dangerous than walking in and taking a shot from the faceoff dot.

Nic Petan clears waivers. That was close.

After three pretty entertaining games, there wasn't a lot to like on Tuesday.

But the Abby Canucks are .500 - and will be getting Nic Petan!

New blog is up:

https://www.hockeybuzz.co...-to-the-Sabres/194/114061

Of course the overall Canucks D system is hot garbage. Everyone would look better if that got fixed.

However, the conversation is about Myers defending what's unfolding in front of him – not who caused what to happen. Sure, the team would be a lot better if they didn't have breakdowns that caused odd man rushes, or had a better system in place to cover better defensively. Sure, Myers isn't responsible for starting the play/breakdown. But this is about how Myers is as a defender (as you stated he was a good defender), and unfortunately for the team and himself when things break down he doesn't make the break downs better. As RC said, he's not aware and not sharp – he's very reactionary, which for 6 mil in a top 4 role is pretty terrible.

You said the two Canucks were "standing still" at the line, but (#26?) you can clearly see angling from the boards to the center of the ice to take away the pass, and whoever the other guy is maybe 1/2 step behind the Sabres player. Myers stays upright, gets his stick/body on Okposo, and either forces him to beat him or go wide and try to make that pass. Either of those plays is a lot less dangerous than walking in and taking a shot from the faceoff dot.
- NewYorkNuck

On goal 2, Myers did nothing wrong. There are 5 other players on the ice (Inc Demko) to blame before him on that one.
On goal 1, Myers going down to block a pass is weird, but Demko was in a bad position and had perfect view of the shooter, he should've had that.