Pre-Game Report: Edmonton Oilers vs Seattle Kraken

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1. Player to watch: Bouchard, feeling risky after going 2 for 2

2. Maybe the real mcdraisaitl was the friends we made along the way…

3. Watch the oilers score 5+ goals tonight lol

4. I have faith in this group to win tonight. They had some pretty fantastic offense against the Jets and held off a 5v3 for entire minute and killed off the rest of the 5v4. The only thing I'm worried about is the PP, even with McDavid it didn't look too good. Players to watch: Nuge, Arvi. Nuge I think will definitely step up this game and get a few pts, Arvi seems to have regained his confidence these past few games so I think he'll get a goal or 2 tonight. Oilers 3-2. I don't think they'll find the back of net a lot but I do think they will generate enough offense to win. Stu had another bad night but, to be fair, it was against the best offensive team in the league. I think he will get this win.

5. They will play so well as a team that Knoblauch will have a tough decision to make when 29 and 97 are healthy. “Do I healthy scratch Drai or McDavid? “ 😂

6. Drai and McDavid = 60 % of this team😇
   Line #1 without 60% should be : Skinner – Nuge – Hyman )) IMHO

7. Oilers are a defensive and goaltending power house. It’s will end in a shoot out. Oilers lose 0-1

8. 5-1

9. definitely watching Stu, gonna need him to step up even more now if they wanna win without mcdrai

10. We will win tonight! I think we play better without McDavid. Not having Drai will allow the others to step up and play real team based Hockey. Also Seattle no longer has Tanev

11. Jeff skinner and Viktor Arv will have a good game

12. I think this is a good opportunity for everybody to develop their game and prove themselves with MacDavid and Draisaitl win or lose.

13. Knows isn't sitting skinner I'm surprised

14. $100 that our goalie shits the bed.

15. Skinner should swap with Arvidson, dude has got almost nothing!!

16. This game is actually about seeing what we have in 1 guy: Knobber. Our roster without McDrai is STILL better than Seattle's. If we lose, it's on the coach

17. With all due respect to Podkozlin, I would sooner see Skinner on the 1st line LW. He's been playing well enough lately to deserve it. I really would like to know what the hell Knoblauch has against the guy. That being said, I'd sooner see Hyman up there too, as he's "the dog", who relentlessly digs pucks out of the corner. Why in the hell would you put him with Perry and Henrique? Skinner has a good shot, and RNH has the hands to feed him, with Hyman digging out the deep pucks.

    I look forward to seeing Skinner in his first-ever playoffs, and I would sooner tell Knoblauch that his job is at risk, more than Skinner's.

    Knoblauch, is walking on eggshells at this point in time, and if they get bounced in the first round against LA, I wouldn't be shocked to see him removed this summer, and I wouldn't argue against it in the least.

18. DEFENSE DEFENSE DEFENSE! Austin, tell Nurse not to pinch in at ill advise times…..He gambles at the wrong times!….The boys have to play a patient game. Capitalize on mistakes. GO OILERS GO!

19. Almost game time boys who’s doing the nachos tonight??

20. Can we all just agree our goalie sucked tonight? 🙂 No? still defending him like he's a premium beer?