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

[ZJuice]

In theory the orange pants will make the players more visible, making the opponents skate to the outside to get around the caution pants and giving Kosko “easy saves”

 

[Chabot84]

A reveal of my age I suppose

Sorry I was being a dunderhead

 

[Chabot84]

In theory the orange pants will make the players more visible, making the opponents skate to the outside to get around the caution pants and giving Kosko “easy saves”

or we could just look like pylons?

 

[oobga]

mcdavid
Draisaitl
Ennis
Whomever

Ennis at 3C? I think he's broken after his injury. Barely able to keep up playing wing on the 4th line.

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

 

[29292929]

Kahun MCD Yamo.
Nuge Drai JP
Neal turris Kassian
Khaira Haas Chiasson

I'm convinced RNH and Drai are the ones with the chemistry.
McDavid needs yamo digging pucks out and Kahun being ready strike. Very quick strike line
Rnh is gold with quick dishes and cycling which works more with JP and Drai. 2 big cycling fwds with a solid 2 way nuge

 

[belair]

The more I see this, The more I think that it's McDavid that doesn't want to be dragging two plugs on his line. He's a skill guy who wants to play with another skill guy.

 

[alphahelix]

Kahun MCD Yamo.
Nuge Drai JP
Neal turris Kassian
Khaira Haas Chiasson

I'm convinced RNH and Drai are the ones with the chemistry.
McDavid needs yamo digging pucks out and Kahun being ready strike. Very quick strike line
Rnh is gold with quick dishes and cycling which works more with JP and Drai. 2 big cycling fwds with a solid 2 way nuge

RNH and Yamo actually have great chemistry. I’d almost prefer to see a strong 3rd around Nuge at Center with Yamo, and do a 2016/17 line of Slepyshev-Draisaitl-Kassian. Just gotta get Slepyshev to come back (or throw another big guy like Neal there for now).
Then you do Kahun-McDavid-JP and see if they can manage. I think they can. If other teams don’t take them seriously McDavid will punish them.

 

[belair]

Kahun MCD Yamo.
Nuge Drai JP
Neal turris Kassian
Khaira Haas Chiasson

I'm convinced RNH and Drai are the ones with the chemistry.
McDavid needs yamo digging pucks out and Kahun being ready strike. Very quick strike line
Rnh is gold with quick dishes and cycling which works more with JP and Drai. 2 big cycling fwds with a solid 2 way nuge

The top two lines aren't the ones that are struggling.

 

[Ritchie Valens]

I guess "balance" is the org's new buzzword, replacing "patience".

 

[NotAVacuumSalesman]

I guess "balance" is the org's new buzzword, replacing "patience".

Bring back "bold"

 

[Mav3rick07]

The more I see this, The more I think that it's McDavid that doesn't want to be dragging two plugs on his line. He's a skill guy who wants to play with another skill guy.

I have this theory that McDavid approached Tippett and said he wants either Nuge or Yams on his line and ever since then Tippett has kept Nuge there to keep Connor happy.

 

[McDNicks17]

Bring back "bold"

"Visually better" was my favorite.

 

[McDNicks17]

The DRY line is a get out of jail free card for Holland.

The longer it stays apart, the longer people will focus on it rather than the train wreck of a roster that one line won't even come close to saving.

 

[Ritchie Valens]

Bring back "bold"

Boldly patient in the search of balance while trying to be visually better.

 

[McDrai]

I boldly chopped wood and carried water the other day. As a result, I felt more balanced, and visually better than ever before. Thank you Oilers for teaching me an invaluable life lesson!

 

[Tobias Kahun]

mcdavid
Draisaitl
Ennis
Whomever

Ennis is not a center, why would we play him there?

 

[gordonhught]

I boldly chopped wood and carried water the other day. As a result, I felt more balanced, and visually better than ever before. Thank you Oilers for teaching me an invaluable life lesson!

anything in the water ?

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

Didn’t Nuge and McDavid each play north of 25 minutes last game and both didn’t register a shot? Clearly working there Tippett.

 

[McDrai]

anything in the water ?

After conducting an internal audit of the water all I could find was the Bobby Nicks Burger.

 

[Oilers in NS]

I can’t wait for darts to start back up with the fans again. Baseball sucks now, Packers and Oilers can’t win, and I refuse to watch soccer. Basketball is being ruined with these “super teams”. Any other sports someone can come up with we can watch?

 

[McJadeddog]

The top two lines aren't the ones that are struggling.

Exactly. I think its CRAZY that he hasn't tried the DRY line again. Like next level bonkers.

But that isn't the reason we've been losing games. The top 2 lines have been very good.

 

[Paralyzer008]

Tippett said Koskinen might start both weekend games?

Running him into the ground. Skinner should have started earlier maybe.

 

[Oilers in NS]

Ennis is not a center, why would we play him there?

Frig it, let’s do it. Maybe we can put a call in to Zach Stortini and Steve MacIntyre as well and make a 4th line outta them

 

[iCanada]

Did something happen to Turris where if he was on your team you wouldn’t put him in the top 6?

like did break his back or something? Is there something I need to know? Because that guy has a top 6 skill set... he’s not a grinder meant to play with grinders like that’s not what he does. He’s being misused...

Hence why I hated the signing. There is no room for him in our top 6, he was signed to be our 3C.

 

[Mez]

Hence why I hated the signing. There is no room for him in our top 6, he was signed to be our 3C.

There is definitely room....id even swap him and Nugent or him and Kahun.