Pre-Game Talk: Time for the Oilers to get their crap back together

[BlackDogg]

Bit of a good news dump ahead of the game...

Canucks forward gets lost diaper bag back after B.C. man posts about it on Reddit

Canucks 3-4-1

Game time 8pm MTN Sat Oct 30

Please don't be left holding the bag Oilers....

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[OilersCoffeeArtBeer]

Lol is this the pre pre game thread?
Oilers should win. That being said, Canucks lost and could come out swinging

 

[Oilhawks]

Lol is this the pre pre game thread?
Oilers should win. That being said, Canucks lost and could come out swinging

To be fair, the Oilers did and should too

 

[K1984]

The Oilers tend to play kind of a sleepy game in Van no matter the performance of either of the teams.

Expecting a 3-2 or 4-3 type game so Koskinen better not soil the sheets again. I'd probably avoid starting him to be honest, Pettersson will be back on track picking off his short side glove hand all night.

 

[gordonhught]

Oilers looking up in the standings at the Flames.

 

[Czechboy]

Oilers looking up in the standings at the Flames.

When games played aren't even... points percentage is better:

Having said that.. there is no way I had Vegas and LA at the bottom and Calgary/San Jose in 2/3.

This is the first season I can remember where I don't feel we have any 'scheduled losses' so I say we win 5-4... outscore our problems, increase our league leading shots against and improving our goals for and PP all in the same game.

This is the Oil way

 

[gordonhught]

When games played aren't even... points percentage is better:

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Having said that.. there is no way I had Vegas and LA at the bottom and Calgary/San Jose in 2/3.

This is the first season I can remember where I don't feel we have any 'scheduled losses' so I say we win 5-4... outscore our problems, increase our league leading shots against and improving our goals for and PP all in the same game.

This is the Oil way

Who is starting in net? If it is Koskinen again, I think you may need to rethink your prediction. Having said that, who knows if we get the good Koskinen or the bad (4 goals on 4 shots bad).

 

[Czechboy]

Who is starting in net? If it is Koskinen again, I think you may need to rethink your prediction. Having said that, who knows if we get the good Koskinen or the bad (4 goals on 4 shots bad).

Correct.. if it is Skinner we will win 5-3... Koski ... we win 5-4.lol

 

[Czechboy]

Who is starting in net? If it is Koskinen again, I think you may need to rethink your prediction. Having said that, who knows if we get the good Koskinen or the bad (4 goals on 4 shots bad).

Oh, and in all seriousness... I think Smith is starting. He's been in full practice today and Tipp loves him.

 

[CornKicker]

oilers will cave the canucks faces in on saturday and hopefully its the vancouver lover announcers and they can grovel in a 7-1 beating

 

[Drivesaitl]

Strange thread title. heh

The Oilers played far better in losing than either the Flames did in winning last night or the Nucks did in losing.

Gee, must be nice if you allow 45 sog in a game and a stupendous amount of wide open scoring chances and still get a shutout. Didn't see that coming..

The first period of the Nucks game last night was an indictment on that team. The ice was tilted. It was scoring chance after scoring chance for Philly, Nucks had only 4 shots and somehow scored a goal. It was the typical "this game is pissing me off" opponent game.

 

[Nunymare]

How many times have we now played Vancouver in this calendar year? lol

 

[McTonyBrar]

So 4th line is changed to Benson Shore Turris


Thank you. Perlini has been crap

 

[Gregsky99]

You mean this pile of crap?

 

[tardigrade81]

Bit of a good news dump ahead of the game...

Canucks forward gets lost diaper bag back after B.C. man posts about it on Reddit

Canucks 3-4-1

Game time 8pm MTN Sat Oct 30

Please don't be left holding the bag Oilers....

If we lose to the Canucks then I’ll worry lol

 

[K1984]

So 4th line is changed to Benson Shore Turris


Thank you. Perlini has been crap

They could replace any other player not dressed in the organization in either of the LW or RW spots on the 4th line and the results would be identical regardless. It's a nothing line with no identity full of nothing players. Benson over Perlini isn't going to change that just the same as Sceviour over Turris would. Or McLeod over Shore. Other than McLeod or Shore, who have a case to actually be on an NHL 4th line, the remainder of the candidates are either not NHL players or Top6 players that aren't good enough to play there so they get dumped down the lineup.

I think Holloway will provide some pop on that line later in the season, but they need another acquisition at RW somewhere on the roster to either push 2nd or 3rd line player down a peg or find a dedicated 4th line player that actually belongs.

 

[Oilhawks]

Apparently Mikko gets the start

 

[Drivesaitl]

Apparently Mikko gets the start

Hoping for no wraparounds. ooopss..

 

[Drivesaitl]

So 4th line is changed to Benson Shore Turris


Thank you. Perlini has been crap

Perlini hasn't been crap, he's hardly been on the ice. Our 4th line doesn't have much on it, and Perlini is best as a trailer shooter who can score. He's not an end to end rush guy but he can finish some plays. For sure he's isn't going to get many saucers playing on that line, and he played 4mins against Philly.

Perlini showed up bigtime at camp and earned a spot on a club. Shore earned one as a walk on. Those guys may not be doing much on 4th line but last seen Yama isn't doing anything playing with two guys that piss points. Put Perlini up there and I bet he has 1-2 goals already.

 

[McJC]

Goaltending will always be this team's Achilles heel... KH needs to go out and upgrade otherwise it will the same ending as the past couple years

 

[T-Funk]

Koskinen in net? Bahaha. I hope for a win and a good game from him, but I also love how Tippett has learned nothing.

 

[McTonyBrar]

Perlini hasn't been crap, he's hardly been on the ice. Our 4th line doesn't have much on it, and Perlini is best as a trailer shooter who can score. He's not an end to end rush guy but he can finish some plays. For sure he's isn't going to get many saucers playing on that line, and he played 4mins against Philly.

Perlini showed up bigtime at camp and earned a spot on a club. Shore earned one as a walk on. Those guys may not be doing much on 4th line but last seen Yama isn't doing anything playing with two guys that piss points. Put Perlini up there and I bet he has 1-2 goals already.

I’m sorry man but all I see in him is Ty Rattie with better speed. Yamamoto actually wins board battles and can cycle with his line mates. His scoring needs to pick up big time though. I haven’t seen a decent cycle game from Perlini.

I feel like Benson showed more in the game he played for us

 

[McTonyBrar]

They could replace any other player not dressed in the organization in either of the LW or RW spots on the 4th line and the results would be identical regardless. It's a nothing line with no identity full of nothing players. Benson over Perlini isn't going to change that just the same as Sceviour over Turris would. Or McLeod over Shore. Other than McLeod or Shore, who have a case to actually be on an NHL 4th line, the remainder of the candidates are either not NHL players or Top6 players that aren't good enough to play there so they get dumped down the lineup.

I think Holloway will provide some pop on that line later in the season, but they need another acquisition at RW somewhere on the roster to either push 2nd or 3rd line player down a peg or find a dedicated 4th line player that actually belongs.

I thought Benson showed a bit more in the game he played

 

[McTonyBrar]

Apparently Mikko gets the start

Why is the sieve starting again. He not only has a terrible glove hand but he also sucks at five hole shots and wrap arounds. Wrap. Arounds.

 

[McShogun99]

When games played aren't even... points percentage is better:

View attachment 475166

Having said that.. there is no way I had Vegas and LA at the bottom and Calgary/San Jose in 2/3.

This is the first season I can remember where I don't feel we have any 'scheduled losses' so I say we win 5-4... outscore our problems, increase our league leading shots against and improving our goals for and PP all in the same game.

This is the Oil way

Everything will balance out as the season goes on. Markstrom won’t be able to stand on his head for the entire season. There’s also no way that San Jose, Buffalo and Detroit finish near the tops of their divisions.