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 OilFans
Messages: 1776
Registered: February 2006
Location: Edmonton
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Login To Make Your Prediction2024-25P Regular Season| Wednesday, May 21, 2025 | Edmonton 3 @ Dallas 6 | Loss | | Friday, May 23, 2025 | Edmonton @ Dallas | | Sunday, May 25, 2025 | Dallas @ Edmonton | | Tuesday, May 27, 2025 | Dallas @ Edmonton | | Thursday, May 29, 2025 | Edmonton @ Dallas | | Saturday, May 31, 2025 | Dallas @ Edmonton | | Monday, June 2, 2025 | Edmonton @ Dallas |
Home Record: 0-0-0 Road Record: 0-1-0 Overall Record: 0-1-0
Home / Road Goals For: 0/3 Total: 3
Home / Road Goals Against: 0/6 Total: 62023-24 Regular Season| Thursday, November 2, 2023 | Dallas 4 @ Edmonton 3 | Loss | | Saturday, February 17, 2024 | Edmonton 4 @ Dallas 3 (OT) | Win | | Wednesday, April 3, 2024 | Edmonton 0 @ Dallas 5 | Loss |
Home Record: 0-1-0 Road Record: 1-1-0 Overall Record: 1-2-0
Home / Road Goals For: 3/4 Total: 7
Home / Road Goals Against: 4/8 Total: 12 |
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NZ Oiler Fan
Messages: 1358
Registered: October 2006
Location: Summerside, PEI
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Hooray, a decent start time for once!
Need to restock the beer fridge
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Hibernia
Messages: 144
Registered: October 1998
Location: Sin John's
No Cups
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| NZ Oiler Fan wrote on Wed, 21 May 2025 08:15 |
Hooray, a decent start time for once!
Need to restock the beer fridge
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...and I'm still gonna end up watching the game late into the night as my own sports schedule doesn't end until 11pm tonight.  Gotta love the PVR!
What happened to all of my messages? lol (I guess it's been awhile) BlueSky: StefBarnes
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Leia
Messages: 464
Registered: May 2003
Location: England
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| NZ Oiler Fan wrote on Wed, 21 May 2025 04:45 |
Hooray, a decent start time for once!
Need to restock the beer fridge
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For once I'm slightly upset at this start time. Got a Europa League Cup final to watch from 8pm our time, it may not finish till 10.30 or even later. I've no time to get to bed for any sleep before the game.....Tonight I'd be very happy with a 3am start for me. 
A split on the road would be a good thing for us, would love us to do what we did against Vegas and win every road game, but just can't see it. Got a sneaking feeling we'll see Ekholm, all the talk of game 3 seems like a smoke screen.
Take me home, country road
to the place where I belong
to Alberta, to see the Oilers
take me home, country road
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tardigrade81
Messages: 3283
Registered: November 2022
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan
3 Cups
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Doubt we put up a ton of goals. Judy hope Skinner plays great and the defense continues to play Great
Calling it
Oilers 3
Stars 2
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Hibernia
Messages: 144
Registered: October 1998
Location: Sin John's
No Cups
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| Leia wrote on Wed, 21 May 2025 09:45 |
Got a sneaking feeling we'll see Ekholm, all the talk of game 3 seems like a smoke screen.
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Given the nature of Ekholm's injury (probably a groin... given the early attempts at playing) I wouldn't be at all shocked if they did hold him back for Game 3, just to be sure that he's as close to 100% as he's going to get without an off-season to heal. That said, they might also do what the Stars did the last round and ease him in by going 11-7.
If they go 11-7, who comes out? Using the last in, first out idea, it would be Kapanen, but do you really sit the guy who just scored the OT series winning goal in his last game? I don't think I would. I could see Frederic drawing the short straw in that scenario.
What happened to all of my messages? lol (I guess it's been awhile) BlueSky: StefBarnes
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Kr55
Messages: 11737
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
6 Cups
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| Hibernia wrote on Wed, 21 May 2025 09:30 |
| Leia wrote on Wed, 21 May 2025 09:45 |
Got a sneaking feeling we'll see Ekholm, all the talk of game 3 seems like a smoke screen.
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Given the nature of Ekholm's injury (probably a groin... given the early attempts at playing) I wouldn't be at all shocked if they did hold him back for Game 3, just to be sure that he's as close to 100% as he's going to get without an off-season to heal. That said, they might also do what the Stars did the last round and ease him in by going 11-7.
If they go 11-7, who comes out? Using the last in, first out idea, it would be Kapanen, but do you really sit the guy who just scored the OT series winning goal in his last game? I don't think I would. I could see Frederic drawing the short straw in that scenario.
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Probably would do Frederic too. Probably our least impactful forward last series. As much as it's fun to see some hits, far more important to get Ekholm going. Frederic may have some of his own healing to do still as well.
"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: 5963
Registered: May 2009
Location: YEG
5 Cups
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Just. Must. Win.
The team knows Dallas wants revenge for last year. Dallas will try to harness the Must from the Stars but the mighty Oil will drill for their Must.
Survivor CHAMP S52 | S66
OG's #MUSTWIN Scale
Category 1 - Lightly Musty
Category 2 - Moderately Musty
Category 3 - Considerably Musty
Category 4 - Severely Musty
Category 5 - Incredibly Musty
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NZ Oiler Fan
Messages: 1358
Registered: October 2006
Location: Summerside, PEI
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We always seem to start slow after an extended break. Just hope we don't dig ourselves too deep of a hole before we find our game again.
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tardigrade81
Messages: 3283
Registered: November 2022
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan
3 Cups
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Winning game one on the road would be huge!!!!
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NZ Oiler Fan
Messages: 1358
Registered: October 2006
Location: Summerside, PEI
1 Cup
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Ugh, Connor Brown is a game time decision. Not ideal.
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Skookum Jim
Messages: 5025
Registered: March 2006
Location: Burnaby, BC
5 Cups
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| NZ Oiler Fan wrote on Wed, 21 May 2025 11:24 |
Ugh, Connor Brown is a game time decision. Not ideal.
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Bob says he expects Brown to play.. 👍
Issue was a blocked shot from last game..
McDAVID! Oh YEAH Baby!! (Thank you Lord!)
Tic-Tac-Tao!
Keep on Rockin' in the Free World
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Suomalainen
Messages: 945
Registered: May 2002
Location: Boulder, CO
No Cups
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expecting the slow start, hopefully the push at the end brings a win.
Keep rolling all 18 skaters, and tire them out as Dallas likes to push the top guys.
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