Pre-Game Talk: Oilers at Canucks. Oct. 11th. Who do you start in net?

[backhandsauce]

Soup for me.

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[Jimmi McJenkins]

I would start Soup as well.

Can't wait for puck drop.

 

[FiveFourteenSixOne]

Gotta be Soup

 

[scotchtapejr]

I went to the canucks/flames game tonight cus my work gave me tickets. Showed up with 5 minutes left in the first and left before the third because I caught myself accidentally clapping after a canucks goal. Had to get out before the infection fully set in.

Also their 50/50 is pathetic. The draw wasn't even tonight and they are bundling a couple of preseason jackpots with the home open ler jackpot to be drawn as a super jackpot worth... 750,000. Lmao.

 

[McAsuno]

Soup deserves it based on his preseason performances.

 

[Bobieque]

I think you go Campbell in Van and then no matter what start Skinner at home on Saturday. After that, evaluate and go with hot hand.

 

[I am the Liquor]

Net is Soup’s. The bench is Skinner’s.

 

[K1984]

Campbell.

 

[GOilers88]

I went to the canucks/flames game tonight cus my work gave me tickets. Showed up with 5 minutes left in the first and left before the third because I caught myself accidentally clapping after a canucks goal. Had to get out before the infection fully set in.

Also their 50/50 is pathetic. The draw wasn't even tonight and they are bundling a couple of preseason jackpots with the home open ler jackpot to be drawn as a super jackpot worth... 750,000. Lmao.

That's a lot of money

 

[syz]

Campbell is a complete headcase, if Woodcroft is dumb enough to start Skinner despite Campbell's strong pre-season that alone could sewer another season for him.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Campbell is a complete headcase, if Woodcroft is dumb enough to start Skinner despite Campbell's strong pre-season that alone could sewer another season for him.

No, just no.

 

[guymez]

I think you start Soup.
Its so important for him to wash away last season and Woody has an opportunity to give him a major vote of confidence right from the get go.
Start Skinner in game 2 or 3.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

I think you start Soup.
Its so important for him to wash away last season and Woody has an opportunity to give him a major vote of confidence right from the get go.
Start Skinner in game 2 or 3.

Agreed, he clearly has worked hard this offseason and seems ready to put last season behind him. Give him game 1 to do just that.

 

[ZJuice]

Jack Campbell is my starter

On Ekholm, if he is not good for the opener, he should take his time. We can outscore our defensive woes for a few games. Give the fans a show

 

[Mr Positive]

Campbell the starter but the aim is a solid tandem pairing that shares the workload.

I'm curious of the state of Kulak and Ekholm. I'd guess if either are missing we see Gleason again. If they are back then Gleason is gone

 

[belair]

That's a lot of money

For the peasants, maybe.

 

[Took a pill in Sbisa]

Campbell

Has been weird the last couple weeks seeing media members assuming Skinner will start 55-60 games this year and writing off Campbell before the season starts

 

[29Beast97Mode]

Will be disappointed but not surprised when Skinner starts game 1 and Gleason is put on waivers

 

[brentashton]

Campbell.

Good for his confidence which can be fragile as we know, and the fact that he’s truly earned it. It also keeps him away from the pressure cooker of the home opener as well, let Skinner have that one. He too has earned that start with his Calder like season. After that go with whoever had the better first game and find out who wants the net as the 1A.

What a great f***ing problem to have!

 

[KCC]

Soup for me.

Yup. Pretty obvious it's Campbell. I stand by the fact that if EDM can get even just average goaltending especially come playoff time they will be in a good position to make the finals. They took Vegas to 6 games with Skinner having the worst numbers out of any starter in the playoffs last season. Even average should be enough. But I guess we will see. There's always so many factors and it's not usually just one.

 

[CupofOil]

Campbell is a no brainer and this is coming from one of Skinner's biggest fans and a guy who firmly believes that Skinner is THE guy for the Oilers long term even though some of you have oddly given up on him.

I didn't see the game last night but it looks like it was another great performance from Campbell. He's a goalie that runs hot and cold moreso than most goalies because it's 100% mental with him, when he's going good it's REALLY good and when he's bad he's REALLY bad, so you ride the hell out of that "good" wave until he starts crashing down starting with Game 1.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Sure, go with Campbell. He should have a short leash though.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Sure, go with Campbell. He should have a short leash though.

Chill the f*** out Keith. The season is about to start, the team is very good and the preseason featured tons of positives.

If some of you just assume it's hopeless, honestly start start a hopeless GDT each night, you can talk to eachother about how bad things are and how pathetic everything is, while we as fans watch them win the vast majority of their games

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Chill the f*** out Keith. The season is about to start, the team is very good and the preseason featured tons of positives.

If some of you just assume it's hopeless, honestly start start a hopeless GDT each night, you can talk to eachother about how bad things are and how pathetic everything is, while we as fans watch them win the vast majority of their games

What? Where did I indicate that? I don’t want the team to fall into the same trap as last year when we fell behind in the standings because Woodcroft insisted on getting Campbell going when he never did.

I glean nothing from preseason, because I certainly remember the MPS hat trick, the sweeps only to finish in last place, etc. the Cup aspirations depend on Campbell bouncing back and I certainly hope he does.

 

[McShogun99]

I went to the canucks/flames game tonight cus my work gave me tickets. Showed up with 5 minutes left in the first and left before the third because I caught myself accidentally clapping after a canucks goal. Had to get out before the infection fully set in.

Also their 50/50 is pathetic. The draw wasn't even tonight and they are bundling a couple of preseason jackpots with the home open ler jackpot to be drawn as a super jackpot worth... 750,000. Lmao.

I went to an NFL game in Miami, sold out stadium with another 100k people outside tailgating and they were selling the 50/50 outside the stadium. The final prize was 14,000. It’s actually kind of crazy how high 50/50 gets in Edmonton.