GDT: VIII | "Stuck On A Deserted Island..." | Oilers vs. Isles | 10.17.13 | 5:00 | SNET-O

[The Nuge]

I'd keep playing Smyth, he's being doing okay. Sit Jones if need be and play Smyth until you need to bench him again.

Agreed. Right now I'd be rotating Jones, Gazdic, and Brown depending on need.

 

[Kevin27NYI]

Yeah, out for a while. Back.

Ok good, he tweeted he wanted to play but couldnt, figured if he did he would have scored or something.

 

[jp7]

Come on Yak, time to capitalize on those 2nd line minutes.

I want to see Dubby get a shutout, but if we're down a couple goals and it's looking like another piss poor effort I want to see him get blown out by 9 goals so our goalie search becomes that much more dire

 

[The Nuge]

Come on Yak, time to capitalize on those 2nd line minutes.

I want to see Dubby get a shutout, but if we're down a couple goals and it's looking like another piss poor effort I want to see him get blown out by 9 goals so our goalie search becomes that much more dire

I just want to see Dubnykov give up less than 4 goals

 

[fysloc]

I want Arcobello to score his first NHL goal before being sent down when Gagner comes back. He's running out of time.

 

[Soli]

Yeah, out for a while. Back.

Eh? When was it said he'll be out "for a while"?

 

[The Nuge]

I want Arcobello to score his first NHL goal before being sent down when Gagner comes back. He's running out of time.

Has a team EVER sent down their leading scorer?

Edit: Who's also leading the team in +/-, and 2nd in faceoffs

 

[Soundwave]

This thread is depressing, lets go back to a magic time I call the 1980s ...

 

[Soli]

Loved this thing. Pretty sure it's in my parents basement somewhere. Don't think I ever had the ramp for it though.

 

[Distinct]

Has a team EVER sent down their leading scorer?

Edit: Who's also leading the team in +/-, and 2nd in faceoffs

This. Arcobello is +4 on the season? haha wow.

 

[joestevens29]

This thread is depressing

I heard Gagner has been on HFboards a lot since he got injured, he'd disagree with you

 

[EchoesoftheEighties]

This thread is depressing, lets go back to a magic time I call the 1980s ...

When are threads on this board NOT depressing? HFOil is directly responsible for several cases of Bi-Polarism and Clinical Depression

 

[joestevens29]

Loved this thing. Pretty sure it's in my parents basement somewhere. Don't think I ever had the ramp for it though.

Well after dinner you can walk downstairs and get it

You can thank 1260 for talking about people living in their parents basement for that comment.

 

[McDeathbyCheerios*]

This. Arcobello is +4 on the season? haha wow.

He has played phenomenally just super snake bitten right now. If half of his amazing chances went in we would have a few more wins right now, and that says a lot about the guy.

 

[Soli]

Well after dinner you can walk downstairs and get it

You can thank 1260 for talking about people living in their parents basement for that comment.

I can't infract them so you'll have to act as proxy.

 

[Arpeggio]

Dubnyk has to have a decent game eventually. He's right, it's not like he's lost all his ability in two weeks. The question is how long it takes for him to snap out of it, and whether the Oilers can afford to wait. It's getting to the point where they can't.

 

[joestevens29]

I don't know what to really hope for. I hope Dubnyk and Yak both have great games, but if they start doing well then who becomes the whipping boy?

 

[ohheyhemsky]

Ugh. It should be:

Jones - Acton - Gazdic

for our 4th line tonight. Clutterbuck and Martin?

Also, I wish Joensuu was playing. Poop to that. Poop to that indeed.

 

[40oz]

February apathy in October. The score will be whatever to whatever-3 for the Islanders.

This kind of attitude will get you traded back to the Islanders.

 

[Groucho]

Game predictions:

Dubnyk bounces back
Yakupov scores

 

[McSaviour]

He has played phenomenally just super snake bitten right now. If half of his amazing chances went in we would have a few more wins right now, and that says a lot about the guy.

I wouldn't really say that he is snakebitten, I just think his shot is subpar but has good awareness for passing

 

[jukon]

I would rather we start the season crap and work our game to where it needs to be than start off average and finish poor. The start of the season is usually a fleeting glimpse of hope for us, I take solace in the change and hope that this is what we need to become successful.

 

[oilinblood]

Was the Pittsburgh game a turnaround for the team?

The 3rd period against the Devils apparently wasn't.

The Oilers should match up fairly well against the Isles I think, but we obviously need a win here.

I would actually start Dubnyk; one way or another, we have to see if he's salvageable.

This is what i am thinking. He is PAID to be a starter. NO ONE will want to acquire him...period. BUT it will prove one way or the other if he should completely be shipped to ECHL trash heap and forgotten.

 

[McOilbleeder]

This kind of attitude will get you traded back to the Islanders.

Never. Again.

 

[bucks_oil]

This thread is depressing, lets go back to a magic time I call the 1980s ...

I had that exact issue of that magazine! It's possible that I used my first ever Loonie, (introduced that year) received via allowance to buy it... though I could be confusing that with an issue of BMXAction.

If I was a smarter boy though I would have saved it up for a chocolate milkshake at the Burger-Bus and split that with Winnie Cooper. But I wasn't so smooth back then... took another 20 years at least!

Good times!