(Editor/producer Zaiem) Okay I'm going to be completely honest here, I didn't really expect anyone to see this video. This is something we started trying out a couple of months ago, and this is our 17th video. The first 16 averaged about 250 views apiece. This one is currently at 12k so this is a little unexpected. 😳This is an experiment -- I didn't see anyone doing any content like this in hockey. I got to know Allyson during training camp this year covering the team, and I was blown away by her hockey IQ talking to her. And I had this idea of doing these video breakdowns to bring her words to life. But I don't have any video editing experience, so it's been the approach of "make a bunch of videos, accept they're going to be bad at first, try to improve at least one thing each time, then after 100 videos see where you are." So I've been trying different titles, different thumbnail strategies, different editing/pacing, just seeing what does and does not work. And so much studying the TH-cam algorithm. Our goal here is to educate people. I'm a longtime hockey fan and did some work in Avalanche broadcasting during the Roy/Sakic/Forsberg era before moving to Seattle, and when we got an NHL team, I was over the moon about it. The Kraken fanbase is a good mix of people like me who love hockey but we just never had an NHL team here and people who have discovered the great sport of hockey and have fallen in love with it. When Vox Media/SBNation said they didn't want to do hockey websites anymore last spring, we were given the chance to take ownership of it and make it our own, and that's what we did. We were contracted writers writing for DJLR under Vox Media and are now fully independent, but the Kraken still grant us press credentials. We just want people to enjoy hockey more and understand it better. It's a balance of quality versus speed. I would have loved to have talked about the disallowed goal or the brouhaha at the end of the game, but at this point every goal is half an hour of work for each of us, so a 4-2 game is already three hours, and we want these up by the morning. (It used to take a lot longer when we were completely inexperienced. Now we're 17 videos experienced. That's not nothing.) It's a pretty intense turnaround, and I want to make sure we don't burn out. (We also do written coverage for DavyJonesLockerRoom.com -- Allyson's written work is also unsurprisingly excellent, as is the rest of our writers if I say so myself.) I tried to do a little Edmonton shoutout by using the instrumental for Edmonton-born KD Lang's "Constant Craving" for the intro -- and the main music being the instrumental for "Beds are Burning" by Midnight Oil. TH-cam is cool with using copyrighted music, you just can't monetize the video. But we are nowhere near monetization, so might as well have some fun with it. The thumbnail references a movie about oil -- and the Yanni Gourde bleeding seemed perfect, although I didn't consider that it was a key moment in the game and wasn't included, so that's bad on my part. It bugs me when other people do that and now I've become everything I hate. Thank you for everyone who left a comment and enjoyed the video. We are just flabbergasted by the response to this. There have been a lot of long nights wondering if there was any point to doing all this and it's so wonderful to know that so many people appreciated it. We aren't shouting into the void after all!
The most likely reason for the increased viewership is the winning streak by the Oilers and the Kraken giving them a run for their money, getting two early goals put a scare in the Oilers fans, but as of late they are determined to win. I did make a comment on this analysis about a couple of let’s just say “embellishments” on goals, with lots of feedback from other viewers, but thats all good imo. As for subscribing to the channel I’m on the fence at this point. If the Oilers win or lose I will check back again after March 2nd game and decide then. Let’s Go Oilers 🏆
My only real experience with Hockey is going to a Blackhawks game with my dad once when I was like 9ish. This video helped me feel smart and like I understood what was going on. Explaining why a play worked with visual support, and then showing the play at full speed is a nice QED. Love everything happening here. Two notes: 1) the montage in the opener switched images so quickly it felt a little jarring. Never quite got to settle into what was happening and then it changed again. 2) I felt impatient every time the Davey Jones Locker logo transition happened. I wanted more content *now*! ;p
Oilers fan here. After hearing enough empty soundbites that go for analysis from most sports media (shooters mentality, go to the hard areas, etc.), it was nice to actually see someone break the plays down as though they know stuff about hockey. Subscribed for that reason. This is what sports media should be doing, but aren't.
Which is crazy because (i'm not sure where they stand now after the past few games) around 6 games ago they had the most 1st period goals in the league
@@AL4140 honestly no idea, but given they have had so many come from behind wins on this 12 game heater, i wouldn't be surprised if at this point it's evened out or near-negative, but of course they don't show the potentially negative stats during the broadcast lol. Them being first in 1st period goals was just one of those stats they showed a bunch over a few games, only reason i bring it up
This is my first time seeing your videos, but damn girl… this might be the best breakdown/highlight video I’ve seen. More people should do it like this. The bubbles, the slowmo, the straight up clean breakdown of the plays. I am not a Seattle fan but I will be back if this is how you play the game. Keep up the good work! #subscribed
Oilers are 21-3 in thier last 24. They are on a 12 game winning streak. There was nothing Seattle could have done to beat the Oilers yesterday. The Oilers when on a mission, cannot be stopped. Too deep, too talented, and too experienced.
Good breakdown analysis of the game. Keep up the good work. Although you did use the thumbnail of Yanni Gourde's bloody face, you forgot to describe how his selfish 5-minute major with 4 minutes left negated any chance of a pull-the-goalie 6-on-5 tying goal. He may have been upset with not getting a call in his jousting with McDavid, but by jumping and launching his 5'9" frame into the face of the 6'4" Ekholm, he ensured a regulation loss for the Kraken. A talented feisty player loses his composure staking his team to 0 points for the game.
Well. This is an unusual style of breakdown. I like it. 👍🏼 Subscribed Edit: I just realized that this is a Kraken channel lol. Ah well, I’ll still keep my subscription, but I’ll watch more often if you cover the Oilers too. 😂
Haha that’s nice of you. I like video too haha lol, more oilers content lol, I’ll subscribe since quarter of the Seattle krakens team is full of ex oilers lol
Liked how this was analyzed and edited 👍, I’ll sub and check out a few other vids but would love to see more oilers content as I am an oilers fan 😅, Also would enjoy (even Seattle content) if you included the notable hits/penalties in games.
Excellent the way you break down the okays step by step and then run us though them. No one else does it this way and it is good stuff. I like the slow pace that gives better understanding without all the rah rah rah!
Oilers fan here. First time seeing your channel. Wish we had something similar! The last "highlight" video Sportsnet here in Canada put out (which was 10 minutes long!) didn't even include replays of 2 of the Oilers goals! Great job!!
For some reason that play too seems to resonate with me as a play I'll likely think about as a turning point when I look back and I don't know why. That pass was all business.
Excellent break down but I have to say I intensely dislike a thumbnail that totally misleads the viewer. A bleeding Kraken, an explosion in the background. Very compelling but had very little to do with the video. Why do that? It presents as desperation.
(Editor Zaiem) That wasn't really intentional. It's just how our workflow was. The game ended and then our thumbnail designer started on the thumbnail not knowing what Allyson was going to talk about. It takes a couple of hours of work for Allyson to get the right take and figure out what she's going to say and how to say it. Jolie, the thumbnail designer, has to work in the morning so she just goes off and does her thing and we've found that a funny expression on a player's face tends to do well, and that was easily the most memorable expression on a face, so you throw in a pop culture reference and she sent it off. In this case the expression did have to do with a specific incident in the game, but I didn't even think about that and how that could be misleading. Misleading thumbnails bug me too, and now here I am (accidentally) becoming everything I hate. It's just a product of being in scramble mode pretty much from the the time the game begins to the time that the video is finished and I've hit publish on TH-cam 8 hours later.
Drai did not score on a wide open net. Review your footage accurately. He put the puck off the goalie from behind the goal line. Prolific goal scorers can do that. Wide open net, ya.
well done keep at it would add that Leon knew he was too far behind the net to shot it straight in so he banked it off the back of the goalie , he ment to do that watch it again and watch where he looks when he shoots
The Kraken blew it? I really dislike how the Oil gets behind and them able to come back. If they make the playoffs and meet a very good defensive team, that might no work. So why get behind in the first place? Having said that, the Oil has made a come in several of the last few games. The question is, All those teams really blew it? Or Edmonton is just a superior team?
I’m an Oilers fan, and didn’t have much hope of them making the playoffs after the terrible start, but stuck with them regardless, as for coming from behind they’ve done it to some pretty good teams, a few reasons why, Skinner is playing better and the forwards coming back faster helping the defence, and new coaching. But hey, the Kraken are a team of the future, not to many teams with over 22 million in cap space are playing as good as them lately.
Edmonton was asleep in the 1st period. Just awful. Their 2nd period was about 60% Oilers power, i.e. they can play a lot better than that. But I think Seattle can, too. My impression is there's at least 3 significant Oilers nursing injuries that limits their mobility.
15 wins makes top 5 in the modern Era 92/3 penguins hold top spot at 17 Gotta get past 13 vs eatadick Calgary Goilers Yea baby I was going to drive from Langley to Calgary to see the game but the road conditions are too hairy
(Zaiem the editor here) It's an issue of time management. Game ends, then Allyson spends a while recording and getting the right take, then she sends it to me and I put the video together. Every goal is about an hour of work between the two of us. So when it's 6 goals, that's already a lot of time and we're trying to get these turned around and posted before the morning. If these weren't so time-sensitive, we would do a lot more with them. I'd love to do 15-20 minute breakdowns with interesting plays. Sometimes we do that for like 2-0 games where there isn't a lot of content, although we haven't been doing this for very long. This is our 17th breakdown video. Basically we are still in the "try different things and see what works" phase. Keep creating content and try to improve at least one thing each time, and see where you are after 100 videos. This is the first video to kind of blow up (12k views versus like 250 lol) and I'm flabbergasted by the response. Like completely blown away. So we just do road games (home games are too tough -- both Allyson and I cover the games for the website of the same name as this channel, games end at 10, then we do postgame interviews, and don't get home until midnight -- then doing a video AFTER that is just asdfadfaaa we tried that a couple of times and were dead) and we only do the goals for the most part. If the process wasn't so time-consuming, we would do a LOT more. Like a LOT LOT more. This stuff is so much fun and we're pretty passionate about hockey and helping people learn the game better.
Hi, Zaiem. Glad you responded. I just think you missed a couple pivotal moments of the game while ‘over showing’ each goal with too many replays. As an Oilers fan I stumbled on your channel by accident. Glad things are blowing up! I think it will be a good channel to follow
If your going to analyze every aspect of the play at least call like it is, draisait’s goal wasn’t a wide open net, he had to bank it off the goalie because he had no angle, also on foegele’s second goal, the defencman didn’t stumble he tried to slew foot him but foegele was strong on his stance.
uhh the goalie was hugging the left post and the puck was on the right. It was a wide open net... just because he was at a weird angle and had to bank it in doesnt mean anything Literally 2/3rds of the net were wide open
@@seph_fshe said “was able to score on a wide open net” how is that a true statement when he shot it from behind the goal line and banked it in off the goalie? Wide open net means nothing in the way of the puck.
(Editor/producer Zaiem) Okay I'm going to be completely honest here, I didn't really expect anyone to see this video. This is something we started trying out a couple of months ago, and this is our 17th video. The first 16 averaged about 250 views apiece. This one is currently at 12k so this is a little unexpected. 😳This is an experiment -- I didn't see anyone doing any content like this in hockey. I got to know Allyson during training camp this year covering the team, and I was blown away by her hockey IQ talking to her. And I had this idea of doing these video breakdowns to bring her words to life.
But I don't have any video editing experience, so it's been the approach of "make a bunch of videos, accept they're going to be bad at first, try to improve at least one thing each time, then after 100 videos see where you are." So I've been trying different titles, different thumbnail strategies, different editing/pacing, just seeing what does and does not work. And so much studying the TH-cam algorithm.
Our goal here is to educate people. I'm a longtime hockey fan and did some work in Avalanche broadcasting during the Roy/Sakic/Forsberg era before moving to Seattle, and when we got an NHL team, I was over the moon about it. The Kraken fanbase is a good mix of people like me who love hockey but we just never had an NHL team here and people who have discovered the great sport of hockey and have fallen in love with it.
When Vox Media/SBNation said they didn't want to do hockey websites anymore last spring, we were given the chance to take ownership of it and make it our own, and that's what we did. We were contracted writers writing for DJLR under Vox Media and are now fully independent, but the Kraken still grant us press credentials.
We just want people to enjoy hockey more and understand it better. It's a balance of quality versus speed. I would have loved to have talked about the disallowed goal or the brouhaha at the end of the game, but at this point every goal is half an hour of work for each of us, so a 4-2 game is already three hours, and we want these up by the morning. (It used to take a lot longer when we were completely inexperienced. Now we're 17 videos experienced. That's not nothing.) It's a pretty intense turnaround, and I want to make sure we don't burn out. (We also do written coverage for DavyJonesLockerRoom.com -- Allyson's written work is also unsurprisingly excellent, as is the rest of our writers if I say so myself.)
I tried to do a little Edmonton shoutout by using the instrumental for Edmonton-born KD Lang's "Constant Craving" for the intro -- and the main music being the instrumental for "Beds are Burning" by Midnight Oil. TH-cam is cool with using copyrighted music, you just can't monetize the video. But we are nowhere near monetization, so might as well have some fun with it.
The thumbnail references a movie about oil -- and the Yanni Gourde bleeding seemed perfect, although I didn't consider that it was a key moment in the game and wasn't included, so that's bad on my part. It bugs me when other people do that and now I've become everything I hate.
Thank you for everyone who left a comment and enjoyed the video. We are just flabbergasted by the response to this. There have been a lot of long nights wondering if there was any point to doing all this and it's so wonderful to know that so many people appreciated it. We aren't shouting into the void after all!
The most likely reason for the increased viewership is the winning streak by the Oilers and the Kraken giving them a run for their money, getting two early goals put a scare in the Oilers fans, but as of late they are determined to win. I did make a comment on this analysis about a couple of let’s just say “embellishments” on goals, with lots of feedback from other viewers, but thats all good imo. As for subscribing to the channel I’m on the fence at this point. If the Oilers win or lose I will check back again after March 2nd game and decide then. Let’s Go Oilers 🏆
My only real experience with Hockey is going to a Blackhawks game with my dad once when I was like 9ish. This video helped me feel smart and like I understood what was going on. Explaining why a play worked with visual support, and then showing the play at full speed is a nice QED.
Love everything happening here.
Two notes:
1) the montage in the opener switched images so quickly it felt a little jarring. Never quite got to settle into what was happening and then it changed again.
2) I felt impatient every time the Davey Jones Locker logo transition happened. I wanted more content *now*! ;p
Oilers fan here. After hearing enough empty soundbites that go for analysis from most sports media (shooters mentality, go to the hard areas, etc.), it was nice to actually see someone break the plays down as though they know stuff about hockey. Subscribed for that reason. This is what sports media should be doing, but aren't.
Seattle didn’t blow it. Edmonton just started to play. They have a habit of starting slow in the first half period.
Which is crazy because (i'm not sure where they stand now after the past few games) around 6 games ago they had the most 1st period goals in the league
@@Boiseballa3434 how does that stat compare to first period goals scored against??
The last 5 games the Oilers have played, they didn’t score first.
@@AL4140 honestly no idea, but given they have had so many come from behind wins on this 12 game heater, i wouldn't be surprised if at this point it's evened out or near-negative, but of course they don't show the potentially negative stats during the broadcast lol. Them being first in 1st period goals was just one of those stats they showed a bunch over a few games, only reason i bring it up
Eh, partial truths but I get it
New habit old habit
This is my first time seeing your videos, but damn girl… this might be the best breakdown/highlight video I’ve seen. More people should do it like this. The bubbles, the slowmo, the straight up clean breakdown of the plays. I am not a Seattle fan but I will be back if this is how you play the game. Keep up the good work! #subscribed
Just found your channel (oilers fan). This is very solid work and I subbed in hopes you expand beyond the Kraken. You're setting a nice high bar.
Finally someone who makes hockey analysis videos who expertly breaks down the play in slow motion. Well done and thank you.
One of the best post-game analyses that I have watched in a long time. I wish you covered the Oilers! Keep up the good work!
I couldnt agree more re: covering the oilers
Fantastic analysis. Kraken fans should be watching your videos.
Oilers are 21-3 in thier last 24. They are on a 12 game winning streak. There was nothing Seattle could have done to beat the Oilers yesterday. The Oilers when on a mission, cannot be stopped. Too deep, too talented, and too experienced.
Good breakdown analysis of the game. Keep up the good work.
Although you did use the thumbnail of Yanni Gourde's bloody face, you forgot to describe how his selfish 5-minute major with 4 minutes left negated any chance of a pull-the-goalie 6-on-5 tying goal. He may have been upset with not getting a call in his jousting with McDavid, but by jumping and launching his 5'9" frame into the face of the 6'4" Ekholm, he ensured a regulation loss for the Kraken. A talented feisty player loses his composure staking his team to 0 points for the game.
Also, it was his teammate's stick that hit him; he came off as a complete idiot
Oilers fan here. Outstanding analysis! Unbiased, clear, concise, and entertaining! Excellent Job!
Was at that game, this was a great breakdown! Subscribing hoping for more Shore, Yamamoto, and Eberle
Great breakdown of these plays.
Well. This is an unusual style of breakdown. I like it. 👍🏼 Subscribed
Edit: I just realized that this is a Kraken channel lol. Ah well, I’ll still keep my subscription, but I’ll watch more often if you cover the Oilers too. 😂
Haha that’s nice of you. I like video too haha lol, more oilers content lol, I’ll subscribe since quarter of the Seattle krakens team is full of ex oilers lol
@@jeniasmackay7931
Ha, ya there is a bunch eh?
@@whattha930 100% lol, hope they can make playoffs and cancel out L.A lol
Liked how this was analyzed and edited 👍, I’ll sub and check out a few other vids but would love to see more oilers content as I am an oilers fan 😅, Also would enjoy (even Seattle content) if you included the notable hits/penalties in games.
These play breakdowns are on point! Keep up the good work!
Very thorough and ruthless against the Krakens D. LOVE IT 😂
Great job
I really like Allysson's analysis, I hope she does more Oiler games!! Haha. Good luck with the channel.
Excellent the way you break down the okays step by step and then run us though them. No one else does it this way and it is good stuff. I like the slow pace that gives better understanding without all the rah rah rah!
Oilers fan here. First time seeing your channel. Wish we had something similar! The last "highlight" video Sportsnet here in Canada put out (which was 10 minutes long!) didn't even include replays of 2 of the Oilers goals! Great job!!
Nice breakdown..me likes..I might be a bit biased (cologne native just as Leon) but that backhand pass to Foegele JIT was awesome..Go Oilers..subbed
For some reason that play too seems to resonate with me as a play I'll likely think about as a turning point when I look back and I don't know why. That pass was all business.
I wish you did the oilers replay! Cause damn you break this down but good!
Excellent break down but I have to say I intensely dislike a thumbnail that totally misleads the viewer. A bleeding Kraken, an explosion in the background. Very compelling but had very little to do with the video. Why do that? It presents as desperation.
(Editor Zaiem) That wasn't really intentional. It's just how our workflow was. The game ended and then our thumbnail designer started on the thumbnail not knowing what Allyson was going to talk about. It takes a couple of hours of work for Allyson to get the right take and figure out what she's going to say and how to say it. Jolie, the thumbnail designer, has to work in the morning so she just goes off and does her thing and we've found that a funny expression on a player's face tends to do well, and that was easily the most memorable expression on a face, so you throw in a pop culture reference and she sent it off.
In this case the expression did have to do with a specific incident in the game, but I didn't even think about that and how that could be misleading. Misleading thumbnails bug me too, and now here I am (accidentally) becoming everything I hate. It's just a product of being in scramble mode pretty much from the the time the game begins to the time that the video is finished and I've hit publish on TH-cam 8 hours later.
Lets go Oilers 🥰
Drai did not score on a wide open net. Review your footage accurately. He put the puck off the goalie from behind the goal line. Prolific goal scorers can do that. Wide open net, ya.
To funny, I said the same thing nine hours ago and was told it was a wide open net, lol.
well done keep at it would add that Leon knew he was too far behind the net to shot it straight in so he banked it off the back of the goalie , he ment to do that watch it again and watch where he looks when he shoots
Yup classic leon! He loves scoring from behind the goal line
Nice production and breakdowns!
Great analysis
Subscribed
Go oilers
Battle of AB
LETS GO 13 BABY
The Kraken blew it?
I really dislike how the Oil gets behind and them able to come back. If they make the playoffs and meet a very good defensive team, that might no work. So why get behind in the first place?
Having said that, the Oil has made a come in several of the last few games.
The question is, All those teams really blew it? Or Edmonton is just a superior team?
I’m an Oilers fan, and didn’t have much hope of them making the playoffs after the terrible start, but stuck with them regardless, as for coming from behind they’ve done it to some pretty good teams, a few reasons why, Skinner is playing better and the forwards coming back faster helping the defence, and new coaching. But hey, the Kraken are a team of the future, not to many teams with over 22 million in cap space are playing as good as them lately.
Great breakdown
This could be a video to teach younger players tactical concepts! Very cool.
A 2-0 lead is pretty good, seattle is really good but its hard to hold oilers down, obviously their playing great hockey.
Great job. Please do all oilers games for me. Lol
Edmonton was asleep in the 1st period. Just awful. Their 2nd period was about 60% Oilers power, i.e. they can play a lot better than that. But I think Seattle can, too. My impression is there's at least 3 significant Oilers nursing injuries that limits their mobility.
15 wins makes top 5 in the modern Era
92/3 penguins hold top spot at 17
Gotta get past 13 vs eatadick Calgary
Goilers
Yea baby
I was going to drive from Langley to Calgary to see the game but the road conditions are too hairy
Great analysis (I'm sure theres a clever way to combine your name with analysis but I ain't gonna embarrass myself trying 😅). Very articulate
I might have been able to watch this video without the noise in the background.
Is that to say the music was too loud, or was there distracting background noise? This is extremely helpful feedback.
@@DavyJonesLR the content was good, but the background noise was annoying. Your post can stand on its own merits. Good job on that part.
nice breakdown senorita
Nice game analysis here 👍😎
Second Seattle goal was clearly offside.
You didn’t talk about the Kraken goal that was called back or the big bloody hit
(Zaiem the editor here) It's an issue of time management. Game ends, then Allyson spends a while recording and getting the right take, then she sends it to me and I put the video together. Every goal is about an hour of work between the two of us. So when it's 6 goals, that's already a lot of time and we're trying to get these turned around and posted before the morning.
If these weren't so time-sensitive, we would do a lot more with them. I'd love to do 15-20 minute breakdowns with interesting plays. Sometimes we do that for like 2-0 games where there isn't a lot of content, although we haven't been doing this for very long. This is our 17th breakdown video.
Basically we are still in the "try different things and see what works" phase. Keep creating content and try to improve at least one thing each time, and see where you are after 100 videos. This is the first video to kind of blow up (12k views versus like 250 lol) and I'm flabbergasted by the response. Like completely blown away.
So we just do road games (home games are too tough -- both Allyson and I cover the games for the website of the same name as this channel, games end at 10, then we do postgame interviews, and don't get home until midnight -- then doing a video AFTER that is just asdfadfaaa we tried that a couple of times and were dead) and we only do the goals for the most part.
If the process wasn't so time-consuming, we would do a LOT more. Like a LOT LOT more. This stuff is so much fun and we're pretty passionate about hockey and helping people learn the game better.
Hi, Zaiem. Glad you responded. I just think you missed a couple pivotal moments of the game while ‘over showing’ each goal with too many replays. As an Oilers fan I stumbled on your channel by accident. Glad things are blowing up! I think it will be a good channel to follow
Is this the same person who voices the "duck my life" hockey channel ?
“Evender” lmfao 3:07 it’s “Evander” not “Evender” lol 😂
With all due respect, you over analyzing some of the plays and movements
Nhl better put their refs in practice. Absolute joke of personnel. This isn't the NBA. Touching is allowed
If your going to analyze every aspect of the play at least call like it is, draisait’s goal wasn’t a wide open net, he had to bank it off the goalie because he had no angle, also on foegele’s second goal, the defencman didn’t stumble he tried to slew foot him but foegele was strong on his stance.
uhh the goalie was hugging the left post and the puck was on the right. It was a wide open net... just because he was at a weird angle and had to bank it in doesnt mean anything
Literally 2/3rds of the net were wide open
@@seph_f what goal are your referring to?
@@bluethunder1951 Draisaitl from the angle behind the net
Daccord push off hard to the other post and left the net open
If you are going to offer criticism, at least don't be condescending about it.
@@seph_fshe said “was able to score on a wide open net” how is that a true statement when he shot it from behind the goal line and banked it in off the goalie? Wide open net means nothing in the way of the puck.
They were not beating them lool. They were up 2 goals for one period and Oilers came back in 2 periods and beat them
Not bad considering all you have is what the cameras show.
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