GDT: Game VIII | Star Wars: The Fast Jedi | Oilers @ Penguins | 8/24/17 | 5:00pm

[Aerrol]

Amazing GDT and video, made me forget how the season's gone so far!

Game between my two favourite teams, hopefully it's a good one. The pens have looked tired and scatterbrained at times this year, so maybe this is our chance to get the offense going again. Who knows, it's a shame they finally dumped Niemi so we don't get a freebie.

 

[Hopelesslucicfan]

McLellan wants to play RNH against tough competition. He can't do that if he is putting Slepyshev and Caggiula on his wings.

I don't necessarily agree with his angle here, but I can see what the idea is.

If that were the case, he should swap letestu and lucic.

Drai has shown to be able to play well with lucic in the past and letestu is a much more effective shut down guy.

 

[Canovin]

Those lines are atrocious. Good job TMac, great way to utilize 8.5m Drai centering the 3rd line with Latest and Caggiula. So sad to see this organization value 6M Nuge over Drai. I don't care if its cause he may be rusty, after the rust is shaken off, it's straight back to being stapled on the top line with McD.

I actually think putting Drai on the 3rd line gives us the best chance of winning. Let Drai feast on easy opposition while the other lines try to contain Pitts offense

 

[onetweasy]

Dont really get these lines at all.

Pitt goes up 2-0 inside of 10 mins and TMac goes full line blender.

 

[FlameChampion]

Projected #Oil lines:
Maroon-McDavid-Yamamoto
Lucic-Nuge-Strome
Letestu-Draisaitl-Caggiula
Pakarinen-Khaira-Kassian

Out: Jokinen, Slepyshev

Weird lines. I agree I think Jokinen needs to sit.

I forsee the lines getting blended though.

I'd like to see:

Maroon - McDavid - Yamamoto
Lucic - RNH - Draitsaitl
Cagguila - Strome - Slepshev
Pakarinen/Khaira - Letestu - Kassian

or

Maroon - McDavid - Yama
Lucic - Drai - Slepshev
Cagguila - RNH - Strome
Pak/Khaira - Letestu - Kassian

 

[ElysiumAB]

Pens PP% is 32%?

Good Lord, bad night to take a Too Many Men or Delay of Game penalty.

 

[Da McBomb]

At some point, I would love to see RNH play RW with either Drai or McDavid.... just to see how it goes.

 

[Ritchie Valens]

RNH ahead of Draisaitl on the centre depth chart?

#showcase

 

[oXo Cube]

If that were the case, he should swap letestu and lucic.

Drai has shown to be able to play well with lucic in the past and letestu is a much more effective shut down guy.

Just my guess, but I imagine Leon will shift up the lineup (and back to RW..) relatively quickly as soon as he proves that he is healthy enough to play 20 minutes.

 

[Digger12]

I actually think putting Drai on the 3rd line gives us the best chance of winning. Let Drai feast on easy opposition while the other lines try to contain Pitts offense

Easy to say, not so easy to do when the Pens have the last change.

Who's to say the Pens don't put the Crosby line out against a rusty Drai playing with bottom sixers and "feast" on him?

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Given how he's played and how well he's done in the dot, I don't see Malone coming out, maybe the team looks like

Maroon - McDavid - Yamamoto
Lucic - Nuge - Draisaitl
Caggiula - Strome - Slepyshev
Malone - Letestu - Kassian

 

[Joey Moss]

Letestu on LW? What in the world..

I also don't understand the love for Pakarinen.. Slepyshev clearly more effective.

 

[Canovin]

Easy to say, not so easy to do when the Pens have the last change.

Who's to say the Pens don't put the Crosby line out against a rusty Drai playing with bottom sixers and "feast" on him?

That should allow McDavid line to "feast" on the easy opposition

 

[Digger12]

I assume we have no 'official' lineup as yet since we're still waiting on the Oilers doctors to clear Drai and Cags to play tonight?

 

[oljimmy]

I am starting to think that we have to just accept that this team is slow out of the gate. Every game we need a 1-0 wakeup call that pushes us back to where we need to be. On the plus side, Usain Bolt was one of the slowest starters ever and he did alright? Right? Right?

 

[oXo Cube]

I am starting to think that we have to just accept that this team is slow out of the gate. Every game we need a 1-0 wakeup call that pushes us back to where we need to be. On the plus side, Usain Bolt was one of the slowest starters ever and he did alright? Right? Right?

In a league where the team that scores the first goal wins the game 7 of 10 times, this mentality plain and simple won't be good enough.

 

[Paperbagofglory]

This feels eerily similar to the Blue Jays season where everyone picked them to win the division and possibly the world series. That's the season they signed a bunch of overrated veterans that underachieved that season, ahem Jose Reyes you suck!

Overrated veterans, check

Weak defensively, check

Relying on young players to exceed expectations or keep trending up, check

This team is screwed.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Why is khaira in for Malone

 

[LemmyUlanov55]

Drai and Drake back in the lineup sounds promising. Hoping for a good game and hopefully some pts.

 

[BarDownBobo]

Why is khaira in for Malone

Someone has to be assigned to the AHL to make room for Drai and Caggiula on the roster, and Malone doesn't have to clear waivers. I hate it too but that's the way they're doing it for now.

 

[oil Leaks]

Letestu on LW? What in the world..

I also don't understand the love for Pakarinen.. Slepyshev clearly more effective.

Pak is garbage, hate why the coaching staff have some kind of crush on him for some reason.

 

[guymez]

Oilers are the worst offensive team in the NHL right now...Penguins are the worst defensive team in the NHL.

Interesting matchup.

 

[BoldNewLettuce]

May...the farce...be with you..?

 

[oXo Cube]

Oilers are the worst offensive team in the NHL right now...Penguins are the worst defensive team in the NHL.

Interesting matchup.

Actually, we're the second worst offensive team(Habs are worse) so advantage Edmonton am I right

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Oilers are the worst offensive team in the NHL right now...Penguins are the worst defensive team in the NHL.

Interesting matchup.

Too bad the Penguins already waived Niemi so you can bet on a shutout or a rouge.