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Draisaitl was in late season two hander slash form too.
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# ? Oct 12, 2023 12:16 |
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HookShot posted:I know this isn’t the GDT but Edmonton just pulled their goalie on day 1 lmao The oilers are back baby
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# ? Oct 12, 2023 12:47 |
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sleep with the vicious posted:The oilers are back baby
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# ? Oct 12, 2023 13:45 |
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ThinkTank posted:Boeser was great. Pettersson was great. Miller was great. Powerplay was 3/6. Lafferty seems good. McDavid was -3 and looked like poo poo. Skinner and Campbell both rocked a 750 sv%. I couldn't have asked for more last night. What an unexpectedly wonderful start to the year. Now for the crushing defeat on Saturday to make us come back down to being REAL Canucks fans.
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# ? Oct 12, 2023 13:54 |
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Can't wait for the season to start this weekend!!!
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# ? Oct 12, 2023 13:55 |
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Colorado looked like Colorado again.
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# ? Oct 12, 2023 14:04 |
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Vintersorg posted:Now for the crushing defeat on Saturday to make us come back down to being REAL Canucks fans. Of course, but considering my expectations was to see the reverse scoreline last night I am going to enjoy this for 72 hours.
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# ? Oct 12, 2023 14:08 |
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neoaxd posted:Really liked what I've seen from the Habs tonight. Slafkovsky had moments of brilliance the likes of which we've never seen last season, Dach seems ready for a breakout season, and Cole Caufield's still Cole Caufield. Slaf/Dach/Newhook looks like a solid combo. Dach especially was looking like Joe Thornton out there. And yeah games with lots of goals they lose by one is kinda the ideal scenario this year. 40 goals for Cole plz.
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# ? Oct 12, 2023 14:13 |
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Caps don't get a game until Friday and then it's only on ESPN+? Maaaaan.
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# ? Oct 12, 2023 14:15 |
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AntiDepressor posted:Slaf/Dach/Newhook looks like a solid combo. Dach especially was looking like Joe Thornton out there. and wifi ragdolling the entire NHL for lols please
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# ? Oct 12, 2023 14:21 |
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It's been like three posts since anyone mentioned that the Oilers lost 8-1 to the Canucks on opening night so I just wanted to remind everyone of that in case they'd forgotten.
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# ? Oct 12, 2023 15:43 |
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Yeah but what would the score have been if they hadn’t made the OEL trade?
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# ? Oct 12, 2023 15:51 |
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Aphrodite posted:Yeah but what would the score have been if they hadn’t made the OEL trade? 14-1, and McDavid would've immediately demanded a trade out of Edmonton.
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# ? Oct 12, 2023 16:02 |
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its cool that the first Friday night of the NHL season only has two games and they're basically at the same time so you can't even watch hockey for ~5 hours
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# ? Oct 12, 2023 16:08 |
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Don't want to compete with high school football in the U.S. South, the only region Bettman cares about
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# ? Oct 12, 2023 16:10 |
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Saturday has 14 games too, which is too many. The perfect night of NHL hockey has roughly 6 games, at staggered start times, so you can flip back and forth between two games between roughly 7pm (EST) and 1 in the morning.
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# ? Oct 12, 2023 16:12 |
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https://twitter.com/buffalosabres/status/1712483746635497855?s=46&t=ZmcWuigp8va-srUE4rOQ8Q Henri Jokiharju’s pick is outstanding. Also lmao Jeff Skinner Dylan Cozens picking White Horse is also amazing
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# ? Oct 12, 2023 16:18 |
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Owen Power's choice made me laugh. Obvious route to go but still good
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# ? Oct 12, 2023 16:22 |
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I don’t watch other teams because that’s treason and cowardice.
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# ? Oct 12, 2023 16:27 |
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The fact that the Oilers were the favourite pre-season Cup winner prediction in the media really adds another level to getting completely rocked by the Canucks in game 1, just a tremendous night for chaos
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# ? Oct 12, 2023 16:40 |
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Everyone keeps talking about opening night like it already happened but the season hasn't even started yet
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# ? Oct 12, 2023 16:42 |
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I am so sad Girgensons did not pick the Zemgus Girgensons rap. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYSRbeYswGQ
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# ? Oct 12, 2023 16:43 |
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The Canucks do this every year though. They start fast, disastrously collapse in the late fall/early winter, then play .550 hockey the last six weeks to pull themselves out of the #1 pick lottery. It's their thing.
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# ? Oct 12, 2023 16:47 |
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Eric the Mauve posted:Don't want to compete with high school football in the U.S. South, the only region Bettman cares about Aren't Fridays usually slow days since all the Canadian teams want the Saturday slots which takes like 10-14 teams out of the equation without back-to-backs?
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# ? Oct 12, 2023 16:47 |
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Eric the Mauve posted:The Canucks do this every year though. They start fast, disastrously collapse in the late fall/early winter, then play .550 hockey the last six weeks to pull themselves out of the #1 pick lottery. It's their thing. That is the complete opposite of what they do. It took the Canucks 8 games to get their first win last year. They blew a 3-0 lead to the Oilers on opening night. They do play out of their minds to close out the season though. pseudodragon posted:Aren't Fridays usually slow days since all the Canadian teams want the Saturday slots which takes like 10-14 teams out of the equation without back-to-backs? Friday is also a really bad day for TV because people like to go out and do things. Saturday doesn't make much sense either but it's a cultural institution in Canada and they can't change that.
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# ? Oct 12, 2023 17:03 |
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So is Jonathon Drouin going to be Colorado's Chris Kunitz this year? I mean, that's a sacrifice I'll take if it means another cup or two
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# ? Oct 12, 2023 17:40 |
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I don't even know what that's supposed to mean. Like, he's a good third line winger playing on the first line because he's MacKinnon's BFF?
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# ? Oct 12, 2023 17:54 |
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Yea I'm not really seeing the sacrifice. He was a third overall pick and while he definitely never lived up to it, the talent is there. He's basically on a league minimum salary and he's playing with a guy he's had proven, insane, chemistry with (even if it was a decade ago) and your superstar franchise player is happy about it. Landeskog is on LTIR and who else is going to be the LW for Rantanen and MacKinnon? Lehkonen? Seems like Drouin is just as fine an option.
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# ? Oct 12, 2023 18:04 |
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https://twitter.com/BlueJacketsNHL/status/1712485507383308757?t=t6X55RUVn2JVLUp42ArQ-A&s=19 Good job scratching Kent Johnson, Pazzy. Great start.
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# ? Oct 12, 2023 18:16 |
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Dallas is going to blitz the Blues like 5-1 tonight, I can feel it. There's a number of Blues fans who are deranged enough to think this team is going to finish 3rd in the Central and very likely make the playoffs for some reason
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# ? Oct 12, 2023 18:35 |
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A18ERTA
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# ? Oct 12, 2023 18:40 |
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Mike_V posted:Dallas is going to blitz the Blues like 5-1 tonight, I can feel it. There's a number of Blues fans who are deranged enough to think this team is going to finish 3rd in the Central and very likely make the playoffs for some reason ehh we'll see.. I think the Blues still have a solid group of forwards (atleast their top 6) and Binnington can still win a game for them. I mean I think they could easily win tonight.. not that they are going to finish 3rd in the central (I view them as the 6th best team and closer to Arizona than Nashville).
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# ? Oct 12, 2023 18:54 |
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Starsfan posted:ehh we'll see.. I think the Blues still have a solid group of forwards (atleast their top 6) and Binnington can still win a game for them. I don't know that I see Nashville doing much this year along with the Blues. They're both going to win enough games to be a pain to the rest of the Central, but they're not going to be consistently good enough to be anything but an outsider. Colorado, Dallas, Minnesota, and Winnipeg are likely going to be the top 4 in some order and it's going to be interesting to see if Chicago or Arizona will be the worst this season now that there's nothing to tank for.
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# ? Oct 12, 2023 19:02 |
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Cuylle jumping up to the 3rd line is cool. Kakko and Laf are where they should be. I’m sure none of this will last but let’s see
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# ? Oct 12, 2023 19:02 |
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They need to keep those lines in place (with the exception of rotating Vesey onto the fourth line occasionally) for at least all of October. Give them time to gel. If Laf still looks like poo poo on the RW when Nov 1 rolls around, then maybe try Cuylle there, but it's gonna take time
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# ? Oct 12, 2023 19:10 |
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Fernando Pisani never would have let this happen
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# ? Oct 12, 2023 19:16 |
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Jhet posted:I don't know that I see Nashville doing much this year along with the Blues. They're both going to win enough games to be a pain to the rest of the Central, but they're not going to be consistently good enough to be anything but an outsider. Colorado, Dallas, Minnesota, and Winnipeg are likely going to be the top 4 in some order and it's going to be interesting to see if Chicago or Arizona will be the worst this season now that there's nothing to tank for. Macklin Celebrini isn't at the same level as Bedard, but he's still a very very good prospect that is probably worth tanking for. There will be competition with San Jose for the best odds at him, though.
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# ? Oct 12, 2023 19:32 |
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Do they call him Celly? They better.
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# ? Oct 12, 2023 19:47 |
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Aphrodite posted:Do they call him Celly? They better.
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# ? Oct 12, 2023 19:51 |
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No matter how the Stars game goes, I just want Binnington thrown in a dumpster
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# ? Oct 12, 2023 20:00 |