Post-Game Talk: Kahuna Matata

[McTonyBrar]

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[Tyrolean]

Would we be to small if we inserted Ennis in lineup? We would have a small team
Kahun
Yamamoto
Ennis
Archibald
I’m thinking speed but it looks to small already
Kahun McJesus Puljujarvi
Nuge Drai Yama
Neal McLeod Kassian
Archibald Khaira Ennis

You mean "too".

 

[Captain Fantastic]

I'll sneak this one in here but you can't tell anybody...

Consider it a special treat for the Team Germany OT W today...hehe

.........

 

[OfCorsiDid]

I really hope that Haas gets in Saturday. I know he's been resting and McLeod is playing very well, but I want him to get a game in before the playoffs, injuries down the middle could be tough for this team.

Haas is hurt I believe.

So I’d anticipate to see him play on Saturday if healthy.

He probably gets in over Chaisson/Neal/Shore

I think we probably keep the 3rd line together. So that makes the 4th line:

Haas-Kharia-Archibald

 

[OfCorsiDid]

32-12-2 since January 30th.

As much as the Sens deserve recognition as being a hot team recently, the Oilers have secretly been the best team in the division for months. Take away our slow start and the divisional race is probably ours.

 

[OfCorsiDid]

Would we be to small if we inserted Ennis in lineup? We would have a small team
Kahun
Yamamoto
Ennis
Archibald
I’m thinking speed but it looks to small already
Kahun McJesus Puljujarvi
Nuge Drai Yama
Neal McLeod Kassian
Archibald Khaira Ennis

Haas probably gets in if he’s healthy over Ennis. Tippett covets having two guys that can play C on the 4th line.

 

[OfCorsiDid]

To all those pro-Barrie right now, let me just hit you all with a dose of reality.
Barrie is 29 years old and heading to a free agency where he is probably the second most coveted Dman available. He’s going command top dollar on the market, likely >$6M with >5 years. It’s unlikely that he takes any sort of discount to stay here either. There’s an absolute laundry list of reasons why we shouldn’t re-sign him: age, value, affect on farm system, history.
Signing UFA contracts for players on career years at 28, 29 years old is something we should be cautionary at. Lucic, Neal, Ladd, Demers are all contracts that were made recently and now are looked upon the worst contracts in the NHL. Barrie is likely to be no exception. He’s already the slowest Dman on the team and will likely only get slower. He’s also a complete liability in his own end and often needs to be bailed out by Nurse.
Barrie is also a Berlin-Wall-esque barricade to Bouchard. A player that could be as good or better than him. Even if he never matches Barrie’s point totals he’s already a far more complete defender than Barrie is.
As for signing Larsson and RNH, they represent something a lot more unique than Barrie. Larsson is a complete defender and RNH, despite his warts, is a guy that can play centre or wing, PP, PK, has plus speed and a deadly shot. They’re also far more likely to accept a team friendly deal.
I’d far rather spend $8.8M re-signing Lars and Nuge than spending that money on an unreliable defender that’s 29 years old.
The additional monies saved allow us to make trades and make FA signings that can fill our actual holes in our lineup, you know, like 1LW, 3LW, and 2LD.
PS: I meant to have this as a reply, but because HF doesn’t exactly work perfectly on iPhone safari I had to type it out in notes first lol.

 

[OfCorsiDid]

Point leader for D but lets play Russell...

I don’t think anyone is advocating for that. I just don’t want to make a Lucic mistake again.

 

[OfCorsiDid]

Everyone looks like McDavid according to Kevin Quinn lol

Holy f*** could you imagine him calling the last few games with both McLeod and McDavid?

 

[OfCorsiDid]

Pffffft it's always 5 o'clock somewhere

In Montreal it was

 

[OfCorsiDid]

I think Seattle offers RNH 7 million.

That’s a quick way for them to become my most hated team in the Division.

RNH better be ready to get the shit booed out of him next time he steps foot in Rogers Place.

 

[OfCorsiDid]

We're on pace for a 108 point season in 82 games. Jesus.

Thats like top 3 in the league most years.

If you take away our assbackwards start we got a point percentage of 0.717.

That’s good for a 118 point pace.

That’s a president’s trophy.

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

I don’t think anyone is advocating for that. I just don’t want to make a Lucic mistake again.

I don’t want that either haha I was just talking about this season.

 

[LemmyUlanov55]

Kahun with the OT goal is nice to see, he's been playing a solid under the radar season. Wouldn't mind bringing him back for cheap..
11pm start was tempting but I decided to have a good night's rest, playoffs will be exhausting enough, haha.

 

[SwedishFire]

Rest the big dogs against Van please.

David, Leon, Nuge, Barrie or just the two first?

 

[SwedishFire]

Chiasson and Kahun picking up their 9th goals. Hopefully that's a confidence boost for them heading into the postseason.

Chiasson confuses me. Such a slow big player, can hardly deke, but anyway scores his goals that keeps him in NHL.

 

[McSpecial DraiBlend]

Why would they not just promote Kris Knoblauch if they are bringing up a minor league coach?
I don't see us losing Woodcroft to the Rangers.

I’m a little worried the Rangers will recruit Woodcroft for their head coaching position.

 

[smokersarejokers]

Why would they not just promote Kris Knoblauch if they are bringing up a minor league coach?
I don't see us losing Woodcroft to the Rangers.

Agreed.

I think Woodcroft will start getting some interviews pretty soon, but I dont see him going to the Rangers when they have a guy like Knoblauch who already knows the players.

 

[McSpecial DraiBlend]

There will be some advanced stat to the rescue to show he is still one of the worst in the league defensively.
I've seen it on twitter.

Now the morons from the mains can't use +/- to discredit his success like they tried last season.

 

[McDrai]

I'll sneak this one in here but you can't tell anybody...

Consider it a special treat for the Team Germany OT W today...hehe

 

[Ritchie Valens]

Why would they not just promote Kris Knoblauch if they are bringing up a minor league coach?
I don't see us losing Woodcroft to the Rangers.

Just after the Oilers game ended yesterday, Friedman was saying the Rangers will be hiring an experienced NHL coach.

 

[OfCorsiDid]

I'll sneak this one in here but you can't tell anybody...

Consider it a special treat for the Team Germany OT W today...hehe

It appears we’ve graduated from bounce.gif to bounce.mp4

 

[Paralyzer008]

Wait, Tippett said McDavid and Draisaitl are playing Saturday?

Well that seems like a dumb risk. Hope it doesn't backfire.

 

[foshizzle]

If you take away our assbackwards start we got a point percentage of 0.717.

That’s good for a 118 point pace.

That’s a president’s trophy.

But Holland said this wasn’t a year to go all in....

 

[Mr Positive]

Wait, Tippett said McDavid and Draisaitl are playing Saturday?

Well that seems like a dumb risk. Hope it doesn't backfire.

He feels the risk of being rusty is worse. If they dont play it will have been a week since they did when the playoffs start.

Personally I say scratch them. I wonder if Toronto scratches their guys.

It's looking like the only practical use for points in the standings is to pass Boston in overall points. We could see them in the playoffs at some point.