Repeating Myself: Oilers 2, Hawks 1

I really didn't feel much like typing this, not entirely because The Hawks lost, but as much because I'll be mentioning a lot of the same stuff as in the last post or two, which probably shouldn't be happening after fewer than ten games.  I'm also irritated that, even with the departure of TVR to I-don't-care-where, I again find myself droning on about one particular player. If you think reading the same complaints about the same guy over & over is tiresome well, try writing them.  Let's see if I can muster up any enthusiasm for some bits.

* Shots.  I had no idea that EDM had outshot The Hawks until long after the game, 'cos it looked to me as if The Hawks carried the play for the most part.  The possession stats kinda bear that out, as The Hawks were slightly better there...it was all those blocked shots and shots that missed the net, I guess, that has The Hawks' shot total so low.  That, to me, is a blip, but with a qualification.
* Shot Selection and puck patience were problems in this match.  A lot of Hawks were chucking, and that's mostly okay, but there wasn't a lot of attention paid to what their linemates were up to when they were shooting with such abandon.  Wait a fraction of a second before shooting and maybe your winger is there for a rebound.  Or how about not shooting at all if there are five players standing between you and the net?  I think if they had been a little more choosy there would have been some higher quality chances.
* The Jam was attempted 261 times and failed every time.  Get it right or just stop.
* Oesterle was in for Kempny and he was okay.  He looked slower when facing an actual NHL team and looked a little lightweight in board battles, but I like that he's got some nerve - dude carries on like he's Paul Coffey.
* Forsberg was fine except that he made poor decisions when handling the puck. After only two starts who knows if this is an actual weakness or just a bad night in that regard.  If the former, he'll need some coaching on what to do as much how to do it.
Okay, here's the part I hate.
* Seabrook was horrible, again. I get that Connor McDavid is good for one or more preternatural plays each game, and the pass through The Hawks' crease to Maroon for their first goal was just that but, holy shit, Maroon was Seabrook's guy.  He had one job, but chose to gawk at McDavid instead.
Yeah, he's getting older and we all know, and even expect, that he's getting slower, but what bugs me is that he's getting dumber, too.  Other old dudes like Hainsey, Chara and Orpik have also lost a step (or the entire gearbox in Orpik's case) but they've managed to keep their careers going by adjusting how they play so that they don't have to rely on speed to get by.  Seabs hasn't done that and, until he adopts a more cautious approach, he's gonna be gasping to keep up opposing forwards who just beat him and are skating off into the sunset.
And why does his speed drop-off have to be coupled with bad decisions?  I just don't get that.
Rutta took a lot of shifts with Keith after the halfway point of the game last night so that's some indication that Coach Q isn't entirely opposed to Seabrook sliding down the order, as he should.  Seabs has been a great Blackhawk and a clutch guy so many times, but I doubt he has that in him any longer, and I'm afraid the time to try to trade him has come.  Yeah, he has a no movement clause, so there's that hurdle, but Stan Bowman had better get cracking before the gap between Seab's reputation and his capability becomes so large that they won't get anything in return for him.

Ah well, The Hawks missed the net a lot, hit a few goalposts and got schooled a couple of times by the best player in the world .  Take the point and on to the next...