Pre-Game Talk: Utah vs Edmonton Friday 7 PM

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Utah coming in with the young guys rolling. Guenther the former Oil King doing the Oilers a solid with a 4 point night against the PDO Princesses last night. McDavid probably sitting out and Pickard probably starting so I’d guess the lineup card stays the same otherwise. Edit - Carrick Ceci not skating at practice so Ryan Stetcher might draw in.

The 3rd line looks great with Holloway McLoed Perry but let’s see if Holloway can play consistently like this. Oilers can’t let off the gas pedal if they want a hope to finish first and avoid the Kings for a 3rd consecutive year.

Utah’s players minds might be elsewhere with the rumors swirling that they would be leaving for greener pastures but they can’t play much worse than Vegas did last night.

Still - should be one for the W column.

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[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Hopefully there's no emotional letdown after clowning Vegas. This is still an important game as they could pull even with Vancouver by the end of the weekend.

 

[Oilhawks]

 

[oXo Cube]

Doubt McDavid plays in this one.

Pretty good chance he plays on Saturday if they win it though.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Utah Ass?

 

[Oilhawks]

Utah Ass?

The Yotes are Azz

Gotta say though, this is classic logo design. The basketball and its 'bounce motion' is also part of the music note. Pretty cool, even if a bit of a disaster otherwise (the whole Azz hanging out, for example).

 

[bone]

Utah Ass?

Or swap the A out and replace with an I.

 

[5 14 6 1]

I am really enjoying watching leafs fans get themselves into a pretzel, saying that scoring goals is significantly more valuable than getting assists when discussing Matthews achievments, but then in a different thread stating that Hymans goals don't count because all he does is tap in back door feeds from McDavid. Which one is it??

Quite the mental gymnasts in Laff land

 

[Coffey]

Win it for Connor again!

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

I know the Oilers are probably foaming at the mouth for another crack at the Canucks but they can’t look past the Yotes. They are playing solid spoiler hockey right now.

We win these 2 games and that puts an insane amount of pressure on the Canucks to beat both the Flames and a hopefully still very motivated Jets squad.

 

[5 14 6 1]

Utah coming in with the young guys rolling. Guenther the former Oil King doing the Oilers a solid with a 4 point night against the PDO Princesses last night. McDavid probably sitting out and Pickard probably starting so I’d guess the lineup card stays the same otherwise. Edit - Carrick Ceci not skating at practice so Ryan Stetcher might draw in.

The 3rd line looks great with Holloway McLoed Perry but let’s see if Holloway can play consistently like this. Oilers can’t let off the gas pedal if they want a hope to finish first and avoid the Kings for a 3rd consecutive year.

Utah’s players minds might be elsewhere with the rumors swirling that they would be leaving for greener pastures but they can’t play much worse than Vegas did last night.

Still - should be one for the W column.

As the standings sit today Vegas actually would cross over into the central and play Dallas round 1. Nashville is the likely match up for our division winner, while LA and Vegas are close for 3rd in the PAC.

Oops misread your post, I'll leave it up though

 

[Canovin]

Oilers getting closer to pre-season games

 

[2for1PizzaPastuh]

mustttttt

passsssss

vancouverrrrrr............

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

I am really enjoying watching leafs fans get themselves into a pretzel, saying that scoring goals is significantly more valuable than getting assists when discussing Matthews achievments, but then in a different thread stating that Hymans goals don't count because all he does is tap in back door feeds from McDavid. Which one is it??

Quite the mental gymnasts in Laff land

Yep. If Hyman is just scoring easy tap in goals from McDavid that makes the assist pretty important. You would think they would see the contradiction there.

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

This Utah/Arizona/Phoenix/Salt Lake city team is working hard and this is a massive trap game with Vancouver the following day

I don't feel great about this one.

 

[Shanahanigans]

So it's clear to me that Holloway is one of our best 12 forwards...what does your ideal playoff game 1 roster look like?

 

[oXo Cube]

So it's clear to me that Holloway is one of our best 12 forwards...what does your ideal playoff game 1 roster look like?

Problem is there's no room. The only vulnerable spot on the roster is 4C which is a position Holloway can't play, or at least can't play well.

You can't scratch Janmark or Kane for him so he sits until someone else has to come out.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Problem is there's no room. The only vulnerable spot on the roster is 4C which is a position Holloway can't play, or at least can't play well.

You can't scratch Janmark or Kane for him so he sits until someone else has to come out.

Janmark and Brown could come out and alternate.

RNH McDavid Hyman
Kane Draisaitl Henrique
Holloway McLoed Perry
Janmark/Brown Ryan/Carrick Foegele

 

[McJadeddog]

Problem is there's no room. The only vulnerable spot on the roster is 4C which is a position Holloway can't play, or at least can't play well.

You can't scratch Janmark or Kane for him so he sits until someone else has to come out.

Yeah until there is injuries, I just don't see who Holloway replaces in the top-9.

 

[Mr Kot]

Utah Washington Football Tream

 

[oXo Cube]

Janmark and Brown could come out and alternate.

RNH McDavid Hyman
Kane Draisaitl Henrique
Holloway McLoed Perry
Janmark/Brown Ryan/Carrick Foegele

Issue here is the penalty kill. The Oilers essentially use 3 forwards consistently on the PK: RNH, Janmark, and Brown. You would be scratching one of them for a player who absolutely will not fill that hole which is just not something I see the coaching staff being willing to do and I don't really blame them for their unwillingness.

Ryan/Carrick is the 4th forward for the PK generally so you can get away with rotating them because they replace eachother in the role.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

I hope they go out and treat the Yotes with all the "respect" that franchise is due.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Issue here is the penalty kill. The Oilers essentially use 3 forwards consistently on the PK: RNH, Janmark, and Brown. You would be scratching one of them for a player who absolutely will not fill that hole which is just not something I see the coaching staff being willing to do and I don't really blame them for their unwillingness.

Ryan/Carrick is the 4th forward for the PK generally so you can get away with rotating them because they replace eachother in the role.

RNH Brown/Ryan
Henrique Carrick/Janmark
Foegele/McLoed

 

[Morpheus]

Too bad the Blues name is taken.

Utah Jazz and Utah Blues

So I vote Utah Yeti

 

[Oilslick941611]

So it's clear to me that Holloway is one of our best 12 forwards...what does your ideal playoff game 1 roster look like?

im gonna wait for more than 1 game until I think of Holloway has one of our best 12. Hes shown flashes and fallen off before. He plays a dangerous game and ends up hurt often. He had great game last night, build on it.