Game Review: Edmonton at Calgary November 25/05

I can't give much of a game review, as I watched this game on a big screen at Kelly's Pub, instead of at home where I could critique any and every move made by the players.... but I'll add one regardless..

Iginla is fucking deadly, hate him or love him the Flames only had a pressure when he was on the ice. But the one thing I noticed is that he handles the puck with the same speed and handle as Ales Hemsky. So what's the difference?

Iginla isn't a pussy, and he has that killer instinct on when to turn the guns on, and when to coast until they see an opening. Hemsky on the other hand guns in the same way.... but alas sees 3 defenders and runs himself into the boards. He has the skill, but not the mind to create a chance or kill a chance. This alone will be the downfall of Hemsky.... it's not a skill you learn, it's something you just know.

Ethan Moreau knows this idea of running for a goal when any opening happens... unfortunetely he doesn't have the skill. If you could combine Moreau and Hemsky into one player.... we'd have an Iginla.

Which goes to show the Oilers need a player that single handidly can turn a game around. Can turn a shift into a threat. We have Pronger on D... but I've never felt defense was the Oil weakness.

A true elite player on offense can make any shift into a scoring opportunity. Iginla does that. The Oilers have nobody like that. People love Ryan Smyth... while he may be the face of the Oilers, he doesn't control a game or shift on his own merit.

Brad Richards is up for grabs, and the Oilers should make every pitch they can to get him before Colorado does.... because mark my words right now... Richards will be in Colorado. Why? I just know.

Morrison played well, but again, he's our 3rd string goalie. Why rely on him as opposed to making a pitch to Florida for Luongo? Give them what they want... a combination of players can be easily obtained, but a true goalie is once every 10 years.

If not Luongo, the Oilers should at least make a pitch to Buffalo's goalie deadlock - not to Biron, but to Noronen - a goalie who can actually steal a game, wasn't overrated, doesn't fail... and can be Edmonton's answer to Kipper in a steal.

Either way, Edmonton won. Can't be beaten in a shootout apparantly by anyone.