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@MikeMerf77 Don’t even think Bouchard is the best D on the Oilers 😂
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My NHL Award Picks:
Jack Adams - Dan Muse
Hart - Nikita Kucherov
Norris - Zach Werenski
Vezina - Ilya Sorokin
Selke - Nick Suzuki
Calder - Matthew Schaefer
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For the record, I got Makar, Dahlin, Q. Hughes all ahead of Bouchard, too. Maybe Hutson as well.
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@ProducerDrew_ @BleedOilBlue Playoffs are a different beast, surprised you trust Vegas goaltending but not the oilers. Pretty biased…
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@BleedOilBlue I would if I trusted their goaltending
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Who are your 5 REAL Cup Contenders?
I’d go:
Tampa Bay Lightning
Colorado Avalanche
Dallas Stars
Vegas Golden Knights
Buffalo Sabres
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@TheCity0fChamps I don’t think podz works with Connor, and Howard and Roslovic are too weak defensively to be together. Also think Samanski is better equipped to be third line C than Henrique at this point.
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@johnny47102529 @oilersgm2 Having samanski on the 4th line and decent goaltending is going to win us the cup
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I have been trying to figure out what the lines will look like when healthy. There’s a lot of options. Wouldn’t touch Savoie.
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@RajBauer Sign kuemper instead of jack and this team has 2-3 cups…
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Can’t say “somehow” when Stu Skinner is between the pipes. It’s goals like this why we have 0 cups when we should have 2 🤬
All fault still lies with Ken Holland for handcuffing us with 9.25Mx8 Nurse, 5Mx5 Campbell and never finding a goalie in the McDrai era #LetsGoOilers
B/R Open Ice@BR_OpenIce
KUCHEROV SOMEHOW FITS IT IN TOP SHELF FOR THE GOAL 😱🚨
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@oilers49er @akaRCN Agreed on the chemistry part, I feel like him and Savoie might have it but it need more time to foster it
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@MikeMerf77 @akaRCN If they get 1 legit top winger. The rest will be about chemistry.
Savoie and Podz on line 2 works.
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@oilers49er @akaRCN Ideally he’s on the third line, I agree. But not sure how much can be done in one summer with the top 6 and clearing money.
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@MikeMerf77 @akaRCN Nuge cannot play line 1 and potentially line 2.
He's a 3rd liner.
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@Steele131 @akaRCN There would be a lot of futures added to that to get Nylander, can’t see. Konecny or Kyrou are more probable. Rumors of TK wanting out of Philly, he’s physical. Rumors of Philly actually being interested in Nurse.
That or Kyrou for Howard + and nurse out in a different trade.
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The @CapWages trade calculator here was right, it thought a 2nd 3rd and borderline roster player was too much for Oilers liking.
Mark 📸@TheLineBlender
I had expected it would cost a 2nd Round Pick *AND* a 3rd Round Pick to get the retainment #LetsGoOilers did on Murphy. On the possibility of a package deal with CHI: "If I were the GM, I would be very interested in adding picks and a prospect (and maybe Mangiapane) to trade for centerman Jason Dickinson with retainment as well; such a “blockbuster” would greatly improve the team’s overall defensive results over the next 2-3 playoff runs, perhaps the exact missing pieces this team needs to give it a real run this year and sign a difference maker in the summer with the money available then." It turned out, these two clubs were willing to tango at the deadline. It takes two....! thelineblender.substack.com/p/oilers-stauf…
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@Kgill39 @vivacountry If you can’t buy him out, and you can’t play him in the NHL then where do you stick him?
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I’m sure we’ve all looked into it by now.
But Jarrys contract is essentially buy out proof.
667K savings next season
1.17M savings the season after
Save more sending him down to AHL.
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@TimRichards69 @Tys35 Yeah exactly. Giant misstep from bowman and co
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@MikeMerf77 @Tys35 It was rushed. Stu and the D were literally turning it around - Stu was like a .940 save % the three games before he was traded
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Never giving Ingram-Skinner a run was so painfully stupid
Ryan Rishaug@TSNRyanRishaug
Knoblauch acknowledging today that Connor Ingram is their starting goalie and will be given starts as such. He also said they’ll need Jarry down the stretch, and that improvement for him starts in practice to find confidence.
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@Oil_Drop Waiver doesn't work - no-one will take him and he's not eligible for assignment to the AHL. You can't force someone that is cleared to play to not play and, unless he goes on LTIR, it does not help. With respect, neither work.
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With 15 games left in their season, the Oilers have no choice but to move off Jarry for the rest of this season. He's run out of runway & as bad as it will look on Bowman, like Mangiapane, he can't sit on his hands. Here are Jarry's results since coming back from injury: 1/3
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@bonejrp @TheLineBlender Samanski might be able to handle it but id much rather see him dominate 4th line mins at this stage and one of the vets hard matched
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@MikeMerf77 @TheLineBlender I think Samanski can handle it. Rosie simply cannot be trusted in any kind of defensive role
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It wasn't all bad for #Oilers:
Positives:
- Savoie-McDavid-Hyman
63% xG, 1-0 GF
- Nurse-Murphy
57%, 0-1 (all dmen negative 5v5)
- Ekholm-Bouchard, as always
82%, 0-1 (like all dmen)
Notables:
- Frederic remains solid, 100% xG tonight and 53% xG last night.
- Dickinson some good plays but got dominated by the Kyrou line. Has to be better.
- Nurse -5 in the back to back. Unplayable.
Mark 📸@TheLineBlender
#Oilers dominate OT possession completely, until Nurse goes out for a shift, immediately turns over the puck, directly leading to the GA. Nurse 47% xG, -2, 2GA. 21 mins, just like I tweeted here would happen. Who keeps playing this guy 21 mins a night?
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Why are you throwing nurse out there for the overtime?
It just continues to surprise me how clueless he is
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