Pre-Game Talk: Oil Humble / Royal Rumble: Sat, Jan 28

[The Panther]

I predict 5-1 Oilers.

Chicago has horrible team defence (yes, much worse than Edmonton's!) and is extremely porous. Since the Oilers should be motivated after the Columbus embarrassment, I expect they'll be taking it to Chicago pretty hard.

 

[Cloned]

The Pacific is once again a gong show this year. 1-5 are going to be separated by like 5 points.

 

[Soundwave]

I’ll stick to these bad boys.

Not bad. A bit too much blue/orange for my taste, and the orange is a little off, but cool.

The white Oilers colors with the blue and orange accents has always screamed "this the Oilers" to me, it's so ingrained from the 80s.

 

[tardigrade81]

I predict 5-1 Oilers.

Chicago has horrible team defence (yes, much worse than Edmonton's!) and is extremely porous. Since the Oilers should be motivated after the Columbus embarrassment, I expect they'll be taking it to Chicago pretty hard.

Maybe Campbell will get a shut out

 

[FlameChampion]

I think Skinner has still been fine but I find he struggles to close games out. Is that just me thinking this?

Campbell and Skinner seem like opposites to me.

Skinner starts well but has tendency of letting in the game tieing or game winning goals.

Campbell tends to struggle to start games. But I don’t recall him letting in many back breaking tieing goals or game winning goals when the Oilers are up.

Would be interesting to see the stats. I don’t recall Campbell having many bad third periods. I could be wrong though.

 

[tardigrade81]

Let’s hope Nurse has a decent game

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

Let’s hope Nurse has a decent game
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He’s 2nd in the league behind Erik Karlsson. It’s been bad.

 

[Delicious Pancakes]

Let’s hope Nurse has a decent game
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I'm more scared of what Bouchard is baking. Hopefully it's just some apples and top cheddar for the Oilers and not cookies for the Hawks.

 

[BudBundy]

Lmao their coffee is horrrific on the guts too. I rarely drink it anymore

Tim Hortons is a joke. They are as “Canadian” as quesadillas. They have a sham headquarters in Toronto but the biggest owner is a Brazilian company 3G Capital) that is notorious for cost cutting. That’s why Tim’s quality is now on par with dishwater and sawdust. Their community involvement is a shadow of what it once was. Their franchise owners get to pay through the nose for garbage equipment and a crappy product. It’s a shame. Tim is rolling in his grave.

 

[PaPaDee]

Oilers lose again, 6-4.

 

[Mowzie]

Tim Hortons is a joke. They are as “Canadian” as quesadillas. They have a sham headquarters in Toronto but the biggest owner is a Brazilian company 3G Capital) that is notorious for cost cutting. That’s why Tim’s quality is now on par with dishwater and sawdust. Their community involvement is a shadow of what it once was. Their franchise owners get to pay through the nose for garbage equipment and a crappy product. It’s a shame. Tim is rolling in his grave.

I don’t understand how they’re constantly busy. It’s such a shit product that prioritizes quick service over quality or accuracy.

 

[fuswald]

No more gdt it seems. Guess this is it.

Stampede wrestling was good entertainment.
Geoff Portz was my guy.
Pro Wrestling Fandom

 

[brentashton]

Maybe Campbell will get a shut out

you had to go there? I hope your A & W‘ing it tonight to correct the karma.

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

Maybe Campbell will get a shut out

That’s not cool haha

 

[brentashton]

No more gdt it seems. Guess this is it.

Stampede wrestling was good entertainment.
Geoff Portz was my guy.
Pro Wrestling Fandom

I think “we“ had this discussion once before in a different thread, but Stampede Wrestling was authentically good.

And for the record, Tiger Tomasso and Killer Kowalski were my guys.

 

[ZJuice]

BLOG: Kostin converts another fan at Oilers Photo Day | Edmonton Oilers

The forward offered up his own jersey to replace a Flames fan's during a funny interaction at Oilers Photo Day presented by Scotiabank on Thursday

www.nhl.com

Funny article. Kostin was highsticked by McDavid Friday and potentially needed stitches on his lip at the time of the interview, but said:

"I'm really proud to get high stick from the best player in the world."

Later the article mentions his role in the locker room and then:

"They hide from me in the locker room," Klim said. "I'm coming in the morning and I'm looking for them. They're hiding. They're like, 'Oh my god, this guy again?'"

Guess who the article is talking about there lol. There is a super fan in the locker room no doubt, if Kostin is traded we know who is responsible

 

[GrumpyKoala]

If am reading it correctly Skinner start?

I do hope I am NOT reading that correctly.

 

[GrumpyKoala]

Not bad. A bit too much blue/orange for my taste, and the orange is a little off, but cool.

The white Oilers colors with the blue and orange accents has always screamed "this the Oilers" to me, it's so ingrained from the 80s.

Yes, the color palette is a bit off putting and definitely no consider good taste by today standard but it is what make those jersey great.

This is retro and beautiful

 

[soothsayer]

Chicago will one day make the Oilers pay for that 8-4 drubbing 11 years ago (wtf?), and perhaps some tweener like Taylor Raddysh will score 9 points, but it is not this day.

 

[tardigrade81]

you had to go there? I hope your A & W‘ing it tonight to correct the karma.

Il getting an and W. I need to back this up lol

Tim Hortons is a joke. They are as “Canadian” as quesadillas. They have a sham headquarters in Toronto but the biggest owner is a Brazilian company 3G Capital) that is notorious for cost cutting. That’s why Tim’s quality is now on par with dishwater and sawdust. Their community involvement is a shadow of what it once was. Their franchise owners get to pay through the nose for garbage equipment and a crappy product. It’s a shame. Tim is rolling in his grave.

I do enjoy the quesadilla burger from Applebees however

He’s 2nd in the league behind Erik Karlsson. It’s been bad.

Wow….

 

[AddyTheWrath]

 

[GMofOilers]

Thank god

 

[brentashton]

Thank god.

EDIT - didn’t see the above post. I’ll say thank L. Ron Hubbard then, I guess..

 

[Harry Curry]

Yes, the color palette is a bit off putting and definitely no consider good taste by today standard but it is what make those jersey great.

The color scheme was chosen thanks to a tentative sponsorship deal with Gulf Oil. Senior executives at Gulf nixxed the deal at the final approval stage. At that point the Oilers said meh. Good enough. The colour scheme stuck.

 

[fresh meat]

It would have been bizarre if he didn’t get the start