Pre-Game Talk: First Game of December! Wednesday vs. Penguins

[RegDunlop]

Th

they are cleaning the lobster

Ha! Very good. Silly me - of course they are!!

(And now I'm prob blocked by the ladies in here!)

 

[Czechboy]

Not good.. none of it. Well, happy for Niem

 

[bone]

Not good.. none of it. Well, happy for Niem

Apparently what happens in Vegas, doesn't stay in Vegas. And of course this happens after a ridiculously lax schedule just as we are getting into a heavy schedule which will make it very hard to catch up if this ends up being more than one guy.

I guess in the grand scheme of things short a player for an eastern rival means it isn't a huge issue in terms of points given up, then the next one is Seattle, that you should be able to survive.

 

[Czechboy]

Apparently what happens in Vegas, doesn't stay in Vegas.

They need to start renting big tents about 100kms outside the city when they go to Vegas.

 

[bone]

Not good.. none of it. Well, happy for Niem

I'm assuming the Keith IR trip is a paperwork transaction so they can add a player and still hope Ceci can return within the one week timeline. Since he's been off since last Wednesday, retroactive IR could have him removed as quickly as tomorrow or Thursday.

 

[MettleMcOiler]

Not good.. none of it. Well, happy for Niem

Getting complacent in going out is definitely not good. Technically were still in a pandemic and with new variants popping up. Stay safe everyone!

Well, the D-corp depth is truly going to be tested in the next few games. Hopefully everyone gets well soon.

 

[OfCorsiDid]

Our defence is really gonna be Barrie, Russell, 2 guys that were black aces last year and 2 guys that started the year in Bakersfield.

Yee haw.

 

[bone]

Getting complacent in going out is definitely not good. Technically were still in a pandemic and with new variants popping up. Stay safe everyone!

Well, the D-corp depth is truly going to be tested in the next few games. Hopefully everyone gets well soon.

Assuming this lineup holds for tomorrow night, Kris Russell will have 186 more games played than the other 5 defensemen combined, despite Barrie himself having 630 of those game. 74 games played total amongst 4 of the 6 dmen. Yowza.

 

[CornKicker]

I'm assuming the Keith IR trip is a paperwork transaction so they can add a player and still hope Ceci can return within the one week timeline. Since he's been off since last Wednesday, retroactive IR could have him removed as quickly as tomorrow or Thursday.

100% getting some retroactive cap relief

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

defense is gonna be thin to say the least

yikes

 

[CornKicker]

you never want players to get hurt, and especially dont want a covid outbreak among our players, but I would rather it happen now to force us to use younger guys in roles they would never see if everyone is healthy. It makes the team stronger and controversy and adversity is what forms good teams into great teams. This is a positive as long as we arent losing guys long term

 

[AddyTheWrath]

Went from

Nurse - Bouchard
Keith - Ceci
Koekkoek - Barrie

To

Broberg - Bouchard
Russell - Barrie
Lagesson - Niemelainen??

 

[Nunymare]

I was just thinking yesterday about how lucky we were to not have anyone in COVID protocol yet. f***...

 

[bone]

100% getting some retroactive cap relief

No Cap Relief as it's only IR. To get any cap relief it would need to be LTIR and he'd need to miss 8 more games. We'd only need that relief if we needed to add another player beyond Niemelainen, and even then, Shore has been out long enough that he could be sent to LTIR and still be an option to reactivate as soon as Friday. Otherwise 4K could also go LTIR if they know he's not available until at least Toronto on the 14th.

 

[Czechboy]

This keeps up and I might finally see Musil on the roster.lol

2nd rounder
.5 ppg NHL average
BIG

That's it, that's my pitch.

 

[Czechboy]

I'm assuming the Keith IR trip is a paperwork transaction so they can add a player and still hope Ceci can return within the one week timeline. Since he's been off since last Wednesday, retroactive IR could have him removed as quickly as tomorrow or Thursday.

Hoping it is something like that. Tipp said him and Nurse are closest to returning.

Ceci has been a real bonus this year.

The cancelled practice is a bit worrisome.

 

[bone]

Hoping it is something like that. Tipp said him and Nurse are closest to returning.

Ceci has been a real bonus this year.

The cancelled practice is a bit worrisome.

I wouldn't panic much over that. It's precautionary and they did get in a practice yesterday.

I'd rather them be cautious and stop an outbreak in its tracks. An outbreak costing them 2 or 3 games on the schedule might be the final straw killing the Olympics pushing McDavid's first chance at a best on best tournament in a Canada jersey into his late 20s, which is terrible for hockey.

 

[The Safe Play]

It's fun to watch all the rookies get some time, I'm not too concerned with playoff chances those are locked in barring something catastrophic.

Excited to see Niemelainen if he gets a game.

 

[MettleMcOiler]

Assuming this lineup holds for tomorrow night, Kris Russell will have 186 more games played than the other 5 defensemen combined, despite Barrie himself having 630 of those game. 74 games played total amongst 4 of the 6 dmen. Yowza.

 

[CycloneSweep]

It's fun to watch all the rookies get some time, I'm not too concerned with playoff chances those are locked in barring something catastrophic.

Excited to see Niemelainen if he gets a game.

Yep, Keith and Nurse are like a week or two away at MOST we should be fine.

 

[bone]

It's fun to watch all the rookies get some time, I'm not too concerned with playoff chances those are locked in barring something catastrophic.

Excited to see Niemelainen if he gets a game.

It just goes to show how crucial this early run was. Sure nice to weather a storm of injuries knowing that a couple lost games while exposing some rookies won't sink the season, so you can really push them into situations you'd normally not consider, because you can afford the learning mistakes.

Even nicer that these rookies, or young pros, are treading water keeping it going (with much help from Kosko on Saturday). Shockingly, this rash of injuries has turned into 3-1 run. 2 straight wins when the list grew to include Keith.

 

[CycloneSweep]

It just goes to show how crucial this early run was. Sure nice to weather a storm of injuries knowing that a couple lost games while exposing some rookies won't sink the season, so you can really push them into situations you'd normally not consider, because you can afford the learning mistakes.

Even nicer that these rookies, or young pros, are treading water keeping it going (with much help from Kosko on Saturday). Shockingly, this rash of injuries has turned into 3-1 run. 2 straight wins when the list grew to include Keith.

I had said this before too, it came at a great time cause luckily we have a pretty easy stretch with Nurse out.

 

[Proko88]

Went from

Nurse - Bouchard
Keith - Ceci
Koekkoek - Barrie

To

Broberg - Bouchard
Russell - Barrie
Lagesson - Niemelainen??

Broberg- Bouchard
Laggeson- Barrie
Neimelainen- Russell

 

[Oilers in NS]

Ha! Very good. Silly me - of course they are!!

(And now I'm prob blocked by the ladies in here!)

No, they are tougher. U will get a few complaints from the whiners on here. I don’t have to say there names. U already know. Soft world we now live in. I bet they wouldn’t allow Slap Shot now because it’s too rough

 

[Tobias Kahun]

100% getting some retroactive cap relief

IR is only to open up a roster spot, not for cap.