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GDT: Game #50 - Kraken@Oilers - 7:30 PM MT - The Hotrod returns

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Oilhawks said:
One of my biggest complaints is a slight over reliance on the McDrai stack at times, though it has paid off. Would like Pickard to start a bit more but that’s not all his decision either, of course
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In the past, I was with you. But lately I think he's doing it moreso to develop chemistry on the other lines so that when he needs to go nuclear, it's not one line pushing the flow then the rest hanging on for their lives, and as such we've started to see production occasionally out of different alignments with RNH or Henrique centring their own lines.
 
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Shanahanigans said:
With the forward core we currently have, here's how I would do it.

Henrique-Mcdavid-Hyman
Podkolzin-Draisaitl-Arvidsson
Skinner-RNH-Brown
Kapanen-Philip-Perry

Janmark

Janmark is a black hole offensively, and Knob is a very risk averse coach so I get why he loves him. Long term, I'd like to shore up line 3. I don't like Skinner or Henrique in this forward group, they don't bring enough IMO, but the rest are fine. If we can shore up the 3rd line and 2nd pair D I think we're sitting pretty for the playoffs. Maybe another scoring winger for Drai but we don't have the assets for everything, so.
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Janmark and Brown are the leaders on our bottom six. I don't see them sitting. The team likes Henrique, Perry and Arvidsson. Philp is a center. So it amounts to Kapanen vs Skinner. Kapanen is RW vs Skinner LW

I'd think we'd want Skinner to play I do see value in sitting veterans just to keep them fresher. RNH or Henrique come to mind. Perry probably should
 
Drivesaitl said:
The bottomsix really needs Janmark speed and his invaluable work on pk. Harder player to take out. Kapanen made some star moves in recent games. Not gonna take him out. Skinner has no niche roles on the club. Hes' established none.

My take is Skinner is on borrowed time here. Probably gets packaged going out on a TDL move. Really when the team scratched him on the mothers trip it was a major statement I thought. Unfortunately its one that Skinner had deserved.
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Speaking of mothers trips...

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Mr Positive said:
Janmark and Brown are the leaders on our bottom six. I don't see them sitting. The team likes Henrique, Perry and Arvidsson. Philp is a center. So it amounts to Kapanen vs Skinner. Kapanen is RW vs Skinner LW

I'd think we'd want Skinner to play I do see value in sitting veterans just to keep them fresher. RNH or Henrique come to mind. Perry probably should
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Regarding Janmark if you can’t score at all then it’s hard for me to rate him as anything other than a fourth liner, regardless of what else he brings.
 
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Pip said:
Regarding Janmark if you can’t score at all then it’s hard for me to rate him as anything other than a fourth liner, regardless of what else he brings.
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That's fair, but for now he does enough to be a fourth liner that shouldn't be pressboxed.

If someone comes along that can do everything he does defensively and without making mistakes that turn into goals, while also scoring, then fine. But right now Skinner's not even close to that guy and more nights than not Kapanen isn't either, though he's a better option than Janmark in situations where offense is a higher priority (ie. bumps up to top lines for in game injuries).
 
OilerTyler said:
Bringing their moms to Edmonton in January seems unnecessarily cruel.

I feel like the Oilers usually plan theirs when they are going to somewhere warm/nice.
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Are the Kraken cheap? Thanks millionaire sons for taking me to Edmonton in late January. And then they are home tomorrow, seems like a shitty trip.
 
bone said:
That's fair, but for now he does enough to be a fourth liner that shouldn't be pressboxed.

If someone comes along that can do everything he does defensively and without making mistakes that turn into goals, while also scoring, then fine. But right now Skinner's not even close to that guy.
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Plus the bottom six needs his skating. He drives that line
 
timekeep said:
Are the Kraken cheap? Thanks millionaire sons for taking me to Edmonton in late January. And then they are home tomorrow, seems like a shitty trip.
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Lol. That does seem crazy cheap. They also played in Seattle on Saturday afternoon, so it's a 1-game road trip where they get to spend a Saturday in Seattle and a Sunday in Edmonton in January.

It's also the mid-point of a 10 game segment with 9 games at home, so it must be moreso about having them visit in Seattle.
 
bone said:
His skating is certainly underrated. He does push defenders back a little with it, he just doesn't do a lot with the space it creates.
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It's very common for him to carry the puck from the D zone to the offensive zone and that allows for a line change, or a quick shot on the goalie that turns into a whistle. That gives the scoring lines an advantage, and of course it's an important aspect of the PK
 
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Lol. That does seem crazy cheap. They also played in Seattle on Saturday afternoon, so it's a 1-game road trip where they get to spend a Saturday in Seattle and a Sunday in Edmonton in January.

It's also the mid-point of a 10 game segment with 9 games at home, so it must be moreso about having them visit in Seattle.
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So a mom's visit versus a Mom's trip. Seems cheap as its only on game, I don't know the facts but seems like these are usually two games and somewhere nicer than Edmonton. Not Winnipeg...
 
Lay Z Boy GM said:
Kinda shitty how they’re treating JS to be honest. What’s he supposed to do?

I’d think twice about signing in Edmonton as a FA.
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The Oilers have had many success stories signing FAs. Just because JS has had this “experience” doesn’t mean others won’t sign in Edmonton. Gee, some potential astute FAs might even look in and say they can understand why Edmonton isn’t playing Skinner.

Even since he signed, the Oilers have been the first choice of Kapanen and Klingberg to sign and restart their careers. Hardly suggests that it’s not a preferred spot to sign as a FA.
 
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