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 Rocksteady
Messages: 649
Registered: March 2007
No Cups
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| Hibernia wrote on Fri, 06 June 2025 08:31 |
I just saw a video preview on TSN asking if 97 and 29 would stay together in Game 2. I didn't watch it, so, maybe I'm echoing those thoughts. Maybe I'm saying something original.
I'd leave them together against the Panthers. Maurice has made a big deal about the fact that he won't line match. Well, if he's comfortable putting out any line against any line the Oilers can throw out there, why not load up one line and see if he's still comfortable not chasing match-ups? Knobs seems okay playing RNH at Centre on the 2nd line. If the Oilers depth lines can tread water a loaded up MVP line should be able to win their minutes and possibly tilt the ice in the Oilers favour.
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In my humble not understanding hockey and wrong about everything Oilers opinion, I wouldn't. I would mix 97 and 29 in there in parts of the game making the Panthers guess when they are going to together and when they think they figure it out mix it up again. You have to use last change to every advantage and doing this would leverage your bench against the panthers.
The Panthers are relentless and they are a hard checking team. The team needs to exceed their grit and tenacity at every step and you can bet the Panthers can get deep on how nasty they can be.
The Oilers need to be nastier, meaner, and far more grittier to withstand the oncoming horde is coming at them. Stick close to the puck, manage your gaps, and take risks once in a while to keep your opponent off kilter.
Win just one game. That's all then need to do is win one more game.
The very definition of insanity is doing the exact same thing expecting different results.
Generally Disappointed.
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