Pre-Game Talk: Oilers vs Rangers. 11am start. F**kk

[brentashton]

Did you outrun your wife? It’s a trick question…

You pass the test.

 

[SnipeShowJB11]

Boys probably partying tonight after their great game against the NYI. Hungover tomorrow and usual terrible start

 

[Jumptheshark]

99% of this board still hold their cherry waiting their wedding night--Their partners? not so much

Afternoon game? yeah--we are f***ed

 

[McHelpus]

Oilers need a winning streak right now. If they fall under .500 I don't think they will be able to climb out of it.

 

[gordonhught]

6-1 oilers.

 

[29Beast97Mode]

Maybe Broberg is the answer to turn this around.

 

[KCC]

Won’t be watching. Will be too busy doing other things more important but hopefully a W to try and turn things around.

 

[The Panther]

For me, the game's at 3:00 am, so yeah, I won't be watching it in real time.

Sigh... This is probably as close as you can get to a must-win game for a .500 team in the first 25-games of the season...

 

[LemmyUlanov55]

I'm glad the doom & gloom has been replaced by silly posting, at least in the PreGame thread and for now..
7pm game against the Rangers on a saturday afternoon, it could be a perfect hockey evening for me or a waste of 3 hours. I really hope for a solid game..

 

[Mez]

I'm glad the doom & gloom has been replaced by silly posting, at least in the PreGame thread and for now..
7am game against the Rangers on a saturday afternoon, it could be a perfect hockey evening for me or a waste of 3 hours. I really hope for a solid game..

7 am - Saturday afternoon - perfect evening

 

[harpoon]

7 am - Saturday afternoon - perfect evening

Haha. I was logging in to ask Lemmy if he was sure he knows what time the game starts.

 

[LemmyUlanov55]

Haha. I was logging in to ask Lemmy if he was sure he knows what time the game starts.

Yeah, well... 7pm for me. That's all I focus on, lol. Timezones.

 

[Davo Ikinzom]

I’m stuck in ER in St. Albert since Thursday and missed the last game. Hoping I can catch this one and mainly they win.

Go Oilers

 

[duul]

To add to the "positivity" Connor has 4 even strength points this entire month

Why isn't our best player producing 5 on 5 with two AHL players?

 

[fuswald]

He has two less 5v5 assists than Puljujarvi in November lol.

This is the biggest reason we sucked this month. We need Connors 20 points per month.

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

To add to the "positivity" Connor has 4 even strength points this entire month

Off month for the whole team it seems.

 

[SwedishFire]

Holland should make a trade for a RW. Thats all

 

[tardigrade81]

Big changes

Not surprised by this

Maybe we can actually somehow win tonight

 

[stewy04]

The team is just going thru its traditional November/December slide. For as long as I can remember we always seem to go on a skid during this time.

Accept we didn't really start well. That's what's hurting

 

[Whyme]

This is the biggest reason we sucked this month. We need Connors 20 points per month.

Another is that both McDavid and Drai are -1 in November and -3 in the last 6 games.

Yes it's not a perfect stat (like pretty much any other stat) but when you reduce empty netters and goals scored without a goalie it tells something. It's hard to win with this team if the team allows more goals than it scores when McDavid and Drai are on the ice. In that case either the bottom 6 has to score more than they allow (won't happen often) or special teams need to be better than the opponents.

I am sure the coaches and McDrai are aware of this and we'll start to see better defending from the top lines, which is when the team will start getting more points as long as the other parts don't fail too badly.

 

[29Beast97Mode]

 

[BertMcDrai]

We need a win...if we lose this and fall below .500 I will start believing this is 17/18 all over again....so please win this one!
Hopefully this November war our usual December...that would mean all will be good in the end.

 

[Pass the Saitl Sauce]

It’s my birthday and I’m working in the middle of nowhere all I want is a play La bamba

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

I binge watched Season 12 of Survivor till 3 AM last night (seriously). The Oilers were voted off Long Island last game but they have returned from Exile with a surprise new player! Can they win todays ice hockey challenge for the Immunity Idol keeping the wolves at bay for another day? Or will they leave Manhattan Island under .500 returning to Edmonton tired and defeated? Tune in to our next show of Hockey Survivor today at 11.

 

[InTheBox]

Broberg in? Didn't we want to be harder to play against? So you take out one of our only physical players and put in Broberg. I'm excited.