Hall-Nuge-Ebs
Joensou-Gags-Yak
Perron-Arco-Hemmer
Gazdic-Gordon-Pitlick

Personally I'd like another LW and move Joensou to the 4th
- Oilers42

Smytty

Hahha just change ur av ur an oilers fan its okay we will accept u k
- hallwillcrushu

Hey yo, its the bad guy. Charmeleon thinks you're (frank)ing Richard.

I like him this year and he has turned into yet another weapon for us that none of us were expecting him to be
- RatedR80

Would be nice if the oil keep him but we will do something dumb with him

I think he stays and Gags goes to the wing to start anyways. Gives us more options on ice.
- Iggysbff

I don't like Acton game,He should go down.

Smytty
- TheNugeIsHuge

He was too slow getting into the lineup card.

Was just about to call out those (frank)ers myself. Come on dumbasses! Where'd you go? Where are the excuses?
- Iggysbff

Yeah, surprisingly, there aren't many trolls in the Leafs thread either.

That's why I don't get the whole troll thing. It makes a troll look so pathetic when they disappear when their favorite target wins.

Oh well, good night Oil fans.

I think he stays and Gags goes to the wing to start anyways. Gives us more options on ice.
- Iggysbff

Agreed. I just cant see Gordon playing 4th line minutes. Hes way too good defensively to not play more.

Does the resident oiler fan doc know what a second tier acl strain is? and how long the rehab should take. Get him on dat HGH

Hey yo, its the bad guy. Charmeleon thinks you're (frank)ing Richard.
- DTF69

Really I'm so much cooler and better looking horse k I'm not the thrashed fan here u can hump a chimpmunk with the rest of ur horse friends that come in here and punk the oil hahah moose

He was too slow getting into the lineup card.
- DTF69

I think he stays and Gags goes to the wing to start anyways. Gives us more options on ice.
- Iggysbff

Gagner can't play the wing. Since his rookie season he has like a .41 PPG at the wing but like a .71 PPG at center.

Really I'm so much cooler and better looking horse k I'm not the thrashed fan here u can hump a chimpmunk with the rest of ur horse friends that come in here and punk the oil hahah moose
- hallwillcrushu

But where do you find him ice time? With Gagner back he becomes the "third" line center? The same way Yakupov is the 7th winger.

Do the Oilers try to find a trade for him? You wouldn't get much back for a guy with like 10 NHL games. Plus, you're sure enough to have someone go down and then you're out a competent NHL skater.
- DTF69

Move Gags to the wing and keep Arco as center. If he or Nuge get hurt move Gags back to C. Win win to me.

So what do you guys think happens with Arcobello once Gags is back? He's looked really competent so far. You'd wish he had a better shot but his skating, defence, playmaking and defence is pretty solid. Good underlying numbers.

Can he skip waivers or what?
- DTF69

He's been really good. There's no way a guy can go from leading the team in points ten games in to playing in OKC.

I hope they keep him around and move Gordon to 4C(although he'd be playing 5+ more minutes than Acton is currently).

Something along the lines of
Hall-RNH-Hemsky
Perron-Arcobello-Eberle
Joensuu-Gagner-Yak
Smyth-Gordon-(whoever).

Where the 4th line plays upwards of 10 not the 6/7 they have been.

Gagner can't play the wing. Since his rookie season he has like a .41 PPG at the wing but like a .71 PPG at center.
- DTF69

But isnt that with Cogs centreing him? Those 07 08 numbers aren't really a fair assessment IMO

Smytty
- TheNugeIsHuge

(frank) there has to be that one guy that don't retire

What a great turnaround. Missed the first half and thank god.

I read that after Hemsky's goal, EDM had 14 of the next 15 chances.

Perron look weirdly slow tonight to anyone?

Hall-Nuge-Ebs
Joensou-Gags-Yak
Perron-Arco-Hemmer
Gazdic-Gordon-Pitlick

Personally I'd like another LW and move Joensou to the 4th
- Oilers42

That's fair I guess, but I don't think Nuge or Yak have earned or are quite capable of playing the tough minutes you're suggesting there. Give them softer competition with a few less minutes and see if they can maybe parlay it into some scoring touch!

Gagner can't play the wing. Since his rookie season he has like a .41 PPG at the wing but like a .71 PPG at center.
- DTF69

He was .41 PPG as a winger. The team we have now is not the team we had then, nor is Gags the player he was then. Both have grown up somewhat, enough so that I think Gags would do just fine.

Gagner can't play the wing. Since his rookie season he has like a .41 PPG at the wing but like a .71 PPG at center.
- DTF69

THIS!!

I always hear this as some sort of quick fix!
he's far superior at center. some guys don't acclimate well outside their natural position.
I feel like it wasn't hard to tell hall was gonna struggle at pivot. and we've already seen gagner struggle on the wing

But isnt that with Cogs centreing him? Those 07 08 numbers aren't really a fair assessment IMO
- JShack

For a bit. Then there was all those games he spent on the 3rd line with Belanger or Horcoff and sometimes Fraser with a revolving door or Pajaarvi and Eager and whatever else plug the Oiler's stuffed into that spot.

I'm not sure you take a guy who was on a career setting pace, for a full season, last year and stuff him onto the wing when he's proven he's significantly better at centre.

He was .41 PPG as a winger. The team we have now is not the team we had then, nor is Gags the player he was then. Both have grown up somewhat, enough so that I think Gags would do just fine.
- Wildschwein

I agree entirely. It's at least worth a shot as Arco has earned the right to keep his position.

What a great turnaround. Missed the first half and thank god.

I read that after Hemsky's goal, EDM had 14 of the next 15 chances.

Perron look weirdly slow tonight to anyone?
- TheNugeIsHuge

the first half was gash for the most part.

and yes to perron. he was still a huge part, but yeah he seemed to gear down abit.

That's fair I guess, but I don't think Nuge or Yak have earned or are quite capable of playing the tough minutes you're suggesting there. Give them softer competition with a few less minutes and see if they can maybe parlay it into some scoring touch!
- MaximumBone

Yak, yes. RNH has played the toughest minutes of any forward the past two seasons

He was .41 PPG as a winger. The team we have now is not the team we had then, nor is Gags the player he was then. Both have grown up somewhat, enough so that I think Gags would do just fine.
- Wildschwein

He doesn't skate well enough for a winger, especially compared to the rest of the Oiler's wingers and his board play isn't quite as suited to a winger as it is to a centre who is usually the second guy to come in on the wall.

Dubnyk Played AWESOME.
Our second line really tilted the ice tonight. Perron and Hemmer are really clicking together and i'd love to see them together.
Yak showed some promise but he seems nervous with the puck. I really feel he needs some confidence; so he can find some open ice and make plays.
Eberle was great whule nuge had his moments.

Our defence was pretty meh. Were clearly missing that number one gyt. Someone tell NYR and St.Louis its not fair to hog all the number 1 guys.

DUBNYK
(frank) all the Leafs fans telling us he sucks.

Bring on the Caps
- JShack

I dont think we were the only ones saying it