Pre-Game Talk: Line 'em up, Preds next

[booyakasha]

Okay, enough bickering about Nurse, and so on and let's discuss the next game at hand...
likely have Yamamoto in the line up, and Drai on a roll, need to keep the momentum going.

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[booyakasha]

lines I'd like to see tomorrow :

Tyler Ennis- Connor McDavid - Zack Kassian
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Leon Draisaitl - Kailor Yamamoto
Andreas Athanasiou - Riley Sheahan - Josh Archibald
Jujhar Khaira - Gaetan Haas - Alex Chiasson

That looks as solid as it can get IMO

 

[Senor Catface]

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

Oooh that lineup *drooooooooooooooool*

 

[backhandsauce]

Gotta get AA rolling. Bump him back up.

 

[booyakasha]

Yikes, looking at March is scary.
16gmes in 31 days with only 1 - 2day break there on the 21-22nd.

 

[BlackDogg]

Is Patrick Russell out yet? Let's hope. He's the Reider this year

 

[booyakasha]

Gotta get AA rolling. Bump him back up.

the good thing is we have depth now, so tough decisions.

I just feel that Ennis has more chemistry, at least to my eye, with McDavid, and I like what Kass brings to that line.

I actually think AA would look good with Sheehan and Archie.

 

[Rusoilers]

Canucks lost but flames won. Gooden knights currently losing 2 to 0 to the kings

 

[McFlash97]

the good thing is we have depth now, so tough decisions.

I just feel that Ennis has more chemistry, at least to my eye, with McDavid, and I like what Kass brings to that line.

I actually think AA would look good with Sheehan and Archie.

Ennis is a better player just from an eye test. Smarter. He seems quicker too ...Athanasiou hasnt shown much of that vaulted speed. He seems to be someone who needs space to skate fast. His stop go game is severely lacking. There is no way this guy is faster then McDavid. Maybe in a straight line ... but I havent seen any of it.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

The Preds are the team in that mishmash that scare me the most. A victory would go a loooooong way.

 

[OnTheBrink]

Ennis is a better player just from an eye test. Smarter. He seems quicker too ...Athanasiou hasnt shown much of that vaulted speed. He seems to be someone who needs space to skate fast. His stop go game is severely lacking. There is no way this guy is faster then McDavid. Maybe in a straight line ... but I havent seen any of it.

he hasn’t looked fast at all to me either, I wonder if he’s hurt a bit, I mean he did get bumped up couple games ago and was being assessed.

 

[Cloned]

The Preds are the team in that mishmash that scare me the most. A victory would go a loooooong way.

To be fair they’re already in a playoff spot so they technically can’t knock us out at this point.

 

[Aerchon]

Hopefully a fully healed Yamamoto draws in. Looking forward to that much improved top 9 all together if possible.

But a fully healthy Klefbom is really what the team desperately needs asap. Getting close to 3 weeks yet?

Another huge game. Every game so important. Nashville will be a tougher opponent than the Jets especially for the Oilers. The Jets forwards can be boxed out and blocked. The Preads still have the pinching defensemen sneak that the Oilers give more room because of their systems. Hard to defend.

Hope they stay settled and play a smart and hard game again.

 

[StoveTopStauffer]

Has AA been a LW his entire NHL career or did he do C for a bit in DET? Everywhere has him listed as a C in some fashion.

 

[The Bored Man]

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

 

[Morpheus]

Has AA been a LW his entire NHL career or did he do C for a bit in DET? Everywhere has him listed as a C in some fashion.

Yes AA did play centre at times for Detroit.

Notes: Athanasiou enjoys playing center

 

[AddyTheWrath]

lines I'd like to see tomorrow :

Tyler Ennis- Connor McDavid - Zack Kassian
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Leon Draisaitl - Kailor Yamamoto
Andreas Athanasiou - Riley Sheahan - Josh Archibald
Jujhar Khaira - Gaetan Haas - Alex Chiasson

That looks as solid as it can get IMO

I think when everyone comes back I'd try:

Tyler Ennis - Connor McDavid - Zack Kassian
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Leon Draisaitl - Kailer Yamamoto
Andreas Athanasiou - Gaetan Haas - James Neal
Joakim Nygård - Riley Sheahan - Josh Archibald

With Jujhar Khaira/Alex Chiasson rotating in.

Oscar Klefbom - Mike Green
Darnell Nurse - Ethan Bear
Caleb Jones - Adam Larsson

With Kris Russell/Matt Benning rotating in.

Mike Smith
Mikko Koskinen

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

In Nashville for the game, first time ever. Hit the rooftop bar at Tootsies and had some pretty decent bbq ribs across the street at some honky tonk place. Fun place! Too bad the Oilers are going to lay waste to Nashville and leave it a smouldering ruin tomorrow night. Good thing I saw Broadway before the hockey Apocalypse happens to Nashville tomorrow night.

McDavid is going fully nuclear with a bushel of points. Smith with another stellar performance. Gonna be a good one! (And yes there is a lot of alcohol talking right now...)

 

[LTIR]

I don't think we can have both Green and Russell on the active roster at the same time until playoffs due to cap.

 

[Cloned]

I don't think we can have both Green and Russell on the active roster at the same time until playoffs due to cap.

They can put on Neal on retroactive LTIR I think.

 

[Llamamoto]

Leon Draisaitl has had 4 straight two goal games vs the Preds.

 

[McDoused]

Is Patrick Russell out yet? Let's hope. He's the Reider this year

I like Russell as a guy who can come up when their are injuries and maybe play 10 games a year. No idea how hes a regular NHLer.

 

[McDoused]

Gonna be a tough game tomorrow. Nashville is playing for their playoff lives.