Today I have a fever of 39.5 and I can barely think. Now forgive me if this feels like the part in Dumbo where the little elephant with the big ears goes on an acid trip, but the Oilers defense is going to be Schultz, Schultz, Larssen, Potter, Ference, and Marincin. Do not try to throw up to get whatever you ingested out of your system. These feel like bad Oysters but they aren't, this is desperation at its finest.
This is the defense that Eakins is choosing to match up against the Avs. If this group is not brutalized like Andy Dufresne when he arrives at Shawshank then consider it a moral victory. Will this send a message? Oh yes. It says, "I'M PANICKING! I'M PANICKING!!!" I'm sweating right now thinking about this (could be the fever).
I jest (not really, I am sweating buckets right now), but this is an aggressive move from Eakins to get his point across to his key players. Petry is playing at least 3 spots above where he probably should be. He's a number one on the Oilers but he's no more than a number 4 on most good squads. Belov is struggling, Acton is struggling, too many are struggling. What else can a coach do except police ice time and lineups?
LINEUPS
Seriously.
OILERS KEYS TO THE GAME
1) Seriously?
2) Seriously??
3) SERIOUSLY???
Puck drops sometime after I take my next round of meds, if I'm lucky delirium will make this more fun than those of you who still have all your faculties.
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Someone bring me soup. Please. But not mushroom, that's disgusting.