GDT: LXIII | "These Lines Suck" | Oilers vs. Sharks | 2.27.18 | 8:30PM | SN-Oil

[Soli]

(27-31-4) --vs-- (33-21-9)
Game Day: February 27th 2018
Game Time: 8:30 PM
Location: Honda Center
Broadcast: SNet-Oilers

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Milan Lucic - Connor McDavid - Anton Slepyshev
Michael Cammallari - Leon Draisaitl - Ty Rattie
Jesse Puljujarvi - Ryan Strome - Pontus Aberg
Drake Cagiula - Jujhar Khaira - Zack Kassian

Darnell Nurse - Adam Larsson
Oscar Klefbom - Andrej Sekera
Johan Auvitu - Matt Benning

Cam Talbot

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Evander Kane - Joe Pavelski - Joonas Donskoi
Tomas Hertl - Logan Couture - Mikkel Boedker
Timo Meier - Chris Tierney - Kevin Labanc
Barclay Goodrow - Eric Fehr - Melker Karlsson

Joakim Ryan - Brent Burns
Marc-Edouard Vlasic - Justin Braun
Brenden Dillon - Dylan Demelo

Martin Jones
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SOLI'S RANT​

• These lines are all kinds of terrible. The biggest hit Looch threw this roadtrip was on Connor's knee. He's not fast enough and certainly hasn't been this whole season. Play him with Drai if you have to as they atleast had some bigger body line chemistry. Cammy has been good, but I don't care about seeing how much he has left in the tank as it could be completely different come training camp and might not even sign here. The period of pump and dump prior to the deadline is over. We didn't fool anyone and you're not fooling us, make better lineups. Why is he taking a spot next to McDavid or Drai? Play him with Strome for christ sake and see if he can produce on a left-overs 3rd scoring line. Can we disrespect slap Pulju some more? Rattie, you get Drai's RW, Jesse, you get a special place in Todd's dog house. Doing well with Kassian? We can't have that, better mix things up for him some more. I just... ugh. Napalm the whole coaching staff.
  
  
• Joakim Ryan I know who you are now, please do not score 2 goals against us again.

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[KenLinsemanFanClub]

Are they sitting Sekera?

 

[Soli]

Are they sitting Sekera?

Oh that's who I forgot maybe. I haven't heard anything about the defense pairs today, were they sent out? Russell is a GTD I believe.

 

[hallhopkinseberle]

@Soli

I looked at some With or without you stats for this season

McDavid+lucic GF%65.52
McDavid without Lucic GF%55.88
Lucic without McDavid GF% 43.48

Pulujarvi+Strome(77.78% GF%) are also better together

Same with Cammy+Drai(64.29% GF%)

Same with Caggiula+Khaira(75.00% GF%)

I bet you thats the basis for tonights lines. Limited ice time for some of these pairing but I thought this was interesting

 

[DrDrai]

Woof

 

[Esko]

It is honestly remarkable how bad our wingers are.

 

[CycloneSweep]

We will play hockey tonight. There will be bad moments. There will be good moment. Someone wins and someone loses.

 

[oobga]

I want to get the full experience tonight. Gonna have my eye on Lucic all game long. Well, in that little bit of time he is actually able to get into the picture when he's out on the ice.

 

[TheNumber4]

Oilers will suck again, just like they have the last 3 lucky wins. It'll be a frustrating watch, BUT:
- We get to see if McDavid can get closer to that Art.
- We get to see Drai continue beasting
- We get to evaluate Aberg who is definitely an interesting prospect.

 

[Mez]

Looking forward to watching Aberg and Rattie. That is all.

 

[MessierII]

I like the look of that 3rd line especially since Strome is hot.

 

[McBeastMode]

Thanks Soli for updating this thread..

 

[bone]

Fourth line probably has Pak in for Kassian as he's supposed to be out tonight as per McLellan.

 

[Soundwave]

Dat winger depth

 

[DrDrai]

I like the look of that 3rd line especially since Strome is hot.

 

[lakai17]

Rattie in the top 6, brutal.

 

[NeverForget06]

3rd line could be fun to watch, or might crash and burn, we'll see.

It would be very nice to see Strome cement himself as the 3C. That way we can play Nuge or Drai on one of the wings in the top 6 so we can at least have 1 less scrub up there

 

[North]

Fourth line probably has Pak in for Kassian as he's supposed to be out tonight as per McLellan.

That trip in front of the ref still pisses me off.

 

[NeverForget06]

Rattie in the top 6, brutal.

Meh, with the way Drai is playing, and his new found chemistry with Cammallari, I could probably slot in beside them and we'd do pretty decent.

 

[CycloneSweep]

Meh, with the way Drai is playing, and his new found chemistry with Cammallari, I could probably slot in beside them and we'd do pretty decent.

Also his contract was a 1 year so might as well give him a chance to see if he is worth keeping

 

[belair]

I actually like the lines, given our options. McDavid connected with Slepy last game and when he gets double-shifted he can bump Aberg and get matched with Strome and JP. Drai and Cammalleri have been money and that fourth line can cycle.

Good lord get Lucic off the snide though.

 

[bone]

Meh, with the way Drai is playing, and his new found chemistry with Cammallari, I could probably slot in beside them and we'd do pretty decent.

Yup. With the cap situation as it is, the Oilers need to do a lot of test driving down the stretch to see who (if anyone) can hang with the top guys to see who may be their best cheaper options, so I don't mind this. Hopefully, they try a few more guys up there instead of just "going for the win" and playing Drai with McDavid more than half the game. Also, hoping they finally test drive RNH with one of them.

With that said, no understanding why Lucic is still getting Connor, but I guess there aren't many left side options at the moment.

 

[lakai17]

Meh, with the way Drai is playing, and his new found chemistry with Cammallari, I could probably slot in beside them and we'd do pretty decent.

I like your optimism. I do like the 3rd and 4th lines however.

 

[Drivesaitl]

So Pakarinen scores a huge goal last game, plays very well in limited minutes, has played well the last month whenever slotted into the lineup but he's drawing short card HS once again and Lucic is on topline.

Maroon gone.

I think the only reason I might watch is to see Aberg. But then again I might not even bother. This is REALLY the suck stretch dog days now.

Maybe SJ will outsuck us.

 

[Mr Positive]

I'll be watching for Aberg