A group of Oilers walk from their cars to inside Rexall PlaceHey L.A Kings, welcome to the second coldest place on the planet! What the fuck man. If bone shattering lows weren't enough to dispel global warming than I don't know what is. Every other day I think to myself "Man self, we made a good decision to move to Vancouver, it's so awesome here." And then shit like this happens and it makes me never want to talk about Alberta ever again. You think there's any way I can convince my family and friends to move Christmas back 6 months so I can come home in the summer?
The Oilers somehow defied all the laws of everything and rattle off 5 wins in a row. ON THE ROAD! 1. That's insane and I'm really glad for the boys. This is probably the huge kind of moral boost they needed. They've also put themselves back in the mix for a playoff spot 2. However, even with this 5 game win streak the Oilers are still in the mix for a lottery pick. If the battle in the West was any tighter they'd sign it to a record contract, dress it up all slutty and sell it to pre teen girls. That's how tight the battle in the West is.
Last time the Kings rolled through Rexall the Oilers, unsurprisingly, shit the bed hardcore, Alex Frolov broke his goal scoring slump, Matt Greene scored his first goal of the season, and while the Kings decided to bring their B game with them that night, the Oilers outdid them and brought their D game. Very sly Oilers, very sly.
Is anyone else super fucking nervous? So the Oilers found a way to be successful and consistent on the road. You know what that means; they're inevitably going to start playing like ass all the time at home! If they can find a way to prove me wrong, and god I hope they do, I'll be happy, but we've seen this scenario before. They either win on the road or they win at home. Not both. The Kings are also inexplicably sitting in first place in the west. The only way the Oilers win this one is if they come out with the same kind of fire and effort they showed in the third period against St. Louis, in what has been considered by pretty much everybody the greatest comeback in the history of sports. But again, I'm not holding my breath. This team loves to fuck around with our fragile psyches, and why should tonight be any different?
Apparently Grebeshkov is back which is good, because despite his mediocre season so far he still has the ability to skate on ice, which trumps Jason Strudwick and his ability to ring the puck around the boards every time it touches his stick. JDD should get the start again tonight. With all the playing time he's been getting since Khabby's back decided it had had enough, I'm starting to wonder weather or not it was less of a freak accident, and more of a "JDD waited in the parking lot after practice and took a golf club to Khabby's back" kind of accident. Who knows. Let the rumors fly!
jeanshorts prediction: Oilers 4 - Kings 4 and they refuse to do the stupid fucking shootout/pitty point thing and keep it a tie.
GOILERS!
IQWT
-jeanshorts
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