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 OilFans
Messages: 1418
Registered: February 2006
Location: Edmonton
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Login To Make Your Prediction2022-23 Regular Season| Saturday, November 5, 2022 | Dallas 6 @ Edmonton 2 | Loss | | Wednesday, December 21, 2022 | Edmonton 6 @ Dallas 3 | Win | | Thursday, March 16, 2023 | Dallas 1 @ Edmonton 4 | Win |
Home Record: 1-1-0 Road Record: 1-0-0 Overall Record: 2-1-0
Home / Road Goals For: 6/6 Total: 12
Home / Road Goals Against: 7/3 Total: 102021-22 Regular Season| Tuesday, November 23, 2021 | Edmonton 1 @ Dallas 4 | Loss | | Tuesday, March 22, 2022 | Edmonton 3 @ Dallas 5 | Loss | | Wednesday, April 20, 2022 | Dallas 2 @ Edmonton 5 | Win |
Home Record: 1-0-0 Road Record: 0-2-0 Overall Record: 1-2-0
Home / Road Goals For: 5/4 Total: 9
Home / Road Goals Against: 2/9 Total: 11 |
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tardigrade81
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Registered: November 2022
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan
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This goes without saying. I don’t like Dallas
Not near as much as I hate Toronto or Calgary. But the dislike is there
Get a win
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kungpaobenji27
Messages: 252
Registered: August 2003
Location: Irving, Texas
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This one is a cause for nerves....tonight and Sat afternoon are the ultimate tests if they want to create separation amongst themselves & the Kraken.
Let's jump on these guys fast/early
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 oiltec
Messages: 83
Registered: December 2022
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I'm thinking the predictions may be closer to even on this game. Just a hunch.
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CrusaderPi
Messages: 7629
Registered: December 2003
Location: AB Highway 100
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I'd start Campbell tonight. Saturday's game against the Kraken is far more important and eventually Stu is going to need a night off. But why not ride a rookie into the ground?
Please do not feed the bears. Feeding the bears creates a dependent population unable to survive on their own. Bears.
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Ragnarok73
Messages: 2343
Registered: February 2011
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| CrusaderPi wrote on Thu, 16 March 2023 13:56 |
I'd start Campbell tonight. Saturday's game against the Kraken is far more important and eventually Stu is going to need a night off. But why not ride a rookie into the ground?
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Given how tight the standings are, the Oil don't have the luxury of tossing games away like they would be by starting Jacky-Boy.
"There's no greater springboard to development than failure." - Craig MacTavish, April 13/15.
5-14-6-1
"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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Adam
Messages: 6801
Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
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| Ragnarok73 wrote on Thu, 16 March 2023 16:58 |
| CrusaderPi wrote on Thu, 16 March 2023 13:56 |
I'd start Campbell tonight. Saturday's game against the Kraken is far more important and eventually Stu is going to need a night off. But why not ride a rookie into the ground?
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Given how tight the standings are, the Oil don't have the luxury of tossing games away like they would be by starting Jacky-Boy.
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I'd argue the opposite. Seven points up on Nashville with 17 Predators games to go and two other teams between us and them, we are just not in much danger of missing the playoffs. The team would have to completely melt down now for that to happen.
Half our games are against teams who are out of the playoff picture too - so there's only a few more games that are of the highest priority - the Seattle one being one of those.
Campbell is 17-9-4, so despite some real challenges with his play, I don't think it's fair to say that the points are automatically forfeit when he starts.
Of greater concern to me would be the amount that Skinner has played. Here's his games played stats since turning pro - these are all in numbers at NHL, AHL & ECHL levels including both regular season and playoffs:
2018-19 - 51 games played
2019-20 - 44 games
2020-21 - 38 games
2021-22 - 53 games
He's already at 40 games this year and we are hoping he's the playoff starter through several rounds of playoffs. Worth knowing is that he underperformed in the playoffs Bakersfield the last two years too with a significant drop-off in his numbers.
I think we need to make sure he stays fresh, so I would be looking to play the goalies close to evenly down the stretch. At most maybe 8 games for Skinner compared to 6 games for Campbell. Give him all the time off we can now, because that's not going to be an option for much of the post-season.
"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
#FireLowe #FireBobbyNicks #FireKenHolland #FireKeithGretzky
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CrusaderPi
Messages: 7629
Registered: December 2003
Location: AB Highway 100
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Yeah, I have no fear of missing the playoffs if I’m management but a big fear of burning out a goalie to get into third. I go 2 for skinner 1 for Campbell the rest of the way. I think you put the pressure and trust into Campbell to get them into hosting a series. Long term the Oilers need Campbell more than they need a couple extra wins this year.
Please do not feed the bears. Feeding the bears creates a dependent population unable to survive on their own. Bears.
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Adam
Messages: 6801
Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
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| CrusaderPi wrote on Thu, 16 March 2023 18:51 |
Yeah, I have no fear of missing the playoffs if I’m management but a big fear of burning out a goalie to get into third. I go 2 for skinner 1 for Campbell the rest of the way. I think you put the pressure and trust into Campbell to get them into hosting a series. Long term the Oilers need Campbell more than they need a couple extra wins this year.
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And the Oilers should know better than most that goalie injuries can happen in the playoffs. Giving some confidence to Campbell would be a good idea, since if Skinner were to get hurt, then he's basically our only hope. Not playing him for two months ahead of that probably wouldn't be ideal.
"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
#FireLowe #FireBobbyNicks #FireKenHolland #FireKeithGretzky
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Skookum Jim
Messages: 3866
Registered: March 2006
Location: Burnaby, BC
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This will be a good playoff level test..
Ottenger is good.. Dallas is physical..
Missing McLeod tonight..
Hyman sounds like he's back in, but not 100%.
The addition of Ekholm will be noticeable .. as well as Bjugstad.
Bjugstad has been a pleasant surprise to me so far, thought he'd be a marginal addition, but his size and reach, decent speed, and face off ability, and right handed, has been a positive, especially on PK..
McDAVID! Oh YEAH Baby!!
Tic-Tac-Tao!
Keep on Rockin' in the Free World
P. Chiarelli math.. T. Hall = A. Larsson, Yak= bag o'pucks (OK he got one right...) K. Russell = $4.1 M+NMC, G. Reinhart= M. Barzal + A. Beauvillier, J. Eberle = R. Spooner,
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Skookum Jim
Messages: 3866
Registered: March 2006
Location: Burnaby, BC
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Hyman confirmed out, along with McLeod..
Broberg is back in.
McDAVID! Oh YEAH Baby!!
Tic-Tac-Tao!
Keep on Rockin' in the Free World
P. Chiarelli math.. T. Hall = A. Larsson, Yak= bag o'pucks (OK he got one right...) K. Russell = $4.1 M+NMC, G. Reinhart= M. Barzal + A. Beauvillier, J. Eberle = R. Spooner,
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