Pre-Game Talk: Game 3/82 - 17/10/2023, 6 pm - EDM@NSH - Well, at least we don’t play Vancouver for a while

[Mav3rick07]

 

[K1984]

Out of all things in this game - please god just allow Campbell to play well.

We need one of them to at least be passable while Skinner figures out how to stop a beach ball again. We absolutely can't have both of them sieving it up, that is the one thing that could sink us despite everything else.

 

[oXo Cube]

How sad is it that getting .850 goaltending in this game would be a significant improvement.

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

We've already panicked before the game started

 

[McShogun99]

They should just roll with Campbell for the next stretch of games. If he doesn't improve then send him to the minors and call up Pickard. Then start looking for a legit starting goalie no matter what the cost. Also fire Schwartz.

 

[McShogun99]

How sad is it that getting .850 goaltending in this game would be a significant improvement.

When you combine Campbell and Skinner last season we had under.900 goaltending and finished 2 points back of the conference lead. .850 goaltending squeaks us into the playoffs and .910+ goaltending and we're the top team in the league.

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

We've already panicked before the game started

I don’t know how putting the best duo in the world together is panicking. Oilers need a spark and that’s a proven way to do it.

 

[Heavy Dee]

I would give someone on here $5 to change their username to Cassie Campbell’s Cleavage.

I would do it if the mods promised not to ban me.

 

[FlameChampion]

I don’t know how putting the best duo in the world together is panicking. Oilers need a spark and that’s a proven way to do it.

4GF ... 3GA ... its progress at least

 

[GhostfaceWu]

I actually like the possibilities of the third line but ooof having foegel on the second line is gonna make their shifts unbearable to watch.

 

[tiger_80]

Campbell no doubt about it.

He should actually get the next 10 starts as a trial. See what he can do, if he falters in any way you move him with picks/prospects for a real goalie. The time is now to do so.

The soup has gone bad. Do not eat soup.

I actually like the possibilities of the third line but ooof having foegel on the second line is gonna make their shifts unbearable to watch.

Foegele is a prime candidate for the PB, also known as Woody's coaching couch!

 

[OfCorsiDid]

Who’s on GDT duty today?

 

[9GWG9]

Dang! When you pair the big two there is very little left.

Need the D to step up.

 

[LTIR]

We've already panicked before the game started

Switch Kane and Holloway and I'm a happy man.
Forward lineups don't matter anyway since we aren't scoring at ES. It's the defense pairing that need an upgrade

 

[Whoshattenkirkshoes]

For f***s sake.

Woodcroft has turned into a younger Tippett

These are great combos. you finally have the depth to do it

 

[Roof Daddy]

Also fire Schwartz.

The guy is teflon, bulletproof and asbestos all at once. He’s the T-1000, he just keeps coming back.

I’d love an explanation how this track record gains you continued employment:

(Since joining in 2014)

30th in Sv% at 5 on 5

23rd in GAA

Keeping in mind we are a team that spends to the cap and has an owner with near limitless resources. That’s the best guy we can find. Year after year, not a single guy pops loose? Not a single upgrade on ol Dusty available in 10 years???

 

[Mav3rick07]

We're getting slaughtered on the mains. Please win tonight.

 

[ujju2]

While they've got the blender out, I'd like to see RNH at RW with Drai.

I swear he scores all his goals at 5v5 while cutting to his left and Drai spends a lot of time on those right boards, so it'd be nice having an actual center pushed over to the center spot while he's there.

Bonus there too is being able to move Hyman back to his comfort spot at LW where, IMO, he looks a lot better.

I haven't watched closely enough to notice the Nuge and Drai observations, but I disagree that Hyman looks best at LW. Hyman always looked best to me cutting to the net from the right, with the puck on his backhand so he can pull it across to his forehand.

 

[helloconga]

must win game at game 3 already lol

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

Who’s on GDT duty today?

I got sometime before my flight and can slap one up. Unless someone else is making one?

 

[bobbythebrain]

must win game at game 3 already lol

Players only meeting by game 4

 

[Oilslick941611]

I still have faith in Campbell.

 

[McDNicks17]

I haven't watched closely enough to notice the Nuge and Drai observations, but I disagree that Hyman looks best at LW. Hyman always looked best to me cutting to the net from the right, with the puck on his backhand so he can pull it across to his forehand.

I think his puck protection is way better on the left boards when he's got his right hand free and I think he's a lot more effective coming out of the cycle on his forehand.