A proposed roster lineup for the Oilers to start the season that I just saw

[Bretzky]

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Connor McDavid -- Zach Hyman

Jeff Skinner -- Leon Draisaitl -- Viktor Arvidsson

Mattias Janmark -- Adam Henrique -- Connor Brown

Vasily Podkolzin -- Derek Ryan -- Corey Perry

Mattias Ekholm -- Evan Bouchard

Darnell Nurse -- Ty Emberson

Brett Kulak -- Troy Stecher

Stuart Skinner

Calvin Pickard

 

 

I like Vancouver’s matchup to start the season and hopefully Lekkerimäki sticks!…if not maybe Sprong is in with Pettersson and Debrusk, aha!

But look out especially come this November…cause we have Joshua back!!

I do say we are in a battle to win the division again and we certainly still can again this year by sweeping the Coilers in the regular season!

 

Go ahead make your Canucks proposal line up suggestion and you’ll see we are pritty good competition!

A Nucks 4th line even with Hoglander/Suter/Sherwood looks better eh!

Edited September 22, 2024 by Bretzky

[Western Red]

Gotta admit, that is a great forward lineup. 

 

D is mediorce and Goalies are very suspect. 

 

Not shook.

 

 

[Jimmy]

2 minutes ago, Western Red said:

Gotta admit, that is a great forward lineup. 

 

D is mediorce and Goalies are very suspect. 

 

Not shook.

 

 

 

I like our matchup chances at home against that bottom 6. 

 

[Chickenspear]

12 minutes ago, Bob Long said:

 

I like our matchup chances at home against that bottom 6. 

 

That defense and goaltending too... might as well just throw a few hockey bags on the ice instead.

[Jimmy]

1 minute ago, Chickenspear said:

That defense and goaltending too... might as well just throw a few hockey bags on the ice instead.

 

if they beat us this year, it will be on the PP. I don't think they can beat us 5 on 5. 

[gwarrior]

VERY top heavy..... but maybe that's just me.

[luckylager]

Yeah whatever. Oilers can suck it

[Snoop Hogg]

1 hour ago, Bob Long said:

 

if they beat us this year, it will be on the PP. I don't think they can beat us 5 on 5. 

Yep..6-5 and 7-6 games, just like in the 80’s, sans Cups.

[Canuck You]

54 minutes ago, gwarrior said:

VERY top heavy..... but maybe that's just me.

All tits, No ass.

[Canuck You]

Lots of questions for the their new players..as well as ours. Let's see ho well they mesh or not.

[gwarrior]

7 minutes ago, Canuck You said:

All tits, No ass.

Not a fan, especially since I'm an ass man.

[The Arrogant Worms]

this is what I think of the Oilers line up .....

 

 

[Snoop Hogg]

1 minute ago, gwarrior said:

Not a fan, especially since I'm an ass man.

It’s like choosing a favourite child though. You gotta love them both!

[Snoop Hogg]

1 minute ago, The Arrogant Worms said:

this is what I think of the Oilers line up .....

 

 

And that’s the bottom line cuz The Arrogant Worms said so

[DixonWard]

1 hour ago, Western Red said:

Gotta admit, that is a great forward lineup. 

 

D is mediorce and Goalies are very suspect. 

 

Not shook.

 

 

Only McDavid, Draisatl, and Podz are forwards under 30.  These guys are slowing down and will be more likely to have injuries.  Canucks only have 2 forwards over 30.  Miller 31, Bluegar 30.

 

There strength are really old.

[gwarrior]

34 minutes ago, The Arrogant Worms said:

this is what I think of the Oilers line up .....

 

 

Can I get a "HELL YEAH"?!!

[Drakrami]

Damn proper and actually good wingers for both McDavid and Draisaitl. Defense top 3 is ok, depth is crap. They are probably harder to beat this year. 

[Pears]

3 hours ago, The Arrogant Worms said:

this is what I think of the Oilers line up .....

 

 

Small, scoring, injury prone wingers who don't play any defense and are propped up by the greatest player of our generation, and we've been led to believe is a serious cup contender...lol ok. Bias aside, anyone willing to take the blinders off, should easily be able to see that outside of their two (powerplay) superstars we have a much deeper forward group than they do. 

[wai_lai416]

i dunno we laugh at oilers defence.. but ours is questionable too.. outside of hughes and hronek.. we are going to have a bunch of bottom pairing defenceman playing above their role in the 2nd pairing and hope 1 works out.. myers should be a 3rd pairing by now.. but he'll likely be 2nd pairing based on the depth chart.. forbot and desharnais is not ahead of him.. defensively we are for sure better.. but it's not even a slam dunk.. and as for goaltending?? well we are likely starting the season with silov and lankenin.. i think that's way worse than skinner with pickard.. oilers barely gave up shots last year hence their goalie appeared better than they really are in the regular season.. their top 6 is even better than last year.. so they might give up even less shots based on they'll prolly keep the puck in the O zone even more often.

 

depth wise vancouver is far superior.. but we dont have a player or 2 that can win the game by themselves like the oilers.. at least i haven't seen EP Hughes Miller single handedly drag his team to a win in the playoff yet.. well demko did but that was a long time ago in the bubble.

[iinatcc]

12 hours ago, Western Red said:

Gotta admit, that is a great forward lineup. 

 

D is mediorce and Goalies are very suspect. 

 

Not shook.

 

 

 

Defense would have been ok if Darnell Nurse was paid 3 to 4 million less per year. But then again that's part of the game, perhaps Canucks could have used  a 2.25 AAV OEL, like what Florida did. Point the D will be fine if Nurse can, at least, play like a $7 Million d-man or some entry level person can show up. 

 

I am not very bullish on the goaltending Skinner has proven he can get the team to a Game 7 of the Finals and he's probably a strong candidate to represent Canada in the next Olympics.  

[Alflives]

F the Coilers, their city, and their fans. 

[Reg]

According to the schedule we play the Oil 3 times during the regular season. Invest extra time now to prepare strategies and practice tactics to win those games and we should be fine.

 

I would focus on Bouchard and Draisaitl. If one or both of those players suffered an injury then their team becomes a different animal.

[CanuckMan]

With a healthy Kane that is some serious crazy forward depth. Defence is suspect. Goaltending can go either way with Skinner

[Zimmyparttwo]

certainly skilled

 

definitely soft, very soft

[Pears]

7 hours ago, wai_lai416 said:

i dunno we laugh at oilers defence.. but ours is questionable too.. outside of hughes and hronek.. we are going to have a bunch of bottom pairing defenceman playing above their role in the 2nd pairing and hope 1 works out.. myers should be a 3rd pairing by now.. but he'll likely be 2nd pairing based on the depth chart.. forbot and desharnais is not ahead of him.. defensively we are for sure better.. but it's not even a slam dunk.. and as for goaltending?? well we are likely starting the season with silov and lankenin.. i think that's way worse than skinner with pickard.. oilers barely gave up shots last year hence their goalie appeared better than they really are in the regular season.. their top 6 is even better than last year.. so they might give up even less shots based on they'll prolly keep the puck in the O zone even more often.

 

depth wise vancouver is far superior.. but we dont have a player or 2 that can win the game by themselves like the oilers.. at least i haven't seen EP Hughes Miller single handedly drag his team to a win in the playoff yet.. well demko did but that was a long time ago in the bubble.

We started last year 12-3-1/15-8-1 with the current top 4 as it stands btw.