Pre-Game Talk: The time hast come...Van@Edm | Wednesday @ 8pm

[McTonyBrar]

Ugh the more I look at our defence the more concerned I get. Hopefully Larsson and Barrie have bounce back years.

Only thing missing is Klefbom and, if Jones takes a step, we're almost back to the same defence as last year

 

[ohheyhemsky]

Legit question, how fleet footed is Barrie?

I prefer Nurse and Klef on 3v3 because of their ability to recover due to their speed. Is he quick?

 

[ToeMcDrag83]

I think Tippett wants a forechecker/physical option on every line.

Kassian on line 1
Yams on line 2
Archie on line 3
Chiasson on line 4

There's some logic to that. Hope it pans out as effective.
I like a lot of of our depth options here too, not much loss on the bottom 6. We'll see Haas, Nygard, McLeod, Benson get time I'm sure

 

[BlueCheeseWithWings]

TIL the Oilers are playing every game against a Canadian team. f***y. Shows how I have paid zero attention to sports lately when this is fresh news to me.

 

[McTrashBoat]

TIL the Oilers are playing every game against a Canadian team. f***y. Shows how I have paid zero attention to sports lately when this is fresh news to me.

Yea turns out there's this thing called covid

 

[BlueCheeseWithWings]

Yea turns out there's this thing called covid

Which is exactly why I have minimal interest in watching millionaires play a sport.

 

[Snipes45]

Every team pumps their own guys up. I looked at the Nucks board and they think our bottom 6 is putrid...I think there bottom 6 is 100x worse than ours when I see it.

 

[McTrashBoat]

Which is exactly why I have minimal interest in watching millionaires play a sport.

Who could with all the things I could be going out and doing

 

[Snipes45]

Which is exactly why I have minimal interest in watching millionaires play a sport.

I hope you don't watch any Tv or movies because you should see how much the "top" people get paid.

 

[BlueCheeseWithWings]

I hope you don't watch any Tv or movies because you should see how much the "top" people get paid.

f*** Hollywood.

 

[Snipes45]

f*** Hollywood.

I kind of agree with you there lol. A lot of Hollywood is creepy (The big boys that run the place). I barely have time to watch a movie or TV. Can't remember the last full movie I watched. Has been years. Maybe that Black Panther. I like docs

It will be nice to have hockey on everyday to watch in the background. Tomorrow is like Christmas for a lot of people.

Funny thing is, the very first time I was taken to an Oilers game when I was about 13, the very first thing that popped into my head was literally, "Wow, look at all of those millionaires skating around for warm up".

 

[BlueCheeseWithWings]

I kind of agree with you there lol. A lot of Hollywood is creepy (The big boys that run the place). I barely have time to watch a movie or TV. Can't remember the last full movie I watched. Has been years. Maybe that Black Panther. I like docs

The outright depravity of that industry completely soured me over the last couple years. I do not watch any TV shows, and the only movies we (old broad and I) watch are foreign. Not because we are pretentious; but rather, morally, we do not want to support Hollywood.

 

[Mez]

Which is exactly why I have minimal interest in watching millionaires play a sport.

Heaven forbid we get a little piece of normalcy back for all the people stuck at home going crazy. In a time where depression is probably on the rise, dont discount the positive psychological effect watching hockey again will have on many people.

 

[BlueCheeseWithWings]

Heaven forbid we get a little piece of normalcy back for all the people stuck at home going crazy. In a time where depression is probably on the rise, dont discount the positive psychological effect watching hockey again will have on many people.

TV and social media is greatly impacting the mental health of society. Remove those unnecessary aspects from your life and the depression may subside.

 

[Mez]

TV and social media is greatly impacting the mental health of society. Remove those unnecessary aspects from your life and the depression may subside.

 

[Snipes45]

Looks like JT Miller might not make the trip to Edmonton.

I watched Nate Schmidt at a presser yesterday. I have never actually seen his face without a helmet. Man that guy is so animated. He looks like he is on speed when he talks and moves lol. His mannerisms. Looks like such a hyper guy and he talks like he is 14 years old when he is telling stories and answering questions. Seems like he would be the "fun" guy in the room.

 

[Mav3rick07]

3-2 Oilers

McDavid scores an early one on his first shift.

Yamamoto with the GWG.

 

[MoontoScott]

Just reading the caption of this thread made my day.

No Covid, no politics--- just hockey.

 

[ujju2]

Looks like JT Miller might not make the trip to Edmonton.

I watched Nate Schmidt at a presser yesterday. I have never actually seen his face without a helmet. Man that guy is so animated. He looks like he is on speed when he talks and moves lol. His mannerisms. Looks like such a hyper guy and he talks like he is 14 years old when he is telling stories and answering questions. Seems like he would be the "fun" guy in the room.

I remember Nate Schmidt was the same way in his Caps days. Definitely the "fun" guy in the room. And a big on-ice addition for the Canucks.

 

[FlameChampion]

I think Ennis makes more sense on the third line and Archibald on the fourth line but who knows.

I would rather see McLeod as the 4C lol. Come back Haas.

 

[bellagiobob]

 

[Snipes45]

Surprise, surprise. Thomas Drance picks Vancouver to finish 4th and Edmonton 5th. God I can't stand that f****. He might have changed, but that POS sh** talked the Oilers so much the last 5-7 years. Probably deleted all of those old tweets

 

[Draiskull]

I pray Pulju is one day good enough to get onto that top line and finally demote Kassian

Or Yamamotto.
I see things playing out as:

RNH-McD-Yama
Kahun-Drai-Pulju\Kassian
Ennis-Turris-Kassian\Pulju

 

[Snipes45]

Hopefully McDavid dekes the pants off of "Shot Gun Jake" tomorrow. Jake will go run to the nearest bar afterwards to drink himself silly.

 

[Porkleaker]

Finally, hockey! Every day seems to meld together like this has been a year-long winter where everyone was mostly hibernating. I'm predicting a 6-2 victory and McDavid's going to be a handful.