GDT: WCQF - Game #2 : Oilers host Kings on May the Fourth be with us @8pm MT | ESPN2, CBC, SN, TVAS, BSSC

[Leonardlizard]

 

[KlefDown]

I really don't understand this lineup choice

 

[CycloneSweep]

Ahh yes. Archibald. The guy who literally drags down his linemates into the pits of hell. Is going to help Nuge do something. So now we have an actual useless 3rd line.
Damn Woodcroft, I like you.

 

[scotchtapejr]

I got loser drunk after the game and curled up face down on the couch for like an hour before I could regain semi-normal cognitive restraint.

Realized what a loser I was to take the loss so hard.

That being said, nothing changes. I will still be picking up a bottle of the cheapest bottle of Canadian bourbon.

Hopefully this time I will be face down in the couch out of happiness.

 

[NeverForget06]

I thought Russell had a lot of strong shifts in game 1 kinda surprised to see him out.

That blind rim around the boards on the second goal would have gotten me benched in peewee.

I'm probably one of the bigger Russ fans on this board, but that play was pretty inexcusable

 

[Forgot About Drai]

Really dont get the Archi play.

Did I imagine it or did Brassard and Nuge not have some pretty solid chemistry when he first arrived?

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Ahh yes. Archibald. The guy who literally drags down his linemates into the pits of hell. Is going to help Nuge do something. So now we have an actual useless 3rd line.
Damn Woodcroft, I like you.

Lol what did we even acquire Brassard for? What a waste of picks.

 

[Oilslick941611]

I think it's a mistake not going 11 7. Nurse clearly isn't 100%.

I don't see Josh Archibald as some wonderful solution since he can't even play g3/4 anyways.

Archibald shouldn't be playing.

 

[tardigrade81]

A good start and the first goal is critical or we fold like a cheap suit mentally, as usual.

Agreed. Get out to an early lead and don’t look back

Being down 2-0. Generally doesn’t go well for a team. Winning the game or series

 

[Arpeggio]

Putting Archibald in is so stupid. Brassard is 10x the player Archibald is.

 

[Zerotonine]

I really don't understand this lineup choice

Woodcroft inexperience showing now

How Puljujarvi and Kassian ate in as well is mind boggling after Last games performances

 

[PULSATING]

That blind rim around the boards on the second goal would have gotten me benched in peewee.

I'm probably one of the bigger Russ fans on this board, but that play was pretty inexcusable

It was classic Russ too, this team can't afford mistakes like that from the 7th D

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

I guess we can expect zero offense from the bottom six again, huh?

 

[Zerotonine]

I got loser drunk after the game and curled up face down on the couch for like an hour before I could regain semi-normal cognitive restraint.

Realized what a loser I was to take the loss so hard.

That being said, nothing changes. I will still be picking up a bottle of the cheapest bottle of Canadian bourbon.

Hopefully this time I will be face down in the couch out of happiness.

Basil Hayden good price great bourbon

 

[K1984]

That blind rim around the boards on the second goal would have gotten me benched in peewee.

I'm probably one of the bigger Russ fans on this board, but that play was pretty inexcusable

As soon as that got picked off on the blue line I said to my friend "goal incoming."

Other than the dumb goals that we essentially score into our own net, we badly need to bear down on the chances we get. Way too often it's a low % pass rather than a shot, a missed pass on the doorstep, a player in a shooting position not ready, a missed net off a good look, etc. This isn't just the lower tier players either, McDavid holds the puck too long when he's bearing down on the net as well. We need to take a volume shooting mentality.

Not capitalizing on all the chances we get is as big an issue as the dumb mistakes in our own end.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

For every shot Archibald takes, take a shot of your own.

Best way to quit drinking.

 

[KlefDown]

Woodcroft inexperience showing now

How Puljujarvi and Kassian ate in as well is mind boggling after Last games performances

promote RNH to top 6 RW, demote Jesse to top 9 RW, put in Brassard at 3C

that is literally the best depth we have possible with players available to us

but NOOOOOO lets play archie the f***ing useless plug who can't score, make plays and just pin people into boards after they've already made the play

 

[forlecious commander]

I took heat before from someone on here and I’ll take it again
I like Archibald coming in. He has wheels and likes to hit. Could be a spark tonight

 

[K1984]

I took heat before from someone on here and I’ll take it again
I like Archibald coming in. He has wheels and likes to hit. Could be a spark tonight

He'll be a positive addition if he is managed properly. Get him a shift or two early so he can throw the body and build some momentum, but keep him off the ice as the game goes on unless we have some cushion on the scoreboard.

 

[Oilslick941611]

I took heat before from someone on here and I’ll take it again
I like Archibald coming in. He has wheels and likes to hit. Could be a spark tonight

I'd rather let a player try to get going who can play in game 3 and 4.

 

[KlefDown]

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

The kind of news that could cost the team a series.

 

[FlameChampion]

Huge game. Pretty much done if they dont win tonight. That being said, I have no expectations.

 

[94 Oil Drops]

Jeez!! JP is still on line 1 after having a putrid game. Dressing Archibald doesn't seem like a very good idea either. Did Woodcroft and Tippett swap brains for the day?

 

[Oilslick941611]

if true Im okay with him playing if he can' have a good game and spark some intensity if he can play in LA