Oil 4 Columbfist 2.

First?

Hemsky with the trick tonight? Remember last season when he had that great game against CBJ and everyone said he was finally going to be the player we were waiting for...

P.S. Why wont that girl stop staring at me?

I endorse girl-on-girl action. Also GOILERS!

Where will the roller coaster ride take us tonight?

~Wins and Losses are hard to come by...Shootouts for everyone~ :-)

" Can you name 6 jackets? I can name five (nice, bad, dinner, Nehru, plaid) but don't know what position they play."

Props to you sir, props to you...

Nice Fistage!

A lowetide GDB! What a nice treat!

Dubnyk in net... dare I say if he plays well we will be waiving bye-bye to JDD in the morning?

Unless Deslauriers plays tomorrow against Chicago. What would that say? That Renney wants to play his stronger goalie against a better opponent?

It seems clear to everyone that the organization wants Dubnyk to have the job, yet the coach wont cut the other guy. The GM didnt want 3 goalies, he said so as much all off-season. Most people agree that neither of these two should have been picked up if they were sent down at the beginning of the year. So why wasnt it done?

Maybe the coach thought JDD won the job, but the GM doesnt want any part of that.

" Can you name 6 jackets? I can name five (nice, bad, dinner, Nehru, plaid) but don't know what position they play."

I know of three others, Rain, Straight and Winter. but I think they were trade at some point...or maybe just worn out.

I keep thinking, this is the game ti all comes together, a couple goals by Hall, Eberle and Paajarvi chip in with a few other points and the top line pots a few too for the W. I just hope the PK can hold things down.

Game day limerick:

Tonight, Devan Dubnyk will start.
A move that most fans think is smart.
Jeff Deslaurier
Will say it's okay
But deep down there's a pain in his heart.

So glad that MacIntyre is dressing for this one, no one and I mean NO ONE sits on the bench like that guy.

I think Tambo is holding onto three for a potential trade... Both would have to clear re-entry waivers on the way up and having a backup like JDD at $500K or DD at $400K might seem attractive to teams with goalie problems - like Philadelphia for example... Losing one first or second round draft pick for nothing would obviously add another black eye to the current management regime.

Thoughts??

Nice!

Game day Haiku:

Dubnyk will start for the Oil

JDD is sad

Oklahoma is calling

One the greatest bands, The Black Keys, are also from Ohio. Although that has nothing to do with this thread.

Go Oilers,

Heres hoping the Oil can build off that 3rd period in Calgary.

Scarlett Johansson and Sandra Bullock at the MTV Movie Awards this year. A nice Thursday memory. Scarlett seemed very smitten at the time.

Girl on girl action instead of boring statistics in a Lowetide post?? Did Wanye steal Lowetide's password??

Joe Walsh also attended Kent State, just 40 minutes from my hometown. Infamous school, for those who know their Vietnam War-era US History.

Columbus is a thriving city, now the largest in Ohio. It's hungry for a winner, thanks to the success Ohio State athletics has year-in and year-out.

Why are you using a picture of Pattie Boyd Harrison?

Also a very plausible reason.

Ha, good one! You got your syllables mixed up though, it should be 5-7-5 rather than 7-5-7*

*I'm a total word nerd for noticing that.

A game within the game worth watching is comparing the Oil rookies with CBJ's Nikita Filatov. La femme Nikita was pegged ahead of MPS and Eberle as better prospect on hockeysfuture.com ... until the rankings changed on October 7th.

Another game within the game is the comparison between young C Derek Brassard (Drafted 6th overall in 2006), and our young C Sam Gagner (Drafted 6th overall in 2007).

Although the Oilers don't have as developed a franchise stud as Rick Nash, our crop of developing youngsters has an edge over their crop of developing youngsters. Conclusion: it is far better to be a fan of a miserable Oilers team that, if we're patient will be good, vs. a miserable Columbus team that always has, still does, and for a long time will enjoy the taste of donkey balls.

Eberle gets one, Paajarvi (that is hard to spell) gets one, and Hall gets 7!.....And Gagner fights....MacIntyre to assert himself as the Oilers new heavy!....it could happen....

I can't write haikus
They never work out for me
They're too difficult

Woops, that was stupid

I was an English grad, too

I blame U of A

I've thought of this too but here's a side bar to it. What if, the Oilers are holding on to all three for the purposes of actually showcasing Khabibulin. Showing all others that he is healthy first.

Maybe Khabby is the trade bait and not one of the other two. Trade Khabby and voila, we are left with both DD and JDD to tend the nets. Hence, not sending one of them down right now as they want to ensure that they have both of them in the organization going forward for the next few years at least.

Just thinking outside the box....

Only 7 for Hall?? Come on man... Look at the glass have full rather than half empty...

Where's this fight between Gagner and MacIntyre going to happen??? I smell PPV!!!

Good point. I'd be surprised if there are any Khabby takers with another two years on his contract... To keep the conversation going - who would you think would be interested in Khabby and what would we get back in return??

Brownlee actually mentioned the possibility of a Khabi trade about a week ago, so you're not alone in your thinking.

Ottawa. they love taking other teams' failed goaltending attempts.

No game day predictions in iambic pentameter?

*shakes his head in disgust*

Well as much as everyone hates the Khabby signing, he still is not a bad goaltender, and if another team feels as though he can be healthy after the back surgery then he could be a good fit in a few spots.

I'm not sure about the return, it would depend on if it's just a straight Khabby trade without any other assets involved. The teams that may be interested?

You mentioned Philly, this is a possibility. Perhaps Colorado depending on how bad Craig Anderson is hurt. Don't forget that Anderson is UFA at the end of this year. Maybe San Jose is a possibility. Could be that Ottawa is in the market for a good vet goalie as they have other older vets (Alfredsson, Kovalev, Gonchar, etc) and must try to win now.

Could we see a Khabby, Cogliano and maybe even a Penner dealt for something like Foligno, maybe someone like a Chris Neil and maybe a young d-man? The Oilers would probably have to take another salary to make the cap situation work in Ottawa but Ottawa is a possibility.

I don't know but there may be some takers who need a starting tender.

technically the glass is always full

smart ass win for me! yesssssss

Interesting, maybe he's heard something in the back rooms that has him speculating this?

what do you guys think of this trade: Penner and Cogs to LA for Thomas Hickey, jake Muzzin and 2nd round pick.

Works good for both teams Kings get a goal scorer and speed, Oilers get some future top 6 D-man for sure. I'd love to see this trade.

Blast! Foiled again... Curse you, DK0!!!

I believe this move would blow away LA's cap hit and they probably don't need Penner and Cogliano with what they already have.

I'd like Khabby, Cogs, and Penner for Fischer and Foligno - but no way that happens... I can't see Ottawa doing anything like that unless we throw in a 2nd round draft pick as well... That price probably would be too much...

Not sure that's the case. Renney has stated a few times on Gregor's and Stauffer's show that he doesn't want 3 goalies. And that Management has told him they will try to deal with it.

So it's quite clear that Management is responsible for the 3 goalie system, not the coach.

How about full metal?

I'm saying Oil 6 - 4! And ya, Hall with his first.

Yah, I'd love to get Fisher too but I don't think Ottawa would make him available....maybe you'd see something like Cogs, Penner, Khabby for Foligno, Neil, Kuba and some salary dump. Have Ottawa throw in a pick due to the Oilers taking on one of their salary dumps...

That would give the Oilers some much more needed grit that they're missing in the bottom six.

I'd love to see:

Hall/Gagner/Hemsky

Paajarvi/Brule/Eberle

Folgno/Horcoff/Neil

SMac or Stortini/Fraser/Jones

and then feel free to move wingers around.

Not sure I'd have Neil,SMac and Stortini on the same team... If you're looking at getting Neil, then I'd think SMac would be expendable... I'd probably look at bringing up someone from OKC - maybe Giroux or Omark to slide onto your third line... Red Ox might also fit here too... Still lacking size in your top 9 but that's what the draft and the minors are for...

I'd be more apt to say Stortini would be expendable....IMO Neil is a much better hockey player than Storts but isn't the nuclear deterrent of SMac when someone like an Ivanans needs tuning....Neil can and has played the PP at times too. Foligno would also add size and some grit with a decent pair of hands to the lineup and he can also play PP.

With Neil and Foligno we'd have in your face guys who we wouldn't be afraid to use on a regular basis in a third line with more sandpaper to their game. You could still also move Foligno and Neil around to any of the other lines if need be.

If I'm calling someone up, for me it's got to be whoever is hot down on the farm in the faceoff circle...so possibly a MacDonald, Van Velde or O'Marra.

So the top nine wouldn't be lacking in size. Having Hall, Hemsky, Paajarvi, Horcoff, Foligno and Neil that would give us 7 in the top nine with decent size (6' or over) with only Eberle and Brule being under 6'.

And it would also give us 2 guys in the top nine that also play a physical style (Neil and Foligno) as opposed to now where we don't have anyone in the top 9 that plays a physical style.

My deal also included d-man Kuba for more d-man depth as Ottawa would have to give up some salary in the deal.

It seems to me that it's been quite a while since Nash really carved up the Oil.

He might be due for a Hat Trick tonight.

"Magnus-ficent", didnt see that one coming, Gene. Did he call Gilbert a peeping Tom? I know it's his schtick, but some days it's too much.