GDB 63: Oilers vs Preds
Jason Gregor
March 03 2009 04:01PM
The only thing busier than the OilersNation as trade deadline approaches is me as I write a GDB while I do my show. That damn Wanye, how can I do two things at once? Oh yeah, the the Oilers play the Predators tonight too.
Liam Reddox draws in on the 1st line and Penner is slotted on the 3rd line with Cogliano and Pisani. Wow this won’t upset the NATION in the least will it? I like Reddox’s energy, but unless he proves me wrong I just wonder why he is there.
It is interesting, though, that yesterday Steve Ludzik said in my show "Penner’s abilities don’t fit on the first line. He isn’t fast enough nor does he makes the quick little plays. He isn’t a fit on the first line.” But I will put it out to the Nation: is Reddox that much better? I guess we will see tonight. Remember the first time he replaced Hemsky on that line not Penner, so that line will have an entirely different look against the Preds. J.F Jacques is in tonight on the 4th line and Pouliot will stay on the second line. Nilsson sits again it looks like -- trade bait or dog house? Only time will tell.
I understand putting Jacques in because of size, but Pouliot over Nilsson again is perplexing. Granted Nilsson has done nothing lately, but neither has Pouliot, and in my mind Nilsson still offers more than Pouliot, especially when neither are bringing much to the ice right now.
Aaaaand Pouliot drops his man.
@ jeanshorts:
I take exception to that remark!
So the dope is when our second line scores, we're in good shape. All we need is for our first line to show up in the second period and we should be gold.
It's a goalfest tonight in the NHL. holy cow
does anybody out there have a web link to the game???
Says a desperate guy
sports web messenger should have it
Fiveandagame wrote:
The guys at LT's are saying all the links disappeared.
@ David S: Yeah all the links have disappeared. ALL of them it's crazy. the NHL got to somebody
They must have been breaking some european thumbs....
OH CRAP ALLAN WATT JUST FOUND THE INTERNETS.
Thats strange, they have the pittsburg game up.
That's because no one outside of Pittsburgh gives a crap about it.
Completely. Dominated.
How did Arnott miss that open net??
Did MacT give the first line the night off?
Penner told them they should take it easy tonight.
Um are we playing in the second period?
BRHL, as much as I hate to admit it MacT is gonna get a couple offers when he is done with the oil. How many coaches have been to the finals? How much did the oil have to work with other than 06' and the Katz years ahead of us. If we would have had Katz money to spend before the lockout we would have had a very competitive team under MacT.
Will you still be singing the same toon a couple of years from now when Gagner and Cogs are scoring 30 per year. The two of them are having a bad season but they will be very experienced for their age and great players in a couple years. This will have been done under T's watch.
I am not a huge supporter of MacT but he is getting a lot of fire because the pro's of the oil arnt performing. When you are getting paid to play in the highest league it is assumed that you will not need a coach to scream in your ear to get motivated. The coach is there to play the lines, set a system and steer the ship. The the players dont move the ship it doesnt matter what coach you have, they will still be motionless.
^ Uhhh...OK.
Good tilt. Shea Weber is a beauty. Solid work by Struds to get Weber outta there for a bit.
I keep hearing myself say "Man do we miss Visnovsky."
Haha! Sam's hair looks dryer than Gene's.
SSSSQQQQQQWWWWEEEEEE!!!! SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!!!
Is it me or does Pisani look alot faster than he used to be?
MORE GIVEAWAYS!!!!
Thank god Rolli barely played for the first 8 years of his career. He's just reaching his prime.
David S wrote:
They rebuilt his leg. Now it's made of titanium and powered by hydraulics. It's pretty simple science really.
WAS THAT JFJ's FIRST NHL GOAL????
Man am I lovin' our fourth line!
jeanshorts wrote:
Lol ..Good one!
David S wrote:
Which one???
Sick tic tac toe play there. That's all there is to it. No defense tonight I guess, for either team.
Look at all the running around there. There was four Oilers on one side of the ice. Awesome play in our own end.
AUGH!!! "Back door" goals will be our undoing.
@ jeanshorts: Actually that was Jacque's first NHL POINT. I'm surprised they didn't make a big deal of it.
The thing about watching the oilers play is you could miss two or three months of watching them play and pick up right where you left them, same guys doing the same things, with the same results. Isn't that the definition of insanity?
WHY do you not shoot Ales!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@ longtimefan:
Yeah, but NEXT YEAR will be the year. We just need to give it more time. And if next year is not the year then THE YEAR AFTER THAT will be it. And so on and so forth for eternity.
WWWEEEEEOOOOWWWW!!!!!
What the hell. Did the NHL tell all the goalies to take the night off tonight?
F__king BRUTAL!!! And to think that this team is 2-3 players away form bieng a good team is a crock of shit. More like 7-8 players!! F Nashville
Cole! NO WAY we should be trading this guy!
Gagner - three point night.
Now if we could get some help from our first line...
That's not our first line?
And jim jones had 'em fooled with the kool-aid
Sorry. Should have said "first line".
Correction noted; and accepted
Has Reddox even played tonight? I think I saw him the first period, maybe....
Oh crap 2 minutes to go, I wonder who mact is gonna throw out there! Who hasn't played much tonight?
@ longtimefan: Penner... That's who he's gonna throw out
One point already. Mission accomplished. Now let's drive the knife in a little deeper shall we?
Note to self, play penner more, I'm pretty sure that is what mact was writing
Call my math Shaky... But if the Oilers earn the two points and Nashville gets only one... How would they end the night the way they started in the standings? Good analysis there Louie.
longtimefan wrote:
He's saving him for the shootout.
Strudwick. You iiiiiiiiiiiiidiot.