Pre-Game Talk: Rocky - Oilers v Flyers - Tuesday @ 8 PM

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

The Grand Plan; Accrue as much cap space as possible before the TDL.

The Quote; “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” Mike Tyson

The Punches to the Mouth; Dual offer sheets, another poor training camp, the weakened D corps not holding, shaky goaltending, the leaders playing completely uninspiring hockey and a shooting percentage of 3%.

Can the Oilers play Rocky, climb off the mat a second year in a row and punch back? Or are they heading for a TKO in a prize fight they are expected to win?

Hopefully today’s Thanksgiving turkey doesn’t deposit too many tryptophans and make the boys drowsy. Perhaps they celebrated Thanksgiving early and that’s the excuse for the piss poor start?

Either way they can ill afford to drop Tuesday’s game to the Flyers. Going on the road 0-4 against Nashville then Dallas isn’t what Jeff Jackson had in mind when he devised his Grand Plan.

We are off to a Rocky start.

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[Ritchie Valens]

Title should be “Glass Joe”. That’s who the oilers resemble the most right now.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Title should be “Glass Joe”. That’s who the oilers resemble the most right now.

 

[Mr Kot]

 

[McDrai]

I’ll skip this one for my sanity. Godspeed gentlemen

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

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How stoned are you when you take these pictures?

Also cats tongues are weird.

 

[Mr Kot]

How stoned are you when you take these pictures?

yes

 

[Oilhawks]

How stoned are you when you take these pictures?

Also cats tongues are weird.

What's weird about having a brush built into your tongue?

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

I think I'll clean up my condo, file my medical bills, clip my nails, and castrate a tiger instead.

 

[tardigrade81]

Not sure if we want this win

Many fans on the hf board might commit suicide if the oilers turn it around. We would be responsible for many deaths

 

[Oilhawks]

Not sure if we want this win

Many fans on the hf board might commit suicide if the oilers turn it around. We would be responsible for many deaths

Most importantly, does the team want to win this? So far, they haven't been playing like they do (advanced stats aside...)

 

[brentashton]

I’ll skip this one for my sanity. Godspeed gentlemen

Ditto. I’m leaving for Phoenix first thing tomorrow. Too tired to care after driving day 1, 16-18 hours straight.

 

[CanadasTeam99]

I'm already at the "who gives a sh**" emotional level.

They have to go on a win streak now to get back into getting sucked back in lol

I found this with all of my friends. We were together yesterday (12 of us). Nobody really gave a rats a** or got emotional about the loss. Just laughed it off and expected it. Even the 2 most negative nancies of our group had no reaction.

 

[GOilers88]

They tried to do the St. Louis worst to first gameplay last year and f***ed it up.

Clearly they're going to do it right this year.

 

[Cloned]

How long before Nurse starts getting booed at home? I feel like he’s about a month away from getting the Tom Poti treatment.

 

[jesusbuiltmyhotrod]

When they team starts caring I will start caring lol. Embarrassing start for this core again is sad.

 

[CanadasTeam99]

How long before Nurse starts getting booed at home? I feel like he’s about a month away from getting the Tom Poti treatment.

It is close. He just doesn't change his game at all. Always tries to do too much and it burned him for a goal yesterday

 

[tardigrade81]

Most importantly, does the team want to win this? So far, they haven't been playing like they do (advanced stats aside...)

It’s true

It’s getting hard to defend anything the oilers are doing. Train wreck

 

[MoontoScott]

The Oilers will bounce back but I don't think there will be any magic run like last year.

My guess is that a playoff berth will come down to the last week of the schedule.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Ditto. I’m leaving for Phoenix first thing tomorrow. Too tired to care after driving day 1, 16-18 hours straight.

Drive safe! I can only do 8-10 now. 3 days to Phoenix split into 3 x 8 hour segments. Enjoy snowbirding!

 

[Lay Z Boy GM]

I think we need to alter Gavin McKennas birth certificate so we can take him this year.

 

[Reasonable Oil Fan]

Pretty early in the year but this will be a pivotal game in a sense. The Flyers are a better team than the hawks or flames but they are off to a bad start like us. I’d expect them to come out strong and we will need to match that intensity. Time to get moving and stop this before it becomes a slump

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

How long before Nurse starts getting booed at home? I feel like he’s about a month away from getting the Tom Poti treatment.

They should "honour" Ken Holland so fans can boo him off the face of the planet.

 

[tardigrade81]

The Oilers will bounce back but I don't think there will be any magic run like last year.

My guess is that a playoff berth will come down to the last week of the schedule.

I was saying that earlier too. These slow starts , relying on another huge win streak just isn’t practical. It’s not even that we are losing games, it’s how we are losing. Blown out and out scored 15-3. We will eventually get it going no doubt, but might be too late by the time we do if we keep this up.