Pre-Game Talk: matinée Oilers vs Rangers

[oiler4ever]

Oilers needed that win. Not sure the team a year ago at this time would've overcome the Drew Stafford goal that made it 2-1
@Bob_Stauffer

I would have agree with Bob if this was a victory against the Bruins.

Captain Ference in, and who will come out?

Marincin? or Niikitin?

I dont see Aulie coming out with his impressive +4

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[Jumptheshark]

he said similier things that last three years after the oiler hung on and either won a game or lost in over time

that is why he is my new avatar

 

[Mr Positive]

I wouldn't mind seeing a more mobile D against the Rangers. We can sit Aulie and Nikitin. Ference is a lock to play so I don't see much point in considering that one.

I wouldn't mind sitting Nikitin just to shake that guy up a bit.

With everyone coming back wouldn't we be sending Klef back down eventually?

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Lundqvist with the shutout.

Would just as soon rather see this:

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

Positive for the Oilers
Negative for the Oilers

Rangers have structure and process.
Rangers have talented defenseman and goaltenders
Rangers have good forwards.
Rangers have Dan Boyle and Ryan McDonagh injured
Rangers played on Saturday

Oilers are a disorganized mess
Oilers can't defend or get a save
Oilers can't score if your name isn't Hall or Nuge.
Oilers have Hall injured and Marincin may or may not be in the line up.
Oilers did not play on Saturday.

 

[McAsuno]

Lundqvist with the shutout.

Would just as soon rather see this:

Just need good ol huggie bear.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Just need good ol huggie bear.

Those were the days.

I liked having a Brawl every couple of years. That one we had against the Canucks in 2008 was legendary and not long after we started winning at a healthy clip.

 

[Playa Hejda]

Avery must have said something, uh, offensive to Theo Peckham, right?

Speaking of fun 00's brawls, how about the legendary Thrasher line brawl that featured Mike Bashai fighting from Atlanta's bench.

 

[Horseradish]

Oilers needed that win. Not sure the team a year ago at this time would've overcome the Drew Stafford goal that made it 2-1
@Bob_Stauffer

I would have agree with Bob if this was a victory against the Bruins.

Captain Ference in, and who will come out?

Marincin? or Niikitin?

I dont see Aulie coming out with his impressive +4

I was pleasantly surprised at how steady Aulie was as a bottom pairing guy. I have no problem keeping him in if they only want to replace 1 dman to put Ference back in. Nikitin and/or Schultz were god damn nightmares and either could sit and I'd be happy.

I'd prefer to see Ference in for Aulie on the bottom pairing, and Klefbom in for Nikitin though.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Even though we lost this game, that was probably the most emotional I've ever seen the Oilers since the playoff run.

http://oilers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/boxscore?id=2007020889

Check out those penalties!

 

[Connor McSaviour]

Even though we lost this game, that was probably the most emotional I've ever seen the Oilers since the playoff run.

http://oilers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/boxscore?id=2007020889

Check out those penalties!

This was the day Sam Gagner became my Favorite Oiler.

 

[Playa Hejda]

This was the day Sam Gagner became my Favorite Oiler.

I have never heard or read those words before.

 

[T-Funk]

Stauffer is a turd.

 

[Jumptheshark]

Stauffer is a turd.

he his a shill

there is a difference

 

[nabob]

This was the day Sam Gagner became my Favorite Oiler.

Ya he sure taught Kesler a lesson when he humped his leg. Kesler laughed about the fight later saying how he let up because he didn't want to hurt the little feller.

Really wish it could have been Penner that got a hold of him

 

[40oz]

Ya he sure taught Kesler a lesson when he humped his leg. Kesler laughed about the fight later saying how he let up because he didn't want to hurt the little feller.

Really wish it could have been Penner that got a hold of him

The thing was that he stepped up and asserted himself, not the results. And of course Kesler would say that, it's Ryan ****in Kesler.

 

[Eirhead*]

No better place than New York for Yakupov to have a breakout game.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

The thing was that he stepped up and asserted himself, not the results. And of course Kesler would say that, it's Ryan ****in Kesler.

Ryan Kesler would never pick on a player smaller than him.

 

[Connor McSaviour]

Ya he sure taught Kesler a lesson when he humped his leg. Kesler laughed about the fight later saying how he let up because he didn't want to hurt the little feller.

Really wish it could have been Penner that got a hold of him

lol, great analysis. Point being he was an 18 year old kid who was like 160 pounds. Non of the ***** kids on this team now would have ever mustered up the courage to do that. Halls the only one. Eberle skates off into an empty corner when ever there's a scrum so he can avoid getting face washed. For **** sakes they let Ryan Smyth fight Kesler the day he was retiring. They were all on the ice. It's a huge reason the Oilers suck, nobody in there top 6 even finishes there hits, let alone scrums after a whistle, its so easy to play the Oilers compared to a team like the Jets. Not trying to say Sam Gagner epitomizes the image of fear for his opponents, but the kid was never afraid to muck it up, you gotta give him that.

 

[t0nedeff]

lol, great analysis. Point being he was an 18 year old kid who was like 160 pounds. Non of the ***** kids on this team now would have ever mustered up the courage to do that. Halls the only one. Eberle skates off into an empty corner when ever there's a scrum so he can avoid getting face washed. For **** sakes they let Ryan Smyth fight Kesler the day he was retiring. They were all on the ice. It's a huge reason the Oilers suck, nobody in there top 6 even finishes there hits, let alone scrums after a whistle, its so easy to play the Oilers compared to a team like the Jets. Not trying to say Sam Gagner epitomizes the image of fear for his opponents, but the kid was never afraid to muck it up, you gotta give him that.

yeah, except one of those kids (rnh) already did what Gagner did this year so........

 

[BoldNewLettuce]

is it me or does Stauffer always sound like he has 50 grams of cured ham in his mouth at any given time.

 

[thadd]

If we lose another four straight... will anything change?

This is a joke.

Eakins should have been fired after that last game.

Eakins has the players shooting from all the wrong places. All those shots we had against Buffalo... well 2/3 of them were meaningless.

 

[Spawn]

Not expecting great things tomorrow. Rangers will be mad at the loss this past evening and will be looking to take advantage of a bad Oilers game.

 

[CorpseFX]

he his a shill

there is a difference

so are the rest of the people in town. they just dont get paid by the team to do it.

we could go back and look at all the trash articles on oilers nation of people supporting crap players we all knew were crap, etc, etc.

regardless if Stauffer has to "PLAY" the shill sometimes, he isnt that naive deep down

second, it's easy as hell to be the critical mouth of vomit and manure when the organization blows this bad. it's not clever, "smarter than thou" or even elucidating anymore. it's as tired and boring as the team but i suppose that's all the wise fans are afforded.

 

[lauder73]

@Bob_Stauffer: Ference-Schultz, Nikitin-Petry, Fayne-Aulie are Oilers D. Same forward lines

This should be interesting