Steve Valiquette
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and heavy to the front and getting on his stomach when he tries to recover.
So they're just passing it off of his pads.
And I think the most indefensible play of that series was on the power play.
If you guys saw Granlin's goal, it was a deflection from Kreider on a pass-off pad.
Indefensible.
That's why I think there's still more offense to come
In the future, in the years forward, we're going to see and understand goal scoring another level.
For instance, deflections that come from the ice when you are in front of the goalie, not to the side, but in front of him, it's a low-danger goal because it's easy for a goalie to get behind that deflection, anticipate it, and build a wall.
But when you take a little off the puck and you deflect it off the goalie's pad for live chaos net front,
It's indefensible, guys.
You can't even move out of that.
So I don't even blame Ingram for that goal in particular.
But the others that were shots on goal where the Anaheim players, to me by design, looked like they were shooting 75 percenters, meaning 75 percent of full power on their wrister and just putting it off the pad and then having the guys going weak side post.
Let's watch for that in this game tonight, because to me, it looks like this is something they know about Ingram.
The problem with the Oilers right now, fellas, it's their second periods.
They've been out-chanced 15-5 in high-danger chances in the second period.
And Jari's start, I think the reason why he's not going again is because he gave up one of those crushing low-danger goals again as well.
And I think that they know, Edmonton knows, that they can't afford to have a low-danger goal with Tristan Jari in that right now.
They need to have...
a fighting chance to get back in the series.