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Edmonton @ Arizona (Game #40) [message #726439] |
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 CrudeRemarks
Messages: 1703
Registered: November 2010
Location: Edmonton
1 Cup
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Losing streak over! Chiarelli you genius!
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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Oscargasm
Messages: 5911
Registered: May 2009
Location: YEG
5 Cups
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Thank you Arizona.
Of course the only offense comes from the McDavid line. Kassian was okay on that line tonight. Wonder if Hitch will keep him up there when Chiasson is back (SATURDAY BY THE SOUNDS OF THINGS) and put Chiasson with Nuge-JP or if Chiasson goes right back to McDavid and Leon.
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Category 2 - Moderately Musty
Category 3 - Considerably Musty
Category 4 - Severely Musty
Category 5 - Incredibly Musty
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stemhovlichski
Messages: 349
Registered: March 2006
Location: NSR
No Cups
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| Oscargasm wrote on Wed, 02 January 2019 22:02 |
Thank you Arizona.
Of course the only offense comes from the McDavid line. Kassian was okay on that line tonight. Wonder if Hitch will keep him up there when Chiasson is back (SATURDAY BY THE SOUNDS OF THINGS) and put Chiasson with Nuge-JP or if Chiasson goes right back to McDavid and Leon.
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Kassian didn't look too panicky except on that bad backhand attempt. Great pass to Connor for the goal indeed. But you have to go with Chiasson because he can score, unlike poor Zack.
Larsson looked excellent for the first time in ages- skating, hitting, shooting, rushing, defending.
I love the win but that was a boring, boring game. Just drudge hockey until McDavid would get on and things would go uptempo. Not fun to watch at all. But W, right?
Restored: "We're sucking hind banana here." - Pat Quinn, Jan 18, 2010
"...the Oilers have been rebuilding for so long that it’s hard not to be cynical." - NBC's Ryan Dadoun Jan 2, 2015
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Kr55
Messages: 10770
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
6 Cups
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Woo McPoints!
Team points are cool too...I guess.
"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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Kr55
Messages: 10770
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
6 Cups
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Rob Tychkowski @Rob_Tychkowski
Last 18 Oilers goals by forwards: Chiasson, McDavid, McDavid, Nugent-Hopkins, Chiasson, Puljujarvi, Nugent-Hopkins, Chiasson, Draisaitl, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid, Draisaitl, McDavid, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, Draisiatl, Draisaitl.
Update: , McDavid, McDavid
Missing the playoffs with 2 guys scoring 40 goals and possibly >90 points would be...kinda crappy.
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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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Rocksteady
Messages: 527
Registered: March 2007
No Cups
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I had the game on the background.. that first was all sorts of yuck.
A win is a win.
The very definition of insanity is doing the exact same thing expecting different results.
Generally Disappointed.
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WhoreableGuy
Messages: 592
Registered: August 2006
Location: Calgary
No Cups
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I think sometimes you need that guy that can get to the puck first, board control. Kassian can't score but he skates well and can do that. I'm not sure how long he will last on the top line but I hope Chiasson goes back to being a 2nd and 3rd line, he's got a better chance scoring there than Kassian.
"Bah Gawd! Would somebody stop the damn draft!"
- Jim Ross calling the NHL Draft Lotto 2015 as the Oilers win
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overdue
Messages: 493
Registered: October 2014
No Cups
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| WhoreableGuy wrote on Thu, 03 January 2019 11:50 |
I think sometimes you need that guy that can get to the puck first, board control. Kassian can't score but he skates well and can do that. I'm not sure how long he will last on the top line but I hope Chiasson goes back to being a 2nd and 3rd line, he's got a better chance scoring there than Kassian.
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Pretty sure Hitchock isn't counting on Kassian to score much on that line. It's the other things he can bring that create space for the two gunners. Thought he did really well last night given it was his first time playing with them and it will only get better as they settle into it. He probably will score the odd goal but that's not his role there. Chaisson will do just fine on the second or third line and will probably get power play time on the first unit.
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smyth260
Messages: 1081
Registered: November 2007
1 Cup
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I think Hitch is just trying to get offense out of literally anybody else. Draisaitl, McDavid, and Nuge have shown that no matter who is their linemates, they will score. It seems unlikely that they are going to score more than they already have just because Kassian making space for them.
Both coaches have juggled and juggled. Trying to get something, anything, out of nothing.
Clean house or bust
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Skookum Jim
Messages: 4418
Registered: March 2006
Location: Burnaby, BC
4 Cups
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| smyth260 wrote on Thu, 03 January 2019 13:45 |
I think Hitch is just trying to get offense out of literally anybody else. Draisaitl, McDavid, and Nuge have shown that no matter who is their linemates, they will score. It seems unlikely that they are going to score more than they already have just because Kassian making space for them.
Both coaches have juggled and juggled. Trying to get something, anything, out of nothing.
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Blood. Out. Of. Stone.
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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GabbyDugan
Messages: 828
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton, AB
No Cups
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...practice line combinations....no Yamomoto....no Benning...but Russell in with Gravel (worth a shot, IMO)....
https://www.nhl.com/oilers/news/blog-oilers-skating-in-los-a ngeles/c-303554806
....."Forward lines are:
Draisaitl - McDavid - Kassian
Rieder - Nugent-Hopkins - Chiasson
Lucic - Khaira - Puljujarvi
Gambardella - Brodziak - Rattie
Defence pairings are:
Nurse - Larsson
Jones - Petrovic
Gravel - Russell
Manning"....
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Never heard a louder Canadian anthem or saw more orange in an American rink. I winter in Phoenix but with the win I felt real good for the other Canadians that made the trip down. They had the mud boots on that first period but felt the whole team played well after that. Secondary scoring still sadly absent though.
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overdue
Messages: 493
Registered: October 2014
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Secondary scoring still sadly absent though.
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Pathetic!
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