I love it when my little man is this happy!Man what a horrible weekend. Back to back losses to Calgary and Vancouver? It literally couldn't have gotten any worse unless half the team died from the flu and Katz ended up signing Fabian Brunstrum to a 3 year, $35 million contract. Peckham as a forward? Stortini leading the powerplay? Nilsson getting ice time in general? Fuck this team was hard up over the weekend.
There's a few positive things to take out of the shitanusly lackluster effort on Saturday and mainly Sunday.
1. JDD has looked pretty stellar in both his starts this season. Mind you those games were against Nashville who is always shitty, and Vancouver who is a little more shitty than I thought they would be, but still. He looked comfortable, came up with some big saves and more importantly didn't let in any softies. Do the Oilers finally have a competent goaltending tandem? I must be dreaming!
2. Even though they were outplayed pretty badly neither game was a blowout. They even managed to score 2 goals against Calgary! Which isn't saying much because Kipper has to be the most overrated goalie in the league, but still. That game could have been 5-0. And it looked pretty obvious to me that if the Oilers were icing a team with more than 35% NHL regulars they would have easily beaten the Canucks. For how garbage they played it was a pretty close contest.
3. Dustin Penner didn't die from the flu. Thank god. Because he's pretty much the only reason we've been winning games lately other than the goaltending.
4. And Taylor Chorney has looked alright out there so far. He hasn't looked out of this world but he also hasn't fucked up terribly *cough GILBERT AND GREBESHKOV cough*. Seriously what the fuck is up with those two? I was really starting to warm up to Grebeshkov but both he and Gilbert have floundered when they got tossed in the deep end thanks to a slew of injuries to the Oilers defense. Those guys have to pick it up if the Oilers plan on winning while we all wait with bated breath for Big Sexy to return and change all our fortunes.
The good news for tonight's game is that Mike Comrie is finally drawing back in and Gilbert Brule is going to be that much more over the flu. Thank god. As someone pointed out over on Oilers Nation, did anyone ever imagine a time where we'd be pining to have the likes of Mike Comrie, Gilbert Brule and hell even Ryan Stone back in the line up? Unreal. Back to the fucking fourth line with you Moreau!
I'm not going to lie fellas, I'm a little worried about tonight's game. For some reason Colorado has spit in the face of the Gods Of Hockey and have been on a fucking tear. Although I take a tiny bit of solace in the fact that, much like the Oilers, they are being out shot pretty much every game and relying on rock solid goaltending to win them games. Seriously who the fuck is Craig Anderson and when the fuck did he become a competent NHL goaltender? For how shitty Florida is they are starting to have a great track record for producing amazing goaltending, for other teams that is. But I guess that's what happens when you face 50 shots a night.
I expect the Oilers to come out with a chip on their shoulder tonight, as I'm sure they took a mighty brow beating from Ol' Pat Quinn after and 0-2 road trip against divisional rivals. And fuck this may actually be a team the Oilers can out shoot!
jeanshorts prediction: Oilers 4 - Avs 2. BOOK IT!
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GOILERS!
-jeanshorts
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