GDB 47: One Samwise short of a Fellowship
Jason Gregor
January 27 2009 12:00PM
Sam Gagner will not play tonight, and looks to be out 10-14 days, which means some line juggling.
With Gagner’s ankle still bothering him, Craig MacTavish could have put Liam Reddox in his place, but thankfully he moved Cogliano in the middle of Nilsson and Cole. The lines will be as follows tonight:
27 - 10 - 83
12 - 13 - 26
18 - 78 - 85
43 - 51 - 33
It does look like Stortini will be available to play Friday against the Wild. He still needs a few more practices according to MacTavish and then he should be ready to go. Local 2006 Hero Fernando Pisani is still a few weeks away until he is ready. He’s having some discomfort skating, so the pain needs to subside before he can go full out.
Gagner wrenched his ankle in their last game against Columbus and he did have some treatment on Wednesday before he left for the all-star break, but his ankle hasn't responded and he underwent an MRI yesterday.
He had been playing with the wonky ankle for some time, and according to his coach it has affected his game.
“Greatly, I think. Probably more than he would admit. You see it behind the bench that he comes off normally once or twice a game with a pain inhibition, where he tries to make a move and you get that shooting pain up your leg and it just stops you."
Gagner hurt the ankle in practice in mid-November and has been taping it up every since.
“There is nothing torn, so it is nothing long term or serious. Sometimes it gives out skating, but mostly going into battles is where I feel it, when I have to plant down on the foot,” said Gagner.
“Going into last game it was a matter of going into that game and then getting some rest over the break, but I hurt it twice in that game and now I just need to rest it.”
With Stortini eligible to play by Friday, don’t expect a call-up.
Dwayne Roloson will start tonight, and you wonder when Deslauriers will get a start.
“I thought about possibly today, but decided against it,” said MacTavish. “There was some serious consideration in playing him today. Sometimes you can over-think these things a little bit. Maybe the most important is to go with Roli while he’s playing as well as he is. I don’t want to get into a case where I out-think myself. The situation will present itself and it will be a bit more obvious than it is today.”
For me the obvious case is to play Deslauriers on Friday versus the Wild. Minnesota has owned Roloson and the Oilers the past two years, so give the kid a shot against them and also then he is sitting out to long.
And lastly, JF Jacques is skating pain-free and will be assigned to Springfield around Feb. 5. That way he would be eligible to play in eight games on the 6th, 7th, 8th, 11th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 17th. After he is recalled, the Oilers will have to make a decision on him, since he will either have to clear waivers or stay with the Oilers.
@ David S: Hey if he didn't block that 1 shot we would be down 3-0 with the way Roli is playing!!
@ Jack "slacking off at work" Bauer:
http://atdhe.net/live-tv-2.php?i=710
Try this is should work
Game days have gotten really boring. Still no JSBM I see.
Somebody order a case of Red Bull for the guys first intermission break.
What!? Oh gawd...
Good night Roli.
WTF?????
Haha JSBM have some sort of live blog going on their website.
Xavier wrote:
Maybe he lost the room.
Marchantfan wrote:
I know, but the time a player is on the IR, that portion of the salary doesn't count against the cap. What happens is when a player, like Pisani comes off you can't still be over the cap. So it allows teams flexibility, and every day a player is on the IR his overall cap number is lower. Pisani won't be considered a 2.5 cap hit this season, but it doesn't matter since the Oilers aren't close to the cap.
Teams will wait until the day of a game to activate a player of the IR, to save days of pay. Just like when it is possible, they recall players after 3 p.m. so that one day doesn't count.
This is going well.
Hey Jason, how is the mood at the arena? Are the fans booing thier own team yet?
@ David S:
He lost something, but they're posting on their own website and baggedmilk is talking about naked chicks already.
@ Jason Gregor: Right. You can see where teams can get into trouble with this. Philly would have been over the cap if Briere came back from his injury last week. Luckily (?) he opted for further surgery and gives the GM an extra month to wheel and deal. He can't get back on the roster until some cap space is shed, or Philly will be over the cap.
Not there yet...had business meeting...watching on TV at spectrum...but I text my buddy and he said they are cheering Deslauriers...and they cheered when ice shovelling guy fell down I guess...will walk over there for 2nd and 3rd. I'm sure it will be a great atmosphere...ha
Dana @ AgileStyle wrote:
Bang on...but they also save money until the moment he comes off...Insurance pays for IR after 10 missed games...It is a weird system because it makes you wonder if some teams would hide guys on the IR if necessary.
oh lovely, columbus won tonight.
Xavier wrote:
That's what happens when you want ad revenue I suppose. Although I hear Wanye's making about $500 a day with his cardboard sign out by WEM, so I'm not sure why he needs the extra cashhh.
...hey...sorry I'm late. What'd I miss?
@ David S:
What do you mean? Did they get kicked off for asking for money?
Soooo.....Rollie's looking sharp eh?
Xavier wrote:
Nooooo! "Naked chicks" ? ad revenue. But I'm speculating.
The JSBM mystery is a bigger coverup than the CFP debacle though. Maybe he forgot to lock the ON office door one too many times and he's getting a timeout.
Roli costs us 2 points.
I mean, I anticipated we'd drop this game, but had no idea it would deteriorate this quickly, this pitifully.
I mean they played okay in the 1st period... bah, f*ckit I'm going to bed. Stupid game to watch.
Also, I'd like to know Edmonton's record on Tuesday - specifically when playing at home... say, hmmmm over the last 4 seasons?
They seem to play absolutely horrible after weekends early in the week.
David S wrote:
Well decide for yourself. http://www.jeanshortsandbaggedmilk.com
I am going to keep asking them what's going on until they answer me. Baggedmilk said a while ago that he would spill it if he "felt it necessary"
Bueller?....Bueller?
*crickets chirping*
whatinthef*ck!?!?!?!
I miss half of one game and the whole Oilverse implodes?!
did I miss a meeting here?
what, no penalty on the Brodz breakaway but Cole goes away?
*tumble weed blows through*
oh hooray...
http://cornerstork.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/crying_baby.jpg
ok. I'm gonna go watch something else now. This game is too stupid.
Gregor's phone will be ringing off the hook tomorrow.
So then come swear with us at JSBM. Those two have awful mouthes when not censorred.
www.sadtrombone.com
hey Gregor, nice call on Storts!
wtf?!
Hi guys! Did I miss anything? How are the mighty oil doing in this scrimage?
I for one don't miss the immature babble of BMJS...anyone can write sexual, pornographic crap...they did have some witty comments, but for every one of those, they had 10 that were stupid and uncalled for.
THis game sucks...Gregor you brought up that they play like Chicago today and then joked that fans hoped it wasn't another 9-2 whitewash...Thanks for bringing that up...Why do they save their horsecrap games for home...
Awesome...Dallas and Minny are winning too... I can't even type without them scoring...wow...
I guess MacT should have skated them a bit harder yesterday. oh well, there's always tomorrow.
Typical! Oilers look like a ECHL team againts this Sabres team!! Oh but wait our savior Pisani is almost ready yeah!! PUKE How did we get stuck with so many pilons Jesus F__ing Christ!! We have one guy(Hemsky) that can actually handle the puck through traffic thats it.
Wait for it...wait for it.
Yay! Staios for Mayor.
I think we should trade for that Garon character out in Pittsburg.
Okay, I have a 9am class tommorow, but it looks like I'm gonna have to get into the ol' Vodky Redbulls... I wonder if I can finish a double for every Sabres goal in the third. No offense JDD, you're The Future, you just don't have anyone in front of you tonight. Ughhhh.
OK.
Well I suppose we were heading for a good wakeup call. Next game will be tight but it's painful to watch the baptism of JDD tonight.
So...Roli comes back in?
Al wrote:
Thank you... thank you so very very much.
just another example of how mac should be coaching rec hockey. at least they they don't expect to be prepared.
I'm shocked that JDD looks this bloody bad. If you look at his AHL stats you'll see a guy who's primed to be an NHLer!!
That NHL.com chick is hawwwt!
definitely not baggedmilk wrote:
Hey I know you.... ;)
"Hi is Dany there please..."Hey Dany,buddy,how's it going. Hey I was just wondering if you'd like to join the big team. ...MMM...No thanks!, I like my GAA where it is.
Deuces being dropped everywhere you look.