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

[CupofOil]

Yikes. So that's now Eberle, Hendricks, Klinkhammer, Reinhart and Schultz with all being on I.R.
For a team that could ill afford to have key injuries, they are starting to pile up.

I thought Pitlick was still injured.
I like Laleggia but this is big boy hockey now, I doubt he's ready to handle it only a few games into his pro career.

 

[CupofOil]

once eberle pack, we definitely need to trade purcell + davidson for upgrade on d.

LOL, you might get a 7th round pick for that package or maybe Dougie Hamilton.

 

[TheRebuild]

Next ten games will be scary unless we make a trade for a d man. 6-13-1 here we come

They just need to play a solid, structured team defence. Last year, at one point in the season, the Jets had 4 of their top 6 defencemen out at the same time, and were running with mostly AHLers on the back end. It really was the turning point in their season as they focused primarily on shutting teams down and just playing a well structured system, and they went on a fairly impressive winning streak. Oilers need to do that.

 

[Burnt Biscuits]

Next ten games will be scary unless we make a trade for a d man. 6-13-1 here we come

Most of our injuries are short term, the only significant long term injury we've had is Eberle. We should be able to make due without a panic trade, adding a quality d-man is in our best interests regardless of the injuries so I expect Chia to keep chugging along in his search for a d-man.

 

[Spawn]

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.

If he wasn't going to play, why bother recalling him? Even with Schultz and Reinhart hurt we've got 7 healthy d-men here right now. I do agree with you though that most of these injuries aren't that significant. Schultz will hurt because we need to cover the loss of his 22+ minutes that he's playing.

But Reinhart... Klinkhammer... Hendricks. These are 4th liners/bottom pairing guys. Hell, 1/2 this board didn't even have Klinkhammer making the team at any point during the summer.

 

[SullivanT]

once eberle pack, we definitely need to trade purcell + davidson for upgrade on d.

Noone in the nhl will trade for purcell and davidson

 

[tempest2i]

Man, the injuries are really starting to pile up.

I have no idea what to expect from Laleggia. I just hope he can skate and make a good first pass.

 

[TheGuyInTheChair]

Roster is horrible.

 

[Wretched Oil]

Poor rich Niki

 

[Titsuple]

After thinking about this for a bit, I think #16 gets a seat in the press box vs MTL.

Hall - RNH - Pakarinen
Pouliot - McDavid - Yakupov
Korpi - Lander - Pitlick
Gazdic - Letestu - Slepyshev

Not a NHL roster IMO

 

[Gret99zky]

Nobody is expecting him to carry the team. Step back from the La-Ledge-ia.

/thread

winner!

 

[Gambl0r83*]

once eberle pack, we definitely need to trade purcell + davidson for upgrade on d.

Who the heck would do that deal with us?

 

[duul]

Damn that roster looks like complete garbage. Bottom 6 players and 4 out of 6 D don't play on most NHL teams.

 

[thadd]

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

Pitlick spends so much time injured that he's even worse than Hemsky when hemsky was made of glass, but Pitlick plays a really good game. He instantly caught my attention the minute that we drafted him and although his offence hasn't really come on in the NHL, he's fast and he plays a hard game.

If he could stay healthy for 20 games I'm convinced he'd be penciled in to play on our 3rd line full time.
Heck if he had been healthy all of last year Purcell would have cleared waivers by now.

PLEASE, PITLICK.

DON'T SHATTER!

 

[thadd]

Who the heck would do that deal with us?

Holy ****... Gambl0r actually said something I agree with I'm in shock!

 

[thadd]

After thinking about this for a bit, I think #16 gets a seat in the press box vs MTL.

Hall - RNH - Pakarinen
Pouliot - McDavid - Yakupov
Korpi - Lander - Pitlick
Gazdic - Letestu - Slepyshev

Not a NHL roster IMO

You never know. They might let Korpi sit. He needs a kick in the ass.

 

[redgrant]

Oilers have gotta be one of the softest teams in the league. I dont know if its their conditioning, diet, making silly decisions but it cant be "bad luck" excuse every year.

 

[thadd]

Yikes. So that's now Eberle, Hendricks, Klinkhammer, Reinhart and Schultz with all being on I.R.
For a team that could ill afford to have key injuries, they are starting to pile up.

I thought Pitlick was still injured.
I like Laleggia but this is big boy hockey now, I doubt he's ready to handle it only a few games into his pro career.

You know 2/3 of the time Pitlick is injured... and it seems that whenever he comes to play 4/5 of the time you think he's injured. Confusing as hell. It was just yesterday that I was told that he was hurt, so you can imagine how surprised I was to read that he's coming up.

 

[thadd]

Oilers have gotta be one of the softest teams in the league. I dont know if its their conditioning, diet, making silly decisions but it cant be "bad luck" excuse every year.

Past 2 years haven't been THIS bad.
Then 7 years ago - 5 years ago was the most brutal. I think we led the league by a fair margin in games missed to injury.

 

[dustrock]

Bad roster is bad. Is worse when injuries.

I don't get the love affair with Pitlick. Hands of stone. Guess he can skate north-south pretty good and hit guys, but he gets hurt brushing his teeth.

If they're going to bring up Miller, Iiro the Hero and now Pitlick, guess they really want Draisaitl to be hungry down there. Can't see how these guys contribute more at the NHL level.

I love Joey Legs but he's going to get stamped.

 

[StoveTopStauffer]

Oilers have gotta be one of the softest teams in the league. I dont know if its their conditioning, diet, making silly decisions but it cant be "bad luck" excuse every year.

The probability of a random injury doesn't give a **** what you ate for breakfast this morning, or how many crunches you did.

 

[StoveTopStauffer]

Bad roster is bad. Is worse when injuries.

I don't get the love affair with Pitlick. Hands of stone. Guess he can skate north-south pretty good and hit guys, but he gets hurt brushing his teeth.

If they're going to bring up Miller, Iiro the Hero and now Pitlick, guess they really want Draisaitl to be hungry down there. Can't see how these guys contribute more at the NHL level.

I love Joey Legs but he's going to get stamped.

Because they want Draisaitl to be a C and hopefully not a W. He needs time in the middle, a lot of time.

 

[Narnia]

Oilers have gotta be one of the softest teams in the league. I dont know if its their conditioning, diet, making silly decisions but it cant be "bad luck" excuse every year.

It's the dirty hits other teams are getting away with unpenalized by the NHL.

 

[KCC]

10/10 Best lineup ever. Would lineup again.

Oilers have gotta be one of the softest teams in the league. I dont know if its their conditioning, diet, making silly decisions but it cant be "bad luck" excuse every year.

If they were in the East they could get away with it. IE Just like Montreal.

 

[I am the Liquor]

Couldnt even get through October without sprinkling the defense with ahl players.

Thanks CrapT.