10-17-2015, 12:38 PM
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#81
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Calgary
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It's my birthday so the Flames better win!
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10-17-2015, 12:54 PM
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#82
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Farm Team Player
Join Date: Jul 2013
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Oiler's lineup apparently is (per twitter):
Hall - Hopkins - Hendricks
Pouliot - McDavid - Yakupov
Korpikowski - Lander - Purcell
Gazdic - Letestu - Klinkhammer
Sekera - Fayne
Klefbom - Schultz
Reinhart - Gryba
Talbot
Nilsson
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10-17-2015, 12:57 PM
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#83
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Calgary
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I love how the Oilers start Talbot over Nilsson when Nilsson has clearly been the better goalie so far, but because they traded for Talbot in the off season they need to justify the acquisition to their fans by starting him.
Always given, never earned.
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10-17-2015, 01:01 PM
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#84
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Northern Crater
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gordies Elbow
Oiler's lineup apparently is (per twitter):
Hall - Hopkins - Hendricks
Pouliot - McDavid - Yakupov
Korpikowski - Lander - Purcell
Gazdic - Letestu - Klinkhammer
Sekera - Fayne
Klefbom - Schultz
Reinhart - Gryba
Talbot
Nilsson
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That's so hilariously bad. It's almost as hilarious as anyone who thinks they have a chance at turning things around any time soon. They could use an upgrade at literally every single position. They better hope McDavid turns out better than Wayne, that's the only shot they have.
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10-17-2015, 01:16 PM
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#85
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Boca Raton, FL
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Originally Posted by Fire of the Phoenix
That's so hilariously bad. It's almost as hilarious as anyone who thinks they have a chance at turning things around any time soon. They could use an upgrade at literally every single position. They better hope McDavid turns out better than Wayne, that's the only shot they have.
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I think Eberle's injury really degrades their top 6. Other than that, it's just a below average lineup. Plenty of decent NHLers there, and their bottom 6 is better than in years past. The problem is that guys are playing above their level or out of a position that they are best suited to. The team construction is miserable, not necessarily the players themselves.
They still lack top end defensemen and guys in their top 6 who can outcompete the opposition's top 6. I think given time McDavid and Hopkins will be a very solid 1-2 punch down the middle, but they need better complementary pieces around them. Hall is decent offensively, but he's a liability defensively (as is the whole team). Getting someone like Frolik is something they should have been working hard at this last off-season.
Another oddity is these are all the healthy forwards they currently have on their roster. They're still carrying 2 extra defensemen (Davidson and Ference), but have no extra forwards even though they aren't at the roster limit. I guess they don't feel they have anyone else on the farm who could help this team at the moment. That's where the real problem is for them, absolutely zero depth in the organization.
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Originally Posted by ResAlien
If we can't fall in love with replaceable bottom 6 players then the terrorists have won.
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10-17-2015, 01:22 PM
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#86
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Farm Team Player
Join Date: Jul 2013
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Originally Posted by Cali Flames Fan
Another oddity is these are all the healthy forwards they currently have on their roster. They're still carrying 2 extra defensemen (Davidson and Ference), but have no extra forwards even though they aren't at the roster limit. I guess they don't feel they have anyone else on the farm who could help this team at the moment. That's where the real problem is for them, absolutely zero depth in the organization.
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Slepyshev will be the healthy scratch tonight, with Klinkhammer coming in.
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10-17-2015, 01:30 PM
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#87
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Powerplay Quarterback
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lets keep the oilers winless
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10-17-2015, 01:33 PM
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#88
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Boca Raton, FL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gordies Elbow
Slepyshev will be the healthy scratch tonight, with Klinkhammer coming in.
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Sorry, not sure how I missed that.
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Originally Posted by ResAlien
If we can't fall in love with replaceable bottom 6 players then the terrorists have won.
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10-17-2015, 01:56 PM
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#90
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Scoring Winger
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Daily faceoff says Hiller is confirmed start... wtf
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10-17-2015, 01:58 PM
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#91
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gordies Elbow
Oiler's lineup apparently is (per twitter):
Hall - Hopkins - Hendricks
Pouliot - McDavid - Yakupov
Korpikowski - Lander - Purcell
Gazdic - Letestu - Klinkhammer
Sekera - Fayne
Klefbom - Schultz
Reinhart - Gryba
Talbot
Nilsson
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When you look at it in black and white like that its hard not to see how brutally terrible that lineup is.
That is terribad.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gordies Elbow
Slepyshev will be the healthy scratch tonight, with Klinkhammer coming in.
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Klinkhammer is still in the NHL? Since when?
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10-17-2015, 02:12 PM
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#92
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Franchise Player
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If I don't hear "Eichel's better" chants every time McDaigle touches the ice I'll be really disappointed.
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10-17-2015, 02:14 PM
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#93
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Ass Handler
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Okotoks, AB
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Hiller starting tonight.
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10-17-2015, 02:17 PM
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#94
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by codynw
If I don't hear "Eichel's better" chants every time McDaigle touches the ice I'll be really disappointed.
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I don't care if this makes our fan base look like trash but this would be hilarious and I think we need more of this fan banter! But it would be hard to chant that...
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10-17-2015, 02:22 PM
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#95
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Scoring Winger
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Originally Posted by foshizzle11
I don't care if this makes our fan base look like trash but this would be hilarious and I think we need more of this fan banter! But it would be hard to chant that...
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Things like this don't make our fan base look like trash. People always laugh and say how great the Jets fans are for their creative chants. If anything, we need a lot more of this!
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10-17-2015, 02:33 PM
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#96
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: CGY
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Maybe instead chant "Bennett's Better" so we aren't copying the jets
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10-17-2015, 02:35 PM
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#97
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hockey.modern
Maybe instead chant "Bennett's Better" so we aren't copying the jets
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Plus, Bennett's actually on the Flames.
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10-17-2015, 02:40 PM
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#98
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Franchise Player
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Pretty much a copy of Jets fans eh?
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10-17-2015, 02:43 PM
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#99
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Detroit
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Sorry if it's been mentioned already, but not a single Oiler has more than a single point on the season. 
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10-17-2015, 03:01 PM
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#100
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Toronto
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Probably a case of Hartley giving the veteran Hiller a bit of a longer leash to find his game. Also maybe not the best game to throw in a young goalie when the team is 1-3 and facing a division rival.
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