Pre-Game Talk: Lets talk positively about game 3 Dallas v Edmonton

[GretzkytoKurri9917]

And St. Louis' forward depth is better than Dallas', yet we let 3 goals in.

Yet I would still take Dallas's Forwards over St Louis's Forwards.


Dallas's Forwards>>St Louis's Forwards

St Louis Defense>>Dallas's Defense


IMO

 

[iCanada]

Yet I would still take Dallas's Forwards over St Louis's Forwards.


Dallas's Forwards>>St Louis's Forwards

St Louis Defense>>Dallas's Defense


IMO

Id take St Louis' team over Dallas' team any day. Blues>>>>>>>>>Stars.

 

[Philly85*]

4-2 Dallas.

 

[GretzkytoKurri9917]

Id take St Louis' team over Dallas' team any day. Blues>>>>>>>>>Stars.

Good for you.

 

[Bangalter]

Good for you.

You wouldn't?

 

[GretzkytoKurri9917]

You wouldn't?

Truth is is that I don't want anything to do with either team because neither team will ever be able to go all the way when it counts.

 

[thadd]

Depth is lovely, actually scoring goals is another thing

I hear ya, but that depth meant that the Blues were 17 points ahead of the Stars in the standings at the end of the year.

 

[McTrashBoat]

I hear ya, but that depth meant that the Blues were 17 points ahead of the Stars in the standings at the end of the year.

Although the Stars were GF - GA = 0
Blues were GF - GA = +42

 

[thadd]

Yet I would still take Dallas's Forwards over St Louis's Forwards.


Dallas's Forwards>>St Louis's Forwards

St Louis Defense>>Dallas's Defense


IMO

Really? I certainly wouldn't.

 

[SometimesY]

i think mcd is going to get his first point


i think our offense is going to come. Our powerplay will be good


mcdavid + yakupov will display insane chemistry and light it up for the rest of the season and the next 15 years

yes

 

[Gambl0r83*]

Excited to see
-Yakupov McDavid dangelitus
-Anders performance
-Hall vs Benn
-Brandon Davidson
-First Oilers win

 

[thadd]

Although the Stars were GF - GA = 0
Blues were GF - GA = +42

Yup, Blues obviously have better blueline but at the same time they have more forwards who are committed to playing hockey well in all 3 zones. Dallas has a ton of cherry pickers who aren't really into backchecking.

 

[McDrai]

Score a goal, hit a body. That's all I ask.

Also, can McDavid please score. Getting a little annoyed at seeing all the McDavid putdowns on the main board every time Eichel scores a goal.

Don't worry, Slepyshev will score a goal and hit some bodies tomorrow

 

[KCC]

Much more structure to EDM's game so far. Even against two really good, defensive teams, they hung in there well.

Keeping Ferrence off the ice is also a positive. He's done.

 

[Oilers10]

For the love of God please let me see a goal scored by the Oilers tomorrow.

I'm getting a little worried about McDavid haven't seen him score a goal since 1st game at young stars. That means no goals against U of A or in pre-season and now regular season!!

 

[HallOfGreatness4]

I build lineups for DFS players in NHL. I can tell you that without any doubt, the top players to build around are Seguin, Spezza, Benn, and anyone on Dallas' 1st and 2nd line. Read into that how you will.

 

[harpoon]

Can't watch the game. Really wanted to watch Nilsson's first start as an Oiler. Now I see I'm going to miss McDavid and Yak as well.
That's too much to expect me to pass up, oh well, didn't want that job anyway.

Maybe after this game if Pucell doesn't start applying himself, he can slide down the lineup in favor of someone who actually wants to be in the NHL (like Slepyshev), or someone who is going to at least skate his guts out (like Korpse). Same goes for Pouliot.

I build lineups for DFS players in NHL. I can tell you that without any doubt, the top players to build around are Seguin, Spezza, Benn, and anyone on Dallas' 1st and 2nd line. Read into that how you will.

Huh. Anyone who ever tried to build around Spezza itrw fell flat on their face. Read into that what you will.

 

[McTrashBoat]

Yup, Blues obviously have better blueline but at the same time they have more forwards who are committed to playing hockey well in all 3 zones. Dallas has a ton of cherry pickers who aren't really into backchecking.

Can't fault you there.

But this all started because we let in 3 goals against St Louis, who you said had better forward depth.

So we shouldn't be too bad against Dallas, who scored more goals last year.

 

[thadd]

Can't fault you there.

But this all started because we let in 3 goals against St Louis, who you said had better forward depth.

So we shouldn't be too bad against Dallas, who scored more goals last year.

If our shutdown line can do a decent job of containing their first line and if we can get goaltending as good as that what we got from our first two games we shouldn't look too bad.

 

[syz]

Can't fault you there.

But this all started because we let in 3 goals against St Louis, who you said had better forward depth.

So we shouldn't be too bad against Dallas, who scored more goals last year.

2 goals and an empty netter.

 

[Skawtty]

Really interesting that we haven't scored any goals yet. Would not have thought that before the first 2 games. It is tough to start the year on the road but here we are in Dallas and my thoughts are oilers will get a surprise and score in bunches and get the monkey off their backs. We will hopefully see McYak line put up a few and RHN line do something as well. The game ends 5-4 with oilers winning the 3 vs 3.

 

[McTrashBoat]

2 goals and an empty netter.

True, even better.

 

[McShogun99]

Yet I would still take Dallas's Forwards over St Louis's Forwards.


Dallas's Forwards>>St Louis's Forwards

St Louis Defense>>Dallas's Defense


IMO

Dallas really only has Seguin and Benn, Nuke is still unproven and Spezza, Hemsky and Sharp are getting on in years. The Blues have 1 stacked line ,2 other pretty balanced scoring lines and a tough 4th line.

 

[Soundwave]

I got it as 4-2 Dallas too. 2 goals for Seguin, 1 for Benn, 1 for Hemsky.

Hendricks and Hall for the Oilers.

 

[StoveTopStauffer]

Yet I would still take Dallas's Forwards over St Louis's Forwards.


Dallas's Forwards>>St Louis's Forwards

St Louis Defense>>Dallas's Defense


IMO

It's more like

Dallas top 2 forwards >> St. Louis top 2 forwards

Rest of St. Louis >>>>>>>>> Dallas