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 OilFans
Messages: 1561
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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HamBlaster
Messages: 989
Registered: June 2007
No Cups
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Oilers are going to be in tough in this one. Stars love beating up on teams that only play half of the game... so I'm calling this one a sizable Stars win in advance.
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tardigrade81
Messages: 2266
Registered: November 2022
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan
2 Cups
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| HamBlaster wrote on Wed, 21 December 2022 09:01 |
Oilers are going to be in tough in this one. Stars love beating up on teams that only play half of the game... so I'm calling this one a sizable Stars win in advance.
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Sadly me too
Until we put a full game together and this defense plays even half decent it’s going to get ugly
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RDOilerfan
Messages: 3908
Registered: January 2016
3 Cups
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I have no idea what team will show up. Could I see the Oilers losing this game? Absolutely. Dallas is a good team and over a long period of time, they haven't done well in Dallas. But could I see them coming out, play a hell of a game and win it? Absolutely.
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tardigrade81
Messages: 2266
Registered: November 2022
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan
2 Cups
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We usually play to our opponents level so I expect a competitive game but a loss
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inverno76
Messages: 2343
Registered: September 2005
Location: Prince Albert, Saskatchew...
2 Cups
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Just picked up a fresh jug of spiced rum and a 2L of eggnog. Should make tonight's game bearable.
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CrusaderPi
Messages: 7804
Registered: December 2003
Location: AB Highway 100
6 Cups
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| inverno76 wrote on Wed, 21 December 2022 10:39 |
Just picked up a fresh jug of spiced rum and a 2L of eggnog. Should make tonight's game bearable.
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Great point. Oilers games, especially during Christmas, should be enjoyable. Remember, they're a unit of entertainment not an emotional investment. I'm 5 or 6 days behind on my beer advent calendar, so I'm covered.
Please do not feed the bears. Feeding the bears creates a dependent population unable to survive on their own. Bears.
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inverno76
Messages: 2343
Registered: September 2005
Location: Prince Albert, Saskatchew...
2 Cups
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| CrusaderPi wrote on Wed, 21 December 2022 10:41 |
| inverno76 wrote on Wed, 21 December 2022 10:39 |
Just picked up a fresh jug of spiced rum and a 2L of eggnog. Should make tonight's game bearable.
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Great point. Oilers games, especially during Christmas, should be enjoyable. Remember, they're a unit of entertainment not an emotional investment. I'm 5 or 6 days behind on my beer advent calendar, so I'm covered.
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Last season, during our annual December decline I made a point to no longer make it an emotional investment. I have zero control
In the outcome. It was making me upset and bad games leaked into my overall mood.
I’m a much happier fan now. It’s frustrating watching them at times, but a good rum makes things better.
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RDOilerfan
Messages: 3908
Registered: January 2016
3 Cups
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Seeing the success the Leafs are having with who they have on defense plus a few of their key dmen hurt, it goes to show that a team CAN play decent defense and you don't need a bunch of norris finalists to do it. You just have to have your whole team, including the stars prioritizing playing sound hockey vs just worrying about scoring. The Oilers could use another dman but I don't think even if they put in a norris dman, it would help them a ton. THe whole team, stars and all need to prioritize playing defense more than looking to break records scoring wise.
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CrusaderPi
Messages: 7804
Registered: December 2003
Location: AB Highway 100
6 Cups
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| inverno76 wrote on Wed, 21 December 2022 11:21 |
| CrusaderPi wrote on Wed, 21 December 2022 10:41 |
| inverno76 wrote on Wed, 21 December 2022 10:39 |
Just picked up a fresh jug of spiced rum and a 2L of eggnog. Should make tonight's game bearable.
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Great point. Oilers games, especially during Christmas, should be enjoyable. Remember, they're a unit of entertainment not an emotional investment. I'm 5 or 6 days behind on my beer advent calendar, so I'm covered.
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Last season, during our annual December decline I made a point to no longer make it an emotional investment. I have zero control
In the outcome. It was making me upset and bad games leaked into my overall mood.
I’m a much happier fan now. It’s frustrating watching them at times, but a good rum makes things better.
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The Eakins Oilers broke me of my emotional investment. I actually enjoy the games a lot more now. I know the Oilers are deeply flawed team with a couple really fun players to watch. Sometimes those players cover the problem, sometimes they don’t. The true upside is the money I’ve saved.
Please do not feed the bears. Feeding the bears creates a dependent population unable to survive on their own. Bears.
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tardigrade81
Messages: 2266
Registered: November 2022
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan
2 Cups
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8:30 start time.... Holy smokes another late one for me, might be able to see the first period and then go to bed lmao.
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Babaganoosh2.0
Messages: 396
Registered: December 2018
Location: Southern AB
No Cups
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| CrusaderPi wrote on Wed, 21 December 2022 12:55 |
| inverno76 wrote on Wed, 21 December 2022 11:21 |
| CrusaderPi wrote on Wed, 21 December 2022 10:41 |
| inverno76 wrote on Wed, 21 December 2022 10:39 |
Just picked up a fresh jug of spiced rum and a 2L of eggnog. Should make tonight's game bearable.
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Great point. Oilers games, especially during Christmas, should be enjoyable. Remember, they're a unit of entertainment not an emotional investment. I'm 5 or 6 days behind on my beer advent calendar, so I'm covered.
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Last season, during our annual December decline I made a point to no longer make it an emotional investment. I have zero control
In the outcome. It was making me upset and bad games leaked into my overall mood.
I’m a much happier fan now. It’s frustrating watching them at times, but a good rum makes things better.
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The Eakins Oilers broke me of my emotional investment. I actually enjoy the games a lot more now. I know the Oilers are deeply flawed team with a couple really fun players to watch. Sometimes those players cover the problem, sometimes they don’t. The true upside is the money I’ve saved.
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Pretty much how I take these games. They are what they are. Take em for what it's worth. I used to watch every single minute of every game. Now I just channel surf and maybe catch the last period. Honestly this team was more fun to watch when we had Ryan Smyth, Ethan Moreau and Jason Smith over achieving then watching these sad sacks under achieve.
[Updated on: Wed, 21 December 2022 13:45]
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RDOilerfan
Messages: 3908
Registered: January 2016
3 Cups
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What is Pavelski taking? The guy is 38, has 11 goals, 31 pts in 33 games. That's crazy!
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Skookum Jim
Messages: 4421
Registered: March 2006
Location: Burnaby, BC
4 Cups
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Likely won't watch this one in real time.. could get fugly.. Oiler D can't handle a physical forecheck to save their bacon.
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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Unless some players are held accountable with press box time I expect the same D breakdowns of late since the opponent is actually a good one tonight. Good point about not getting too emotionally invested as we have no bearing on the outcome. Probably going to have a couple Xmass drinks during this also. Happy Holidays you people! 
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kungpaobenji27
Messages: 340
Registered: August 2003
Location: Irving, Texas
No Cups
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Odd late start....this type of start time usually results in weird bounces for both teams.
Lucky to get discounted tickets from a personal contact....but seeing how we're so close to Xmas, players from both teams will possess a ton of family in attendance which drove up prices big time.
Stars just got back from a 5 game roadie on the east coast so they could be a bit off? That's HOPEFULLY one thing we can bank off of.....
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NetBOG
Messages: 2951
Registered: January 2006
Location: Parts Unknown
2 Cups
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Seems it's late start to accommodate TNT. Should feel like a normal start time for Oilers.
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