Oilers get Three Unanswered Tallies in 3-2 Isles Loss

This season has been a bit of anomaly for me. I’ve seen games end in scores and in ways I never thought possible before. My grandmother told me when I was young that whatever doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger and if that really is the case, then I feel like an omnipotent hockey fan at this point.

Simply put, I’ve seen it all this season with this team.

Last night, the trend continued as the Oilers fourth line of Zach Stortini, Jason Strudwick and Kyle Brodziak just took over the game in the second period. After doing all the little things like creating traffic in net and taking shots and playing sound in their own zone, the Islanders simply forgot to play the last 30 minutes and that, combined with a plethora of missed and shoddy calls by the zebras [Sheldon Souray got away with a slash on a would be Sean Bergenheim breakaway and on a hook on Tim Jackman that ironically led to a penalty for goalie interference on Jackman. What about Stortini running into MacDonald? What about Trevor Smith getting blindsided?] and the Isles chances at coming out of Edmonton with a win were severely diminished.

Like I’ve said before this season, when this team makes mistakes, they happen in bunches. It started with a bad bounce off of Brendan Witt’s skate and then continued the rest of the game. This team has to find away to stop those type of escalations from stopping or there’s no reason to watch the last 40 games or so.

Weight on the air- With Jiggs MacDonald in the booth, I was already a happy camper, but Weight was pretty damn good on color if you ask me. What did you guys think?

Papa’s two flubs of the night- Within the span of two minutes, Islanders sideline reporter made two critical mistakes on the air, first by praising the starting All-Star selection of Canadiens defenseman Mike Komisarek, simply because he’s from Long Island. Look, Komisarek is a likable kid, but he is not an All-Star and is without a doubt not an All-Star game starter. For Papa to even make the assumption that Komisarek is a deserving choice shows how much he knows about hockey. I know you get cheap pops when you mention hometown kids, but that one was ridiculous.

The other one was saying Mark Streit leads the NHL in scoring. Did you mean he leads NHL defensemen in scoring Mr. Papa? I’ll be fair and say I’m being a bit picky on this one, but nevertheless it’s a mistake he shouldn’t be making.

I miss Deb Kauffman.

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