Cool stat:
Since Connor Murphy made his Oilers debut on March 5, our goalies’ SV% is 10% higher when him and Nurse are together vs not. This chart reflects all situations.
Congrats @kmccurdy.bsky.social on the new website- it’s been fun to play around with LineBlender. #letsgooilers #oilers
It's been a minute since I've been here, but I've been working on a new Analytics tool called lineblender, feel free to check it out!
lineblender.kevinshockeystats.com
Twitter:
x.com/KevinMcCurdy (there will be a post that automatically appears at 12:45 PM on Sunday with the stream), and it will notify my account as "Live".
Streaming links are as follows:
You should be able to stream the facebook event directly from the Obituary page here:
Alternatively, you may watch the stream on the most common social media platforms:
Facebook: facebook.com/events/11696...
Youtube:
youtube.com/watch?v=Hkdh...
The obituary has been updated with new information, it can be found here (please note the edits are pending approval and may take a sec):
edmontonjournal.remembering.ca/obituary/bru...
If you'd like to attend you can "purchase" FREE tickets here: onlinebookings.edmontonscience.com/DateSelectio...
I'd like to start a running post with information for the event on Sunday, June 22nd. Celebrating Bruce McCurdy's life. It's at 1:00 PM MST.
I am going to make this a thread, as links do weird stuff to post engagements, and I want to make sure that everyone that wants to see this does.
We will do our best to accommodate anybody who wishes to attend in person, the event will also be live streamed with details to follow as technical preparations are made.
The Ben Stelter foundation has setup a custom page in memory of Bruce. You can find that here:
benstelterfoundation.crowdchange.ca/53889/page/2...
Additionally, as we're trying to gauge the interest for his celebration, you can RSVP for the event here:
eventbrite.com/e/bruce-mccu...
Thanks! That's the plan as far as I know!
Tomorrow on the Lowdown, @kmccurdy.bsky.social will make his first appearance as the regular Wednesday 1pm guest weekly. Kevin is a bright fellow with keen insight into the game of hockey in general and the Oilers specifically. Please welcome him!
"Not a penalty."
- I would expect new lines and pairings at practice. Clearly its time for a bit of a deck shuffle.
-Draisaitl had some brilliant moments today at times.
There's not much else to be said, they stunk today. On to the next one.
- Henrique had a pretty good bounceback game. Was visibly motivated against his former team.
- Pickard was a mixed bag. You want a couple more stops, but he also prevented this from being a blowout.
- The top line is struggling. Badly.
- Brilliant shift by Bouchard leading up to his goal, including an excellent DZ entry denial and then a wicked wrister to score. Game was not free of bobbles, but he was probably near the top of the Oilers "best" (used loosely today) players.
Let's pickpocket a few things and move on:
- Nurse was brutal, full stop. On for 3GA, directly culpable (or literally the cause of as the case may be) at least two of them. GameScore of -3.4 the worst on either team by a mile.
After playing not a terrible first period, the wheels came off the train in the second and didn't get better from there.
If you folks want to see what a team looks like when they're getting absolutely bodied analytically, have a look at this:
G36: Stick it in the L column and the tape in the trashcan.
Bluesky exclusive: I'll do my best to post these threads here as well again. I kind of fell off the rails awhile back, but I know a huge chunk of Oilers ex-Twitter is here.
Honestly just dumpster that tape. Full team shitshow.
CULT OF HOCKEY
Games 21-30 review: Edmonton #Oilers got red-hot at both ends of the sheet
edmontonjournal.com/sports/hocke...
by @brucemccurdy.bsky.social
I get freedom of speech and all, but this lady is not right in the head. What she does isn't and should never be considered acceptable.
Let's trade the last of our grit, what could go wrong. I have no interest in a goalie that thinks he's worth 12.5 million.
3 years at 6.5? The retention for that would be eye watering.
CULT OF HOCKEY
Edmonton #Oilers' home ice struggles are real and they're spectacular
edmontonjournal.com/sports/hockey/nhl/cult-o... via @edmontonjournal
by @brucemccurdy.bsky.social
CULT OF HOCKEY
Player grades: Big guns take charge early, #Oilers salvage road trip with convincing win
edmontonjournal.com/sports/hocke... via @edmontonjournal
by @BruceMcCurdy.bsky.social
Just my 2 cents. But my goal is to ignore the trolls. Give them zero attention. Block them if they annoy me.
I think the worst thing we can do on this site is re-create the ad hominem/ personal attacks that occur across comments on Twitter/insta/tiktok/ etc
