GDT: WCSF GM 4 | Vancouver Canucks @ Edmonton Oilers | Tue, May 14 | 6:30PM PST | SPAC | Thunderdome!

[Brookbank]

Every Oilers writer is trying to re-live their glory days of covering the Gretzky Oilers. It's pathetic. The days of doing coke with Mark Messier are over and will never happen again, and the current iteration of the Oilers hate their guts for asking braindead questions after every game.

Yep. As you walk towards the main entrance of Rogers Place , they have huge murals of each cup win on the side of the building. Then the last mural is the draft of McDavid. They really think that it's written in the stars that they will relive the 80's glory.

I have to disagree.

He had a great start to the season, with most of his impressive play coming on the fourth line. He has 0 playoff goals of any type in 8 games, 1 assist, 4 shots on net, -2, under 10 minutes a game, 2 take aways, 1 give away, 1 blocked shot and 9 hits. IN 8 GAMES! That one hit a game better be truck like, but honestly I can't remember a single one, nor do I remember any particularly good, or even decent plays. He's been absolutely non existent and as much of a non factor as someone can possibly be without being an outright detriment.

Here's an old article on his play from early in the playoffs. Nothing has changed.

JPat: Analyzing Nils Höglander’s surprisingly silent start to Canucks’ postseason

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Let’s be clear. There are players high...

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I have no clue what you're taking about with yes-men. Don't think you know what you're talking about. Cole is the 5th/6th defenseman, he is 5th in ice-time, barely ahead of Soucy. Cole is getting ice-time because he has to. Myers and Hronek are both over 20 minutes, as is Hughes, and Zadorov, who partners with Cole. So Cole gets important minutes when Zadorov gets important minutes. Really all the defence are playing important minutes. No Lundqvist's like on Dallas only playing 4 minutes a game. Tocchet doesn't have "yes-man", he barely has enough players to ice a starting line-up.

Cole has had a couple struggles and could get a rest at one point but we're also 6W-3L with him and all the other "yes-men" in the lineup.

The days of questioning if Hoglander is an NHL player are over. But that's what you are doing. NHL players have bad games and stretches. So what.

On his day, Hogs can get 5 on 5 goals against good teams. Karrlson can't do that.

 

[SillyRabbit]

From what I’ve read, 90%+ of neutral fans are saying this a joke.

There’s even a lot of Oiler fans saying this shouldn’t be a suspension otherwise Hyman should be suspended too.

The DOPS being a complete embarrassment and a joke seems to be a universal belief amongst all NHL fans.

 

[alicia]

Play a clean full 60, and we're going home up 3-1 with a chance to go to the WCF. Let's do this

 

[Jyrki]

I gotta admit, I couldn't resist the urge of lurking Calgarypuck and never in my lifetime I imagined the Canucks being spoken well of over there. Wishing for the Oilers to fail trumps all, I suppose...

 

[Vector]

I gotta admit, I couldn't resist the urge of lurking Calgarypuck and never in my lifetime I imagined the Canucks being spoken well of over there. Wishing for the Oilers to fail trumps all, I suppose...

The enemy of my enemy is my friend, I suppose.

 

[ziploc]

I gotta admit, I couldn't resist the urge of lurking Calgarypuck and never in my lifetime I imagined the Canucks being spoken well of over there. Wishing for the Oilers to fail trumps all, I suppose...

The enemy of my enemy is my friend...

 

[Bgav]

I gotta admit, I couldn't resist the urge of lurking Calgarypuck and never in my lifetime I imagined the Canucks being spoken well of over there. Wishing for the Oilers to fail trumps all, I suppose...

Flames fans been cool as hell. I gained respect for them, especially compared to oilers fans. No fan base is as unbearable as them

 

[Brookbank]

Play a clean full 60, and we're going home up 3-1 with a chance to go to the WCF. Let's do this

Im worried that this is another Aron Rome moment that we needed to avoid.

The Oilers look beatable but so was Boston

 

[ziploc]

Flames fans been cool as hell. I gained respect for them, especially compared to oilers fans. No fan base is as unbearable as them

 

[AlainVigneaultsGum]

Flames fans been cool as hell. I gained respect for them, especially compared to oilers fans. No fan base is as unbearable as them

Flames fans are awesome.

 

[Bgav]

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Oilers fans are worse lol

 

[Red]

Just like the Bennett non-suspension and blatant favouritism, you just know Hyman will score a crucial goal tomorrow after his non-suspension and blatant favouritism.

 

[Brookbank]

I gotta admit, I couldn't resist the urge of lurking Calgarypuck and never in my lifetime I imagined the Canucks being spoken well of over there. Wishing for the Oilers to fail trumps all, I suppose...

Good idea. I set up a troll account there long ago. I'm gonna try and log in. (I won't be a d*ck)

Even on the main board, they are cheering for Zad and Lindy.

Just like the Bennett non-suspension and blatant favouritism, you just know Hyman will score a crucial goal tomorrow after his non-suspension and blatant favouritism.

Yeah Jewish Cheechoo will probably get us

 

[rea]

Good idea. I set up a troll account there long ago. I'm gonna try and log in. (I won't be a d*ck)

Even on the main board, they are cheering for Zad and Lindy.

I will allow you to be a saucy hyman tho

 

[Izzy Goodenough]

The unfortunate part for the Oilers is that Cole gets slotted back to the left side where he is more comfortable and Juulsen draws back in on the right side.

Juulsen is the second hardest hitter on the team after Zadorov, so it should be interesting.

 

[aquaweenie]

Juulsen going to take his frustrations at being benched this playoffs out on some oiler coming across our blue-line

 

[Angry Little Elf]

Im worried that this is another Aron Rome moment that we needed to avoid.

The Oilers look beatable but so was Boston

Idk, I don’t see the oilers retaliating like Boston did.

 

[aquaweenie]

The unfortunate part for the Oilers is that Cole gets slotted back to the left side where he is more comfortable and Juulsen draws back in on the right side.

Juulsen is the second hardest hitter on the team after Zadorov, so it should be interesting.

I argue Juuls is a better pure hitter than Zadorov the way Juulsen lines people up is actually quite awesome

 

[ghostingtaro]

i hope this suspension wont stop vancouver from playing their game

need to hit and bully mcdavid as much as we can to wear him down

 

[Vector]

Idk, I don’t see the oilers retaliating like Boston did.

Kane and Nurse are incredibly likely to do something stupid. However, I don't think they would actually do it unless the game was out of reach.

 

[M2Beezy]

So:

Hughes Hronek
Cole Myers
Zadorov Juulsen

??

 

[EpochLink]

Can't stress this enough, ignore the distraction.
I'm sure the locker room is hearing it but they can't lose focus on what's at hand in game 4.

 

[ziploc]

So:

Hughes Hronek
Cole Myers
Zadorov Juulsen

??

Seems about right. Juulsen had a tale of two seasons this year. Hope the we get the good one tomorrow night.

 

[aquaweenie]

Yep. As you walk towards the main entrance of Rogers Place , they have huge murals of each cup win on the side of the building. Then the last mural is the draft of McDavid. They really think that it's written in the stars that they will relive the 80's glory.

The days of questioning if Hoglander is an NHL player are over. But that's what you are doing. NHL players have bad games and stretches. So what.

On his day, Hogs can get 5 on 5 goals against good teams. Karrlson can't do that.

Only person responsible for Hoglanders benching is hoglander himself with abysmal play.

 

[Jyrki]

So:

Hughes Hronek
Cole Myers
Zadorov Juulsen

??

Z/Myers are good together, depending on how the game goes I think Tocc will send these two out together a lot and shelter Cole/Juulsen.