Pre-Game Talk: Oil @ Devils 5pm mt/ 3am Istanbul time
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Jeff Lebowski
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Hoping for the 2 points tonight, but the team still looks bad in my eyes. Hopefully tonight they can start getting some confidence back. They'll miss Caggiula tonight. He's been one of the few guys that have been bringing it lately.
Kassian. Pakarainen. Then a bunch of guys out of place. I think Slepy is better now...maybe.
rboomercat90
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Oilers 3-0 against Taylor Hall. Arguably played their best game of the season against them after pretty much being lifeless in all the others. Looks to me like they don’t want to lose to him for some reason. I’ll predict another win.
ujju2
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Relax junior, it’s just a post.
McJadeddog
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GMofOilers
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This board is going to be awfully quiet just like last year when we start winning. Im looking forward to it.
McNuge
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I wonder if half the people on HFOil are actual fans or just like to shit and bash the team every step of the way.
Drivesaitl
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Maybe Chia traded away half the board as well or Mclellan benched them..
I'm jk, just to be clear..
This part not joking but I think the Eakins era really did a number on the fanbase that even the McDavid draft and new arena hasn't totally rectified. This place is a ghost town always. We rival the poster participation now of such places as NJ, Carolina, and Florida. Been like this for years here afaik.
Maybe the analytics crowd can run some numbers on poster participation during winning vs losing. With some factorial analysis and score effects as well..
OK, its alright to laugh people, is not so bad..
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Oilfan2
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OR perhaps we/they sit back and enjoy/appreciate the wins without the need to chatter like a bunch of school kids about nothing. If the team had a good game, what are you going to do? Over-react like some (Yay..we're winning the cup), critique the way the team played or constantly talk about what went right, which, usually, is the same every time.
When the team is losing, lots of people have different opinions, based on their experience, on what is wrong and what, if anything, they believe needs to be changed.
Simple really. Not everyone is a social butterfly and want to chatter on the 'community network' unless there's something, they perceive, of value to say..
Forgot About Drai
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I'm actually here less as I still don't like the changes to the site.
Forgot About Drai
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McNuge
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So posters that are happy after wins are chattering school children. But those who complain win or lose have valuable opinions? Right...
Jumptheshark
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Lord Quas
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As per: Oilers Nation
Oilers
Maroon-McDavid-Draisaitl
Lucic-RNH-Slepyshev
Pakarinen-Strome-Jokinen
Malone-Letestu-Kassian
Nurse-Larsson
Klefbom-Benning
Russell-Gryba
Talbot
The Oilers didn’t skate this morning so we won’t know until warm-up if Slepyshev is ready to go. Drake Caggiula is out after blocking a shot versus the Islanders. Malone only played seven minutes on Tuesday, but it was a noticeable seven minutes. He has played with a lot of energy when he’s dressed and you hope it rubs off on some of his teammates.
Devils
Hall-Hischier-Palmieri
Bratt-Henrique-Stafford
Gibbons-Boyle-Hayes
Wood-Coleman-Noesen
Greene-Santini
Moore-Mueller
Butcher-Lovejoy
Schneider
Kyle Palmieri returns to their lineup. He missed seven games after being injured versus San Jose on October 20th. Palmieri had seven points in seven games before being injured. He will be a big boost to their offence.
Maroon-McDavid-Draisaitl
Lucic-RNH-Slepyshev
Pakarinen-Strome-Jokinen
Malone-Letestu-Kassian
Nurse-Larsson
Klefbom-Benning
Russell-Gryba
Talbot
The Oilers didn’t skate this morning so we won’t know until warm-up if Slepyshev is ready to go. Drake Caggiula is out after blocking a shot versus the Islanders. Malone only played seven minutes on Tuesday, but it was a noticeable seven minutes. He has played with a lot of energy when he’s dressed and you hope it rubs off on some of his teammates.
Devils
Hall-Hischier-Palmieri
Bratt-Henrique-Stafford
Gibbons-Boyle-Hayes
Wood-Coleman-Noesen
Greene-Santini
Moore-Mueller
Butcher-Lovejoy
Schneider
Kyle Palmieri returns to their lineup. He missed seven games after being injured versus San Jose on October 20th. Palmieri had seven points in seven games before being injured. He will be a big boost to their offence.
guymez
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Perhaps its not as back and white as you are making it out to be? Whats wrong with sitting back and enjoying the wins without running to the board as soon as something bad happens for no other reason but to post endlessly about firing the coach/GM or trading a player.
Over reacting to a 12 game sample size is ridiculous regardless of how you enjoy the good times.
Lord Quas
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ElysiumAB
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I quit doing Oil-fans.com last year, since the team played well and humorous quotes were hard to come by (equally time consuming for me, with much less payoff)... plus, it just seemed with the team making the playoffs that it was a great time to stop.
I've thought a few times so far this season, maybe it wasn't.
