Pre-Game Talk: Oilers @ Leafs - HNIC 5PM

[BoldNewLettuce]

Honestly just play Campbell and shut them out....somehow. Keefe going 11-7? MCD trashing T-bag?

This game is for humiliation only.

 

[SwedishFire]

Trade deadline is over.

Focus.

To start, Nurse and Ekholm versus their top two guys goes to the Oilers, IMO.

OfC, but a pair has twp guys, and Ceci aint a top pair guy.

 

[Homesick]

Aside from the obvious lols with the forward jumbles, dare I say it, but that is not the prettiest D corps, all things considered. Wtf

Jake McCabe has been a #4 for lottery teams his whole career but Toronto has him on the top pair

 

[Homesick]

How many times will we hear the Sportsnet panel say that the Leafs play down to lesser competition after another thrashing by the Oilers?
I know it will be impossible to keep track of on here/social media

 

[djbard99]

How many times will we hear the Sportnet panel say that the Leafs play down to lesser competition after another thrasing by the Oilers?
I know it will be impossible to keep track of on here/social media

It’s kinda sad honestly.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Leafs will be better this time. Hopefully we can rise to the challenge.

 

[Louis Cypher]

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Oh I'm sure they'd love that

Why because it's their only chance of winning?
Hope Kane crushed nostrils into the 2nd row.

 

[Ritchie Valens]

Having to comb through thousands of goalies, their rookie year, then find the number of wins through their first 18 road games is why you don't hit on the boss's wife then do a strip tease at the company Christmas party.

 

[McBeastMode]

From The Athletic..

 

[BlackDogg]

 

[Oilslick941611]

yeah but that's a fairly cherry picked stat. Like what even is "most wins through 18 road games"

Surely hes done well enough without having to go cherry picked stats.

 

[Harry Curry]

yeah but that's a fairly cherry picked stat. Like what even is "most wins through 18 road games"

Totally cherry picked. I guess it is where Skinner is now in terms of games played.

The fact that the only people 'better' than Skinner on this stat played at least 70 years ago is telling us something. I'm not exactly sure what it is telling us. It sure isn't telling us that Skinner has had the best rookie season for a goalie in 70 years.

 

[McDrai]

Humble yourselves gentlemen because I’ve noticed the trend of a cocky game day thread resulting in the Oilers getting smacked down

 

[McBeastMode]

 

[StoveTopStauffer]

But then Toronto fans tell us that nobody there really thinks Matthews is the 2nd best NHLer....

 

[soothsayer]

Is today another rest day?

 

[StoveTopStauffer]

Campbell on the pre-game interview, buckle up buckaroo.

 

[tardigrade81]

Getting the whistle dog combo today from A and W here boys

Leafs have no chance

 

[SupremeTeam16]

Hnic game against a team we walloped last time just a couple nights after a huge win. Last game on a road trip.

It’s the kind of game we don’t have a great track record in. Great chance to make another statement.

 

[Seanaconda]

Did always have a short stick or is that just the camera angle

He always had a way too long of a stick

 

[MessierII]

Leafs will come out hard this game. Gonna have to weather the storm.

 

[Stoneman89]

Marner is the guy we need to target. Keep hitting him until his nose bleeds.

 

[McXLNC97]

Oilers actually hold up pretty well against the East's playoff teams. 9-6-1 against the top 8. Even a winning record overall against the top 5 at 5-4(Bos,Car,NJ,Tor,TB). Would have been even better if they hadn't blown those leads against NJ and NYR at home.

 

[McBooya42]

He's got 19 wins on the year. It's a tall order, but finding 11 more wins toward the end of the year would really put him in the Calder conversation.

I think he could do it.

 

[Morpheus]

GDT is up.