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GDT: Game #70 - Kraken @ Oilers - 8PM - All Decks On Hand

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On its face, the fwds look like poor decisions by knob. Perry and Hyman together seems redundant, J Skinner deserves top 6 time. But I'll give Knob the benefit of the doubt until we see it play out. Maybe with more minutes having Skinner there gives us 3 lines that can score, seeing as Skinner can create on his own as well as anyone we have right now.

On D, I'm still saying we should split up Ek/Bouch, and even moreso now with McDrai out, to improve depth on the backend. Nurse-Walman hasn't won me over.

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Kulak-Stecher/Walman
 
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Pip said:
Surprised to see Skinner back in the bottom 6.
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That’s what scoring 2 goals gets him. He was in the bottom 6 the third period last game and Perry was bumped up. I have liked Perry this year- but he had problems the whole game trying to keep up. Seattle is also speedy- having him in the top 6 again is going to be an issue
 
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TopShelfGloveSide said:
Oof. Just gotta hold onto the fact that those forward lines will eventually have McDavid, Drai, Frederic and Kane in them.

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Its Seattle. Surviving should be entirely plausible. Time for a lot of forwards on this club to wake up and show why they are still here.
 
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EXTRAS said:
Why is skinner starting again? Grrr
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No idea honestly. Do they have to care about his mental wellbeing to the degree in which they had to with Campbell? If so he should be booted to Robidas Island with him.

He is objectively worse than Pickard, who is a journeyman, barely scraping by, only in the NHL because the Edmonton Oilers have no goalies level player...let that sink in.

His statistics are far worse, but more importantly -- he isn't consistent. On any given night he can completely sewer you with multiple backbreaking, unacceptable goals against. How many times did we see it in the playoffs? Too many, that's what. In my opinion his flailing cost us the Cup in game 7 but that's another topic in itself.

He is the 'goalie of the future' but doesn't play like it. He has the homegrown pedigree that Pickard doesn't, but he hasn't proven to us that he is worthy of being in the net over Pickard. Surely this is our pathetic excuse of a goalie coach being his long time mentor and family friend wanting a feel good story, rather than him objectively believing Skinner gives us a better chance to win hockey games. We have multiple seasons worth of games now to know he doesn't.
 
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That’s what scoring 2 goals gets him. He was in the bottom 6 the third period last game and Perry was bumped up. I have liked Perry this year- but he had problems the whole game trying to keep up. Seattle is also speedy- having him in the top 6 again is going to be an issue
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Agreed. Perry has had a great year but there are diminishing returns when his ice time increases. Keep him in the bottom 6 and bump him up situationally.
 
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jeffff said:
Am I the only one that is excited to see what they can do. I'm definitely not happy about McDrai being out but this could be a blessing in disguise.

They played great in the 3rd period last game, if they can play great today and win......it will go a long way. This might be EXACTLY what the team needs for a few games.

That being said, if we score 1 goal a game for the next 4....it could be bad lol.
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Not to be pessimistic, but that was an adrenaline filled 20 minutes. This will be more realistic, to try and get by for 60, or more. However, optimistically, it's Seattle.:D
 
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jeffff said:
Am I the only one that is excited to see what they can do. I'm definitely not happy about McDrai being out but this could be a blessing in disguise.

They played great in the 3rd period last game, if they can play great today and win......it will go a long way. This might be EXACTLY what the team needs for a few games.

That being said, if we score 1 goal a game for the next 4....it could be bad lol.
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tbh excited isn't what I'm feeling. I do follow the blessing thing being it FORCES the rest of the forward lineup to stand up and fight. We need that.

This is a pretty terrible Seattle team that is out of playoffs and nothing to play for and often looking like it. Nights I've seen Seattle they've been horrible. It should be possible to rise up in this one.
 
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Pip said:
Surprised was probably the wrong word but with 2 players gone from the top 6 and coming off a 2 goal performance I thought even Knob wouldn’t dare. Would love to see someone question Knob on this.
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Knob has quickly fallen into place like the previous coaches before him. Broken record!
 
The fact that our wings are more embarrassing than our center depth really says something considering we’re missing the 2 best centers in the NHL
 
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