Oilers v. Red Wings - Leviticus 14:48-53
by Scott Reynolds on Oct 29, 2009 1:50 PM MDT
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But if the fans come to examine the house of their hockey team and the stench of losing has subsided after only one loss, they shall pronounce the house clean because the losing is over. To finish purifying the house, the home team must then take the Red Wings along with some sticks, the correct priestly uniforms and a properly penitent attitude. They then must slaughter the Wings, putting the puck into their net repeatedly until the first goaltender is removed and put on the bench. They must then, still wearing their holy garments, take their sticks and with unwavering remorse proceed to slaughter the Wings further, putting the puck into their net repeatedly until the second goaltender is reduced to tears. Then the Oilers must gather the tears and the blood (from the seven fights that they will have already won) and sprinkle some of this mixture on each of the nine face-off dots. This is how the house of a hockey team is purified: with sticks, holy garments, tears and blood of Red Wings and a repentant heart. After this the Red Wings may be released so that they can move on to another city. In this way atonement will be made for the stench of losing and the house will once again be clean.
Detroit Red Wings (4-4-2) @ Edmonton Oilers (6-5-1)
Rexall Place, 7:30 PM MDT
Television: TSN
More analysis after the jump...
Visiting Team Scouting Report: Just to be clear off the hop, the Red Wings are a very good team. We all remember that Avalanche team that stomped on the Oilers a couple of nights ago right? The Red Wings outchanced that group 47-27 over two games. Sure they lost both games, but they were dominant for much of the game. The only reason they lost either game was goaltending. In the first game Chris Osgood lost his angle on the shooter who was breaking wide on the defender. What should have been a harmless shot found itself in the back of the net. In the second game Jimmy Howard lost his angle on a shooter who was rushing up the ice. The wrist shot came from above the faceoff circle and found its way in. In Derek's poll earlier today sample size and goaltending are destroying the other options and that is a fair assessment of this team. On defence and at forward they're still really, really good.
Christy Hammond at Winging It In Motown sends this along:
The Wings earned their first win on the road Tuesday night against the Vancouver Canucks. The victory gave them a 4-4-2 record and 10 points to kick off the season, which has been the worst start for Detroit since 2003. The losses haven't come because the Wings have played poorly, rather because they've had a hard time playing a complete 60 minutes and they've had some unlucky bounces. Star forward Pavel Datsyuk scored two goals in the win, but may miss tonight's game because of a foot injury he suffered from blocking a shot which is a tough break for Detroit.
Behind the Numbers:
- The Oilers are one of only five teams without a bench minor so far this season. How about that coaching!
- Shawn Horcoff leads the Oilers in total faceoffs taken with 259. The Red Wings leader is Valtteri Filppula with 161.
- The Red Wings are 6th in the league in shot differential with +4.6. If we could agree ahead of time to give Detroit double that (but no more!) I'd take it. The Oilers have fallen into a tie for 30th with -8.2.
- Ladislav Smid leads the Oilers in minor penalties so far this year with 6. Denis Grebeshkov and Zack Stortini are tied for second with 5. Former Oiler Kirk Maltby leads the Red Wings with 8.
- On the current roster, only Horcoff, Moreau, Staios, Hemsky and Pisani have played more games as an Oiler than Dan Cleary.
- Shawn Horcoff is currently three points behind Todd Marchant in points as an Oiler. We can only hope that he makes it by the end of this season.
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Scott: How do you keep doing it? Brilliant, yet again.
Btw, I could use a little purifying myself. Came down with what I can only assume is the Rexall Flu just 24 hours after attending Tuesday’s decidedly impure affair. I guess Row 23 wasn’t quite far enough from that stinker.
I’ll be lying in front of the telly tonight pulling for your prescribed slaughter to lift my spirits but mostly just trying to survive. Like the Oilers themselves, I suspect.
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Thanks Bruce. The key is to make sure it stays fun as far as I’m concerned. Sorry to hear that you’re under the weather. Hopefully the Oilers bring a bit of good cheer this evening.
by Scott Reynolds on Oct 29, 2009 7:37 PM MDT up reply actions
Already there
12 GP, 6 W
Bettman points should be ignored in the sense that in a league where every game has a winner, an average team should win half of its games. Which we have. For now.
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by Bruce McCurdy on Oct 29, 2009 5:51 PM MDT up reply actions
Memo from the Dept. of Small Number Statistics
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5v5 GA/60 (Min 5 GP)
Forwards
-—————
0.44 Cogliano
0.54 Stortini
1.43 Moreau
2.03 Gagner
2.08 Penner
2.09 Hemsky
2.76 Comrie
2.79 Brule
2.80 O’Sullivan
3.13 Nilsson
3.66 Stone
3.72 Jacques
3.78 Horcoff
Whatever its other flaws, that 4Line has managed to keep the puck out of its own net. However, even from such a tiny sample size I would already conclude that the tendency of JFJ to try to cover Horcoff’s defensive position has been an unmitigated failure. Quit doing that, son.
Defencemen
-——————
1.19 Chorney
1.61 Smid
2.53 Visnovsky
2.96 Gilbert
3.00 Strudwick
3.34 Grebeshkov
Encouraging results from Chorney, although his underliers suggest it won’t continue. At least the kid isn’t getting killed out there … has to be good for his confidence.
Adding to the magnitude of tonight’s challenge, consider the marks of the three guys with 2-3 GP: Staios 0.00; Souray 1.58; Peckham 6.13. Egads.
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Jacques is just….
eeeessssssssshhhhhhhh
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Defensively he is a mess. I do like his bull-in-a-china-shop routine in the O-zone at times. He was a force the other night, had Colorado defenders looking over their shoulders.
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by Bruce McCurdy on Oct 29, 2009 7:38 PM MDT up reply actions
^^^^^
Like I said … JFJ knocks Rafalski on his keester, and good things ensue.
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by Bruce McCurdy on Oct 29, 2009 7:44 PM MDT up reply actions
Outstanding work Scott.
I don’t know how you do it.
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I’m pretty surprised that Stuart didn’t take an interference penalty there. Stupid penalty by Peckham. If you’re going to go over like that you’d better make darn sure that you fight the guy.
That’s exactly what I said. If you’re coming that far, swing.
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No penalty to Stuart?
I see we’ve drawn my favourite referee again, Mr. Ben Dover. Freakin’ Red Wings.
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I want to see Red Wing jerseys hitting the ice, since intereference is not an issue.
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Peckham is doing his best to satisfy your request.
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PK duos
Horcoff – Penner
Moreau – Cogliano
O’Sullivan – Jacques
Is that right?
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I watched for it on that kill and they had Moreau with O’Sullivan on the draw. Then Gagner came out, so I think we’ve got 10-27, 18-19 and then a mishmash.
by Scott Reynolds on Oct 29, 2009 7:53 PM MDT up reply actions
The first one definitely had 13-18 come over the boards after Horcoff and Penner cleared. I think Bucky is just keep Cogs from the circle at all costs.
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Well that’s not something that happens at EV so maybe Bucky deserves some credit for, you know, making appropriate choices. After Willis’ defence of Bucky last year I wonder if he’s not actually a really good coach.
by Scott Reynolds on Oct 29, 2009 7:57 PM MDT up reply actions
If it is Bucky pulling the strings this year, it makes the head man’s year even worse last year because it means Bucky wasn’t behind that horrid pk.
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Horc
Yeah, he’s still feeding off of that last game. That’s the Horcoff that we’re all used too.
It’ll come. If Hemsky is engaged tonight, they should be interesting to watch.
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JINX!
Reynolds is a jinx! Bench minor!
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Whoa now. If everything in the GDT comes true tonight it’ll be hard to complain too loudly.
by Scott Reynolds on Oct 29, 2009 8:01 PM MDT up reply actions
I’m trying to work out how many more goals Jacques needs before his nickname isn’t “the patron saint of lost hockey causes”.
by Benjamin Massey on Oct 29, 2009 7:56 PM MDT reply actions
He had a couple of bursts last game but it was always in pursuit. He hasn’t been able to push it lately.
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He’s trying to make up for it. He’s hitting everything, even at the expense of position and getting the puck out. Buddy needs a Quaalude.
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Horpensky is no Gagpensky. But they’re okay.
by Benjamin Massey on Oct 29, 2009 7:59 PM MDT reply actions
My first instinct it to post the Amicus Brief on twitter and here as a fanshot. Seems obnoxious. I’ll save it for a Flames game.
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Hey, Derek, I posted a link to your Brief over on LT’s earlier.
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by Bruce McCurdy on Oct 29, 2009 8:03 PM MDT up reply actions
Penner
I hate to sound like Pierre MacGuire here, but Dustin Penner was an absolute monster on that power play.
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Oh, Quinn knows all about Horpensky. ;)
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“This is a kid that doesn’t look ready to play in the NHL.”
- Ray Ferraro talking about a non-Oiler. I give you one guess.
Jacques!
Oh, not an Oiler. Chorney!
Oh, right.
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Oh good one. I bet it’s Peckham.
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So far tonight Jimmy Howard is everything I feared JDD would be. I’m sure glad that our bet looks to be working out better. Heck, even our starting goalie bet is working out better.
by Scott Reynolds on Oct 29, 2009 8:09 PM MDT up reply actions
Except that, between them, Howard and Osgood are making about ten bucks an hour.
by Benjamin Massey on Oct 29, 2009 8:11 PM MDT up reply actions
Ray could have also been speaking of Ville Lay no.
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The goalie, surely. He’s been a beached whale to this point.
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by Bruce McCurdy on Oct 29, 2009 8:14 PM MDT up reply actions
Yes, yes, I know. I was making fun of Ray playing Captain Obvious.
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Smid
Was nails on Helm there.
Peckham is strong but slow.
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Jason Strudwick is also strong but slow. So is Dean Arsene.
by Scott Reynolds on Oct 29, 2009 8:18 PM MDT up reply actions
I’m hoping for a “I think he’s doing it to spite me. Oiler fans should give me thanks.”
by Scott Reynolds on Oct 29, 2009 8:19 PM MDT up reply actions
He gave you a little taste with the “he plays harder when I’m on the panel”
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Horpensky creating stuff all over the place. I have to wonder if Penner and Hemsky can’t make any centre look great.
Have you read the Amicus Brief, Zystef?
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Derek really likes being right so you tend to hear about his home run a lot :)
by Scott Reynolds on Oct 29, 2009 8:37 PM MDT up reply actions
It’s now how I introduce myself to people at parties.
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Nice period, boys
Oilers skated better than they have in two weeks, if not all season.
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Horc doubles his points in one period. Marchant should fall in the second.
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Hemsky just passed him tonight. 12th all time on the Oilers and moving on up.
by Scott Reynolds on Oct 29, 2009 8:22 PM MDT up reply actions
Cogliano dressed up as Dany Heatley? That’s awesome. Hopefully a picture finds a way to make it to the internet.
Agreed. I want it as a desktop image.
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Classy take by MacT
Seriously – is there a better game crew/intermision panel than this one? Great group assembled by TSN.
by Jonathan Willis on Oct 29, 2009 8:33 PM MDT reply actions
No
… and it’s Not close
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by Bruce McCurdy on Oct 29, 2009 8:35 PM MDT up reply actions
Agreed. I really wish Mac would get more technical though.
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Help on the dot?
Blood relatives to the rescue?
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This isn’t all on him. The Wings are a mess in their own zone too.
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Oh no. But he hasn’t been good and if you put your team down 5 you’re usually not in the game any more. To be honest, I’m surprised we didn’t see Osgood start the second period.
by Scott Reynolds on Oct 29, 2009 8:45 PM MDT up reply actions
Agreed, but the way they are hanging him out to dry is shocking, actually.
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It’s what I expect out of the Oilers, to be honest.
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However are the Oilers going to blow this thing?
by Benjamin Massey on Oct 29, 2009 8:39 PM MDT reply actions
Or Khabibulin handling the puck. Always top notch entertainment.
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Souray's absence
It’s magnified by O’Sullivan’s idiocy on the point.
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POS
WTF is he still doing on the poiint at the END of the powerplay. Bad enough DURING the powerplay, but that is a major blunder by him and/or the coach, esp. with the lead. Stupid.
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1:20
That’s an irresponsible shift right there
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by Bruce McCurdy on Oct 29, 2009 8:45 PM MDT up reply actions
I was going to say something earlier when Datsyuk came in on POS 1-on-1. My question at that time was (also) WTF??!!
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by Bruce McCurdy on Oct 29, 2009 8:46 PM MDT up reply actions
The decision with the puck there — throw it to the middle right at a Wing happens too often with him. Put Chorney there.
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Gagner and Cogliano
That was a great shift – they played their asses off in behind the net.
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Bruke? You have Brian Burke on the brain.
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It's me isn't it?
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 29, 2009 8:57 PM MDT up reply actions
That goal was a good example of guys not taking a man when the puck is loose in the crease. 77 really struggles with that this game (though not this game).
by Scott Reynolds on Oct 29, 2009 8:54 PM MDT up reply actions
Good point. Everyone’s head was down the entire time. I don’t think they even realized that Grebs was there.
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Wow. Watching that goal on DVR. Lidstrom tries to take Penner out and just bounces off of him and falls over. He gets up, only to get crushed completely out of the play by Grebs coming into the crease.
He looked…human.
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Hello Oilers fans...
A Leaf fan here checking stuff out.
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Thanks for dropping by. Hate the Wings that much , eh?
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Don't like 'em. Always good to see them lose. :D
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 29, 2009 8:55 PM MDT up reply actions
As bad as Habs or SNES fans...
or Canucks fans.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 29, 2009 8:57 PM MDT up reply actions
Oh come on. As bad as Habs fans?
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Hey, when you have to endure "GO HABS GO, LAFFS SUCK" at a daily basis...
your views get a little shifted a bit.
But Wings fans are probably even worse.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 29, 2009 8:59 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm a friendly.
I don’t bite. I promise.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 29, 2009 8:55 PM MDT up reply actions
Does my blog (link in sig)
count as endorsement?
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 29, 2009 8:56 PM MDT up reply actions
He has had pucks flying off of him in all directions tonight.
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Someone needs to let Tom Benjamin know that Mike Gillis isn’t the innovative genius he had supposed.
Mike Gillis
is not really a bright GM, to be honest.
And yes, Raycroft does suck. Take from me, a Leafs fan who had to endure his special brand of suck.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 29, 2009 9:08 PM MDT up reply actions
Raycroft is apparently playing tonight.
by Scott Reynolds on Oct 29, 2009 9:09 PM MDT up reply actions
He is.
And it’s 1-0 Kings.
10 saves for Raycroft.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 29, 2009 9:11 PM MDT up reply actions
It's alright...
but the floodgates are about to open, trust me on that.
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by Marc Pilgrim on Oct 29, 2009 9:13 PM MDT up reply actions
Raycroft is a placeholder
He’s playing tonight cuz BobbiLu has a cracked rib, but you know that Schaefer is the real Plan B if Luongo goes down for any length of time. They just want a guy with some NHL experience to back up while the kid plays regularly in Manitoba
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by Bruce McCurdy on Oct 29, 2009 9:21 PM MDT up reply actions
I agree that if Luongo is down long term we’ll see a lot of Schaefer but Benjamin’s contention that Raycroft would be going up and down all year and never get a start was goofy.
by Scott Reynolds on Oct 29, 2009 9:25 PM MDT up reply actions
Want to see an unholy mess?
The shots underliers thus far.
There seem to be some issues centered around balance.
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And now we have a tangible example of why Quinn was so hesitant to put 27 with 10-83.
by Scott Reynolds on Oct 29, 2009 9:19 PM MDT up reply actions
Lots of blocked shots in there though
Corsi is like cholesterol, there’s the good and the bad kind.
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by Bruce McCurdy on Oct 29, 2009 9:24 PM MDT up reply actions
Indeed. I think things would be a little better if Pisani and Comrie were around though.
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Peckham Struddy-Strud are having some issues, eh?
And Smid is making Chorney look okay tonight.
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Oh. Yeah. Smid making Grebs look good tonight :)
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Alrighty Oilers fans...
I’ll be making my exit.
G’night from Leafs Nation. :D
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No Gilbert no Grebs.
Only one NHL defenseman left to PK.
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No solid angles on DVR. Doesn’t look like it.
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Horcoff works his ass off in the defensive zone there and then kicks the puck twice coming out.
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5-3 lead aside, Khabibulin’s been really really bad tonight.
by Benjamin Massey on Oct 29, 2009 9:36 PM MDT reply actions
Sum
Sum mentioned that above – he’s kicking pucks all over the place – bobbling it, misplaying it…
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When it was 5-2
… I was gonna say we need another goal.
Now we REALLY need another goal.
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One of these lines has to show something.
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Assuming you mean someone other than 27-10-83 I think our best bet is probably that 19 with 67-22 based on how they’ve played this evening. And they haven’t even really been that good!
by Scott Reynolds on Oct 29, 2009 9:39 PM MDT up reply actions
Maybe throw Gagner out there with O’Sullivan and Jacques?
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It’s like Horpensky, except the version with awful players.
by Benjamin Massey on Oct 29, 2009 9:41 PM MDT up reply actions
I wish Pouliot didn’t have a pubis thing.
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I haven’t liked Gagner any better than Brule tonight and you know what they say: “don’t mess with a mediocre thing”
by Scott Reynolds on Oct 29, 2009 9:43 PM MDT up reply actions
The munchkin line has been terrible tonight. Can’t give them a shift now – they’ve had one good shift all night and the rest have been terrible.
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(sound of a nose vacuum-cleanering lines of blow off a desk.)
by Benjamin Massey on Oct 29, 2009 9:38 PM MDT reply actions
And as we speak Pat Quinn is trying to ford the Mississippi River with a wagon full of bullets.
by Benjamin Massey on Oct 29, 2009 9:44 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
I’m the only one here who played Oregon Trail growing up? Come on!
by Benjamin Massey on Oct 29, 2009 9:48 PM MDT up reply actions
If O’Sullivan is in the wagon, they aren’t getting a meal.
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Not a penalty? Same exact stickwork that Iginla put on Souray. Stick under the skate blade.
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Big lead, allow three unanswered goals and shut them down… hmmm…. maybe Khabibulin wants to be “clutch” like Kipper.
The goddamned plane has crashed into the mountain!
by Benjamin Massey on Oct 29, 2009 9:50 PM MDT reply actions
That one is at least partly on the coaching. With under 8 minutes to go there’s no good reason to have Peckham taking a regular shift.
And that damned kid line is still together
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What do you do though? I guess you can try Cogliano or Gagner with Moreau and Stortini but we have six forwards who haven’t been able to do anything. You need to pick three of them to get a regular shift.
by Scott Reynolds on Oct 29, 2009 9:54 PM MDT up reply actions
Good point. If the top line doesn’t outscore the entire Wings team, they can’t win.
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And I’m including Jacques and Brule as “solid” in that equation. Things are bleak.
by Scott Reynolds on Oct 29, 2009 9:59 PM MDT up reply actions
Pouliot would look like manna from heaven about now.
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He is absolutely adorable. I want to smother him up.
Right now, I just want to do it with a pillow.
by Benjamin Massey on Oct 29, 2009 9:54 PM MDT up reply actions
The 2009-10 Edmonton Oilers Drinking Game
Every time a line other than the first line is out for the Oilers, take a drink.
Wait, this isn’t a drinking game so much as a coping mechanism.
by Benjamin Massey on Oct 29, 2009 10:01 PM MDT reply actions
That was a terrible (TERRIBLE) back-check by Grebeshkov. He looked like he was in slow motion. I was waiting for a goal on that sequence.
by Scott Reynolds on Oct 29, 2009 10:01 PM MDT reply actions
Ferraro
has been horrible tonight.
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But the Rebels aren’t even playing tonight.
by Scott Reynolds on Oct 29, 2009 10:03 PM MDT up reply actions
At least in OT we have three sets of forwards who have played a decent game tonight.
by Scott Reynolds on Oct 29, 2009 10:05 PM MDT up reply actions
Remember, guys, a Bettman point is half a victory!
by Benjamin Massey on Oct 29, 2009 10:05 PM MDT reply actions
Det’s had pretty good contributions across the board. The Oilers? Not so much.
by Scott Reynolds on Oct 29, 2009 10:12 PM MDT up reply actions
The Oilers have looked like this since the beginning of the third. They’re not really hanging back so much as getting killed. If we make it to the shootout it’ll be the first time since the last Det goal that I’ll believe we have a 50/50 shot at this game.
by Scott Reynolds on Oct 29, 2009 10:12 PM MDT up reply actions
Peckham and Strudwick haven’t played since the last goal against. I wonder if Renney knows you can shorten the bench before the tying goal.
by Scott Reynolds on Oct 29, 2009 10:09 PM MDT reply actions
Well MacIntyre got shortened off the bench in the first period. We sure could have used a real forward on the roster.
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Why they recalled Peckham instead of, say, Potulny is beyond me. It makes sense now with Lubo down but that was one weird (and terrible) decision.
by Scott Reynolds on Oct 29, 2009 10:15 PM MDT up reply actions
In the midst of all this negativity, that was one fantastic rush by Hemsky. Too bad Gilbert didn’t score, but what a beautiful play.
by Scott Reynolds on Oct 29, 2009 10:15 PM MDT reply actions
To quote one of the great philosophers of our time, “lol COILERS”.
by Benjamin Massey on Oct 29, 2009 10:15 PM MDT reply actions
So, can we find three decent players to take the shots?
by Benjamin Massey on Oct 29, 2009 10:17 PM MDT reply actions
He must have a quick release when he’s got time. His last shootout attempt was by the goalie and off the post before the tender reacted. This one was similar but actually went in.
by Scott Reynolds on Oct 29, 2009 10:21 PM MDT up reply actions
When buddy blows up, he blows up.
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Yeah, but then there was that game against the Jackets. I was reminding myself of that the whole way through so that I wouldn’t get too upset.
by Scott Reynolds on Oct 29, 2009 10:27 PM MDT up reply actions
Big Mac
I think he had one shift. I’m watching on DVR and he gets the puck in the corner and just stands there. The Wings want nothing to do with him. He keeps expecting to get hit and the Wings won’t go near him.
I didn’t realize how funny this was in real time.
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I’m pretty sure he got two shifts. If 46 doesn’t get better soon they might turn him into a PP specialist to get him some more ice time. He can stand there. Be big. What more do you need?
by Scott Reynolds on Oct 29, 2009 10:27 PM MDT up reply actions
Actual talent?
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by Bruce McCurdy on Oct 29, 2009 10:28 PM MDT up reply actions
An asset but not required. Required skills are “big” and “able to stand in front.” How else do you explain Zorg?
by Scott Reynolds on Oct 29, 2009 10:30 PM MDT up reply actions
From HFBoards:
Khabi was great, again.
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That’s the kind of praise you get when you’re klutch.
by Scott Reynolds on Oct 29, 2009 10:33 PM MDT up reply actions
I added the ‘h’ for Khabibulin Clutch.
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Oh really?
Some nice stops, but too many softies. That Ericsson goal in particular needed to be stopped.
I do like his composure though. He played well down the stretch and in the shootout.
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by Bruce McCurdy on Oct 29, 2009 10:34 PM MDT up reply actions
(holds the envelope up to his head)
Four words saying why I don’t go to HFBoards.
by Benjamin Massey on Oct 29, 2009 10:35 PM MDT up reply actions
The bottom three stars:
20. Peckham
19. Strudwick
18. Khabibulin
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Actually, can the entire kid line be a bottom star?
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
Long flight tonight – early game saturday. I’m guessing those that aren’t already sick are about to be sick.
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
Corsi #s
+8 Penner
+6 Horcoff
+6 Hemsky
0 Chorney
-1 Grebeshkov
-1 Gilbert
-2 MacIntyre
-4 Jacques
-5 O’Sullivan
-6 Smid
-9 Stortini
-10 Brule
-10 Nilsson
-11 Gagner
-12 Cogliano
-14 Moreau
-15 Strudwick
-15 Peckham
-19 Khabibulin
Shots were 45-33, but shot attempts a staggering 70-40. Obviously not all at evens.
Interesting to compare the bottom 3 with Derek’s roosters. Dishonourable mention to Moreau, who achieved his -14 in just 8:55 at evens. 1 shot attempt for, 15 against. That’s leadership if I’ve ever seen it.
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Dishonourable mention to Moreau, who achieved his -14 in just 8:55 at evens.
So he’s either really sick or Quinn has seen enough.
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
Moreau would have achieved more if the power play was better.
by Benjamin Massey on Oct 29, 2009 10:57 PM MDT up reply actions
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