Pre-Game Talk: Game 17 Thursday with the Bolts, are bags on or off?

[GMofOilers]

Perron joining the team for the weekend

Starting to get healthy. I still think our team is way better when healthy than they started. Dubnyk really is the only one of worry going forward.

 

[duul]

Perron joining the team for the weekend

Starting to get healthy. I still think our team is way better when healthy than they started. Dubnyk really is the only one of worry going forward.

What about our garbage defence?

 

[djdub]

Man I'm really liking those forward lines. This may be Omark's last chance to show the Oilers he can play in the NHL. Look for him to be busting his ass.

PS: WTB game day thread.

 

[duul]

For some reason I put all my vcash onto this game. I am a maniac.

 

[GMofOilers]

What about our garbage defence?

I think our goalie makes our defence look worse than it is to be honest.

 

[GMofOilers]

7m
--> RT @Bob_Stauffer #Oilers projected lines:
Hemsky-RNH-Eberle
Hall-Gagner-Yakupov
Omark-Gordon-Arcobello
Jones-Smyth-Gazdic

Get Perron back right away, I would go
Hall RNH Eberle
Perron Gagner Yakupov
Hemsky Gordon Arcobello
Jones Smyth Gazdic

Starting to look like a team IMO.

 

[duul]

Here's praying for a shootout tonight.

 

[Fists of Fuhry]

Hall's Back

http://www.nhl.com/ice/blogpost.htm?id=22426&navid=nhl:topheads

 

[Oilception]

I really like those lines!
Keep that fourth lines minutes to a minimum and I are good things!

4-2 Oil
Yak x2, Hall, Omark

 

[McGlassbangers]

Perron joining the team for the weekend

Starting to get healthy. I still think our team is way better when healthy than they started. Dubnyk really is the only one of worry going forward.

We'll face new injuries before Perron and Joensuu comes back, we're talking about Oilers after all.

 

[dem]

So Hall is going to be wearing a brace the rest of the season?

Is this something that is going to require surgery in the future?

 

[nexttothemoon]

Blowout win for the Oilers. 9-1

Lightning will be befuzzled and flummoxed by Omark and his classless juju.

 

[StoveTopStauffer]

7m
--> RT @Bob_Stauffer #Oilers projected lines:
Hemsky-RNH-Eberle
Hall-Gagner-Yakupov
Omark-Gordon-Arcobello
Jones-Smyth-Gazdic

Get Perron back right away, I would go
Hall RNH Eberle
Perron Gagner Yakupov
Hemsky Gordon Arcobello
Jones Smyth Gazdic

Starting to look like a team IMO.

Except one our leading point players is not playing 2C where he should rightfully be unfortunately. Instead we get that defensively liable fool who would be better as 3rd line RW than our best option for 2C.

 

[OiledUp]

Here's praying for a shootout tonight.

Yeah, or just some kind of spin-o-rama goal from Omark. Or actually any sort of weird showboating move. Since wins are so rare nowadays my big hope for this game is Omark walking away with a 5 classless Subbans rating.

Btw. The lines for tonight looks like Eakins went, "Oh **** it, we can't play D anyway, let's just swing for the fences with some gung ho offense"

Stamkos with a likely hattrick.

 

[jukon]

I wasn't going to watch because we don't stand much of a chance against a decent team, but Hall is returning. Not only that he will be back playing with Yak? Nice.

 

[randomrob7]

We have to go full offensive mode if we want to win. We only have 2 or 3 defensive Dmen in our lineup, and the rest of our D are puck moving/rush joining players. If we play to safe we lose. If we are hunting for goals the whole game, we win.

 

[CupofOil]

7m
--> RT @Bob_Stauffer #Oilers projected lines:
Hemsky-RNH-Eberle
Hall-Gagner-Yakupov
Omark-Gordon-Arcobello
Jones-Smyth-Gazdic

Get Perron back right away, I would go
Hall RNH Eberle
Perron Gagner Yakupov
Hemsky Gordon Arcobello
Jones Smyth Gazdic

Starting to look like a team IMO.

God no. No more Hall-RNH-Eberle, it just doesn't work.
I would roll with Hall-Gagner-Yakupov for a while, they looked really good towards the end of the season and it could be the jump start that Yak needs.
I really want to see Joensuu back as soon as possible so that they can run these lines.

Hall-Gagner-Yakupov
Joensuu-RNH-Eberle
Perron-Gordon-Hemsky
Jones/Smyth-Arcobello-Gadzic

 

[Hockey Monkey]

Tampa was REALLY impressive when they beat us last week. Stamkos/MSL/whoever (Killorn?) was the best line I've seen play this year.

What I'm saying here is yikes.

 

[randomrob7]

Tampa was REALLY impressive when they beat us last week. Stamkos/MSL/whoever (Killorn?) was the best line I've seen play this year.

What I'm saying here is yikes.

Okay, thanks.

 

[GretzkytoKurri9917]

7m
--> RT @Bob_Stauffer #Oilers projected lines:
Hemsky-RNH-Eberle
Hall-Gagner-Yakupov
Omark-Gordon-Arcobello
Jones-Smyth-Gazdic

Get Perron back right away, I would go
Hall RNH Eberle
Perron Gagner Yakupov
Hemsky Gordon Arcobello
Jones Smyth Gazdic

Starting to look like a team IMO.

Final score:



9-4 Tampa


Stamkos 4 goals

 

[tv14]

Tampa was REALLY impressive when they beat us last week. Stamkos/MSL/whoever (Killorn?) was the best line I've seen play this year.

What I'm saying here is yikes.

Lol, thanks for your concern.

 

[duul]

Final score:



9-4 Tampa


Stamkos 4 goals

I think RNH will come out and shut him down tonight.

 

[well oiled machine]

7m
--> RT @Bob_Stauffer #Oilers projected lines:
Hemsky-RNH-Eberle
Hall-Gagner-Yakupov


Get Perron back right away, I would go
Hall RNH Eberle
Perron Gagner Yakupov
Hemsky Gordon Arcobello
Jones Smyth Gazdic

Starting to look like a team IMO.

Not sure why they have a perfectly good centre playing a wing and a wing playing a centre

Omark-Gordon-Jones
Smyth-Arcobello-Gazdic

is what I would like to see

 

[Soli]

Don't know why ya'll are being smug against bewbies, he's a great contributor in the OKC thread and he's spot on about Killorn/Stamkos/St. Louis.

 

[StoveTopStauffer]

Hall - RNH - Hemsky
Yak - Arco - Eberle
Omark - Gordon - Gagner


Or

Hall - RNH - Gagner
Omark - Arco - Eberle
Yak - Gordon - Hemsky

Or

Hall - RNH - Gagner
Hemsky - Arco - Eberle
Omark - Gordon - Yak

Unfortunately we're defensively screwed on the wings, hopefully the C's babysit well enough.