Post-Game Talk: Mile High Club

[FiveFourteenSixOne]

Bowness is a good add. Strong hockey mind.
Ron MacLean can just f*** off at any time. Spineless POS

I will hate his guts for eternity over how he treated Grapes.

 

[Frank the Tank]

Honestly, how do you trade that guy for 4th? Cheap contract, first rounder, works his ass off....

That's the downside of having a coach like Tocchet. He feels like he can squeeze the best out of every player and, if they don't respond, they must be crap.

 

[sepHF]

The HNIC panel sure has a huge hard on for Parayko with these mock Team Canada rosters

 

[TheNumber4]

I still don't like Arvid. heh. I would really like to see Kapanen have a look with Drai too. Seems like his cycle game could really work with Leon. Nuge needs to be up on first line just for his 200ft game anyway. You can't have all riverboat gamblers on topline.

They were really buzzing together for a good 3, 4 games. Better puck luck and they might have had something special going there. Dude needs to stay healthy though.

 

[McFlash97]

Ahh yes. Good game. Solid all around. Maybe this season isn't a wash. Still need to get younger and a bit faster on the backend.

 

[Dieseloil]

Flames on 4 game losing streak lol. Lost to the penguins 6-2.

Phlegms are vastly overrated like usual

 

[CupofOil]

And at some point they’ll add Hyman, Kane and Ardvisson to the lineup.

Insane forward depth, just ridiculous lol.
With the way Podz and Kapanen are playing and with the playoffs 3rd line playing well again, I don't know where all the bodies are going to fit but....good problem to have

 

[BlackDogg]

The psychopaths couldn't take control of this game for the Avs.

 

[TheGingaNinja]

Drai cleaned up in the dot. Did you notice how many passes the Avs forced because Drai was plugging up the lanes? Drai had the puck a ton in the neutral zone which just shows he was in the right spot defensively.

His defensive game this year has been really good. Vastly underrated.

 

[Lay Z Boy GM]

Enough woke-speak…..tell us what you really think!

***** *** ***** ****!!

 

[Cloned]

I still don't like Arvid. heh. I would really like to see Kapanen have a look with Drai too. Seems like his cycle game could really work with Leon. Nuge needs to be up on first line just for his 200ft game anyway. You can't have all riverboat gamblers on topline.

Nuge is mostly washed. I don’t think he can handle playing against top lines consistently anymore.

 

[Drivesaitl]

Drai cleaned up in the dot. Did you notice how many passes the Avs forced because Drai was plugging up the lanes? Drai had the puck a ton in the neutral zone which just shows he was in the right spot defensively.

He was a tank all over the ice and controlling tempo and bossing puck. Even when he slows it down he's like "try and take it off me" AV's didn't have the structure tonight, or really the D size, to even contend. Games like this players like
Girard, Toews, etc look like clowns. Even Makar looked really off. The Oilers positioning and attention to detail tonight was playoff like. Best I've seen from the team by miles this season. Frustrating the AV's with structure. So much the AV's fans getting on their own team. Love that sequence where Girard behind his net not finding anything. No pass available. haha

 

[Dirk Dangler]

I agree completely. Yes they’ve tried Kane with Drai before and it wasn’t great, but if Drais other winger has good chemistry I think it would work. Kane just needs to play his game, be physical, hammer the puck on net as much as possible, they would be a tough line to handle.

I don’t know if this narrative is quite fair. Kane has been so injured the past couple years and it affected his play. Let’s see how they look together when Kane comes in healthy.

 

[Drivesaitl]

Nuge is mostly washed. I don’t think he can handle playing against top lines consistently anymore.

I don't agree. Which might surprise you. Nuge is guilty of picking his spots. He shouldn't, but he's pacing himself through the 82 game course. I don't think he's washed.

 

[Faelko]

Insane forward depth, just ridiculous lol.
With the way Podz and Kapanen are playing and with the playoffs 3rd line playing well again, I don't know where all the bodies are going to fit but....good problem to have

I assume a Fwd will go at the deadline in a deal for a D. Kapanen likely odd man out but boy I like his speed out there.

 

[TheNumber4]

Ahh yes. Good game. Solid all around. Maybe this season isn't a wash. Still need to get younger and a bit faster on the backend.

Podz and Kap have been a good injection of size and speed. We still got great coaching and the Twin Powers. If the Vet wingers start coming through and finding their groove, look out, we’ll be a wagon.

 

[AUAIOMRN]

Podgoalzin

Put-goals-in

 

[Cloned]

I don't agree. Which might surprise you. Nuge is guilty of picking his spots. He shouldn't, but he's pacing himself through the 82 game course. I don't think he's washed.

I think he’s lost a step and it’s affecting his ability to make those last second plays he’s used to making.

 

[McOilers97]

Kinda funny that the panel makes a point of saying that the Avs have a bunch of injuries, while not acknowledging that the Oilers are missing 3 of their 5 best wingers.

 

[nexttothemoon]

...and f*** off to none of those rosters having Bouchard as a dman on team Canada.

We all know these rosters are based on the here and now and like a big All Star game... so don't bs about "defensive abilities".

Makar is minus 2
Theodore is minus 2


Bouchard is #5 in scoring among Canadian dmen and is +4. He absolutely should be in consideration for that glorified All Star game series.

 

[TheNumber4]

Phlegms are vastly overrated like usual

I have them rated appropriately as talentless hacks.

 

[Faelko]

Kinda funny that the panel makes a point of saying that the Avs have a bunch of injuries, while not acknowledging that the Oilers are missing 3 of their 5 best wingers.

It’s cuz they hate us…

 

[Frank the Tank]

...and f*** off to none of those rosters having Bouchard as a dman on team Canada.

We all know these rosters are based on the here and now and like a big All Star game.. so don't bs about "defensive abilities".

Makar is minus 1
Theodore is minus 1


Bouchard is #5 in scoring among Canadian dmen and is +4. He absolutely should be in consideration for that glorified All Star game series.

Bouchard had a crap game against the Leafs, which happened to be the only one they watched.

 

[TheNumber4]

...and f*** off to none of those rosters having Bouchard as a dman on team Canada.

We all know these rosters are based on the here and now and like a big All Star game.. so don't bs about "defensive abilities".

Makar is minus 1
Theodore is minus 2


Bouchard is #5 in scoring among Canadian dmen and is +4. He absolutely should be in consideration for that glorified All Star game series.

I agree. But if they snub him his contract will be better. So whatevs. If the hockey world wants to keep sleeping on Bouch, it only helps the Oilers.

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

Emberson doing great work on the bottom pair. Got him lumped in when we dumped Ceci.

Kapanen seems to be fitting is nicely and we got him for free off waivers.

Podz has been great and we got him for a 4th.

That’s tidy work by Bowman.