The Oilers electrical grid is flickering with special teams needing a jolt, Kane’s new white stick didn’t come with batteries and a Brown out happening - which would be a good thing but dead bulb Erne isn’t going to light any lamps either.
Goaltending is a wish and a prayer which is an improvement over utterly incompetent which opened the season for us.
We have a Scheduled Loss tomorrow and after the Dead On Arrival performance the Oilers gave last game the only hope we have of salvaging 2 points and quite possibly the season rest on beating the Devils in New Jersey which we don’t often do anymore.
But when the chips are down McDavid usually puts the team on his back. He’s going to need to do just that tonight.
Huge game tonight - a must win before Christmas to inch us closer to - ahem - the last wildcard spot….
Reality vs expectations not in alignment this season!
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Projected Lines
RNH-McDavid-Hyman
Kane-Draisaitl-Foegele
Janmark-McLeod-Gagner
Erne-Hamblin-Ryan
Nurse-Ceci
Ekholm-Bouchard
Kulak-Desharnais
Pickard
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Projected Lines
Palat - Hirschier - Bratt
Haula - Hughes - Toffoli
Meier - Mercer - Holtz
Lazar - McLoed - Bastian
Siegenthalar - Nemec
Bahl - Marino
Smith - Hughes
Schmid
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GD Music - Run Like Hell - Pink Floyd
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Fearless Prediction
Oilers 4 - Devils 3 in Overtime
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