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 Adam
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Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
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| Rocksteady wrote on Thu, 25 September 2025 09:21 |
It was drilled in on the radio where it was said by many pundits, if you stick 97 and 29 on the same line you've lost already.
Some of those voices have changed their tune saying "it's not for the full season". To me, it's like saying a 10 storey building is on fire, and then someone saying yeah, it's only on fire the first 3 floors, it's not the WHOLE BUILDING! Only to find the building condemned.
They are being deliberately obtuse, we all know it's not going to last a full season however, on that thought it gives the "extreme overreaction" lens to the fans to the comment.
You simply do not start them together and get them to used to it.
The fact Kobby is doing this even in the preseason (after a very uninspired effort) I feel he doesn't trust the rest of the group to do offence by committee; something winners are made.
If the Oilers need a good start to the season you need to do a better effort than to mail it in even in preseason. Okay, okay, maybe an overreaction there.
Hot take: 29 is the captain in waiting when Connor leaves.
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I don't care at all what lines they run during pre-season. For the veterans, this is just a Sunday skate to get their legs moving again. For the rookies and the bubble guys, they're getting played in a bunch of different spots so the coaching staffs can try to figure out how they fit in the depth chart.
The team won't want to give teams much of a sneak peek at anything interesting they're doing with regards to set plays, powerplay set-ups, etc. so they're just going to throw people over the board with less prep than normal and let them play some shinny.
I don't think that Knoblauch cares any more than I do whether they win a pre-season game against Seattle. As long as no roster players got hurt, that's the win to me.
"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
#FireBobbyNicks
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