Pre-Game Talk: The more things change the more they stay the same

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

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[Del Preston]

16 days into the season and the coach is out of answers.

 

[3IR]

16 days into the season and the coach is out of answers.

He’s refusing to try the only line that worked for us in the last year.

he’s not out of answers, he’s stubborn.

 

[Mez]

 

[BoldNewLettuce]

coole content for the blog dudes

 

[McDrai]

Can we just forfeit this one?

 

[Perfect_Drug]

For the love of god, put Nuge at Center.

The over-under for the bottom 6 is -2.5

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

16 days into the season and the coach is out of answers.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Bench archibald already and play bouchard. Give him some damn robax and call it a day.

 

[Aerchon]

16 days into the season and the coach is out of answers.

The coach is oblivious to the question even.

We all, even myself, assume the coaching/management group know more than we do. But with how strange Tippetts coaching has been I'm convinced an untrained monkey would make better coaching decisions than him. Or a magic 8 ball.

 

[DakrSnooze]

Does Skinner get the start then?

 

[GOilers88]

So do the majority of people think Tippett is just being a stubborn egomaniac by refusing to put the DRY line together, or do we think there's something more to it?

I can't figure out why Tipp would soil his reputation as a coach and sink a team he came out of retirement to help cause ego. It makes no sense.

 

[sepHF]

So do the majority of people think Tippett is just being a stubborn egomaniac by refusing to put the DRY line together, or do we think there's something more to it?

I can't figure out why Tipp would soil his reputation as a coach and sink a team he came out of retirement to help cause ego. It makes no sense.

Because both lines are productive right now and the loss on RNH on Draisaitls line hasn't really slowed down his offense, but has given McDavid a decent linemate to work with.

If we stack everyone on Draisaitl's line who does McDavid play with?

 

[OiledUp]

So the one change is to sit the only fourth liner who looked ok defensively last night. Yup, sounds legit.

 

[GOilers88]

Because both lines are productive right now and the loss on RNH on Draisaitls line hasn't really slowed down his offense, but has given McDavid a decent linemate to work with.

If we stack everyone on Draisaitl's line who does McDavid play with?

So if both lines are producing why is everyone and their dog begging for the DRY line? It doesn't address the bottom six at all.

 

[Mav3rick07]

 

[Oilers 322]

Because both lines are productive right now and the loss on RNH on Draisaitls line hasn't really slowed down his offense, but has given McDavid a decent linemate to work with.

If we stack everyone on Draisaitl's line who does McDavid play with?

Drai’s line has been good in the sense that it outscore opposition when they’re on the ice. That line will be good for zero or +1 goal differential on most nights. However it’s not going to help the Oilers win games because the rest of the team is terrible. They need a line that has a threat to score 2-3 times a night, which is a tall task, but the DRY line was able to do it. Moving RNH to the second line gives us one really good line and slightly downgrade McDavids line. McDavid is more of a one man offence so I don’t see his production dropping significantly without Nuge.

 

[joestevens29]

On Reid's tweet at this point I don't see much reason for Koskinen to even practice. Outside of maybe taking some shots on him from different angles to work on his glove.

 

[gordonhught]

Oilers suck

play Bouchard and all will be OK

nurse bear
Russell Bouchard
Koekkoek Barrie

 

[BoldNewLettuce]

A different league is the answer as they tried everything else.

 

[gordonhught]

A different league is the answer as they tried everything else.

I bet oilers could win the KHL championship

 

[Drivesaitl]

Brave sir Robin does the thread, at least not the @Cloned thread dread.

Thanks @5 Mins 4 Ftg

my Op would be done by now. This is it:

Oilers vs Leafs, sometime tomorrow in some timezone. Resumed in progress, or no progress..

 

[Duke74]

If Tippett is so committed to keeping Nuge with McDavid for the sake of "balance," I think it's time to seriously consider replacing Kahun on the second line.

I think that line needs a big body to work. What about Neal? If not, maybe Kassian or Yamamoto can switch to the left side because Kassian seems to work with Draisaitl.

 

[bellagiobob]

A different league is the answer as they tried everything else.

An old quote from Harry Neale:

“Last season we couldn't win at home. This season we can't win on the road. My failure as a coach is I can't think of any place else to play.”

 

[Tobias Kahun]

A different league is the answer as they tried everything else.

But, what if the water is still the same.