Pre-Game Talk: Oilers vs Vancouver - Hardwired to Self Destruct

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

As much as I want to be positive before the season starts, I can’t help but feeling some trepidation.

Vancouver has really hurried up their rebuild this off season while we are rebuilding the rebuild of the first rebuild.

So here is a musical synopsis of how I think Game 1 and the season goes.



But I’ll be cheering them on regardless. Go Oilers!

4-2 bad guys

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[McFlash97]

Rebuild 4.0 commence !

Canucks 5 Oilers 3.

 

[StupidGenius]

I'm so tired of dropping games to the Canucks. We don't have many divisional games for the first six weeks or so of the season, so this one is doubly important.

Hopefully if we do lose this, it'll be because we were flat-out outplayed, and not due to a shoddy goaltending performance or a couple catastrophic brainfarts that sink us.

 

[Hemsky4pm2]

2-1 Oilers in OT. Let the Tippett era begin.

 

[bucks_oil]

Shame on you guys. 5-2 good guys.

 

[Mr Tadakichi]

Bryan, can you disable the troll stomper for like 5 minutes?

 

[Not Canada Drai]

4-2 Oilers. Excited to get the season underway, unlike a lot of people here I'm actually quite optimistic about the upcoming season.

 

[McJC]

Generally not overly optimistic anything Oilers related, but I think we come out on the good side of this. Oilers 3-0

 

[Mav3rick07]

I lost a lot of my optimism towards the Oilers after we let Burdasov walk and sent Gagner to the minors. I trust Holland so I hope I’m wrong about those two players.

I guess we pull it off 5-2 win?

 

[GhostfaceWu]

It's a good week. Hockey + Joker = smiles for days.

 

[McTrashBoat]

Oilers 3-2

McDavid
Nurse
RNH

 

[KahunWOW]

2-5 loss

2x Draisaitl

 

[gordonhught]

5-3 Canucks.

Post game is all about Koskinen.

 

[Soundwave]

5-3 Canucks.

Post game is all about Koskinen.

That would be something considering I don't think he's starting.

 

[ElysiumAB]

Jurco is already out.

 

[Oilception]

Decided to buy tickets for this one. Predicting Oilers 5 Canucks 1
McDavid x2
Bear
Kassian
Archibald

 

[gordonhught]

That would be something considering I don't think he's starting.

All the better then.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

I think I hate losing to the Canucks more than I do the Flames at this point.

 

[McTrashBoat]

Jurco is already out.

here we go

 

[joestevens29]

I lost a lot of my optimism towards the Oilers after we let Burdasov walk and sent Gagner to the minors. I trust Holland so I hope I’m wrong about those two players.

I guess we pull it off 5-2 win?

Two fringe NHLers that no one else picked up lost your optimism?

I guess there is a case for why Gagner didn't get picked up on waivers, but Burdasov was heavily scouted by other teams before coming over this year. Those clubs didn't even bother picking him up on a tryout.

 

[Hopelesslucicfan]

Jurco is already out.

Assuming this is something they’ve known about for more than a day, it seems weird to have sent gags down and to have not put in a claim on anyone.

Maybe it’s something that just came up though. Wonder what the timeline is going to be.

 

[joestevens29]

I think I hate losing to the Canucks more than I do the Flames at this point.

I agree, Flames fans seem less cocky to me so it seems easier to handle. Nuck fans have never won anything and haven't made the playoffs in 5 years. Yet they sure like to act like they've won numerous cups and are a contender year after year.

 

[joestevens29]

Assuming this is something they’ve known about for more than a day, it seems weird to have sent gags down and to have not put in a claim on anyone.

Maybe it’s something that just came up though. Wonder what the timeline is going to be.

Tippett was quoted somewhere in saying he didn't want to risk losing Patrick Russell at this point.

That and I don't see him as a guy going on IR yet, so it might just be a few days. If it's not then I suspect either Gagner or someone in Bakersfield will get a shot.

It's not like if you wanted Ho-Sang it would be hard to get him from the Isles.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

I agree, Flames fans seem less cocky to me so it seems easier to handle. Nuck fans have never won anything and haven't made the playoffs in 5 years. Yet they sure like to act like they've won numerous cups and are a contender year after year.

I also have no problem admitting the Flames are simply the better team at this point.

But getting lapped by Vancouver would sting.

 

[bone]

Despite being a terrible team for such a long time, Edmonton usually wins their home opener outside that 4 year aberration early in the decade, so they'll win this one. But despite a soft schedule to start, I doubt they can win enough to keep above .500.