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Registered: October 1998
Location: Sin John's
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Some thoughts heading into Game 2...
Despite the fact the Oilers dominated play, Tippett had lines changed up again yesterday at practice. I can't decide if this means he's tinkering needlessly as he's prone to do. (He was an early investor in the MacT(tm) Blender!) Or, is he just trying to throw the Jets off? Who can tell.
One change I might consider is putting in Nygard. He draws penalties.
I hope Kassian brings the same energy as the first game. Yes, his run at whoever was a contributing factor in the first goal, but there were about three other factors contributing to the goal too. If it doesn't go in, no one even mentions the run.
As Tippett double-shifted his lines, the Neal-McLeod-Kassian line suddenly made sense. Paired with McDavid's line, he gets a pair of wingers on the double shift that he has had success with in the past. If McLeod was a video game character, changing him early for McDavid would be the best power-up move.
More chaos in front of Hellebuyck! Most good goalies today are good because they can track the puck. It's harder to track the puck in chaos. The Jets D aren't that big. The Oilers can win some battles in front of the net. Look at Puljujarvi's goal! Throw it off the pads. Throw it off the dmans pants. If there's no clear pass and you have bodies in front, create chaos.
I don't know if he took special courses in reading the ice while he was hurt or not, but I wasn't comfortable with how much Koekkoek was up in the play. He reminded me of the way I play offensive d-man at shinny: jump up in the rush at EVERY opportunity.
Hoping for the same effort with a few better bounces, maybe a couple of calls and a bit better fine tuning on the execution.
McDavid was held off the scoresheet 11 times in the regular season. In his next game he averaged 1.91 ppg (21 points) and that includes the three game blanking by the Leafs. The Leafs were the only team to hold him scoreless back-to-back games. The other three times a team had a chance McDavid went off for 4, 5 & 3 points respectively.
[Updated on: Fri, 21 May 2021 07:38]
Twitter: @AitchOil
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