GDT: Worst Contract in NHL History - Oilers v Leafs @ 5PM (of course it is, that is the only time the Leafs play)

[Lay Z Boy GM]

I feel like outside of the first few shots we barely get scored on, but it can be scary starting some games. Act like you’re down 0-2 when the puck drops, don’t give them anything easy

 

[Stoneman89]

Just went lurking on the Leafs board. Holy cow, they are worked up over the Hyman angle and story tonight. They're all expecting him to get to 50. Not a whole lot of mention about their own superstar.

 

[Lay Z Boy GM]

Hate to see Stecher go back to the pressbox when there are dmen that are worse than him in the lineup. We have the most ass backwards front office/coaching staff in the league.

Best game from our #1 in months? Nah, screw it. Let's go back to the dcore that can't break a puck out under pressure whatsoever

Maybe Knob thinks Ceci will be dialed in for this one because he got chased out of Toronto in the past. It’s overthinking things, just go with the superior lineup.

 

[CrazyJoeDavola]

Maybe Knob thinks Ceci will be dialed in for this one because he got chased out of Toronto in the past. It’s overthinking things, just go with the superior lineup.

VD and Ceci are both frauds and 7D at best.

Also, it looks like we're loading up McDrai again. I just dont really know what this coaching staff is doing/thinking.

 

[HockeyGuy1964]

Hate to see Stecher go back to the pressbox when there are dmen that are worse than him in the lineup. We have the most ass backwards front office/coaching staff in the league.

Best game from our #1 in months? Nah, screw it. Let's go back to the dcore that can't break a puck out under pressure whatsoever

39-12-3 sure sounds like a dumpster fire to me.

Yeah, I'll leave the lineup decisions to a coach who seems to know what he's doing & has all the info available over some random on the internet.

 

[Lay Z Boy GM]

VD and Ceci are both frauds and 7D at best.

Also, it looks like we're loading up McDrai again. I just dont really know what this coaching staff is doing/thinking.

I don’t mind loading up the top line for a few games, mostly to see if the rest of the lineup can handle their duties. Having the option of putting a game breaking line on the ice is huge, but only if your other lines can contribute too.

 

[OilerTyler]

Hate to see Stecher go back to the pressbox when there are dmen that are worse than him in the lineup. We have the most ass backwards front office/coaching staff in the league.

Best game from our #1 in months? Nah, screw it. Let's go back to the dcore that can't break a puck out under pressure whatsoever

Might be a bit dramatic. Our current coaching staff has a 39-12-3 record with a 2.56 GAA (would be fourth best in the league over the whole season).

Knob hasn’t given me any reason to doubt him yet.

 

[FlameChampion]

Hate to see Stecher go back to the pressbox when there are dmen that are worse than him in the lineup. We have the most ass backwards front office/coaching staff in the league.

Best game from our #1 in months? Nah, screw it. Let's go back to the dcore that can't break a puck out under pressure whatsoever

I do wonder how much of its leadership related. I always get the impression the leaders want certain guys in the lineup. I also question how much patience they have with young players in the lineup. Not sure it’s coincidence that we have the most veteran team and while Holland plays a part, I don’t know if its all him. But who knows honestly.

 

[SupremeTeam16]

Might be a bit dramatic. Our current coaching staff has a 39-12-3 record with a 2.56 GAA (would be fourth best in the league over the whole season).

Knob hasn’t given me any reason to doubt him yet.

No. Some stupid jerk off Joe on the internet clearly knows more.

 

[Fourier]

Leaf media showing concern for the plight of the Oilers earlier in the year:



Math is not their strong suit by the way.

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

If Zach Hyman scores 50 tonight i will ask my doctor about Rybelsus.

 

[brentashton]

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This quote from Editor in Leaf will go down in Internet lore as perhaps the worst tweet in history.

That or the classic "Puljujarvi Makes McDavid Better" double knee slap laffer.

Fact: Hyman has perhaps the best contract in history at this particular point in time which is all we can measure.

Oiler fans wish for 2 things today. 1 of course is a win over the hated Leafs and their obnoxious fan base who have planned so many late June parades in September that they have it down to a science but always seem to wind up planning tee times and golf foursomes in late April.

Of course last playoffs they defeated their Round 1 demons and their fans chanted for Florida.

Sometimes you better be careful what you wish for.




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Projected lines


Draisaitl-McDavid-Hyman
Mcleod-RNH-Foegele
Kane-Henrique-Perry
Janmark-Carrick-Brown

Nurse-Desharnais
Ekholm-Bouchard
Kulak-Ceci

Skinner

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Cant write about the Leaf lines as there is a shortage of digital ink because SN and TSN spill so much of that ink on a daily basis as that is the only team they write about.

Terrorist attack in Moscow today! "How does it affect the Leafs"

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GD Music - Be Quick or Be Dead - Iron Maiden



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Fearless Prediction

Oilers 5 Leafs 3

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GDT dont lose

Read the Thread headline and thought we were talking about that Nylander contract.

 

[Mr Kot]

 

[Morpheus]

If Zach Hyman scores 50 tonight i will ask my doctor about Rybelsus.

Hymanator vs the T-1000 Leafs:

 

[russ99]

I really like how Knoblauch is full on experimenting with postseason lines, especially the third, which in certain game situations would help us plenty as a shutdown line.

Maybe Knob thinks Ceci will be dialed in for this one because he got chased out of Toronto in the past. It’s overthinking things, just go with the superior lineup.

Also Ceci is under fire with Stetcher doing well, don’t see an outright benching happening but writing is on the wall, he needs to step up.

 

[CrazyJoeDavola]

I do wonder how much of its leadership related. I always get the impression the leaders want certain guys in the lineup. I also question how much patience they have with young players in the lineup. Not sure it’s coincidence that we have the most veteran team and while Holland plays a part, I don’t know if its all him. But who knows honestly.

That's the rumor is that a lot of the guys were held up being traded because McDrai wanted them to stay (McLovin, Ceci...etc).

 

[russ99]

VD and Ceci are both frauds and 7D at best.

Also, it looks like we're loading up McDrai again. I just dont really know what this coaching staff is doing/thinking.

Desharnais is just fine, postseason hockey is a different animal and those overemphasizing exit passes and entry denial are not looking at the whole picture, not to mention he’s moved up a pair and can handle it, unlike some of our other defensemen. Cough cough, Kulak.

 

[brentashton]

Slightly OT, but anyone looking for a good read I recommend this one by Simon Bond.

It’s an older book but is a very good read. Ive read it a few times.

 

[Duke74]

Slightly OT, but anyone looking for a good read I recommend this one by Simon Bond.

It’s an older book but is a very good read. Ive read it a few times.



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I don't know how Mr. Kot will respond to this....

 

[CrazyJoeDavola]

Desharnais is just fine, postseason hockey is a different animal and those overemphasizing exit passes and entry denial are not looking at the whole picture, not to mention he’s moved up a pair and can handle it, unlike some of our other defensemen. Cough cough, Kulak.

I'll take a rusty kulak if we get the version of Darnell Nurse we saw last game when he was paired with Stecher.

That hasn't happened, or is even close to happening, with him having to play with either VD or Ceci

 

[Oilhawks]

I don't know how Mr. Kot will respond to this....

 

[Shanahanigans]

This team isn't deep enough to have Mcdrai on the same line, I don't know how many times we have to try that failed experiment.

 

[oXo Cube]

Not a fan of the lines/pairings tonight either, but it's just the coaching staff doing exactly what they said they were going to do. Trying out different combinations down the stretch.

Gonna be a lot of experimentation the rest of the way.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Lmao the Jets are getting crushed

 

[Wreckus]

Lmao the Jets are getting crushed

If the Jets don't smarten up, Nashville might pass them in the Central.