GDT: There’s a Brown out in New Jersey - Edm v NJD - 5:30 pm

[Davo Ikinzom]

Well this season is looking like a write off.

 

[Mr Positive]

We'll take the lead but we should be up 3-1 at least

Meh. If our team wasn't in the basement we'd call that nothing but a good period

But yeah the game feels in danger lol

 

[walktheboulavard]

Kane will be the next to take a seat

LOOL

 

[nexttothemoon]

Devils came back pretty hard in the 2nd half of that period and Pickard stood tall and held them in there. Good game from him so far.

 

[McBooya42]

lol no

Bouchard was a whisker away from making it 3-1.

 

[OfCorsiDid]

The second line:

 

[gordonhught]

If Skinner was in net it would be 9-0 Devils right now.

Oh come on.

 

[K1984]

Draisaitl and Kane should never play together. They are dreadful together.

Neither pays any credence whatsoever to puck management and both are horrendous in their own end. Creates a lot of problems when one of the two of them tosses it to the middle without looking and then dog it on the backcheck.

Don't really know what you do, because fixing it involves blowing up the top line and creating another problem. Honestly it’s probably just a matter of managing their deployment (playing them in the last minute in the period they had was dumb) and hoping for the best.

 

[gordonhught]

Good start. Sloppy finish.

That’s what she said

 

[Bryanbryoil]

Love Bouch jumping into the play. Solid periods from Ekholm and Nurse as well. Now if only we could get the Drai line going and get some decent goaltending.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Bouchard was a whisker away from making it 3-1.

and NJ had they're chances too to tie it
Oilers didn't have a shot the final 10 minutes

 

[nexttothemoon]

Oh come on.

They had 12 shots... you don't think Skinner could save even 3? Have some optimism man.

 

[ZJuice]

Kane will be the next to take a seat

He does need to bulk up again. He didn’t have elite athlete muscles in his Christmas video! Last season his off ice videos he had a thick neck and wrists and everythang during interviews prior to his return from injury

 

[Heavy Dee]

Draisaitl and Kane should never play together. They are dreadful together.

Neither pays any credence whatsoever to puck management and both are horrendous in their own end. Creates a lot of problems when one of the two of them tosses it to the middle without looking and then dog it on the backcheck.

Don't really know what you do, because fixing it involves blowing up the top line and creating another problem. Honestly it’s probably just a matter of managing their deployment (playing them in the last minute in the period they had was dumb) and hoping for the best.

Kane has a low hockey IQ.

At least Yamo could think the game with Leon.

 

[McDNicks17]

Draisaitl and Kane should never play together. They are dreadful together.

Neither pays any credence whatsoever to puck management and both are horrendous in their own end. Creates a lot of problems when one of the two of them tosses it to the middle without looking and then dog it on the backcheck.

Don't really know what you do, because fixing it involves blowing up the top line and creating another problem. Honestly it’s probably just a matter of managing their deployment (playing them in the last minute in the period they had was dumb) and hoping for the best.

And Foegele is more of the same too.

It's sad that Janmark and Gagner might be the best wingers for Drai.

 

[McDeepika]

It's getting really tough watching Draisaitl skate by guys and wave his stick around rather than actually trying to check. Like maybe 1 out of a 100 times you intercept the pass and get a chance. The other 99 times it's easy puck possession for the opponent.

 

[ZJuice]

Is Lazar the next to eat a Nugent-Hopkins crafted knuckle sandwich?

 

[gordonhught]

Love Bouch jumping into the play. Solid periods from Ekholm and Nurse as well. Now if only we could get the Drai line going and get some decent goaltending.

This is one difference between Drai and 97. 97 makes better use of his wingers. Regardless of who the wingers are.

29 needs a right winger. Badly.

 

[Hollywood55]

Schmind is awful vs the oilers lol

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

Oilers need to zero their weapons. They miss the net so much.

 

[Davo Ikinzom]

At least Yamo could think the game with Leon.

I'm sorry, what? Wait until Drive sees this shit.

 

[gordonhught]

They had 12 shots... you don't think Skinner could save even 3? Have some optimism man.

This is bizarro posting. i am not even sure what we are talking about at this point.

Edit - you need to put one of these

 

[McDNicks17]

This is one difference between Drai and 97. 97 makes better use of his wingers. Regardless of who the wingers are.

29 needs a right winger. Badly.

Might be a good idea for Drai to be that RW. Haven't liked him at center this year.

Would be nice to have a legit #2C to move him over to the wing and not have to put him with McDavid.

 

[gordonhught]

Is Lazar the next to eat a Nugent-Hopkins crafted knuckle sandwich?

Looks like lazar wants a chunk of Bouch. Doesn’t Bouch only have one eye.

 

[FlameChampion]

Draisaitl and Kane should never play together. They are dreadful together.

Neither pays any credence whatsoever to puck management and both are horrendous in their own end. Creates a lot of problems when one of the two of them tosses it to the middle without looking and then dog it on the backcheck.

Don't really know what you do, because fixing it involves blowing up the top line and creating another problem. Honestly it’s probably just a matter of managing their deployment (playing them in the last minute in the period they had was dumb) and hoping for the best.

I don’t know what the solution is honestly.

I don’t think you can break up nuge-McDavid-hyman.

Draisaitl needs help. It’s becoming more clear that he can’t really carry a line 5 on 5. Oilers need a legit RW for him.

I will give Kane some credit. He plays pretty hard. Hes hits and he tries to keep himself engaged when hes not scoring. But hes super streaky offensively and will probably only get worse as he ages.

But in any event, the second line isn’t working. The only potential hope is that maybe Holloway can play there but it’s unlikely.