Injury Report: McDavid out 2-3 weeks

[Metamind]

Time for all the other dead weight to step up their game

 

[CycloneSweep]

They should buy right now.

We might win 1 game when McDavid is out and then we will be completely out of the playoffs

 

[CycloneSweep]

This is Draisaitl's time to prove that he's an elite talent that can carry a team on his back.

McDavid can barely carry the team with McDavid, how can Drai with a worse team?

 

[3IR]

I think the toughest part about this injury is that it puts Holland in to a holding pattern again. Hopefully the Oilers remain competitive (they might not win, but they need to be competitive in games) and Holland sees that as enough to pull the trigger.

I feel like Holland should have seen enough by now to have decided whether or not this group is worth adding to to try and make some noise.

If he decided against it, I don't think anything will convince him to make a move, and if he decided they do deserve the help, I would assume this injury makes him a bit more aggressive in finding help sooner rather than later.

While this could potentially sink our playoff hopes, or make us come out the other side stronger, I don't think it's going to have a huge impact on what Holland does at the deadline.

 

[Ritchie Valens]

Explains the Cave recall now. I'm guessing it'll be Leon-RNH-Sheahan-Cave down the middle.

 

[booyakasha]

We might win 1 game when McDavid is out and then we will be completely out of the playoffs

Or we can win can go 5 - 2 while he out and still be contending for 1st place

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

......and there go the playoffs.....

 

[Rusoilers]

I'm not worried. We still have drai and nuge.

 

[Little Fury]

We might win 1 game when McDavid is out and then we will be completely out of the playoffs

That's why they should make a trade now to make sure the team can hang around long enough for 97 to get back.

 

[CycloneSweep]

Or we can win can go 5 - 2 while he out and still be contending for 1st place

I highly doubt it. We win games solely because guys can focus on McDavid and Drai gets open season. Without McDavid, they shut down Drai and we then have 3 entirely useless lines offensively. Unless our goalies get shutouts every night our chance of even beating Detroit is pretty low

 

[iCanada]

12 games in the next three weeks.

f***. f***. f***-itty-f***-f***.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

We might win 1 game when McDavid is out and then we will be completely out of the playoffs

Well I mean that should settle some to a more comfortable place for the rest of the year.

 

[CycloneSweep]

That's why they should make a trade now to make sure the team can hang around long enough for 97 to get back.

Unless we are finding 2 top 6 wingers like, today, it won't keep us in the hunt. We went from a 1 line team + McDavid to a 1 line team

 

[Jesus Take the Wheel]

Explains the Cave recall now. I'm guessing it'll be Leon-RNH-Sheahan-Cave down the middle.

The Cave recall was because they sent Benson down after seeing enough to know he wasn't ready for top 6 minutes, Cave was recalled before the results of the MRI

 

[CupofOil]

I highly doubt it. We win games solely because guys can focus on McDavid and Drai gets open season. Without McDavid, they shut down Drai and we then have 3 entirely useless lines offensively. Unless our goalies get shutouts every night our chance of even beating Detroit is pretty low

We haven't seen what this team can do without McDavid so lets see how it plays out before writing their obituary. It's not going to be easy but I don't think we should write them off before they even play a game.

 

[tellermine]

Oh. Darn.

Well I actually think there will be reaction to this, and it will be better games from few guys.
Yes. I think Oilers can handle this and go to playoffs.

Tho as a partly Finn I trust in sisu quite a lot!!!

 

[CycloneSweep]

12 games in the next three weeks.

****. ****. ****-itty-****-****.

3 wins would be a miracle

 

[Not Canada Drai]

Everyone panic.

 

[OfCorsiDid]

Wow HFOil on suicide watch right now.

 

[CycloneSweep]

We haven't seen what this team can do without McDavid so lets see how it plays out before writing their obituary. It's not going to be easy but I don't think we should write them off before they even play a game.

I mean fair but we have seen this team with McDavid and we are struggling to hold a playoff spot. I don't see how removing the best player in the world would have this team being still a playoff team.

If we are only 6 points out of a spot when he gets back we still have a chance

 

[OfCorsiDid]

3 wins would be a miracle

Isn't that what you predicted for the whole season though?

3-79-0?

 

[Gordy Elbows]

Tough break...get well soon, Connor!
With this big of a change in the lineup, Tippett has to rework his game plans as well as the lineup. A good test of how well this team can work as 5-man units and commit to playing above their heads. Step up, Oilers!

 

[McJadeddog]

Unreal bad news. Ugh. I knew they weren’t letting on how serious it was. Brutal.

If this team is moving its lips, its lying. Full stop.

 

[Little Fury]

Unless we are finding 2 top 6 wingers like, today, it won't keep us in the hunt. We went from a 1 line team + McDavid to a 1 line team

Guess we should just tank for a high pick then.

 

[Jesus Take the Wheel]

Because RNH won't be on his wing in all likelihood. As good as Drai is, it's going to be hard to play at a top line level with a tweener on his left wing. Look at how much it's been handcuffing McDavid as of late. RNH was a key cog on that line.

Which will make the next two weeks of judging Drai's ability to carry a team without McDavid even more silly. They're going to take Nuge and even maybe Yama off that line to distribute depth, then throw Drai out there with no support against some of the best lines in hockey the next two weeks. Even Malkin has had viable wingers when carrying a Penguins team missing Sid.