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 Adam
Messages: 7757
Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
6 Cups
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| oilfan94 wrote on Mon, 17 November 2025 10:11 |
| Adam wrote on Mon, 17 November 2025 12:09 |
Here's the lines as of this morning:
Savoie-McDavid-Hyman
Podkolzin-Draisaitl-Roslovic
Mangiapane-Henrique-Frederic
Janmark-Philp-Lazar
Ekholm-Bouchard
Nurse-Walman
Kulak-Regula
Skinner
I'm not sure why we are so set on filling the bottom six with players who aren't going to contribute anything meaningful. Henrique is getting pretty old and slow. Frederic's been invisible other then when he was getting punched in the face in Columbus. Janmark's always been a black hole for offence - was it only one goal last year with a goalie in the net? And Lazar is a borderline NHLer at this stage of the game. There's some talk about how Mangiapane hasn't done a lot this year but look who he's playing with now? That's grim.
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I am willing to give Mangiapane a little more of a pass. He has had some good flashes when playing with good linemates, and he can move up the line up if needed and not look out of place. Can you say that about any of the rest of them? Would be great if he clicked on the 3rd line with Nuge a bit and we could roll 3 lines.
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Tomasek and Howard haven't produced as much as we hoped but they at least occasionally generate chances. That fourth line is going to get caved in. It's just an exercise in hoping the other team doesn't score while we wait for the good players to catch their breath.
I don't know how the Oilers are still so stuck in the past with their belief in old, slow forwards who just fill out the ranks. The fourth line should be used to break in young talent. Then you can figure out what you actually have there. This lineup looks significantly better with Janmark and Lazar out.
"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
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