GDT: #35| Blues @ Oilers | Dec. 19 | 7:00 PM | SN-1| GENE PRINCIPE EDITION

[NeverForget06]

Will be interesting to see how they come back after that absolute stinker last game. Really can't afford to lose this one when everyone else in the Pacific appears to be invincible.

 

[guymez]

Great work @ConnorMcMullet...I enjoyed that!

 

[guymez]

Will be interesting to see how they come back after that absolute stinker last game. Really can't afford to lose this one when everyone else in the Pacific appears to be invincible.

Aside from the defence the fatigue factor is my only concern for this game. This team needs a break.

 

[Llamamoto]

Pulju and Khaira on the 4th line.

 

[GameChanger]

Aside from the defence the fatigue factor is my only concern for this game. This team needs a break.

They'll finally have a couple of small breaks after this one, but you're right it's been a very tough stretch of games. Sometimes it's hard to put everything in mentally in a game like this, but they're professional so I hope they'll be alright.

 

[Mez]

Pulju and Khaira on the 4th line.

He wants to try Khaira as a center...and well Pulju has been playing decent...but we need production on the second line.

 

[Llamamoto]

He wants to try Khaira as a center...and well Pulju has been playing decent...but we need production on the second line.

The second line has been producing.

I see what Hitch is doing tho, that 4th line is going to be great on the forecheck. Pulju and Caggiula are both fiesty and can retrieve pucks, Khaira seems to be able to convert that into offence.

 

[I am the Liquor]

More pre game gdt jinx bs.

Way to go.

 

[Kaniac]

Excited to see rattie back in the top 6. Hopefully he can pot one

 

[MessierII]

They giving Talbot a look tonight or is it koskinen?

 

[FlameChampion]

Why dont they play Wideman instead of Garisson. Garisson isnt a NHL defenseman. Who knows if Wideman is at this point.

 

[guymez]

They'll finally have a couple of small breaks after this one, but you're right it's been a very tough stretch of games. Sometimes it's hard to put everything in mentally in a game like this, but they're professional so I hope they'll be alright.

I hear you...the upcoming break is much needed.
The flip side though is that if they lose this game they have Tampa on Saturday and it could be a 3 game losing streak.
They really need to win this game IMO.
After the last game it wouldn't surprise me at all to see Connor take over this game and deliver the win.

 

[fuswald]

Why dont they play Wideman instead of Garisson. Garisson isnt a NHL defenseman. Who knows if Wideman is at this point.

I agree. Wideman needs time to get it together, can't do that eating popcorn.

 

[GameChanger]

I hear you...the upcoming break is much needed.
The flip side though is that if they lose this game they have Tampa on Saturday and it could be a 3 game losing streak.
They really need to win this game IMO.
After the last game it wouldn't surprise me at all to see Connor take over this game and deliver the win.

I wish they could just have the Tampa game at another time so they'd have a longer time off, but right now you have to appreciate even these two small breaks. A 3 game losing streak would be bad, but right now I'm trusting this team surprisingly much so I think they could actually come back from that especially when they get some defenders back.

I also have that feeling about McD. But yeah, I wouldn't mind a win tonight

 

[I am the Liquor]

They giving Talbot a look tonight or is it koskinen?

 

[Tom Brady]

Talbot in net makes no sense whatsoever.

They have 3 days off after this game and 4 days off the game after.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Talbot in net tonight

 

[Mez]

Talbot in net makes no sense whatsoever.

They have 3 days off after this game and 4 days off the game after.

It makes sense...got to give him games, and hes not as bad as HFoil thinks. Hitch has said himself that goalies need consistency. Im sick of people complaining every single time they start Talbot.

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

Great.... Kosk has one bad game and Talbot gets the nod. Also Garrison and benning makes my butthole pucker. Good luck Oiler fans, we are going to need it.

 

[Tom Brady]

It makes sense...got to give him games, and hes not as bad as HFoil thinks. Hitch has said himself that goalies need consistency. Im sick of people complaining every single time they start Talbot.

I don't mind him starting in back-to-backs.

Koskinen is just a superior goaltender right now, they need to ride with him, especially considering they only play 2 games in the next 7/8 days.

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

It makes sense...got to give him games, and hes not as bad as HFoil thinks. Hitch has said himself that goalies need consistency. Im sick of people complaining every single time they start Talbot.

Probably because he’s literally at the bottom of the league in stats. Talbot is consistent... at below average goaltending. Kosk is the starter right now and he should be played like it.

 

[Mez]

Probably because he’s literally at the bottom of the league in stats. Talbot is consistent... at below average goaltending. Kosk is the starter right now and he should be played like it.

Oilers fans have a skewed view on how a starter should be played. We consistently have run our starters into the ground by over playing them. Talbot should be started in back to backs and games against poor opponents...the latter is tonight.

 

[Delicious Pancakes]

Talbot in net makes no sense whatsoever.

They have 3 days off after this game and 4 days off the game after.

Hitch said he doesn't like either goalie going more than 8 or 9 days without a start. I'd imagine we see Koskinen against Tampa.

 

[talitintti]

If you don't start Talbot tonight then you're not starting him until after the Christmas break. It's good to share the workload and keep both of the goalies active.

 

[Shaquille Oatmeal]

More pre game gdt jinx bs.

Way to go.