Pre-Game Talk: Edmonton vs Vegas

[MikeS24]

That Twitter account sounds like some 12 year olds when they tweet lol.

 

[Oilhawks]

That Twitter account sounds like some 12 year olds when they tweet lol.

"Believe us or we'll have a tantrum"

 

[Sheikyerbouti]

They are going to try Skinner again at some point. People need to just accept that it will happen because it's guaranteed imo

In the first two games of the LA series we were selling the middle of the ice for free.

 

[bellagiobob]

I seriously believe these guys are stirring the pot for social media clicks. If Skinner were to play m a pivotal opening series game after Pickard did what he did last series , this clown org is really f***ed in the head. I would watch the game but he would be a Must win for me to invest any more time this play off season. That’s just where 74 sits with me. He’s uselsss.

These guys also tried to drum up a controversy last round, and it was horseshit. We need to stop posting their crap here, just giving them needless oxygen.

 

[KCC]

They are going to try Skinner again at some point. People need to just accept that it will happen because it's guaranteed imo

In the first two games of the LA series we were selling the middle of the ice for free.

Well the other reason is at some point Pickard is (likely) going to tire out. Who knows how long he can handle the grind. But I guess we will see. One game at a time.

 

[1981 Oilers]

I seriously believe these guys are stirring the pot for social media clicks. If Skinner were to play m a pivotal opening series game after Pickard did what he did last series , this clown org is really f***ed in the head. I would watch the game but he would be a Must win for me to invest any more time this play off season. That’s just where 74 sits with me. He’s uselsss.

Holy sweet dog fuk. If Skinner starts, after how Pickard came up big for us, what a gong show we are. You can tell McDavid wants Pickard in there. You have to run with Pickard now . He has earned it until proven otherwise.
On another note, has Vegas line-up for tonight been released? I'm reading Dorofeyev could be out for all or most of series. That is big. Leading goal scorer with 35 goals.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

A follow up. Who is JM?

Funny how they frame their original post as if they have some sort of inside information but when challenged they shift to stating they are merely repeating what some mysterious JM said.

Proper reporting would have been to have said JM reports Smilin’ Stu is said to be starting Game 1 but they want to look like Insiderrrrrzzzzz - until they are wrong.

Hilarious clown show.

 

[CupofOil]

Man imagine Rantanen on a line with McDrai? Or just either one of them.

He wasn’t looking very good until recently but you knew he’d come around. Big win for Dallas

Yeah he'd look nice here in the short term but that contract is going to be atrocious. I think we'll look back on it that the Oilers dodged a major bullet by not landing him although if he would have brought the Oilers a Cup who would have cared about the next 8 years. Ah well, moving on...

 

[MessierII]

Stuey will 100% make an appearance at some point if we make a deep run but there’s no chance he’s starting game 1

 

[nally]

Apparently the Oilers raised hell with SN and Rogers by not using Jack and our team for our games while everyone else got to keep theirs. I am not sure who Singh replaced but I cannot imagine Jets fans are very happy losing their guys.

Watching game 7 of the Jets series reminded me how much I HATED listening to that muppet

 

[CupofOil]

Knobber saying Ekholm definitively not available this round, as was reported by other sources previously (Knob himself initially said he was “doubtful”), so safe to assume he is still looking at at least 2 more weeks of recovery, possibly more.

He's probably done for the season. If it's been keeping him out this long knowing the warrior he is, it's serious and will probably need an offseason of rehab/surgery to correct it. I know this to be true, I'm not a doctor but I play one on HFOil.

 

[94 Oil Drops]

“We are hearing” as if the starting goalie in Game 1 is widely talked about such that they would hear word of this through the grapevine and be able to confirm it to report.

They aren’t hearing anything, but they’re seeing their clicks scale up because of it.

I seriously believe these guys are stirring the pot for social media clicks. If Skinner were to play m a pivotal opening series game after Pickard did what he did last series , this clown org is really f***ed in the head. I would watch the game but he would be a Must win for me to invest any more time this play off season. That’s just where 74 sits with me. He’s uselsss.

I swear this kind of stuff is just rage bait. Guess we'll see soon enough.

 

[MikeS24]

They are going to try Skinner again at some point. People need to just accept that it will happen because it's guaranteed imo

In the first two games of the LA series we were selling the middle of the ice for free.

I agree. He will play at some point

Not just the middle. He couldn't even save far cross ice unscreened one timers from the blue line

There is only one thing a coach should tell his team. Cross ice passes boys. Make him move, like kuzmenko said

Its up to coffey and Knob to devise a plan to stop those (they should be trying to cut those seams off regardless)

 

[94 Oil Drops]

Martin Scorsese would probably offer Bob a role in his next gangster movie if he randomly came across this tweet.

 

[ArthurAnyMoreDonuts]

Someone needs to add explosions behind him lol

 

[jukon]

I have to go into each round and each game with the expectation that we will lose. Optimism isn't an option anymore. It's how I cope.

 

[nally]

ADAM LAOOOOO-REEEEEEEeeeeeeeEeeeeeeeeeeeeee

EXACTLY!!! Man, that was cask strength, ear poison

 

[bone]

Florida is so f***ing dirty. I hate the Leafs but I am totally cheers for them.

It takes a special kind of team to get fans of other Canadian teams to actually cheer for Toronto. I'm not sure I'm cheering for them, but I'm certainly not cheering against Toronto either.

 

[bone]

Wow these guys are little bitches. They reported it as their sources and now that it might be wrong they're passing the buck lol.

Didn't they also report that Holloway and Broberg were signing extensions last summer too? Everyone thinks they are an "insider"

I blame Eklund and his fake rumors site. Made all these wannabe insiders believe they can make some money reporting on gut instinct and blamining on sources.

 

[9GWG9]

Dogging axes and filling the net!

Bring game 5 from last series and leave no doubt boys!

 

[nally]

This is the first time in the McDrai era that the team is going up against a team that has previously beaten them in the playoffs. I'm hoping beyond hope that provides that extra spark that leads to a good start in this series.

Great point, thanks for that

 

[ConnorNova0929]

The last thing the breakfast buffet sees.

 

[AddyTheWrath]

Yeah he'd look nice here in the short term but that contract is going to be atrocious. I think we'll look back on it that the Oilers dodged a major bullet by not landing him although if he would have brought the Oilers a Cup who would have cared about the next 8 years. Ah well, moving on...

Would he somehow help the Oilers keep the puck out of their net?

 

[AddyTheWrath]

He's probably done for the season. If it's been keeping him out this long knowing the warrior he is, it's serious and will probably need an offseason of rehab/surgery to correct it. I know this to be true, I'm not a doctor but I play one on HFOil.

FWIW knob said they’re “very optimistic” he’ll rejoin the team later on in the playoffs if they advance

 

[bellagiobob]