News Article: March: the Month from Hell...Predictions?

[CantHaveTkachev]

Oilers play 16 games in 31 days including two 3-in-4 night games, and one more East coast trip

from the 2nd to the 20th, the Oilers play 11 games in 18 days!

by the end of the month, the Oilers will have played the most games in the NHL

OTL	March 2	Edmonton		Nashville
L	March 3	Edmonton		Dallas
W	March 5	Edmonton		Chicago
W	March 7	Columbus		Edmonton
L	March 9	Vegas		Edmonton
W	March 11	Winnipeg		Edmonton
W	March 13	NY Islanders		Edmonton
L	March 15	Edmonton		Philadelphia
OTL	March 16	Edmonton		Washington
W	March 18	Edmonton		Ottawa
L	March 20	Tampa Bay		Edmonton
W	March 23	Anaheim		Edmonton
L	March 25	Colorado		Edmonton
W	March 27	San Jose		Edmonton
W	March 29	Anaheim		Edmonton
W	March 31	Vegas		Edmonton

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

a very good 9-5-2...that's assuming everyone gets healthy and stays healthy

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[McJesusSaves97]

8-4-4

 

[Ritchie Valens]

Just like the previous 3 game trip, I felt they needed at minimum four points and got three. The same goes for this one with how tight this race is.

 

[Satire]

Steady .500 hockey the rest of the way. Obviously hoping for better, but that's what the team needs to make it.

 

[bone]

Oilers play 16 games in 31 days including two 3-in-4 night games, and one more East coast trip

from the 2nd to the 20th, the Oilers play 11 games in 18 days!

by the end of the month, the Oilers will have played the most games in the NHL

OTL	March 2	Edmonton		Nashville
L	March 3	Edmonton		Dallas
W	March 5	Edmonton		Chicago
W	March 7	Columbus		Edmonton
L	March 9	Vegas		Edmonton
W	March 11	Winnipeg		Edmonton
W	March 13	NY Islanders		Edmonton
L	March 15	Edmonton		Philadelphia
OTL	March 16	Edmonton		Washington
W	March 18	Edmonton		Ottawa
L	March 20	Tampa Bay		Edmonton
W	March 23	Anaheim		Edmonton
L	March 25	Colorado		Edmonton
W	March 27	San Jose		Edmonton
W	March 29	Anaheim		Edmonton
W	March 31	Vegas		Edmonton

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

a very good 9-5-2...that's assuming everyone gets healthy and stays healthy

Likely need 10 wins to finish the year (or at least twenty points) to secure home ice in the first round (this includes the one April game), but .500 hockey should still get them in. Plain and simply they can't let themselves lose 3 in row, and if they do lose two in a row, get one of the losses at least to overtime. Winning the games against Nashville and Winnipeg are the two most important ones this month. If they can do that we should get to watch more than one game in April.

If they want to dream of first, they have to beat Vegas in the two remaining games.

 

[oobga]

non-stop hockey

March 2 - @Nashville - W
March 3 - @Dallas - L
March 5 - @Chicago - W
March 7 - Columbus - W
March 9 - Vegas - OTL
March 11 - Winnipeg - W
March 13 - NY Islanders - OTL
March 15 - @Philadelphia - L
March 16 - @Washington - L
March 18 - @ottawa - W
March 20 - Tampa Bay - L
March 23 - Anaheim - W
March 25 - Colorado - L
March 27 - San Jose - W
March 29 - Anaheim - W
March 31 - Vegas - OTL

Guessing 8-5-3

A win vs the flames to finish the year would leave us with a sweet 97 points!

 

[nexttothemoon]

Head says 8-7-1



Heart says 33-0 the rest of the way.

 

[CycloneSweep]

7-6-3

 

[The Safe Play]

March 2 - @Nashville - L
March 3 - @Dallas - L
March 5 - @Chicago - W
March 7 - Columbus - W
March 9 - Vegas - W
March 11 - Winnipeg - W
March 13 - NY Islanders - W
March 15 - @Philadelphia - L
March 16 - @Washington - L
March 18 - @Ottawa - W
March 20 - Tampa Bay - L
March 23 - Anaheim - W
March 25 - Colorado - L
March 27 - San Jose - W
March 29 - Anaheim - W
March 31 - Vegas - L

9-7

Win versus Calgary.

96 points.

 

[KlefDown]

15-0-1

no bias

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

15-0-1

no bias

This is as impartial as could come from an Oilers fan. I second it.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

7-6-3

It's over .500, are you feeling ok this morning?

 

[oil4life97]

10-5-1, they’re about to be reasonably healthy soon. Go get the pacific boys!!

 

[SK13]

9-7. Then they beat Calgary in April.

96 points. 2nd in the Pacific division. First round opponent is Vancouver.

7-6-3

You got to love it when even the most cynical poster on the board projects them a playoff spot.

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

10-4-2

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Nashville W
Dallas L
Chicago OTL
Columbus W
Vegas W
Jets W
Islanders W
Flyers L
Caps L
Senators W
Lighting OTL
Ducks W
Avalanche W
Sharks W
Ducks W
Vegas L
Calgary W (April game)

11-4-2 for 24 points

Finish with 100 pts

Caveat are no more injuries to key players and the goaltending holds.

 

[SwedishFire]

They are commonly coming on strong together in chunk of games like these. Lets say 60% wins, that equals 7 wins, lets say 3 OT wins. Oilers is strong in the OT. McD Draisaitl Power rescue.
I counting on winning over strong teams, and make flat games against weak teams becuae they are pumped to beat - for them - a beatable team.

I really hope AA and McD is meshing. I think Ennis is the more versitile player of them both

 

[Oil Dood]

This is what we all wanted isn't it? Time to see if our team is actually good enough.

I see a 8 -4-4 record....this is fun.

 

[HuMz]

My prediction: NHL is on hold by March 20th, season cancelled a month after that.

 

[Beerfish]

We are not going to nicely float into the playoffs with a nice March. We will be clawing and scratching to the end, I see about a 6-9-1 record for these games.

 

[Jumptheshark]

My prediction: NHL is on hold by March 20th, season cancelled a month after that.

This might happen

 

[CycloneSweep]

9-7. Then they beat Calgary in April.

96 points. 2nd in the Pacific division. First round opponent is Vancouver.



You got to love it when even the most cynical poster on the board projects them a playoff spot.

I'm cynical, definitely not the most cynical lol.

Also for us to not make playoffs we need to either completely implode or Minnesota/Arizona need to almost go perfect.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

I'm not going to do a prediction, it went sideways last time. But I will say I'm excited for when the Oilers get to "Magic Number" territory, which isn't that far off at this point.

 

[Bring Back Bucky]

9-4-3

 

[bone]

Would love to see a 12-2 stretch like how they finished off 2016-17, but 8-5-2 would set them up decently and seems acheivable.