Around The NHL Discussion 2019/20 - Part II

[Stupendous Yappi]

Call me shocked at the Oilers hot start. They have hardly any depth but the superstars are going gang busters

They have a very good coach, and a team that is hungry for something better than last season. I hope they can hang in there as playoff contenders. In the Pacific it looks feasible.

 

[izzy]

They have a very good coach, and a team that is hungry for something better than last season. I hope they can hang in there as playoff contenders. In the Pacific it looks feasible.

their depth is still not scoring

mcdavid and drai are not going to both keep this insane pace

neal is not going to keep scoring like he is

their division sucks so maybe, but the team isnt that different

 

[Default]

As hyped as I am for the Oilers doing well, the best team they've played are the Islanders.

Their next 7 games are against DET, WPG, MIN, WSH, FLA, DET, CBJ. Lol

 

[The Note]

The Oilers are a castle built on sand. 7 of their forwards have no points. They have a team shooting % of 15.9% buoyed by Neal's ridiculous 34.8% (!). 10 of their 28 goals have come on the PP which is also at a ridiculous 45.54%. They may very well be better than people expected in a weak division, but right now they're a team on a hot streak in a wonky 7 game sample. As expected they are being carried by McDavid and Draisaitl (and Neal, to a degree). But we've seen that those two alone aren't enough to carry that team to the postseason.

 

[Falco Lombardi]

The early hot streak I’m most intrigued by is the Ducks.

 

[Quaz]

Did anyone else see Eklund's latest - Jamie Benn on the block? I would be very surprised if Dallas traded him. It's Eklund so take this with a grain of salt.

 

[MissouriMook]

Arthur Staple made comment this morning in an interview on Sirius XM NHL Radio about how the Islanders are missing Casey Cizikas as part of the "best 4th line in hockey." I guess he didn't watch many Blues games last year. I'm not sure the fact that we had the best 4th line in the league last year is even up for debate.

 

[Spektre]

Did anyone else see Eklund's latest - Jamie Benn on the block? I would be very surprised if Dallas traded him. It's Eklund so take this with a grain of salt.

The question is, if Dallas continues to struggle, how many more games until Jim Lites has another public tirade???

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

The question is, if Dallas continues to struggle, how many more games until Jim Lites has another public tirade???

I don’t approve of how he handled that, but it’s hard to argue that it didn’t get the players’ attention and coincided with their resurgence. But if you feel the need to do that kind of thing, you have a player leadership deficit.

 

[AjaxManifesto]

Yotes up 3-1 on the Preds in the late 2nd. GO Yotes!

 

[AjaxManifesto]

Somebody needs to put the brakes on the Avs. They look lethal.

 

[AjaxManifesto]

Watching Tyson Nash doing the Yotes game (via NHL.tv). That guy still looks REALLY fit.

 

[AjaxManifesto]

4-1 Yotes. Kessel fitting in well there.

 

[EastonBlues22]

But the question is, What was your quarternary reaction?

Complex, I'd assume.

 

[Stealth JD]

Guess who lost.
Lost again.
Dallas lost.
Tell a friend.

 

[Stealth JD]

The Oiler third jerseys make my eyes bleed. Just brutal.

 

[ChicagoBlues]

The Oiler third jerseys make my eyes bleed. Just brutal.

Holly Molly! Those are brutal, indeed.

 

[MissouriMook]

The Oiler third jerseys make my eyes bleed. Just brutal.

They’re like the Chicago Bears on ice. And not in a good way.

 

[ChicagoBlues]

They’re like the Chicago Bears on ice. And not in a good way.

That is EXACTLY what I was thinking.

LOL

 

[CaliforniaBlues310]

They’re like the Chicago Bears on ice. And not in a good way.

As a Bears fan, when they released those jerseys that was my FIRST thought lol.

 

[AjaxManifesto]

I kinda like em

 

[AjaxManifesto]

Avs coming to town. Good test to see how bad this Cup hang over is....

 

[Blueston]

Avs coming to town. Good test to see how bad this Cup hang over is....

If we don’t pick up play gonna get spanked by them. They are all over Tampa tonight.

 

[Bluesin7]

Watching McDavid play is mesmerizing. I can't even imagine having a player like him on the Blues

 

[elkranio]

So habs beat us and get f***ed but motherf***ing wild. I know we just had the cup, but this season finds new ways to set fire to my behind.