Oilers v. Blues - Amos 5:18-20
by Scott Reynolds on Oct 30, 2011 4:30 PM MDT
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PrintWoe to you who long
for the day of Tambellini's judgment!
Why would you long for his day of reckoning?
That day will be darkness, not light.
It will be like a man who fled from an elk in heat
only to meet a Vish-ous bear,
like a man who returned home
happy to find familiar surroundings,
but oblivious to the moldy walls.
Yes, the day Tambellini is judged will be a day of darkness,
pitch black, without a single ray of light.
St. Louis Blues (5-5-0) @ Edmonton Oilers (6-2-2)
Rexall Place, 6:00 p.m. MDT
Television: Sportsnet West
More analysis after the jump...
Visiting Team Scouting Report:
Jaroslav Halak has been a huge disappointment in St. Louis. After a stirring playoff run with the Montreal Canadiens - and some very fine regular season results to back it up - the Blues traded for the young netminder and signed him four-year fifteen-million dollar contract. Halak came in and provided about average goaltending over the course of the season, but played much better toward the end of the year once the Blues had already been all but eliminated from post-season contention. Of course, that .922 save percentage after the trade deadline still counts, and was no doubt reason to be encouraged, but the .907 he had posted before the deadline didn't exactly make a good first impression. This year, it's another rough start. In five games, Halak has an atrocious .835 save percentage, and has been bad enough that the Blues have already started Brian Elliott five times (you know you're desperate when...). Halak gets the call tonight, and will look to get his game on track. If he can, the rest of the club is good enough that they should be able to make the playoffs.
Expected Lineups:
Edmonton Oilers (6-2-2):
Smyth - Horcoff - Jones
Hall - Nugent-Hopkins - Eberle
Paajarvi - Belanger - Gagner
Eager - Lander - Petrell
Smid - Gilbert
Peckham - Potter
Barker - Petry
Khabibulin
St. Louis Blues (5-5-0):
Sobotka - Backes - Oshie
Steen - Arnott - Langenbrunner
D'Agostini - Berglund - Stewart
Grachev - Nichol - Porter
Colaiacovo - Pietrangelo
Nikitin - Polak
Jackman - Shattenkirk
Halak
By the Numbers:
- The St. Louis Blues are a clear example of a team that uses a top nine rather than a top six. All of the players listed among the top nine forwards have played at least 12:30 per game at even strength, and no one has played more than 15:00. No one in the bottom three has averaged more than 9:00 per game at evens.
- More and more coaches are using an extreme differential in zone-starts to get the most out of their lineup. Several teams are giving their fourth lines a lot of nasty business, but the Oilers have given the tough side to Ryan Smyth, Shawn Horcoff, and Ryan Jones. But they aren't alone. There are other teams with at least three players who have taken at least 65% of their end-zone starts in the defensive zone and played at least ten even strength minutes per game: the Columbus Blue Jackets (Samuel Pahlsson line), the Minnesota Wild (Kyle Brodziak line), Nashville Predators (Jerred Smithson line), and the New York Rangers (Brian Boyle line).
- After ten games, it's almost hard to believe that there are only six Oiler forwards who have scored at least one goal: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (5), Ryan Smyth (3), Taylor Hall (3), Ryan Jones (2), Jordan Eberle (2), and Shawn Horcoff (1). That makes zero goals for all of the bottom six forwards. And yet the team is winning!
- With six points in his first eight games, Corey Potter is among the twenty-five highest-scoring defensemen in the NHL, and just six points behind league leader (ahem) Marc-Andre Bergeron. It will be very interesting to see what happens with Potter in terms of contract over the next several months. With five years in the minors, does he dare risk turning down an offer from the Oilers? With just eight games of experience, do the Oilers dare make him an offer? If they wait until the end of the year and Potter is outstanding, do they pay up paying him big bucks? It should be interesting.
- The Oilers have been winning games so far this year, but they haven't done all that well on the shot clock. They currently stand 27th in shots per game with 25.5, and 26th in shot differential per game at -4.4. And things don't get any easier tonight. The Blues have allowed the fewest shots per game of any team in the league (25.5), and are currently fifth in shot differential per game at +5.6.
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what’s with the spelling of “vish-ous”?
by One_Roy_Save_On_The_Calendar on Oct 30, 2011 4:42 PM MDT reply actions
“Vish” is (one of) Kevin Lowe’s nickname(s).
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 30, 2011 5:08 PM MDT up reply actions
Awesome, you really see a bear in him? I’m trying to think of a more appropriate animal spirit guide for Mr. Lowe
by One_Roy_Save_On_The_Calendar on Oct 30, 2011 5:14 PM MDT up reply actions
The elusive snow leopard
by One_Roy_Save_On_The_Calendar on Oct 30, 2011 5:15 PM MDT up reply actions
With six points in his first eight games, Corey Potter is among the twenty-five highest-scoring defensemen in the NHL, and just six points behind league leader (ahem) Marc-Andre Bergeron.
I’m not sure what part of that sentence I find more surprising.
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without seeing a single minute of Tampa Hockey this year or any stats from their games….I’ll bet 80% of MAB’s points are second or (horcoff) assists
by One_Roy_Save_On_The_Calendar on Oct 30, 2011 5:13 PM MDT up reply actions
Well he’s got two goals. So he just needs one first assist to prove you wrong :)
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 30, 2011 6:13 PM MDT up reply actions
can anyone prove me wrong?
by One_Roy_Save_On_The_Calendar on Oct 31, 2011 12:53 AM MDT up reply actions
Not sure if you’re serious, but yeah, he’s got more than zero first assists.
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 31, 2011 7:46 AM MDT up reply actions
Principe needs to be put out of his misery.
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by OilLeak on Oct 30, 2011 6:01 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
Halloween goaltender: Khabi-boo-lin
You know, I actually like Gene’s interviews. He does a fine job and seems like a nice guy. But please…lay off the puns.
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He can’t, I’m pretty sure they are part of his identity. He’d be lost without them.
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by OilLeak on Oct 30, 2011 6:10 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Plante draws into the lineup in Barker’s place. Interesting.
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And just like that, we’ve got too many righties!
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 30, 2011 6:11 PM MDT up reply actions
Plante Is playing? Who came out?
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by OilLeak on Oct 30, 2011 6:12 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
Barker.
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by Ben Johnston on Oct 30, 2011 6:13 PM MDT up reply actions
Apparently he’s injured.
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 30, 2011 6:14 PM MDT up reply actions
Knowing what you think of Plante, that’s a massive burn.
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 30, 2011 6:50 PM MDT up reply actions
If we expect that he’ll get bottom-pairing minutes, it will be very difficult to be worse than Barker’s last two seasons.
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Absolutely stunning.
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by OilLeak on Oct 30, 2011 6:17 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
That was gorgeous. How did Horcoff get in there without being picked up?
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by Ben Johnston on Oct 30, 2011 6:17 PM MDT up reply actions
Good decoy from Hall helped a lot.
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 30, 2011 6:19 PM MDT up reply actions
Can potter keep this up as well?
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by OilLeak on Oct 30, 2011 6:18 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Woo! Getting beat up for the first five minutes, they get a penalty, and the Oilers score!
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Certainly beats last year: they get beat up for the first five minutes, they get a penalty, and then they play worse on the PP than they did at ES.
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by Ben Johnston on Oct 30, 2011 6:18 PM MDT up reply actions
We’re on the right end of the percentages so far this year
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by OilLeak on Oct 30, 2011 6:18 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I can’t decide whether the BP wing commercials or the Cialis commercials annoy me more.
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It’s got to be the bp wing commercials, hands down.
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by OilLeak on Oct 30, 2011 6:21 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Tougher for Plante to do that with his mobility problems, I’d imagine.
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The pairings (and sides) have ended up being really inconsistent so far.
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 30, 2011 6:52 PM MDT up reply actions
“petry rubs him off” -Quinn
by One_Roy_Save_On_The_Calendar on Oct 30, 2011 6:23 PM MDT reply actions
The hands on Taylor Hall are just unbelievable.
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That was a great shift by all three of them. Just dogged puck pursuit. Might cost them sometimes going the other way, but it sure is fun to watch that kind of aggressiveness in the offensive zone.
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 30, 2011 6:25 PM MDT up reply actions
Teams haven’t learned that the Oilers don’t suck as much on the power play this year.
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by OilLeak on Oct 30, 2011 6:25 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
Power play lines
Potter, Eberle, Hall, RNH, Horcoff
Gilbert, Petry, Gagner, Smyth, Belanger
Do I have those right? And does anybody know the PK lines?
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The PP is right.
Tonight, I’ve seen the following:
Smid-Gilbert
Peckham-Petry
Horcoff-Smyth
Petrell-Lander
Jones-Belanger
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 30, 2011 6:33 PM MDT up reply actions
Thanks.
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by Ben Johnston on Oct 30, 2011 6:34 PM MDT up reply actions
Smid is making break out passes. WTH?
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by OilLeak on Oct 30, 2011 6:41 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
As Derek has noted, he’s a different player when paired with a confident defender like Gilbert.
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by Ben Johnston on Oct 30, 2011 6:42 PM MDT up reply actions
As Derek has noted, he’s a different player when paired with aconfidentcompetent defender like Gilbert.
Fixed
by TakeoutArtist on Oct 30, 2011 6:44 PM MDT up reply actions
This has been an interesting game on defense so far. Not a lot of consistency in the pairings, especially since they’re trying to use different partners on the PP and the PK than they are at EV. They even had a couple of shifts with the only two lefties playing together.
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 30, 2011 6:49 PM MDT up reply actions
Its apparently pronounced Peter-Angelo.
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by OilLeak on Oct 30, 2011 6:46 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
Which goes against the PA-trANgelo that we typically hear.
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Nice shot by Paajarvi there – he kept it low looking for a rebound to both linemates headed to the net
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Petry shuts down Backes one-on-one there – that was a really nice sequence.
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If Taylor Hall and Magnus Paajarv were combined the oilers would have the perfect player.
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by OilLeak on Oct 30, 2011 7:06 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
What are you taking from Paajarvi?
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 30, 2011 7:14 PM MDT up reply actions
His two way play and the effortless strides.
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by OilLeak on Oct 30, 2011 7:26 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
OK on the two-way play, but it’s not like Hall is lumbering down the ice on breakaways.
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by Ben Johnston on Oct 30, 2011 7:30 PM MDT up reply actions
But… I like Hall’s over-aggressiveness and distinctive stride!
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 30, 2011 7:30 PM MDT up reply actions
I do too, but when paajarvi moves its like he is gliding above the ice rather than on it.
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by OilLeak on Oct 30, 2011 7:55 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Nice backcheck by Gagner, but it didn’t end up doing much good…
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Who was he out with there? Horcoff and?
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Don’t remember. Something to check on in the intermission!
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 30, 2011 7:14 PM MDT up reply actions
Petrell got scared of the offensive zone again.
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by OilLeak on Oct 30, 2011 7:09 PM MDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
Smyth
Like a team of oxen this line, it is.
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Why like Yoda speaking you are?
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by Ben Johnston on Oct 30, 2011 7:11 PM MDT up reply actions
Smyth you’re the greatest.
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by OilLeak on Oct 30, 2011 7:10 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
And Petry skates all the way to the right boards to move the puck up. Might not be comfortable on the left quite yet
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Dynamite!
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by OilLeak on Oct 30, 2011 7:13 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Yeah, that was his second big rap into the boards from behind of the game.
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 30, 2011 7:17 PM MDT up reply actions
Whoa. Hall just showed some ridiculous strength there.
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Wow, Hall is just so good. Wins the puck, and immediately finds Eberle for a scoring chance.
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Shedding the check, or rather, just blowing through the check, was remarkable.
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Peckham sure bungled that play.
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by OilLeak on Oct 30, 2011 7:20 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
RNH is going to break the d man’s ankles with those pivots.
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by OilLeak on Oct 30, 2011 7:22 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
Eberle looked pretty confident that it’s going to be called off.
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 30, 2011 7:24 PM MDT up reply actions
What passing.
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by OilLeak on Oct 30, 2011 7:23 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
Oh Taylor Hall. You’re ridiculous.
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They can’t keep up this pace indefinitely.
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by OilLeak on Oct 30, 2011 7:29 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
You’re right, eventually they’ll step it up.
by TakeoutArtist on Oct 30, 2011 7:30 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Don’t you ever get tired of being so NEGATIVE?
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by Ben Johnston on Oct 30, 2011 7:32 PM MDT up reply actions
That’ll stand.
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by OilLeak on Oct 30, 2011 7:24 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I’m not so sure. Eberle looked sad when it went in.
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Looks like it will count to me, but yeah, he looked like he thought that it was kicked in.
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 30, 2011 7:26 PM MDT up reply actions
Yeah. He stopped his celebration.
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Yeah, but the Oilers have a real powerplay this year and can make them regret it.
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by Ben Johnston on Oct 30, 2011 7:35 PM MDT up reply actions
Smytty!
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 30, 2011 7:35 PM MDT up reply actions
I love how effortless that goal was for him. It’s so unlike his typical goal.
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Magic!
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by OilLeak on Oct 30, 2011 7:35 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
Holy cow, what a fantastic save by Halak. I thought that was money.
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Just incredible.
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 30, 2011 7:38 PM MDT up reply actions
He was due for one, considering how poor he’s been.
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Good save, but Hall could have had better aim at the open side of the net too.
by TakeoutArtist on Oct 30, 2011 7:39 PM MDT up reply actions
Hope we don’t see Belanger from here on out. He’s taken a couple of big hits, and if the Oilers maintain their three-goal lead, there’s no reason to put him in harm’s way.
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Wouldn’t mind giving Gilbert a shift or six off as well.
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Nevermind. Gilbert doesn’t need rest. He needs more ice time.
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Not so much, I guess! Pretty brutal call though.
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 30, 2011 8:01 PM MDT up reply actions
Extremely horrible
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by OilLeak on Oct 30, 2011 8:01 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Yeah, really poor.
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by Ben Johnston on Oct 30, 2011 8:01 PM MDT up reply actions
A horrible misplay by Khabibulin, that’s what that was.
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by Ben Johnston on Oct 30, 2011 8:02 PM MDT up reply actions
That was familiar. Let’s hope it was a temporary bout of whatever it was.
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Yup. Didn’t play it well off the boards and then put in himself too. But easy to forgive for now!
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 30, 2011 8:04 PM MDT up reply actions
I feel like there’s a joke to be made in your pre-game writeups about the Bulin wall and the Walls of Jericho, but I can’t quite get there.
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by Ben Johnston on Oct 30, 2011 8:06 PM MDT up reply actions
Oh, wow. Never you mind. That was a nasty tip in front on the original shot. I had thought it just missed and came off the boards.
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 30, 2011 8:06 PM MDT up reply actions
Yeah, khabby pretty much did all he could on that one.
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by OilLeak on Oct 30, 2011 8:10 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I was still surprised Smyth didn’t grab it and go. He’s really good at grabbing the puck from behind with one hand on his stick.
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 30, 2011 8:10 PM MDT up reply actions
Gagner is starting to find his stride again, he’s ready to break out soon.
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by OilLeak on Oct 30, 2011 8:12 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
Easily the best game that Ben Eager has played. Kind of like Sean Avery, he can decently puck when he’s not being a goofball.
Despite his reputation, I’ve disliked Sutton’s play a lot more than I’ve disliked Eager’s.
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by Ben Johnston on Oct 30, 2011 8:17 PM MDT up reply actions
Up by 2 good move by Renney to put I out with Hall and RNH.
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by OilLeak on Oct 30, 2011 8:15 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
Paajarvi
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Bumbled typing on the iPhone
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by OilLeak on Oct 30, 2011 8:17 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I wonder if Eberle is hurt. He hit his head on the ice at one point and hasn’t had a shift in a while now.
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 30, 2011 8:17 PM MDT up reply actions
If he is, it would give them a good excuse to break up the kid line to help balance the lines during the upcoming road trip.
Speaking of that, I’ve been wondering how long it’ll be before we see those lines readjusted on this trip. There’s enough depth to give the Oilers some options. For example:
Hall-Horcoff-Gagner
Smyth-RNH-Jones
Paajarvi-Belanger-Eberle
Eager-Lander-Petrell
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by Ben Johnston on Oct 30, 2011 8:22 PM MDT up reply actions
That`s possible, but the problem is with Hemsky out there is no tough minutes RW to pair with Hall and Nuge without breaking them up.
Is it a requirement that they play together? They’ve not done well on the road.
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They’ve played together on the road for two games. Two. If they’re managed carefully (shift after “best”, try to make sure the puck is going the right way), they should be okay.
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 30, 2011 8:35 PM MDT up reply actions
Or at least it shouldn’t be a terribly different circumstance from what they get playing at home.
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 30, 2011 8:35 PM MDT up reply actions
Just a matter of time…
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by OilLeak on Oct 30, 2011 8:20 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Glad that was Langenbrunner and not someone with speed. He blew right by Smid and Gilbert barely got him.
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that was athletic by Paajarvi. Knocked it out of the air, controlled it, turned back, flipped back around and got the shot off.
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Yeah, checked it out (thanks Vic!), and Eberle hasn’t played since he and Sobotka went down driving the St. Louis net. Looks like it could be a leg thing or a head thing.
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And now he’s back out there so nevermind.
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 30, 2011 8:21 PM MDT up reply actions
lol smyth and horcoff worst 2on1 in history
by datsicnuge-hopzky on Oct 30, 2011 8:21 PM MDT reply actions
Good defensive play by Pietrangelo
Can you imagine how much better Winnipeg or Toronto would be with him instead of Bogosian or Luke f’ing Schenn.
Another reason why if you’re going to be in the lottery, try to be as last as possible. There’s a major difference between impact players and 2nd pairings.
by John Chambers on Oct 30, 2011 8:23 PM MDT up reply actions
Sure could use a d man like Peter-Angelo
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Pang says “Petra-angelo”, the PBP guy says “PA-trANgelo”
Quinn is saying “Peter-ANgelo”
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I’m going to call him Peter Angelo from now on, haha.
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Hall is a bull.
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by OilLeak on Oct 30, 2011 8:22 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
He’s so fast and so aggressive that he does crazy things with his body. And even when he’s out of control, he’s strong enough and coordinated enough to make a play
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Yep. It looked like Colaiacovo had stuffed him but he just kept going.
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 30, 2011 8:24 PM MDT up reply actions
Hall almost got toppled but somehow willed himself to stay on his skates to get the shot off.
by TakeoutArtist on Oct 30, 2011 8:27 PM MDT up reply actions
Hall should have gone straight through him Colaiacovo just might have exploded into pieces.
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by OilLeak on Oct 30, 2011 8:28 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Nice two man by Paajarvi and Gagner.
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Good thing Halak waited until the 3rd to show up tonight.
by TakeoutArtist on Oct 30, 2011 8:30 PM MDT up reply actions
Gagner has been fantastic.
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by OilLeak on Oct 30, 2011 8:28 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
Peter-Angelo is just too good for Eager.
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by OilLeak on Oct 30, 2011 8:29 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
Khabibulin never saw that shot that hit the post.
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I can’t believe that defense won an NHL game.
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Go figure goaltending. I just hope that Whitney is back in action before Khabibulin regresses.
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by Ben Johnston on Oct 30, 2011 8:32 PM MDT up reply actions
How much did plante play?
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by OilLeak on Oct 30, 2011 8:35 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
12 minutes, didn’t think he played that much.
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by OilLeak on Oct 30, 2011 8:39 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
12:05 all at evens, and though he is very slow, at least he knows it. I thought he did a good job of protecting against the best chances, and that he did pretty well pinching guys out along the wall. But yeah, he’ll need to get quicker to play at the NHL level over the long haul.
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by Scott Reynolds on Oct 30, 2011 8:39 PM MDT up reply actions
I can’t see plante getting much quicker at this stage. He would need to drop 10-15 lb worth of muscle and lose some of his physical edge.
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by OilLeak on Oct 30, 2011 8:59 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Totally sustainable.
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by OilLeak on Oct 30, 2011 8:36 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
A really solid team effort tonight.
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by OilLeak on Oct 30, 2011 8:32 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
Agreed, might have been the best played game thus far.
by TakeoutArtist on Oct 30, 2011 8:34 PM MDT up reply actions
Poor Gilbert. 24:00 in a convincing win.
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He couldn’t hack it playing 26.
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by OilLeak on Oct 30, 2011 8:34 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Another great effort from Renney.
8 neutral zone faceoffs for Hopkins, 2 OZ, zero DZ.
He had Petry out with Potter along with Horcoff’s line for a ton of time and protected Peckham by starting him against Nichol and playing him most against Oshie. Nice work.
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Asked Joanne Ireland to ask about Eberle’s disappearance. We’ll see if she does.
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http://twitter.com/jirelandEJ/status/130842639179321346
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Hm. My eyes did deceive me. I thought Petry was getting his chances from the Hopkins line:
Center F A
Horcoff 0 1
Belanger 3 0
Hopkins 3 1
Lander 1 0
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Derek,
I assume you missed it but I posed a question to you at the end of the Preds Game Day Thread: http://www.coppernblue.com/2011/10/17/2496367/oilers-v-predators-leviticus-19-1-19#80485851
It’s basically a follow up to a pre-season comment I made to DarrenV regarding RNH: http://www.coppernblue.com/2011/9/22/2443023/oilers-v-canucks-theyre-all-professionals-now#78135062
Just wondering whether or not (with the power of hindsight) you think my analysis was sound, or, as you put it, I was merely “seeking influence”.
I’ll have an article about that at the end of the week.
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