Recalled/Assigned: Laleggia, Pitlick Recalled. Schultz,Klinhammer placed on I.R

[Philly85*]

I thought Laleggia looked good to great in training camp and preseason. If there's one thing the guy can do its QB a PP and move the puck.

 

[Jumptheshark]

Injuries love this team

 

[McDeathbyCheerios*]

Well.... I think Reinhart is hurt more then we thought. As for the forwards I think it's time to pray that something good is out on waivers tomorrow.

He should be back by next game...

Maybe Davidson will be sent down or a trade is coming?

 

[Dorian2]

If a few of the guys that are currently on the Oiler roster were playing like actual NHLers, we wouldn't have to bring in these AHLers who will probably do a better job than some regulars.

I'm looking at you Ference, Davidson, and Purcell.

 

[NewBoysClub97*]

Could see pitlick injured after the game tomorrow. Just seems to go that way for him.

 

[hallhopkinseberle]

He should be back by next game...

Maybe Davidson will be sent down or a trade is coming?

Parakinen isn't on the roster page :O

 

[hallhopkinseberle]

Injuries love this team

injuries happen to every team and we have been an average man games lost team since that one season where we lost like 500 games

 

[McDeathbyCheerios*]

Hall - RNH - Pakarainen
Pouliot - McDavid - Yakupov
Slepy - Lander - Pitlick
Gazdic - Letetsu - Korpi
Purcell

Nurse - Klefbom
Sekera - Laleggia
Reinhart - Gryba
Fayne

 

[Mr Tadakichi]

Hall - RNH - Pakarainen
Pouliot - McDavid - Yakupov
Slepy - Lander - Pitlick
Gazdic - Letetsu - Korpi
Purcell

Nurse - Klefbom
Sekera - Laleggia
Reinhart - Gryba
Fayne

Well, if people on the main board want to say we are an AHL team, they pretty much aren't going to be wrong.

True about our defence anyway.

 

[Hoogaar23]

So what the hell is wrong with Schultz? IR? Wow!

 

[McAsuno]

Getting real sick of seeing our team getting hit by injuries every year. What a joke.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

I'd like to see Pitlick with Hall and Nuge. He's bigger than Pakarinen and he has a pretty good shot. If he can stay healthy (I know, I know) I still think that he could be a useful player for us. He most certainly can't be worse than Purcell.

LaLeggia brings puck moving, speed and a good point shot. I wouldn't mind seeing him with Gryba as Gryba can clear the crease while LaLeggia plays a skilled game.

 

[Burnt Biscuits]

Do people really think Laleggia will play? I'm half expecting Ference to draw in, he's been bad, but a lot of coaches will still lean on their vets despite them being bad.

 

[rasarhdasd]

LaLeggia, Nurse, and Davidson playing instead of Ference would be hilarious. They clearly do not think he's an NHL defensemen.

 

[Eytinge]

Looking forward to seeing LaLeggia and maybe, just maybe Pitlick fits in well with Hall and Nuge.

Theoretically he should be a decent fit there. Good speed, hard accurate wrister and can mix it up and throw big hits. His problem is it seems his body literally can't handle the game of hockey.

As for LaLeggia, he is small but should add some offense and puckmoving to the team. Too bad he's LH, its annoying how so many of our top defense prospects are LH.

 

[Stud Muffin]

LaLeggia, Nurse, and Davidson playing instead of Ference would be hilarious. They clearly do not think he's an NHL defensemen.

Pressuring him into retirement is my guess.

 

[McDeathbyCheerios*]

Do people really think Laleggia will play? I'm half expecting Ference to draw in, he's been bad, but a lot of coaches will still lean on their vets despite them being bad.

Laleggia is probably 3 on our d prospect chart. (Nurse, Reinhart, Laleggia). I can't see them calling him up to not play on the farm, only to play Ference up here.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

My preference:

Hall-RNH-Pitlick
Pouliot-McDavid-Yakupov
Korpikoski-Lander-Pakarinen (a trio of gritty Scandinavians)
Gazdic-Letestu-Slepyshev
Purcell (waiver fodder when Ebs, Klink and Hendricks are healthy)

Sekera-Fayne (please upgrade on Fayne Mr. Chiarelli!)
Nurse-Klefbom
LaLeggia-Gryba
Davidson-Ference (please keep them off the ice Mr. McLellan!)

 

[NAF]

Joey Legs! Nice! The kid can skate and think the game offensively as well as any blueliner on this club, IMO. Pair him with Gryba and tell Eric to hand the puck off to Joey at all times.

 

[Burnt Biscuits]

I'd like to see Pitlick with Hall and Nuge. He's bigger than Pakarinen and he has a pretty good shot. If he can stay healthy (I know, I know) I still think that he could be a useful player for us. He most certainly can't be worse than Purcell.

LaLeggia brings puck moving, speed and a good point shot. I wouldn't mind seeing him with Gryba as Gryba can clear the crease while LaLeggia plays a skilled game.

Pakarinen has an inch on him and somewhere in the neighborhood of 10-15 more lbs. Pakarinen also has the better shot of the two hands down, Pitlick is generally quite predictable with his shot selection its usually drive wide with speed and drop a clapper from the half wall or an even more acute angle, unless your shot is amazing you won't beat an NHL goalie from there. Pakarinen has a good concept as to how to push away from traffic and get himself open like he did on his goal last game. I'm a big Pitlick booster, but Pakarinen has a much better grasp of how to play with offensive players, Pitlick is 4th line energy bang and crash kind of player with some untapped potential.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

Theoretically he should be a decent fit there. Good speed, hard accurate wrister and can mix it up and throw big hits. His problem is it seems his body literally can't handle the game of hockey.

As for LaLeggia, he is small but should add some offense and puckmoving to the team. Too bad he's LH, its annoying how so many of our top defense prospects are LH.

Yeah I really hope that he can stay healthy because injuries have sidetracked him from becoming a 3rd line NHLer IMO.

Yeah it's tough but many of them can play the right side and there's a league wide shortage of RHD I believe.

Pressuring him into retirement is my guess.

More like playing players that you think give you the best chance of winning. Ference is far from one of those players. Hopefully they come to the same realization with Purcell soon.

Do people really think Laleggia will play? I'm half expecting Ference to draw in, he's been bad, but a lot of coaches will still lean on their vets despite them being bad.

He's been awful and LaLeggia could be a shot in the arm to our PP. I would not hesitate to play LaLeggia over Ference, IMO LaLeggia is a better fit than Davidson and Brandon has played over Ference a number of times.

Laleggia is probably 3 on our d prospect chart. (Nurse, Reinhart, Laleggia). I can't see them calling him up to not play on the farm, only to play Ference up here.

Yup, unless Ference shows otherwise in practice, he's done as a NHLer.

 

[Philly85*]

This team is hanging on by a thread good lord.

Butter soft!

And can anyone realistically expect for Pitlick to stay healthier for more than 2-3 games? He's not an NHLer, at least not in the way they would've originally hoped for.

 

[Burnt Biscuits]

He's been awful and LaLeggia could be a shot in the arm to our PP. I would not hesitate to play LaLeggia over Ference, IMO LaLeggia is a better fit than Davidson and Brandon has played over Ference a number of times.

Davidson and Ference have each gotten 3 games and I wasn't phrasing my question to ask what people on this board want, cause I know the answer to that is never ever play Ference. What MacLellan will do isn't necessarily the same thing, in San Jose he wasn't particularly quick to integrate most rookies into the line-up and he still gave Hannan a bunch of games despite him being horrible.

 

[ChaoticOrange]

Davidson and Ference have each gotten 3 games and I wasn't phrasing my question to ask what people on this board want, cause I know the answer to that is never ever play Ference. What MacLellan will do isn't necessarily the same thing, in San Jose he wasn't particularly quick to integrate most rookies into the line-up and he still gave Hannan a bunch of games despite him being horrible.

Wonder if this means we see Davidson hit the waiver wire soon.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

Pakarinen has an inch on him and somewhere in the neighborhood of 10-15 more lbs. Pakarinen also has the better shot of the two hands down, Pitlick is generally quite predictable with his shot selection its usually drive wide with speed and drop a clapper from the half wall or an even more acute angle, unless your shot is amazing you won't beat an NHL goalie from there. Pakarinen has a good concept as to how to push away from traffic and get himself open like he did on his goal last game. I'm a big Pitlick booster, but Pakarinen has a much better grasp of how to play with offensive players, Pitlick is 4th line energy bang and crash kind of player with some untapped potential.

I hate to say it, but the Bakersfield and Oilers bio on Pitlick is full of ****. He is not 6'0" tall, IIRC when we drafted him he was 6'2", unless he's shrunk a couple of inches Pakarinen maybe a touch heavier but Pitlick has 1-2" on Iiro.

I would tend to agree that Iiro has the better shot selection but Pitlick is the bigger and faster player and at times a harder hitter although we haven't seen that from Tyler this season.