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 Skookum Jim
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Registered: March 2006
Location: Burnaby, BC
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| benv wrote on Sat, 19 September 2026 12:17 |
Bit of a mixed lineup for the first pre-season game.
McDavid, Draisaitl, Podkolzin, Bouchard, Shea, and Jarry are playing, but the rest are more bubble players, fighting for their spot:
Forwards
Draisaitl - McDavid - Podkolzin
Formenton - Dach - Joseph
Jones - Samanski - Howard
Nicholl - Michaels - Griffith
Defence
Shea - Bouchard
Stastney - Emberson
Stillman - Brown
Goalies
Jarry
Tomkins
Most interesting thing will be to see what kind of reception Formenton gets from the home crowd in his first game. I had speculated the Oilers would ease him in by giving him just the road pre-season games to start, but obviously not.
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Beauty goal by Formenton, sick backhand sift move.. he's the 2nd fastest man on the team.. top 5% in NHL speed .. he's going to be a force on the PK.. you can't put pressure on the point men if you're slow.. that killed us last year.. the PK'er's were too slow and had to stay down low in a tight box.. PK got hammered..
Formenton is going to replace what we had with McLeod, except better skill and much more physicality.. I predict he'll make to the top 6 by end of season just based on raw speed and skill.
Regarding reception you mentioned.. from the replay I saw of his goal the crowd cheered
I listened to the game.. sounded like Shea played well.. got a goal and played solid defence.. look forward to watch the next pre-season game.
btw saw Stauffer on Oilers Video.. man that guy lost a ton of weight.. he went from 3 chins down to just 1 .. he's a shadow.. he said on his show it was almost all diet and excercise.. tried teh Ozempic for a few weeks and didn't like it.. he started last May.. lost something like 50 lbs I think .. 👍🏻
[Updated on: Sat, 19 September 2026 21:26]
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