The Spawn is back
Rejoint: juin 2016
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Offside call was tough when it was a game tier, not a go ahead, but yeah it did look offside. The bigger problems imo were two obvious times I could feel something was being missed that shouldn't have:
1. Before the Jets 3-3 tying goal, the Oilers 4th line was out there for 3 quick faceoffs in a row against the Stastny line. All of that stop and start took well over a minute. How a coach doesn't react to that mismatch and send out one of the top 2 lines to match Ehlers when he's been hot all game is beyond me.
2. Like you said, after the 4-5 goal with less than two minutes left, two pretty obvious things should be happening: a timeout, and then after the rest, a top two line or a combo. Namely, should have sent Drai Yam and Nuge (if he was rested enough), and then shoot McD out there as the 6th to try and sneak in if possession is held in the O-zone. But the 3rd line went out without a plan, took 45 secs to control, and then couldn't sustain pressure against an empty better.
The team's bottom 6 and half the D are not playing well. But Tippett has options as a coach to maximize his players who are giving it their all. He didn't make a single effort to. Where the hell is his head at?