I really like the idea of Janmark - Henrique - Brown. I think that's gonna be a great line.
4th leaves something to be desired though. Also don't like McLeod at C.
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I really like the idea of Janmark - Henrique - Brown. I think that's gonna be a great line.
4th leaves something to be desired though. Also don't like McLeod at C.
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Nurse - Ceci pairing again, hope this is not true come Game 1
That 4th line should get more icetime than that 3rd line honestly too.
That said Knob is pretty flexibile with his lines so who knows. It's only game1.
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I would be surprised if Foegele wouldn't play at some point. I don't think it's wild to see him in that practice lineup. He's big and a good skater. He would also be 100% fresh and motivated as hell
As for Ceci and Kulak, it's maybe just to keep options open. Ceci is a worse fit as a #4 but Kulak on his off side is reduced in effectiveness.
Having said that I much much prefer Nurse-Kulak
As for Ceci and Kulak, it's maybe just to keep options open. Ceci is a worse fit as a #4 but Kulak on his off side is reduced in effectiveness.
Having said that I much much prefer Nurse-Kulak
I see it right now as him starting with Nurse/Ceci because if that again doesn't work you go back to Nurse Kulak. If you start with Nurse Kulak, and it struggles, you would be insane to go to Nurse/Ceci later in the series.
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Foegele and the word motivated are not naturally occurring in a sentence. He's never been anything in playoffs, its an odd and unfortunate attribute to have, and its inexplicable he tends to disappear. he has the size, attributes, physicality to play this game. Its interesting as well that Marchment targeted Foegele in the Dallas series with abuse and foegele was never spotted again. For all the talk of Mcleod being cowardly on the board I'd wonder more about Foegele. Something is off with this guy every playoffs.
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Liking this bottom six line-up. This is where the Henrique deal needs to pay off. Solid, responsible veteran third line. Line 4 of Foegele, McLeod, Perry has a shot to create problems with their size, speed and forecheck with Perry as a net front garbage collector. Foegele better be fired out of a cannon after his healthy scratches.
If McLeod can't meet the moment, having a harder game Carrick ready in the bullpen is a real good thing. Only downside is Oil lose two excellent right hand face-off options with both Carrick and Ryan out.
EDIT: Missed size in my original post.
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Dark side of the Moon line. Should never be seen.
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Sportsnet mustve paid OEG brinks. Why the f*** would you want to work with such an unprofessional group especially when they actively throw shade at your organization?
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Anyone but Sportsnet. Hell, even Bezos, Apple TV, netflix, anyone but Rogers and their insufferable crew [not counting Gene, he's alright]
Tunnel vision - no balls - too slow
What could go wrong?
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11 years after utter incompetence and outright mocking the team.
Big business is weird shit. f*** Rogers and f*** Sportsnet
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Barkov vs every team on the NHL over his career:
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His worst plus-minus is -7. And this happens to be vs the Oilers.
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Aleksander Barkov career stats vs every team
His worst plus-minus is -7. And this happens to be vs the Oilers.
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Can't stand TSN. Can't say they are much better and all I associate them with is blackouts.
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TSN gets some hate on reputation but their coverage has been far better these playoffs
so glad I don’t pay Roger’s a dime anymore
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McLeod just doesn't generate as much offense at center, but I suspect you're right, we'll see Janmark - Henrique - Brown do more heavy lifting that Foegele - McLeod - Perry.
The other thing is that these lines are clearly not set in stone, nor the defense outside of Ekholm-Bouchard (and rightly so with them), so things can and will change. I trust Knoblauch on this.
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Any vet player that has to be repeatedly HS during playoffs to try to get motivated during playoffs isn't worth retaining. Foegele has been our one passenger in 2024 playoffs. Unfortunately he has been every other playoffs as well.
In 40 playoff games with the Oilers Foegele has a meager 7pts, high GA, and is -15 collectively. He's worse than a blackhole. He costs the team every playoffs and is basically to the point of being unplayable.
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He is obviously giving these 'vets' a chance to turn around their dreadful playoffs. All three will be on a short leash.
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Who's better though. TNT has jumped the shark and is already shit. Snet is the devil we know. Toronto Sports Network is vile to me. If they had our contract we'd be downloaded tiers and importance to anything from golf to Raptors, Blue Jays and Frisbee tournaments. TSN makes "joined in progress" an art form. Careful what we wish for.
At least McLeod scored a goal and played well since being scratched the one game and is also very good at pk and one of our better defensive forwards.
Jumper cables wouldn't get Foegele moving.
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The only complaint I have is they should be playing tonight.
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Like anything, it’s just the start of the game. It’s a given it’ll probably be moved around as it goes on. But McLeod is fast so maybe he wants speed injected and that’s why foegle is also back in. Speed kills. Perry is not but his antics and grittiness in front of the net will hopefully bait Fla into penalties.
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Yup, only one more sleep, thankfully. They look and sound extremely ready though.
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Has he? He looks like pre-scratch McLeod to me. Love the PK squad though.
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