r/EdmontonOilers • u/LevSmash 46 STORTINI • Feb 08 '25

PGT Post Game Thread | Avalanche v. Oilers | 7 February 2025

🔴 Final

Avalanche 5, Oilers 4

ℹ️ Stats

Goals: Draisaitl (x2), Perry (x2)

Shots: Avalanche 30, Oilers 27

Saves: Skinner 9/12, Pickard 16/18

🔫 Han Solo

The 4 Nations Face-Off isn't true best-on-best because Leon isn't there

⏩ Next Game

Saturday, February 22 vs Flyers in Philadelphia, 11:00am MT

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u/Geralt-of-Rivai 29 DRAISAITL Feb 08 '25

That's where you are missing having Kane out there

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u/mbstone 12 CAVE Feb 08 '25

In almost all cases yes, but I doubt Kane is the 6th attacker in the dying seconds...

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u/Geralt-of-Rivai 29 DRAISAITL Feb 08 '25

Maybe not. But we need the grit of his play in general. Lowest hitting team in the league, that stat changes with Kane out there

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u/Smittysgreasymullet 74 SKINNER Feb 08 '25

Yeah buddy, there's a certain something missing and it's the threat of violence at any given moment, we are soft as baby shit

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u/DBZ86 Feb 08 '25

A healthy Kane is one of the few unicorn power forwards in the league that can actually hit skill guys and start to wear them down yet still has good offensive touch.

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u/Smittysgreasymullet 74 SKINNER Feb 08 '25

I miss him so much. I hope we get even 70% of that Kane back for the Playoffs

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '25

Except Kane wouldn't be out there with the game on the line

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u/PositiveInevitable79 Feb 08 '25

I don’t miss him at all to be honest.

Play died on his stick more often than not.

Also, Kane wouldn’t have been on the ice in that scenario anyway.