The Copper & Blue - Oilers @ Jets Game DayA site for fans of the Edmonton Oilers. Someday we'll get to write about an Oilers playoff game. Hopefully sooner than later.https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/13253/copper-fave.jpg2015-03-24T00:12:46-06:00http://www.coppernblue.com/rss/stream/70906882015-03-24T00:12:46-06:002015-03-24T00:12:46-06:00Oilers unravel 4 - 1 to the Jets
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<p>The Jets exploit a jumbled Oilers roster and illustrate all of their problems for them. </p> <p>That game was kind of like a big cartoon illustrating all of the <a href="https://www.coppernblue.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Oilers</a>’ problems. It was "visual".</p>
<p>The Oilers played a riveting first five minutes but Paul Maurice and the hard-hitting <a href="https://www.arcticicehockey.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Jets</a> quickly exploited all of the Oilers’ weaknesses.</p>
<p>By halfway through the game Oilers fans were far more preoccupied with taking the piss out of Sportsnet’s commentary and left the game to unwind by itself.</p>
<p>To the Jets’ credit, they shut down the Oilers’ powerplay. The Oilers powerplay has caught the attention of the whole league lately and that’s exactly why the Jets limited them to a meager four shots on three powerplays. (Take it as a compliment, Nuge, that the Jets themselves managed to keep themselves to only three penalties).</p>
<p>The Oilers exploded into the first period like gunshot. For the first five minutes they looked like they were going to get the first goal even if they had to put the puck in <span>Derek Roy</span>’s mouth and shoot him through Pavalec.</p>
<p>Incidentally, Ondrej Pavalec entered this game having just shutout the <a href="https://www.japersrink.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Washington Capitals</a> the game before.</p>
<p>Also to the Oilers’ advantage, the Jets played without <span>Dustin Byfuglien</span>, who is still out with an upper-body injury from a game against the <a href="https://www.silversevensens.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Senators</a> on March 4th.</p>
<p>Those first five minutes were glorious. <span>Ryan Nugent-Hopkins</span> and <span>Jordan Eberle</span> swam around the offensive zone like piranhas. Derek Roy and <span>Nail Yakupov</span> streaked to the net and were oh-so-close. It was just all too perfect.</p>
<p>The turning point came when the Jets big 6’3" winger <span>Chris Thorburn</span> ran over captain Andrew Ference. Ference tried to run back into Thorburn but looked rattled and only bounced off him a second time awkwardly. Ference left the game and did not return. Note this was the ‘symbolism’ moment of the game.</p>
<p>The Oilers grit, heart, and faceoff guy <span>Boyd Gordon</span> went out with a back injury.</p>
<p>Then the Oilers turned into a cartoon of themselves. <span>Oscar Klefbom</span> tried to slide a long, loose pass along the blueline to <span>Justin Schultz</span> that <span>Drew Stafford</span> read before it even happened. Stafford picked off the pass midflight and flew down the ice. Then as Justin Schultz tried to wave his stick around like a broken gate hanging from one hinge, Stafford blew right through it, sending Schultz’ stick sailing away. Schultz could only chase after Stafford with nothing in his hands. By that time Stafford had already wristed it into the net from the top of the circle with nothing between himself and goalie <span>Ben Scrivens</span>.</p>
<p>Shortly after, Nail Yakupov received a quick pass for a one-on-one but <span>Jacob Trouba</span> bowled him over completely before he could even get a shot off.</p>
<p>Toward the end of the period a slapshot from <span>Nikita Nikitin</span> bounced off of <span>Blake Wheeler</span>’s stick and straight into Wheeler’s face at almost point blank range. Wheeler left the ice and didn’t return until the third period.</p>
<p>And that was the end of the hockey game. Unfortunately there were still two whole periods to go.</p>
<p>Then came the great unraveling. The second period played out with the Jets getting two more goals as the Oilers took several bad penalties out of frustration, including inviting the Jets to a 5 on 3. The emotional penalties showed their youth here as they strayed away from the gameplan and handed the second period entirely over to the Jets.</p>
<p>Luckily for the Oilers, no one was paying attention. Everyone was too preoccupied with comments Sportsnet commentator Corey Hirsch made during the first intermission to the effect of <span>Taylor Hall</span> having ‘character problems’ and how he should be traded.</p>
<p>Twitter threw its collective hands up with the hashtag <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TaylorHallCharacterProblems?src=tren" target="_blank">#TaylorHallCharacterProblems</a> satirizing Hirsch’s comments. Everything from leaving dead batteries in the junk drawer to eating all your fries were held in mock evidence of Taylor Hall’s supposed character problems.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, somewhere in the background, Hall actually took a stupid penalty.</p>
<p>It was early in the third period where Ryan Nugent-Hopkins stepped up and quickly put in a goal to get the Oilers on the board, thus single-handedly outscoring all of the Washington Capitals in the past 48 hours.</p>
<p>Shortly after there was a scary moment as <span>Tyler Myers</span> got his stick around Nuge, lifting him off balance and effectively boarding him. Nuge was slow to get up but came back to the game fine.</p>
<p>Towards the end, during their desperate last gasps, the Oilers were called for too many men. For the second game in a row.</p>
<p>It capped off a night that highlighted all of the Oilers shortcomings. Ference getting run over and leaving a five-man paper thin defence. Schultz’s jultzing-stick getting blown through. Scrivens letting in pucks he can see the whole way. And then this. Getting caught scrambling, awkward line management, and, hey, why is Hall on the third line anyway?</p>
<p>My prediction is we’ll see Hall moved back up to the first line very soon. This game shone a clear light on a jumbled mess of an Oilers roster.</p>
<p>For a short while things were working but now the Oilers have been caught plugging holes and sticking players wherever. Sure the odds were already stacked against them with weak defence and goaltending. But a little structure would have helped.</p>
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<h1 id="highlights">Highlights</h1>
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<h1 id="first-period">First period</h1>
<p>12:28 <strong>JETS GOAL</strong> Drew Stafford unassisted. Oscar Klefbom attempts a long pass along the blueline and Stafford reads it easily. Intercepts it and skates in with Klefbom trying to keep up. He skates right through Schultz’ stick right out of Schultz’ hands, and a snapshot from the top of circle beats Scrivens. <strong>1 - 0 Jets.</strong> <br> 4:21 <strong>BLOOD</strong> Blake Wheeler hit in the face by Nikitin shot up close, right off his own stick. Goes down. Leaves the ice. <br> 2:36 <strong>PENALTIES</strong> <span>Anton Lander</span> and Chris Thorburn. Lander finishes a hit on Drew Stafford by the benches as both teams are changing lines. There’s some punches thrown. Drew Stafford and Anton Lander get 2:00 minutes each for roughing. Chris Thorburn also gets 2:00 for roughing, although, to be fair, he didn’t do much. Mostly just showed up looking like hillbilly Rasputin.</p>
<p>Shots Jets 7 - Oilers 6</p>
<h1 id="second-period">Second period</h1>
<p>14:25 <strong>JETS GOAL</strong> by Lee Stepniak assisted by <span>Jiri Tlusty</span>, Tyler Myers. <strong>2 - 0 Jets</strong> <br> 4:33 <strong>OILERS PENALTY</strong> <span>Mark Fayne</span> slashing, drawn by Drew Stafford <br> 4:29 <strong>OILERS PENALTY</strong> <span>Martin Marincin</span> high-sticking, drawn by Drew Stafford. 5-on-3 for the Jets. <br> 4:00 <strong>JETS POWERPLAY GOAL</strong> Tyler Myers assisted by <span>Toby Enstrom</span>. <b>3 - 0 Jets </b><br> 1:21 <strong>OILERS PENALTY</strong> Taylor Hall crosschecking, drawn by Jacob Trouba</p>
<p>Shots Jets 8 - Oilers 16</p>
<h1 id="third-period">Third period</h1>
<p>18:50 <strong>OILERS GOAL</strong> Ryan Nugent-Hopkins assisted by Taylor Hall, Oscar Klefbom <strong>3 - 1 Jets</strong> <br> 16:48 <strong>JETS PENALTY</strong> Tyler Myers tripping, drawn by Ryan Nugent-Hopkins <br> 10:50 <strong>JETS PENALTY</strong> Jacob Trouba slashing against <span>Rob Klinkhammer</span> <br> 9:10 <strong>OILERS PENALTY</strong> Too Many Men, served by Taylor Hall <br> 7:43 <strong>JETS GOAL</strong> <span>Michael Frolik</span> assisted by <span>Andrew Ladd</span>, <span>Jay Harrison</span>. <strong>4 - 1 Jets</strong> <br> 1:29 <strong>JETS PENALTY</strong> <span>Adam Lowry</span> tripping, drawn by Jordan Eberle</p>
<p>Shots Jets 9 - Oilers 12</p>
<p>Total shots Jets 24 - Oilers 34</p>
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<p>He takes the last cup of coffee and doesn't make a new pot. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TaylorHallCharacterProblems?src=hash">#TaylorHallCharacterProblems</a></p>
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<p>Was born in Calgary <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TaylorHallCharacterProblems?src=hash">#TaylorHallCharacterProblems</a></p>
— Travis Dakin (@TravisDakin) <a href="https://twitter.com/TravisDakin/status/580208022712033280">March 24, 2015</a>
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<p>Lots of Taylor Hall fans out there. Fantastic, he's a VG player never said he wasn't. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/oilers?src=hash">#oilers</a></p>
— Corey Hirsch (@CoreyHirsch) <a href="https://twitter.com/CoreyHirsch/status/580202886942105600">March 24, 2015</a>
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<p>Ha! Nooooo I didn't get fired in between periods. Had to get on Hockey Central. I love a good debate!! You guys are awesome! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/oilers?src=hash">#oilers</a></p>
— Corey Hirsch (@CoreyHirsch) <a href="https://twitter.com/CoreyHirsch/status/580216365681889280">March 24, 2015</a>
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https://www.coppernblue.com/2015/3/24/8282085/oilers-unravel-4-1-loss-to-jetsKen.Price2014-12-03T16:41:48-07:002014-12-03T16:41:48-07:00Oil at Jets: Maybe Tonight's The Night, Maybe Not
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<p>Do the Oilers stop the losing streak at 10 games? Does it matter?</p> <p>The <a href="https://www.coppernblue.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Oilers</a> are in Winnipeg tonight looking <strike>to lose their eleventh straight game</strike> for a rare win. Heading into tonight's game versus the mighty Oil, the <a href="https://www.arcticicehockey.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Thrashers</a> find themselves holding down the eighth spot in the NHL's Western Conference despite a sub .500 record on home ice. Because I'm sure you've forgotten this by now, eighth place would be good enough for Winnipeg to make the playoffs - those other games that get played after game 82 - if the season were to end today. Oh how I wish the season were ending today.</p>
<h4>How To Tune In</h4>
<p>Sportsnet One (or is it Sportsnet1, maybe Sportsnet 1) at 7PM for those in the Mountain timezone. When you stop watching is entirely up to you.</p>
<h4>What To Watch For From The Oilers</h4>
<p><span>Tyler Pitlick</span> is on the top line tonight. After ten straight losses, why not? Eakins had this to say about Pitlick earlier today (<a target="_blank" href="http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2014/12/03/edmonton-oilers-shuffle-tyler-pitlick-to-the-top-line-as-dallas-eakins-alters-his-forward-strategy/">thank you Mr. Willis for the transcribing this</a>):</p>
<blockquote><p>Tyler on our second goal was textbook. He went in, he was physical, he helped them win a puck. The puck went back to the point, he went to the net front immediately, he counter-hit a guy and bang the puck is in the net, and that’s what we need and we need it from everyone. We think he’ll give us that on that line.</p></blockquote>
<p>At this point Dallas Eakins is really just trying to find a way to spark his team. Swapping <span>Jordan Eberle</span> for Pitlick on the top line is attempt number one at doing just that. Attempt number two is likely going to be getting his best forwards more ice time. The fourth line of <span>Luke Gazdic</span>/<span>Mark Arcobello</span>/<span>Steve Pinizzotto</span> isn't going to see the ice much so the Oilers are going to be playing tonight with nine forwards, maybe ten depending how Arcobello gets rotated. It can't possibly be any worse.</p>
<h4>What To Watch For From The Jets</h4>
<p>Although being a hockey team, in the last day I've learned that <span>Evander Kane</span>'s Instagram account is the biggest happening with this team right now, certainly bigger than anything happening on the ice. <a href="http://www.arcticicehockey.com/2014/12/3/7326623/how-instagram-works-a-lesson-by-evander-kane" target="_blank">Arctic Ice Hockey explains</a>:</p>
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<p>The picture simply tells his fans and followers a little bit more about who Evander Kane is and the kind of life he lives. Learning these things is presumably why people follow him. It is also worth noting, Kane hurt no one!!</p>
<p>The post isn't representative of any wrongdoing and it teaches us nothing we didn't know already. It really is not news, nor is it newsworthy. Publishing it for personal gain is no more than gossip fodder trash. Before I go too far down that road I do want to say, there are places for that and this blog may not always be above reproach in this regard, but some of the claims out there are silly.</p>
<p>Evander Kane was not throwing money in the faces of random people. He was simply showing something that he thought was entertaining to people he thought would be entertained. The people that removed the context of Instagram from the photo are the ones throwing it in people's faces.</p>
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<p>Maybe this wasn't a big deal after all.</p>
<h4>Oilers Projected Line Combinations</h4>
<p><span>Taylor Hall</span> - <span>Ryan Nugent-Hopkins</span> - Tyler Pitlick<br> <span>Nail Yakupov</span> - <span>Leon Draisaitl</span> - Jordan Eberle<br> <span>David Perron</span> - <span>Boyd Gordon</span> - <span>Teddy Purcell</span><br> Luke Gazdic - Mark Arcobello - Steve Pinizzotto</p>
<p><span>Andrew Ference</span> - <span>Justin Schultz</span><br> <span>Nikita Nikitin</span> - <span>Mark Fayne</span><br> <span>Oscar Klefbom</span> - <span>Jeff Petry</span></p>
<p><span>Ben Scrivens</span></p>
<h4>Final Thought</h4>
<p>Is this guy serious? I can't tell any more.</p>
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<p>Like it or not, this is the Oilers team we're going to see for a while.</p> <p>Because I had better things to do, I didn’t tune into any part of the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.coppernblue.com/">Oilers</a> last three games – all losses, although two did at least come with a point thanks to Gary Bettman. With those three losses the team’s current losing streak stands at ten games, any hope of salvaging the season went up in flames long ago, and the calls for change are a whole hell of a lot louder now than they were when I last watched the Oilers play just seven days ago.</p>
<p>And there is nothing surprising about the fans and media calling for change. A team losses games, people would like to see the team make some changes so they start winning games, that’s essentially how sports work. And that change can come in two forms: change in management or a change in the players. Of the two changing management is usually simpler – you can’t fire 23 players – and given the current losing streak I’m a little surprised that the head coach, Dallas Eakins, hasn’t already been shown the door, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.coppernblue.com/2014/11/25/7283227/oilers-dallas-eakins-caoching-change">even if I don’t think he’s the man most responsible for all of this</a>.</p>
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<p>If the coach isn’t going to be fired then that leaves some personnel changes, right? Well, when it comes to the Oilers, I have my doubts that changes will happen any time soon.</p>
<p>Because it is very difficult to get something for nothing, to make a trade you need something that the other team values, these are what I tend to call "good players." And while the Oilers do have a lot of players at their disposal, they lack enough "good players." This has been a problem for the franchise for longer than I care to remember and it’s a large part of why they’re looking to make a trade in the first place. So what exactly do the Oilers have to trade?</p>
<p>First things first, everybody is tradable. For the right return I’d trade my own mother, but when it comes to players like <span>Taylor Hall</span> or <span>Ryan Nugent-Hopkins</span>, players around which the rebuild has been based, trading either would be a massive altering of the team’s makeup. That doesn’t make a trade involving either impossible, and perhaps that’s exactly what the team needs (I don’t think it is, but to each their own), but it’s not the kind of thing that’s likely to happen in season when the playoffs are already an afterthought.</p>
<p>You can say much the same thing with the next tier of players as well. This is where I slot in players like <span>Jordan Eberle</span>, <span>Nail Yakupov</span>, <span>Jeff Petry</span>, and <span>Justin Schultz</span>. All four are good players (Schultz has been included more on reputation than actually play) and would very likely bring a decent return but trades in today’s NHL sound easier than they typically are because of that salary cap.</p>
<p>Take Eberle for example, with a cap hit of $6M it’s not as easy as simply dropping him onto any roster you choose, a couple months from now as the deadline approaches it gets far easier, but we’re, sadly, not at that point of the season. If the Oilers wanted to also take on an anchor player who came with a higher cap hit things get easier but a) they don’t have a lot of room either, and b) already a decent amount of cap space next year spoken for so they’d need to be very careful. Again, not impossible but not likely either.</p>
<p>But even if you could find a partner would the return be worth it? If you trade Yakupov is the return anywhere near his potential? I don’t think so. If you take Petry off the roster there actually is no defence, so the team isn’t better in the short term because you’ve robbed Peter to pay Paul. This summer, when MacTavish tries to transform this squad into something slightly better than what we see now he’ll need to consider trading players like these, but as for today, there are probably just too many parts that need to be made to fit for it to happen.</p>
<p>So what’s left? The <span>David Perron</span>s and <span>Teddy Purcell</span>s of the world. Quality players that belong on an NHL roster but not the kind that is likely to bring back a big return on their own. That Perron is being shopped by the Oilers isn’t going to be shocking news to anyone, but it doesn’t look like the return the team is looking for is there either. From Elliotte Friedman's most recent <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/elliotte-friedman-nhl-30-thoughts-edmonton-oilers-john-davidson-montreal-canadiens/">30 Thoughts</a>:</p>
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<p>I wrote last week that I thought it could be a matter of days before David Perron was traded from Edmonton. There’s no point in splitting hairs over how many "days" that gives me to be correct, as I clearly was premature.</p>
<p>That’s not to say the Oilers aren’t trying but there are a few things I learned in the aftermath of the original story. First, it is going to be very hard to trade any winger for a top-flight centre, unless that winger is an absolute game-breaking stud. Second, Perron’s been available longer than I realized. He certainly has value, but it’s going to be hard for the Oilers to get what they need with him as the centerpiece of a deal.</p>
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<p>Basically the Oilers can't get what they need for the pieces they've got. And it's a situation made worse by the simple fact that the team cannot win hockey games. I said earlier that "team losses games, people would like to see the team make some changes so they start winning games," well, I'm not the only person who knows this, GMs around the league are familiar with this concept as well and I'm sure they're putting the screws to MacTavish to try and get just a little bit better deal for their team.</p>
<p>What Perron might have returned in August can now be had for Perron and a pick, or Perron and a prospect like <span>Martin Marincin</span> perhaps. This is the problem with dealing from a position of weakness, and the Oilers are very much in a position of weakness right now. And until a few more teams start to see their playoff hopes slipping away and go looking for help to get things back on track things are not likely to change for the Oilers on this front. And I don't see that happening until mid January.</p>
<p>If another season without playoff hockey was likely to cost MacTavish his job then he might be more desperate to make a trade happen right now, but his job is not in jeopardy, not this season at least. This team is not where anyone wanted it to be two years into his tenure as the GM, but regardless of where this team finishes, I don't see a scenario where he isn't the GM of this team next season so there is no need for him to panic just yet. Even though the team has lost ten straight games.</p>
<p>And all we as fans can do is hope that the current group of players figures it out because there is no help coming in the form of a trade.</p>
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<p>10! 10 losses, HA HA HA HA</p> <h3>
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<p class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph2"><b>Today's Goaltenders:</b></p>
<p><span>Ben Scrivens</span> (941 mins <b>ESSvPct</b>: .898 <b>SvPct</b>: .888) vs. <span>Ondrej Pavelec</span> (1,132 mins <b>ESSvPct</b>: .926 <b>SvPct</b>: .919)</p>
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<h3>Please <b>put your prediction in the subject line</b> like this: Oilers n - <span class="sbn-auto-link">Jets </span>n</h3>
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<p class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph5">Please list the Oilers score first, regardless of the team being home or away.</p>
<p class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph6">Make your own prediction and do not comment on anyone else's prediction. <i><b>Any comments that are not in the format above, or in response to someone else's comment will be deleted.</b></i></p>
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<p class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph7"><b>Points distributed as follows:</b></p>
<p class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph8">Predict both teams correctly: <b>5 points</b></p>
<p class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph9">Predict the Oilers score correctly: <b>2 points</b></p>
<p class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph10">Predict the opponent's score correctly: <b>1 points</b></p>
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<p class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph11"><i>Your prediction must be submitted by game time. Submissions posted after game time will be deleted.</i></p>
<p class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph11">Points will be tallied throughout the season, and at season's end, we'll award a prize package to the winner. The prize package consists of:</p>
<p class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph12" align="center"><i><span class="sbn-auto-link"><span>Jeff Petry</span></span> autographed puck<br>Edmonton Oilers puck-shaped rug <br>A set of (4) Edmonton Oilers draught glasses </i><i><i><i>(pictured below)</i></i><br>Edmonton Oilers reversible knit hat</i><i><br>A set of (2) Edmonton Oilers knit can koozies</i></p>
<p class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph13">*Official rules for this contest can be viewed by <a href="http://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/2332192/The_Copper_n_Blue_Predict_the_Final_Game_Score_Contest.0.pdf" target="_blank">clicking on this link</a>.</p>
<p id="paragraph14" class="pgh-paragraph">Good Luck, Go Oilers!</p>
<p id="paragraph15" class="pgh-paragraph"> <figure class="e-image">
<img alt="Draught glass" data-mask-text="false" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/A0PqGgWkrBfGJqiS1RPYtjpgUK4=/400x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/2349436/thumb.0.aspx">
</figure>
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<h3>Current standings:</h3>
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<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value='[null,2,"Robin E"]' data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-28]">Robin E</td>
<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,23]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=SUM(R[0]C[-28]:R[0]C[-2])">23</td>
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<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value='[null,2,"TakeoutArtist "]' data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-28]">TakeoutArtist</td>
<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,23]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=SUM(R[0]C[-28]:R[0]C[-2])">23</td>
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<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value='[null,2,"anguishedgentleman"]' data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-28]">anguishedgentleman</td>
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<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value='[null,2,"BigB_09"]' data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-28]">BigB_09</td>
<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,18]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=SUM(R[0]C[-28]:R[0]C[-2])">18</td>
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<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value='[null,2,"Wonder Llama"]' data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-28]">Wonder Llama</td>
<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,17]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=SUM(R[0]C[-28]:R[0]C[-2])">17</td>
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<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value='[null,2,"admiralmark"]' data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-28]">admiralmark</td>
<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,16]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=SUM(R[0]C[-28]:R[0]C[-2])">16</td>
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<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value='[null,2,"factfinder1"]' data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-28]">factfinder1</td>
<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,16]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=SUM(R[0]C[-28]:R[0]C[-2])">16</td>
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<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value='[null,2,"jonrmcleod "]' data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-28]">jonrmcleod</td>
<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,16]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=SUM(R[0]C[-28]:R[0]C[-2])">16</td>
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<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value='[null,2,"michaels82"]' data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-28]">michaels82</td>
<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,16]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=SUM(R[0]C[-28]:R[0]C[-2])">16</td>
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<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value='[null,2,"mightystyk"]' data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-28]">mightystyk</td>
<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,16]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=SUM(R[0]C[-28]:R[0]C[-2])">16</td>
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<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value='[null,2,"fzrdave"]' data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-28]">fzrdave</td>
<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,14]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=SUM(R[0]C[-28]:R[0]C[-2])">14</td>
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<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value='[null,2,"northof51"]' data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-28]">northof51</td>
<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,14]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=SUM(R[0]C[-28]:R[0]C[-2])">14</td>
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<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value='[null,2,"ryanhimself"]' data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-28]">ryanhimself</td>
<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,13]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=SUM(R[0]C[-28]:R[0]C[-2])">13</td>
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<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value='[null,2,"ryan_batty"]' data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-28]">ryan_batty</td>
<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,13]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=SUM(R[0]C[-28]:R[0]C[-2])">13</td>
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<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value='[null,2,"zatch12 "]' data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-28]">zatch12</td>
<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,12]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=SUM(R[0]C[-28]:R[0]C[-2])">12</td>
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<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value='[null,2,"boozey"]' data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-28]">boozey</td>
<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,12]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=SUM(R[0]C[-28]:R[0]C[-2])">12</td>
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<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value='[null,2,"GOATWallace45"]' data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-28]">GOATWallace45</td>
<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,12]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=SUM(R[0]C[-28]:R[0]C[-2])">12</td>
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<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value='[null,2,"Passive Voice"]' data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-28]">Passive Voice</td>
<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,12]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=SUM(R[0]C[-28]:R[0]C[-2])">12</td>
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<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value='[null,2,"Oprah sucks"]' data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-28]">Oprah sucks</td>
<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,11]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=SUM(R[0]C[-28]:R[0]C[-2])">11</td>
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<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value='[null,2,"humantorch"]' data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-28]">humantorch</td>
<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,10]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=SUM(R[0]C[-28]:R[0]C[-2])">10</td>
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<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value='[null,2,"OilLeak"]' data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-28]">OilLeak</td>
<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,10]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=SUM(R[0]C[-28]:R[0]C[-2])">10</td>
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<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value='[null,2,"Vanvoneer "]' data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-28]">Vanvoneer</td>
<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,10]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=SUM(R[0]C[-28]:R[0]C[-2])">10</td>
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<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value='[null,2,"SoCalOil"]' data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-28]">SoCalOil</td>
<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,9]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=SUM(R[0]C[-28]:R[0]C[-2])">9</td>
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<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value='[null,2,"thetransplant "]' data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-28]">thetransplant</td>
<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,9]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=SUM(R[0]C[-28]:R[0]C[-2])">9</td>
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<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value='[null,2,"justin_watkins"]' data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-28]">justin_watkins</td>
<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,8]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=SUM(R[0]C[-28]:R[0]C[-2])">8</td>
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<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value='[null,2,"curcro"]' data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-28]">curcro</td>
<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,8]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=SUM(R[0]C[-28]:R[0]C[-2])">8</td>
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<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value='[null,2,"smyttysmullet"]' data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-28]">smyttysmullet</td>
<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,8]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=SUM(R[0]C[-28]:R[0]C[-2])">8</td>
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<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value='[null,2,"GCW_69"]' data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-28]">GCW_69</td>
<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,7]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=SUM(R[0]C[-28]:R[0]C[-2])">7</td>
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<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value='[null,2,"Robjs22"]' data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-28]">Robjs22</td>
<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,7]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=SUM(R[0]C[-28]:R[0]C[-2])">7</td>
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<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value='[null,2,"lostinleafsland"]' data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-28]">lostinleafsland</td>
<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,6]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=SUM(R[0]C[-28]:R[0]C[-2])">6</td>
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<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value='[null,2,"lumberjackass"]' data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-28]">lumberjackass</td>
<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,6]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=SUM(R[0]C[-28]:R[0]C[-2])">6</td>
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<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value='[null,2,"El Pindo"]' data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-28]">El Pindo</td>
<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,5]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=SUM(R[0]C[-28]:R[0]C[-2])">5</td>
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<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value='[null,2,"Logan E."]' data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-28]">Logan E.</td>
<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,5]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=SUM(R[0]C[-28]:R[0]C[-2])">5</td>
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<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value='[null,2,"Filibustered "]' data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-28]">Filibustered</td>
<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,4]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=SUM(R[0]C[-28]:R[0]C[-2])">4</td>
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<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value='[null,2,"Johnny enviro"]' data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-28]">Johnny enviro</td>
<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,4]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=SUM(R[0]C[-28]:R[0]C[-2])">4</td>
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<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value='[null,2,"Aaron James"]' data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-28]">Aaron James</td>
<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,3]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=SUM(R[0]C[-28]:R[0]C[-2])">3</td>
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<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value='[null,2,"dawgbone98"]' data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-28]">dawgbone98</td>
<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,3]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=SUM(R[0]C[-28]:R[0]C[-2])">3</td>
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<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value='[null,2,"bhommy"]' data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-28]">bhommy</td>
<td style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;" data-sheets-value="[null,3,null,2]" data-sheets-numberformat="[null,0]" data-sheets-formula="=SUM(R[0]C[-28]:R[0]C[-2])">2</td>
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https://www.coppernblue.com/2014/12/3/7326467/predict-the-final-score-game-25-edmonton-oilers-vs-winnipeg-jetsCopper and Blue Staff2014-12-03T08:00:02-07:002014-12-03T08:00:02-07:00Oilers @ Jets Game 26 Preview
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<p>Like a bridge over troubled water, but with heavy duty explosives.</p> <p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.coppernblue.com/"></a></p>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b> 7:00 MDT - SN, SN1</b></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">The opposing view: <a href="http://arcticicehockey.com">Arctic Ice Hockey</a>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Mes sympathies à l'entourage de Jean Béliveau! Une légende nous quitte! Le joueur préféré de mon grand-père</p>
<div style="text-align: left;">— <span>David Perron</span> (@DP_57) <a href="https://twitter.com/DP_57/status/540003558951636993">December 3, 2014</a>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Condolences and well wishes go to the family and friends of the recently departed <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.habseyesontheprize.com/">Canadiens</a> legend Jean Béliveau.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><b>It Cannot Possibly Get Any Worse Than This</b></font></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">The Oilers dropped their tenth consecutive game on Monday night, this time losing in fine fashion to the Phoenix <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.fiveforhowling.com/">Arizona Coyotes</a> to the tune of 5-2. You think you can't dig any deeper? The Oilers allowed four goals in the second period. Two were shorthanded. Both were from a guy they traded for Kale Kessy. Sentence fragments. Yes, you think your day was bad? Yeesh.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">If you're the owner of a team that soon will miss the playoffs for the ninth consecutive year (or "fifth year of the rebuild"), maybe you'll consider addressing that point in your annual "letter to pissed off fans". Then again, maybe you'll send Gretzky to Seattle for a Monday Night Football game along with Pat LaForge just for shits and giggles.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">The Oilers are dead last in the NHL again (or as it's sometimes called, "December"). The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.arcticicehockey.com/">Jets</a> are hovering on the bubble in the Western Conference thanks in large part to <span>Ondrej Pavelec</span> not playing like Ondrej Pavelec. To the preview!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.25em;">The Oilers are saying</b></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">"To come here and have to eek pride out of guys to get out there and pay attention, do details, and cover the same details, over and over and over again, it's not right. I think it was touched upon last game, Scrivy (<span>Ben Scrivens</span>) said you can't play that way in the NHL and win, and it's unacceptable.</p>
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<p>That's Oilers captain <span>Andrew Ference</span> on <a target="_blank" href="http://video.oilers.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=687559">his team's performance in their 5-2 loss to Arizona on Monday.</a></p>
<p>There's nothing any more besmirching that I can say that hasn't already been said. The team is bad, they're 29th in the league in goals scored, they're allowing two goals in a minute from <span>Tobias Rieder</span>, their future Norris trophy winners can't play defence, the fourth line went from very good to criminally vulgar in about five games.</p>
<p>In other words, things look to be just about right for this time of year. Maybe a little worse than normal, but not by much.</p>
<p><b>A WORD ABOUT TOP PROSPECTS</b></p>
<p>Can you imagine what's going through Connor McDavid or Jack Eichel's minds right now whenever one of them hears the word "Edmonton"? <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75aGG27dGUA" target="_blank">It can't be good</a>.</p>
<p><span></span><b style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.25em;">The Opponent is saying</b></p>
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<div style="display: inline !important;"><span>"On any NHL team, there's one or two guys out of your lineup, but there's seven or eight guys that are playing with something, some of it's overuse, some of it's bruises or blocked shots"</span></div>
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<a style="background-color: #ffffff;" href="http://video.jets.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=688280&catid=96" target="_blank">That's Jets coach Paul Maurice on his team's injury fron</a>t. The Jets will be without defenceman Tobias Enstrom, who was placed on injured reserve with a lower body injury. They are expected to get centre <span>Bryan Little</span> (knee) and centre <span>Adam Lowry</span> (suspension) for today's game. I'm wondering who the other six or seven players are who are suffering from overuse, or are banged up.</div>
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<b>CiRCLE THE WAGONS? - </b>If the team loses on Wednesday to Winnipeg, could it really be the end of Dallas Eakins' tenure as Oilers coach? At least a <a href="https://twitter.com/NHLbyMatty/status/539690521111719936" target="_blank">couple</a> of people tend<a href="http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/everything-needs-to-change-in-oilers-organization/" target="_blank"> to think so.</a> </li>
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<b>THREE</b> - the number of beers per period consumed on average by fans of the Edmonton Oilers</li>
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<b>DID YOU CHECK OUT THAT FOURTH LINE OF LUKE GAZDIC WITH BOYD GORDON AND STEVE PINIZZOTTO? </b>What a show. Gordon had over 13 minutes, Pinizzotto had eight, and <span>Luke Gazdic</span> somehow snuck in with six minutes of ice time. I've never wanted to see <span>Matt Hendricks</span> in a specific spot on the roster more than now. (That spot is 4LW)</li>
<li>I'd expect to see Ben Scrivens get the start tonight. It could be <span>Viktor Fasth</span> again, but it could also be a polar bear. </li>
<li>I eluded to Winnipeg's goaltending sitch as a big part of their success. Ondrej Pavelec has played in twenty games, and he's got a sparkly .919 SV% so far. That's quite a bit of a bump up from his career average of .906, and it's even higher than last year's .901. Or, the year before that when he was .905. You get the idea. If Pavelec keeps those numbers lofty, the Jets could entertain thoughts of a second season. Backup Michael Hutchinson is holding it down with a .949 in eight games. These numbers are really spectacular, especially if you're used to watching the Jets. All bets come off the board when Ondrej Pavelec resumes being Ondrej Pavelec.</li>
<li>The Oilers are still winless against the Western Conference (0-12-3). Tonight, that all changes. (drinks) </li>
<li><b>GOILERS</b></li>
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https://www.coppernblue.com/2014/12/3/7325569/oilers-jets-game-26-previewJeff Chapman