GDT: XXII |Insert Pithy Remark Here| Oilers @ Coyotes | 7:00 PM | SNOIL

[Toydarian]

Tippett is going to have ARZ trap like it's 1995 this game.

 

[SometimesY]

Lines at Arizona:
Lucic-McDavid-Puljujarvi,
Maroon-RNH-Eberle,
Pouliot-Draisaitl-Caggiula,
Kassian-Letestu-Pitlick.
Same D.


Via twitter

Damn, that's a hard lineup to defend. We have 3 top 6 lines.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Surprised that Slepyshev is coming out, I thought he'd played well, not as surprised about Hendricks, still needs some time to get back up to Speed.

 

[McPuritania]

Lines at Arizona:
Lucic-McDavid-Puljujarvi,
Maroon-RNH-Eberle,
Pouliot-Draisaitl-Caggiula,
Kassian-Letestu-Pitlick.
Same D.


Via twitter

Puke.

 

[PaPaDee]

Puke.

Hopefully Pouliot comes out motivated.

 

[Blitzago*]

Hopefully Pouliot comes out motivated.

He'll come out motivated and trying to do too much and take an offensive zone penalty

 

[MCDAVIDISH]

I very much dislike Arizona. I don't like their gm much either, built the team too young. Domi is a dirty player. Smith is a cry baby. They should just move to Quebec already.

 

[oXo Cube]

Pouliot and Letestu drawing back in is the right move IMO.

Letestu probably never should have been out and Pouliot deserves a shot at redemption.

 

[LMFAO]

That fourth line looks amazing

Kassian - Letestu - Pitlick

 

[oobga]

Puke.

If Pouliot isn't hungry after watching the team do so well without him for a couple games, he is a lost cause.

 

[Soli]

Well, Pouliot Sr. and Letestu Sr. didn't come on this trip to not watch their sons.

 

[duul]

Gotta think we break Arizona's undefeated in regulation streak vs. us at some point, right? All my vCash on it.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Looking at the lines, that's perfect spot for Pouliot, because if he brings the garbage he has brought to the table so far, he's easily replaced by Kassian or Pitlick.

 

[Blitzago*]

Looking forward to see caggiula with offensively minded players

 

[PBandJ]

They were winning and they still sub in lesser players?

Gross. This smells like an L.

 

[Kaako Kappo]

Forget the losing streak. This is a different Oilers team than before. You can wipe your arse with statistics like that.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

They were winning and they still sub in lesser players?

Gross. This smells like an L.

Ugh, I'm very hard pressed to see Letestu as a lesser player to either Slepyshev or Hendricks.

 

[Spawn]

They were winning and they still sub in lesser players?

Gross. This smells like an L.

K but.... Letestu and Pouliot are both better players than either Hendricks or Slepyshev... And not by an insignificant amount.

The best lineup an Oilers could dress features both of these guys.

Pouliot has played poorly to start the year, but he's a streaky player who will get going at some point. When he's playing his best he's easily one of the best 4 or 5 wingers on the team. He's had back to back 35 point seasons here(wont even mention pace) which is nothing to sneeze at in the NHL anymore. He'll pick it up, but needs to be given the opportunity.

 

[Grey Poupon*]

Lines at Arizona:
Lucic-McDavid-Puljujarvi,
Maroon-RNH-Eberle,
Pouliot-Draisaitl-Caggiula,
Kassian-Letestu-Pitlick.
Same D.


Via twitter

It's maddening how little care Todd MacLellan has for handedness. That bottom six is a mess. It should be:

Caggiula Drasaitl Kassian
Pouliot Letestu Pitlick

Why put 3 lefties and 3 righties together? Then complain about the lack of chemistry after the game?

 

[Crobby]

He'll come out motivated and trying to do too much and take an offensive zone penalty

Last time he sat for taking bad penalties he came back and scored

...and then took a high sticking penalty right after

 

[dssource]

Time to start our own winning streak against the Yotes. Should be a good one tonight.

FYI. The start time in OP is incorrect. Games starts at 7PM MT, not 8.

 

[PBandJ]

Well, I'm sure watching Pouliot take more penalties will be fun.

 

[Musashi]

Happy Pouliot is back in the lineup but his response to the benching better be in the right direction or else he can find himself back in the press box.

 

[Ritchie Valens]

Any word on who is starting tonight? I'm thinking Gustavsson sees the Coyotes at least once in this back to back, but you also don't want to mess with a winning streak either.

 

[FanOfSadTeam]

Game starts at 7 pm, not 8.