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Login To Make Your Prediction2020-21 Regular Season| Sunday, January 31, 2021 | Ottawa 5 @ Edmonton 8 | Win | | Tuesday, February 2, 2021 | Ottawa 2 @ Edmonton 4 | Win | | Monday, February 8, 2021 | Edmonton 3 @ Ottawa 1 | Win | | Tuesday, February 9, 2021 | Edmonton 3 @ Ottawa 2 | Win | | Monday, March 8, 2021 | Ottawa 2 @ Edmonton 3 | Win | | Wednesday, March 10, 2021 | Ottawa 1 @ Edmonton 7 | Win | | Friday, March 12, 2021 | Ottawa 2 @ Edmonton 6 | Win | | Wednesday, April 7, 2021 | Edmonton 4 @ Ottawa 2 | Win | | Thursday, April 8, 2021 | Edmonton 3 @ Ottawa 1 | Win |
Home Record: 5-0-0 Road Record: 4-0-0 Overall Record: 9-0-0
Home / Road Goals For: 28/13 Total: 41
Home / Road Goals Against: 12/6 Total: 182019-20 Regular Season| Wednesday, December 4, 2019 | Ottawa 5 @ Edmonton 2 | Loss | | Wednesday, March 18, 2020 | Edmonton @ Ottawa |
Home Record: 0-1-0 Road Record: 0-0-0 Overall Record: 0-1-0
Home / Road Goals For: 2/0 Total: 2
Home / Road Goals Against: 5/0 Total: 5 |
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Oscargasm
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Need to get back to the W column. Absolutely need these next 2.
Any chance of an open window is slammed shut without a capable puck stopper. Can we just have some entertaining games?
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RDOilerfan
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I'd expect Smith to get the start and it's a much needed start. I am not a Smith fan but Koskinen is way better when there is a legit threat of someone taking starts from him. Tippet has a history with Smith, he likes Smith so he will give Smith starts.
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Oscargasm
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| RDOilerfan wrote on Mon, 08 February 2021 10:00 |
I'd expect Smith to get the start and it's a much needed start. I am not a Smith fan but Koskinen is way better when there is a legit threat of someone taking starts from him. Tippet has a history with Smith, he likes Smith so he will give Smith starts.
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I was thinking they start Smith tomorrow and give Koskinen a chance to rebound from Saturday’s crap show.
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Mike
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Hoping for a .900 save % for whichever of our bums is back there.
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RDOilerfan
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| Oscargasm wrote on Mon, 08 February 2021 09:06 |
| RDOilerfan wrote on Mon, 08 February 2021 10:00 |
I'd expect Smith to get the start and it's a much needed start. I am not a Smith fan but Koskinen is way better when there is a legit threat of someone taking starts from him. Tippet has a history with Smith, he likes Smith so he will give Smith starts.
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I was thinking they start Smith tomorrow and give Koskinen a chance to rebound from Saturday’s crap show.
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They could do that too. They are going to split regardless I assume. I do wonder if Tippett would want to get Smith in right away to make sure the team has a lift. Lots of talk about how quiet the teams main guys are but Neal and Smith are on of the more vocal guys that help get guys going. I could see this Ottawa game being one of those let down games we saw in the past. The team comes off a tough loss to a good team. A loss where they probably could/should have won but didn't because of a few key issues. Markstom let in 4 but stood on his head for a lot of that game. It should have been 3 or 4 to 1 after the first. So I could see the team coming into a game they should win easily and piss it away. Happened lots in the past. Smith would come in fired up.
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Adam
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Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
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| Oscargasm wrote on Mon, 08 February 2021 09:06 |
| RDOilerfan wrote on Mon, 08 February 2021 10:00 |
I'd expect Smith to get the start and it's a much needed start. I am not a Smith fan but Koskinen is way better when there is a legit threat of someone taking starts from him. Tippet has a history with Smith, he likes Smith so he will give Smith starts.
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I was thinking they start Smith tomorrow and give Koskinen a chance to rebound from Saturday’s crap show.
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The roster has been pretty difficult to predict this year. I've pretty much given up on trying to guess what Tippett will do. I do hope that it is not Bouchard who's pulled out from the defence after that loss. One glaring error from him, but A) that was all caused because his partner gave away the puck and got out of position himself and B) I think a lot of the other play from Bouchard has been pretty solid.
"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
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Oscargasm
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| Adam wrote on Mon, 08 February 2021 10:20 |
| Oscargasm wrote on Mon, 08 February 2021 09:06 |
| RDOilerfan wrote on Mon, 08 February 2021 10:00 |
I'd expect Smith to get the start and it's a much needed start. I am not a Smith fan but Koskinen is way better when there is a legit threat of someone taking starts from him. Tippet has a history with Smith, he likes Smith so he will give Smith starts.
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I was thinking they start Smith tomorrow and give Koskinen a chance to rebound from Saturday’s crap show.
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The roster has been pretty difficult to predict this year. I've pretty much given up on trying to guess what Tippett will do. I do hope that it is not Bouchard who's pulled out from the defence after that loss. One glaring error from him, but A) that was all caused because his partner gave away the puck and got out of position himself and B) I think a lot of the other play from Bouchard has been pretty solid.
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So Dylan Wells is going to be recalled from Taxi Squad today? 
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OG's #MUSTWIN Scale
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Kr55
Messages: 9604
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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| Oscargasm wrote on Mon, 08 February 2021 09:06 |
| RDOilerfan wrote on Mon, 08 February 2021 10:00 |
I'd expect Smith to get the start and it's a much needed start. I am not a Smith fan but Koskinen is way better when there is a legit threat of someone taking starts from him. Tippet has a history with Smith, he likes Smith so he will give Smith starts.
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I was thinking they start Smith tomorrow and give Koskinen a chance to rebound from Saturday’s crap show.
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Tipp must be itching to get his favorite guy in there. I'd be impressed if he could hold off for another day.
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
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CrusaderPi
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Location: AB Highway 100
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| Kr55 wrote on Mon, 08 February 2021 09:44 |
| Oscargasm wrote on Mon, 08 February 2021 09:06 |
| RDOilerfan wrote on Mon, 08 February 2021 10:00 |
I'd expect Smith to get the start and it's a much needed start. I am not a Smith fan but Koskinen is way better when there is a legit threat of someone taking starts from him. Tippet has a history with Smith, he likes Smith so he will give Smith starts.
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I was thinking they start Smith tomorrow and give Koskinen a chance to rebound from Saturday’s crap show.
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Tipp must be itching to get his favorite guy in there. I'd be impressed if he could hold off for another day.
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Why are we discounting Skinner? The man is undefeated in NHL hockey games. #Grit
Please do not feed the bears. Feeding the bears creates a dependent population unable to survive on their own. Bears.
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WhoreableGuy
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| CrusaderPi wrote on Mon, 08 February 2021 09:59 |
Why are we discounting Skinner? The man is undefeated in NHL hockey games. #Grit
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It might be just him and Martin Gerber as the only goalies to ever go undefeated playing for Edmonton.
"Bah Gawd! Would somebody stop the damn draft!"
- Jim Ross calling the NHL Draft Lotto 2015 as the Oilers win
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Oscargasm
Messages: 5666
Registered: May 2009
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| Kr55 wrote on Mon, 08 February 2021 10:44 |
| Oscargasm wrote on Mon, 08 February 2021 09:06 |
| RDOilerfan wrote on Mon, 08 February 2021 10:00 |
I'd expect Smith to get the start and it's a much needed start. I am not a Smith fan but Koskinen is way better when there is a legit threat of someone taking starts from him. Tippet has a history with Smith, he likes Smith so he will give Smith starts.
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I was thinking they start Smith tomorrow and give Koskinen a chance to rebound from Saturday’s crap show.
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Tipp must be itching to get his favorite guy in there. I'd be impressed if he could hold off for another day.
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Yeah, from the twitter world it looks as though Smith is the planned starter tonight (first off ice for skate this am).
Also, Haaaaaas did not participate (again). Sigh.
Survivor CHAMP S52 | S66
OG's #MUSTWIN Scale
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Kr55
Messages: 9604
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| Oscargasm wrote on Mon, 08 February 2021 10:00 |
| Kr55 wrote on Mon, 08 February 2021 10:44 |
| Oscargasm wrote on Mon, 08 February 2021 09:06 |
| RDOilerfan wrote on Mon, 08 February 2021 10:00 |
I'd expect Smith to get the start and it's a much needed start. I am not a Smith fan but Koskinen is way better when there is a legit threat of someone taking starts from him. Tippet has a history with Smith, he likes Smith so he will give Smith starts.
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I was thinking they start Smith tomorrow and give Koskinen a chance to rebound from Saturday’s crap show.
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Tipp must be itching to get his favorite guy in there. I'd be impressed if he could hold off for another day.
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Yeah, from the twitter world it looks as though Smith is the planned starter tonight (first off ice for skate this am).
Also, Haaaaaas did not participate (again). Sigh.
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I don't mean to make this sound like an excuse for Kostko, but I wonder how he feels knowing that his coach is always going to be looking for any opportunity/excuse to play the other guy.
Maybe it's a motivator for Kostko like RDO suggests. But it must also be pretty annoying knowing the bias is hovering over the job.
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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Oscargasm
Messages: 5666
Registered: May 2009
Location: YEG
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| Kr55 wrote on Mon, 08 February 2021 11:07 |
| Oscargasm wrote on Mon, 08 February 2021 10:00 |
| Kr55 wrote on Mon, 08 February 2021 10:44 |
| Oscargasm wrote on Mon, 08 February 2021 09:06 |
| RDOilerfan wrote on Mon, 08 February 2021 10:00 |
I'd expect Smith to get the start and it's a much needed start. I am not a Smith fan but Koskinen is way better when there is a legit threat of someone taking starts from him. Tippet has a history with Smith, he likes Smith so he will give Smith starts.
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I was thinking they start Smith tomorrow and give Koskinen a chance to rebound from Saturday’s crap show.
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Tipp must be itching to get his favorite guy in there. I'd be impressed if he could hold off for another day.
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Yeah, from the twitter world it looks as though Smith is the planned starter tonight (first off ice for skate this am).
Also, Haaaaaas did not participate (again). Sigh.
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I don't mean to make this sound like an excuse for Kostko, but I wonder how he feels knowing that his coach is always going to be looking for any opportunity/excuse to play the other guy.
Maybe it's a motivator for Kostko like RDO suggests. But it must also be pretty annoying knowing the bias is hovering over the job.
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Agreed, but with his performance Saturday, despite starting all but 1 game so far for reasons out of his control, he allowed the door to be open for Smith to take the reigns. The Oilers need one of them to make a save. And frankly, at this point, I don’t care which one it is. If it’s Smith, great, if it’s Koski, great. If it’s neither? We’re not making playoffs.
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Oscargasm
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No Haaaaaas, no Bear... but we get Mikey Smith back!
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OG's #MUSTWIN Scale
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CrudeRemarks
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Location: Edmonton
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| Oscargasm wrote on Mon, 08 February 2021 10:29 |
No Haaaaaas, no Bear... but we get Mikey Smith back!
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Hopefully we have another 8 goal performance ready.
You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you just might find, you can get a lottery pick.
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Ragnarok73
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| CrudeRemarks wrote on Mon, 08 February 2021 10:31 |
| Oscargasm wrote on Mon, 08 February 2021 10:29 |
No Haaaaaas, no Bear... but we get Mikey Smith back!
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Hopefully we have another 8 goal performance ready.
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Rusty Smith in net? Better make it 10 goals.
"There's no greater springboard to development than failure." - Craig MacTavish, April 13/15.
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"Sabres think the suck is their ally? They merely adopted the suck. The Oilers were born in it...molded by it."
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Skoobz
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Seems like the org activated Stauffer and the MSM to put Mikko on notice after Saturday - can not recall ever hearing Stauff dump on a player as hard as he did. And the Terry Jones hit-piece (though fairly deserved) was over-the-top aggressive.
Not sure why Holland didn't have a better plan B after Markstrom. The wheels coming off the Oilers goalie bandwagon was the most predictable narrative ever.
"[It was] really cool to throw on the Oilers gear, the gear that I want to play the rest of my life wearing. It was pretty cool to put it on. With all the history, it was a lot of fun." - Connor McDavid, July 1, 2015
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Adam
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| Skoobz wrote on Mon, 08 February 2021 11:23 |
Seems like the org activated Stauffer and the MSM to put Mikko on notice after Saturday - can not recall ever hearing Stauff dump on a player as hard as he did. And the Terry Jones hit-piece (though fairly deserved) was over-the-top aggressive.
Not sure why Holland didn't have a better plan B after Markstrom. The wheels coming off the Oilers goalie bandwagon was the most predictable narrative ever.
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Because nothing motivates a goaltender like having the team-friendly media crapping all over him!
SIGH...
"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
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CrusaderPi
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| Adam wrote on Mon, 08 February 2021 11:29 |
| Skoobz wrote on Mon, 08 February 2021 11:23 |
Seems like the org activated Stauffer and the MSM to put Mikko on notice after Saturday - can not recall ever hearing Stauff dump on a player as hard as he did. And the Terry Jones hit-piece (though fairly deserved) was over-the-top aggressive.
Not sure why Holland didn't have a better plan B after Markstrom. The wheels coming off the Oilers goalie bandwagon was the most predictable narrative ever.
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Because nothing motivates a goaltender like having the team-friendly media crapping all over him!
SIGH...
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Oh no! Are they ASKING THE QUESTION????
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Dragon_Matt
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they're probably going to trade him for Cam Talbot.
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sinfulchimp306
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With the year he's having we would have to add significantly to get Cam back.
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PLAY LABAMBA BABY
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Kr55
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Location: Edmonton
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"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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WhoreableGuy
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| Kr55 wrote on Mon, 08 February 2021 15:15 |
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I’m just thinking of the adjustment period for guys like Koekkoek and Barrie when they skate back and see Mike Smith in the corner with the puck. Tonight will be interesting. Having Mike Smith back is going to help in the long run.
"Bah Gawd! Would somebody stop the damn draft!"
- Jim Ross calling the NHL Draft Lotto 2015 as the Oilers win
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WhoreableGuy
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"Bah Gawd! Would somebody stop the damn draft!"
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