Oilers v. Canucks - Joshua 3:7-13
by Scott Reynolds on Oct 25, 2011 4:30 PM MDT
in Game-Day Threads
Email
PrintThen Yahweh spoke to Renney and said, "This season I will make you a great leader in the eyes of all fans. They will know that I am with you, just as I was with Sather when he coached my chosen people. Give this command to those who are lettered and who carry the toughest assignments: 'Go into the defensive zone shift after shift, and get the puck up and out.'"
And so Renney came into the dressing room and declared, "Come and listen to what Yahweh your God has to say to you. This season you will know that the living God is among you. He has stopped fucking convoluting our experience of him and now will help us to drive the Canucks, Wild, Avalanche, and Flames out of our home arena. Turn to our lettered men who are devoted to the God who rules over all the earth, and let them lead you into battle! They will carry all of the team's burdens, and Yahweh will smile upon them. It's that simple. Whenever their skates touch the ice, they will cut through the best the other side have to offer so that the rest of you can skate circles around the dregs like they're standing still."
Vancouver Canucks (4-3-1) @ Edmonton Oilers (3-2-2)
Rexall Place, 7:30 p.m. MDT
Television: Sportsnet West
More analysis after the jump...
Visiting Team Scouting Report:
The Canucks and Oilers meet for the second time this season, and just like the first time they met, the Oilers are the team with the better points percentage. But the Oilers lost that first game on a weak goal against in the third period. The shot data from that game also tells an interesting story: with Henrik Sedin on the ice at even strength (excluding empty net situations), the Canucks had a Corsi rating of +9; when he was on the bench, the Canucks Corsi rating dropped to -11. And things aren't getting any easier. The Sedins are still in the lineup, but the Canucks have added both Ryan Kesler and David Booth since these teams last met, which should make for a much improved team when the Sedins are on the bench. With the Oilers' checking line no doubt matching against the Sedins, it will be very interesting to see how (probably) Belanger's group handles a very difficult assignment.
Expected Lineups:
Edmonton Oilers (3-2-2):
Smyth - Horcoff - Jones
Hall - Nugent-Hopkins - Eberle
Paajarvi - Belanger - Gagner
Eager - Lander - Petrell
Smid - Gilbert
Whitney - Potter
Sutton - Barker
Khabibulin
Vancouver Canucks (4-3-1):
Sedin - Sedin - Burrows
Booth - Kesler - Higgins
Malhotra - Hodgson - Hansen
Volpatti - Lapierre - Weise
Hamhuis - Edler
Ballard - Bieksa
Alberts - Salo
Luongo
By the Numbers:
- The Canucks have been running with these defense pairings for the last couple of games, but in their last game against the Wild, they shifted to two pairings near the end of regulation, namely Hamhuis with Bieksa and Salo with Edler. I don't know if that will end up being typical, but if so, it's a very interesting way to use your top four defenders.
- Ben Eager's ice time continues to rise. In the Oilers last game against the Rangers, Eager played a season-high 7:57, all at even strength, and I'd guess that's about where we'll see him (and the rest of the fourth line) settle in.
- Nikolai Khabibulin makes his third consecutive start after getting a shut-out against New York. He came into that game with the second best save percentage in the NHL, and saw it improve to .969, which you'd think would be good enough to move into first place. It wasn't. Jonathan Quick posted his third consecutive shut-out that same night (Brian Boucher is shaking in his boots), and stayed atop the save percentage standings with a .972 save percentage through six games.
- The Oilers have scored six even strength goals so far this season, and guys named Ryan have scored all of them: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has three, Ryan Smyth has two, and Ryan Jones has one (plus an empty-netter).
- No one had more ice time against the Rangers than Cam Barker, who played 21:48. He hasn't looked good to me so far this season, but the Oilers staff must see something in him to give him that much ice time, and to focus their developmental attention on him instead of Theo Peckham who continues to gather dust in the pressbox.
168 comments
|
0 recs |
Do you like this story?
Comments
Be honest, you Yahweh’d this one all up on purpose, didn’t you?
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
If only there was some way to check… hmm…
(No!)
The biggest fanana of the Havana Bananas.
by Scott Reynolds on Oct 25, 2011 11:42 PM MDT up reply actions
Paajarvi reminds me a whole bunch of Booth.
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
No one had more ice time against the Rangers than Cam Barker, who played 21:48. He hasn’t looked good to me so far this season, but the Oilers staff must see something in him to give him that much ice time,
I only saw the third and he was a mess.
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
fucking convoluting our experience
What’s that a reference to? Unless the Bible is more metal than I ever realized.
Scott’s gospels are always metal.
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
I’m pretty sure Exodus and the minor prophets invented metal.
by eddy the lip on Oct 25, 2011 7:54 PM MDT up reply actions
That’s a quote that I found hilarious from Tom Renney in one of last year’s Oil Change episodes. “It’s that simple” is also Renney. I thought about working in “body of work” but I just didn’t quite get it to fit. But the Bible can be pretty… er… “metal” at times.
The biggest fanana of the Havana Bananas.
by Scott Reynolds on Oct 25, 2011 11:44 PM MDT up reply actions
Take turns is Not Coaching
Nikolai Khabibulin makes his third consecutive start
Alternating games sure was working good, huh?
Too good, maybe.
Last time Khabi had a decent season he played how many games?
Was it 60? Noooo.
Was it 50? Too High.
40? Too Low.
45? Lower.
Between 40 and 45, you mean about half the games?
I’m not the biggest Khabibulin fan in the world, but fair’s fair. He’s performed well this year in the softer starts, and Dubnyk’s worst game to date was against Vancouver. I’d give him the start in this one if I was Renney too.
After the back-to-back games later this week, Khabi will have 6 starts on the year, and Dubnyk will have 4. That’s an acceptable ratio IMO.
Loyal fan of the Edmonton Oilers. Don't you judge me.
by Ben Johnston on Oct 25, 2011 6:24 PM MDT up reply actions
I can’t fault for going back to a guy who just got a shutout and had a couple days rest.
The real test is when he’s not playing well and whether they try and go back to the well too many times.
In theory, there is little difference between practice and theory, but in practice there is!
Tactical contributor to the Copper & Blue and just as boring on the twitters... @dawgbone98
It begins
http://twitter.com/Mohamadpotts/status/129003402809192448
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
That’s the kind of mouth breather who says “Watch the games”…
In theory, there is little difference between practice and theory, but in practice there is!
Tactical contributor to the Copper & Blue and just as boring on the twitters... @dawgbone98
And yet when you do, and break them down frame by frame, they still say it.
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
Sounds about right
Horcoff’s totally the problem with this team. If he weren’t hogging all the ice time, RNH could handle all the tough minutes against guys like the Sedins and still produce at a point-per-game rate.
Loyal fan of the Edmonton Oilers. Don't you judge me.
by Ben Johnston on Oct 25, 2011 7:23 PM MDT up reply actions
I guess he didn’t muck it too badly.
Loyal fan of the Edmonton Oilers. Don't you judge me.
by Ben Johnston on Oct 25, 2011 8:40 PM MDT up reply actions
Between Anonymous, In Time and The Rum Diary, there are a lot of movies out this weekend that I want to see.
Loyal fan of the Edmonton Oilers. Don't you judge me.
The Rum Diary should be awesome.
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
Amazing how SportsNet’s narrative is that Khabibuilin is having a comeback year despite the narrative all of last year being that he was the only thing keeping the Oilers in games.
Loyal fan of the Edmonton Oilers. Don't you judge me.
by Ben Johnston on Oct 25, 2011 7:31 PM MDT reply actions 1 recs
A full year is a long time to keep your story straight.
In theory, there is little difference between practice and theory, but in practice there is!
Tactical contributor to the Copper & Blue and just as boring on the twitters... @dawgbone98
Renney goes with Lander vs. Kesler.
alrighty.
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
I got seven games without Debrusk and Quinn. He’s already starting on his stupid home/road splits.
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
Some brutal giveaways by the PP unit during the first minute there. By eye, it looked like Smyth and Gagner were responsible.
Loyal fan of the Edmonton Oilers. Don't you judge me.
That breakout was not clean at all.
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
Not sure why they don’t go with the 1 D look on the other power play with Whitney. Smyth, Paajarvi, Gagner, Lander could handle that. It would be better with Omark in Lander’s spot, but still.
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
I can’t stand listening to them.
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
Yeah, their announcers are alright. I’ve always wished there was a feed of just crowd noise, no commentary.
Loyal fan of the Edmonton Oilers. Don't you judge me.
by Ben Johnston on Oct 25, 2011 8:10 PM MDT up reply actions
He’s done.
In theory, there is little difference between practice and theory, but in practice there is!
Tactical contributor to the Copper & Blue and just as boring on the twitters... @dawgbone98
If it’s as bad as I think it is, I hope it’s a break and not worse.
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
What about bringing Petry back up and pairing him with Sutton as the second pairing? Barker could partner with Potter.
Loyal fan of the Edmonton Oilers. Don't you judge me.
by Ben Johnston on Oct 25, 2011 8:03 PM MDT up reply actions
Or getting Peckham on with Potter.
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
Does anyone know which ankle was bothering him, because his right one bent funny there.
In theory, there is little difference between practice and theory, but in practice there is!
Tactical contributor to the Copper & Blue and just as boring on the twitters... @dawgbone98
TSN says it was his right ankle that was injured last year.
This should work out well.
In theory, there is little difference between practice and theory, but in practice there is!
Tactical contributor to the Copper & Blue and just as boring on the twitters... @dawgbone98
His last operation was on the right foot.
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
Barker stuck behind the net there and he looked scared. HARD AROUND
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
Gilbert makes the block and gets back up the ice for the shot from the circle. Nice play.
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
Gilbert is steady & a team guy all the way. I wished he got more love from Oiler fans.
by painfulloss on Oct 25, 2011 8:03 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Petrell is listed at 6’3" 209, but seems smaller, until he hits someone that is.
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
I am shocked that Ryan Whitney is still having problems with his ankles/feet. Shocked.
by RiversQ on Oct 25, 2011 8:04 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
Odds the Oilers got his medical records prior to shipping away that tiny little Slovak?
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
on the van feed: “i like this move by weise—he goes around sutton and drives to the net”.
everyone goes around sutton.
If only I could.
Loyal fan of the Edmonton Oilers. Don't you judge me.
by Ben Johnston on Oct 25, 2011 8:06 PM MDT up reply actions
Whitney back out there. Hyper-extension only?
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
Well, don’t forget there are two bad habits the Oilers have – not getting medical information prior to trades or free agency and letting players diagnose themselves during and after games.
by RiversQ on Oct 25, 2011 8:13 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Good point. My optimism got the best of me.
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
Serious question – playing with a hyper-extension, good idea?
I’ve hyper-extended things. Hurts like hell.
by eddy the lip on Oct 25, 2011 8:18 PM MDT up reply actions
Not really, no. It’s really just a fancy word for stretched/strained ligaments.
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
I wonder how tired Luongo is getting of seeing the Mystery Machine on the ice.
Loyal fan of the Edmonton Oilers. Don't you judge me.
DAPHNE!
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
by Derek Zona on Oct 25, 2011 8:32 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
LMAO, rec’d
Loyal fan of the Edmonton Oilers. Don't you judge me.
by Ben Johnston on Oct 25, 2011 8:34 PM MDT up reply actions
Old guy, overpaid, hogs all the ice time against top players, doesn’t score?
Loyal fan of the Edmonton Oilers. Don't you judge me.
by Ben Johnston on Oct 25, 2011 8:42 PM MDT up reply actions
Nobody. He and Smyth are the only ones left from the previous show. Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble.
Loyal fan of the Edmonton Oilers. Don't you judge me.
by Ben Johnston on Oct 25, 2011 8:56 PM MDT up reply actions
Should’ve ordered in.
Loyal fan of the Edmonton Oilers. Don't you judge me.
by Ben Johnston on Oct 25, 2011 8:41 PM MDT up reply actions
You wouldn’t believe the delivery charges out here, but, yeah, that would have been worth it!
by eddy the lip on Oct 25, 2011 8:55 PM MDT up reply actions
No! Keep him in!
Loyal fan of the Edmonton Oilers. Don't you judge me.
by Ben Johnston on Oct 25, 2011 8:41 PM MDT up reply actions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AsId-qVIb4#t=01m24s
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
Hall just went hard to the net and still had the hands and feet to bury that. wow.
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
How in the hell is that not a penalty on Edler? It was a forearm to the head.
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
Edler’s a Canuck. You don’t call penalties against them.
Loyal fan of the Edmonton Oilers. Don't you judge me.
by Ben Johnston on Oct 25, 2011 8:45 PM MDT up reply actions
So sad, but so true.
Reminds me of an old WWI movie:
“DIVE! DIVE! DIVE!”
lol
by painfulloss on Oct 25, 2011 8:49 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Andy Sutton might be the slowest living thing in the universe.
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
Yeah Louie, back when Barker played for the Blackhawks. There ya go guys, talk him up, so now every twitterdiot loves him.
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
counterpoint: the blackhawks won the cup only after trading him for a guy who barely played.
by Passive Voice on Oct 25, 2011 8:59 PM MDT up reply actions
http://twitter.com/dantencer/status/129028333454368769
Someone fire this mook.
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
I thought I was the only person that thought the sportsnet feed was all screwed up tonight – everyone looks so small that I’m squinting. Then Dennis. Tyler and DB mention it.
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
Whitney down with a knee injury. Sure looks like an ankle to me.
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
it’s actually a concussion; they just plan on getting him out there for the third.
by Passive Voice on Oct 25, 2011 9:13 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
You sure called it!
Loyal fan of the Edmonton Oilers. Don't you judge me.
by Ben Johnston on Oct 25, 2011 9:29 PM MDT up reply actions
“As you might expect, fatigue becoming a factor” — Kevin Quinn.
What is he talking about?
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
That was amazing. Try saying that the Oilers should score two more goals.
Loyal fan of the Edmonton Oilers. Don't you judge me.
by Ben Johnston on Oct 25, 2011 9:32 PM MDT up reply actions
I’m watching in frame by frame and can’t figure out what he hurt.
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
To me it looks like his right ankle, which ankle did he hurt before?
The Edmonton Oilers - All we do is win!!
Left.
Loyal fan of the Edmonton Oilers. Don't you judge me.
by Ben Johnston on Oct 25, 2011 9:33 PM MDT up reply actions
Where are you seeing it. In the tangle?
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
He’s back on the ice, so it’s not life threatening.
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
Hell of a save by Khabibulin there. No rebound, either.
Loyal fan of the Edmonton Oilers. Don't you judge me.
Oh, there it is.
Loyal fan of the Edmonton Oilers. Don't you judge me.
by Ben Johnston on Oct 25, 2011 9:34 PM MDT up reply actions
Ah…I was looking at his glove save off Burrows.
As I was typing “Khabbibulin makes the save, doesn’t know where the rebound is!”
Mmm. Good bread.
by eddy the lip on Oct 25, 2011 9:38 PM MDT up reply actions
Couldn’t last, eh? What a disgusting rebound.
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
Darn it, anyone betting that the Oilers won’t hold on to this one?
The Edmonton Oilers - All we do is win!!
With the MVP in goal, anything can happen.
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
I think they’ll grind out a win.
Loyal fan of the Edmonton Oilers. Don't you judge me.
by Ben Johnston on Oct 25, 2011 9:35 PM MDT up reply actions
The current Corsi for the D:
Smid: -18
Whitney: -6
Barker: -9
Sutton: -11
Potter: -4
Gilbert: -3
Whitney only played 5 minutes.
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
Didn’t see the first period, but the last half of the second and the third have been horrid.
The Edmonton Oilers - All we do is win!!
Gilbert’s been amazing. Potter too. The rest are a mess.
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
“Khabibulin made the save, didn’t know where the rebound was!”
This is like saying “WATER IS WET!”
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
by Derek Zona on Oct 25, 2011 9:38 PM MDT reply actions 1 recs
Khabi giveth and Khabi taketh away.
Loyal fan of the Edmonton Oilers. Don't you judge me.
by Ben Johnston on Oct 25, 2011 9:39 PM MDT up reply actions
My guess is the opponent’s shortened bench creates matchup issues for Renney.
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
I am interested in your views and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
by eddy the lip on Oct 25, 2011 9:44 PM MDT up reply actions
Barker on the ice against Kesler. Edmonton puckers.
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
If the Canucks started Schneider every night they might win some more games.
The Edmonton Oilers - All we do is win!!
http://www.coppernblue.com/2011/10/20/2504020/oilers-beat-wild-1-0-through-59-minutes-and-58-seconds
Loyal fan of the Edmonton Oilers. Don't you judge me.
by Ben Johnston on Oct 25, 2011 9:48 PM MDT up reply actions
I know it’s the narrative, but I cringe every time Quinn says “Renney gets his TOP line on the ice”
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
And now Horcoff’s line is relegated to “The checking line”, rather than the “we’re doing every damn thing for all of you people line”
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
Clear the goddamn zone!
Loyal fan of the Edmonton Oilers. Don't you judge me.
by Ben Johnston on Oct 25, 2011 9:55 PM MDT up reply actions
Oops, typo. That should have read “Of course not.”
Loyal fan of the Edmonton Oilers. Don't you judge me.
by Ben Johnston on Oct 25, 2011 9:55 PM MDT up reply actions
I know the fans are upset about it Tom, but really, we don’t need to see Hopkins in his own end with less than 10 to go.
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
Why didn’t Renney take the timeout there and get Horcoff, Smyth and Belanger on the ice for hte last shift?
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
YOU KNOW IT!
SUCK IT. makes the WWF D-Generation X cross sign to groin area
by painfulloss on Oct 25, 2011 10:03 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Now you’re just taunting people.
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
Not my intent, actually. Just excited, esp. beating the Canucks. My bad.
by painfulloss on Oct 25, 2011 10:47 PM MDT up reply actions
Quinn says “Belanger getting some extra playing time with Petrell and Lander, no Ben Eager” like he’s shocked.
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
With Whitney down, I’d like to see the Oilers go to the 1D look on both power play units.
Potter – Horcoff – Hall – Hopkins – Eberle
Gilbert – Gagner – Hemsky – Paajarvi – Smyth
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
1 point – Gilbert. Same thing they’re running now with Potter.
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
How in the world does Burrows get a star in front of Gilbert and Potter?
Stupid media…
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
Potter is one of my favourite surprises this season.
I have no comment on Burrows. Sure liked that hit by Hall, though.
I would have been fine with Hall burying his stick in Burrows’ back after that two-handed slash
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
Gagner is day to day with a sprained right ankle, looks like he did injure it after all.
The Edmonton Oilers - All we do is win!!
If it’s low, he’s fine. If it’s another high one…crap
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
Related FanPosts on The Copper & Blue
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
Recent FanPosts
Oilers Schedule
Last 5 Games
@
Vancouver
|
Sat 04/07 | L 0 - 3 |
|
Anaheim
|
Thu 04/05 | OT - L 2 - 3 |
|
@
Los Angeles
|
Mon 04/02 | L 0 - 2 |
|
@
Anaheim
|
Sun 04/01 | W 2 - 1 |
|
Los Angeles
|
Fri 03/30 | L 1 - 4 |
In Association With
Latest Puck Daddy - NHL from Yahoo! Sports
- Dubinsky returns for Game 5; No hearing for Brown; Spacek rips Habs (Puck Headlines)
- Marek Vs. Wyshynski Radio: Tyson Nash, Mike Brophy, Dustin Brown’s hit and Devils/Rangers
- In which Dustin Penner, Jeff Carter and Mike Richards edit their NHL narratives
- Puck Daddy Hockey Rumors Live Chat!
- Stanley Cup Playoff overtimes: Historically, when are goals most likely to be scored?
