Mr Forever
The Oilers :(
Jones didn't earn his spot that's for sure. What a joke. Disappointed I have to watch this guy play another year.
It also has to be said, TheBearaBeara was so bad.
Unless "You Ain't Seen Nothin Yet" from 'im, bring back R. Bachman.
we do need defensemen.Nich has been awesome something like 30 shots in pre season so far, but every time I see Nurse play I am feeling a lot better of Mac T choice.
The most exciting part about that line, is that if Hall and Hemmer can carry Smyth to level they had to this preseason, imagine what they could do with Joensuu who handled his own with much less on his line thus far.
Well, what are the projected lines for opening day?
A shoutout to everybody with a Hemsky related username who I have mocked in the past: Hemsky was unreal tonight.
Arcobello's no Gagner, not only that he's actually older by a year. Arcobello could be a real find, his AHL career suggests the NHL is a reasonable option and there's not a lot of guys in the AHL who have that kind of production while being under 25. Even if Arcobello could replace Gagner, it's not like Arcobello's grow on trees. The guy is in fairness a premier AHLer.
What on earth...
Jones didn't earn his spot that's for sure. What a joke. Disappointed I have to watch this guy play another year.
Dan Tencer @dantencer 7m
Pitlick and Lander to OKC, leaving 15 healthy forwards. 1 more cut before Oct. 1. Feels to me like the decision is Hamilton or Jones.
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I dunno which to be honest. Jones has looked pretty bad, but Hamilton is a huge question mark offensively and his skating isn't as fast as it could be for the NHL.
I would have brought back Khabby for the extra mil. When he's healthy and well rested, he can still play hockey at a high level. JLB can't, and never could.
If not mistaken there are still 25,26 players in camp.arco is similar to gagner like rnh is similar to gretzky
glad they made the right decision with Nurse sending him down, i also agree Fedun and Lander were on the outside, still wanted to see more of Pitlick.
is the roster final now? Jones is in? ughhhhh
dear god no. when was the last time this happened?
moving on from khabby was well overdue.
I'd have taken Pitlick over both of them
Jones didn't earn his spot that's for sure. What a joke. Disappointed I have to watch this guy play another year.
Yea but Lander's dad is not one of the coaches.I'm not so sure I'd prefer Acton to Lander. Yes Acton is more noticable and is in on the forecheck more, hits more and gets involved slightly more offensively although I doubt any of those two guys reach 15 points in the regular season.
But he's struggling to keep up defensively, he was on the ice for all three goals against vs NYR, one of which he was directly responsible. Lander is not adding much but he's solid in keeping things at bay in his own end. And for me the number one thing for a 4th line, at least when you have a so so 4th line like we're going to, is to not bleed goals.
I have a feeling that once we start to play real games with all the other teams bringing all their offensive players Acton is going to be a huge liability in his own end. He puts himself out of position and isn't quick enough to get himself back. At the same time the primary thing Lander is good at is defensive positioning. And since we're not going to lean at our 4th line for scoring goals I have to say I prefer that.
Having said that my guess is that Acton sticks and Lander is sent down. I believe Eakins wants his players to be more noticable and make more noise on the ice a point I can sort of understand but not fully agree with.
If not mistaken there are still 25,26 players in camp.
Last year Khabby was .923 and 2.54. Even with an improved defense and an actual defensive system I bet JLB doesn't do as well.
I'd be thrilled if he could put up 70 points. I dunno how likely that is once he slides in along side Gagner and Yakupov on the second line, but hey, why not dream big!