I thought Smid-Gilbert pairing was one of the sole bright sports of last season but Tambo thought differently.

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I can't remember where I read it so I can't provide a link, but it was:

Smid - Whitney
Schultz - Schultz
Petry - Fistric

Canucks down. Bring on the Sharks. Hemsky looks rejuvenated and once Yakupov gets his baby deer legs worked out in a few games watch out. That "second line" is going to bleed goals and score them too!

Losing 6-1 after the first period of the home opener. Hopefully this utterly embarassing performance wakes the kids up and they realize they need to play actual NHL hockey every second of the game.

Wow.

How do you allow 6 goals in your home opener in 1st period. Awesome performance for the fans....simply awesome. Sad.

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I was going to joke about them, but this happened to my Sens last year at the beginning of the year so I wouldn't count them out. But i still think the Oilers have no D or G. I see them trading for Ben Bishop or somebody of that ilk soon enough.

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Now I've seen some teams suck before, but those were the suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked.

The Oilers were probably been reading all the media hype around them while forgetting that they still have to go prove it. On the positive side, hopefully that performance was an early season wake up call that they still have a lot of work to do.

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F (Start 6): Neal, Parise, Benn, P Kane, Simmonds, Lecavalier, Doan, Wheeler, Boyes
D (Start 4): Pietrangelo, Campbell, J. Johnson, Leddy, Fowler, Faulk, Whitney
G (Start 1): Lundqvist

Point System
G=2, A=1, DefenseG=+1, DefenseA=+1, GWG=1, OTG=1, PIM=0.5, PPG=1, PPA=1, PenaltyShotG=1, SHG=2, ShootOutG=1, Shot=0.1, +/-=1, Hat Trick=3

Goalie Points
W=4, S= 0.14, GA=-1, OW=1, ShootOutW =1, SO=2

Joke of the league. Pathetic. Are they ever going to get their act together?

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GO WINGS!

12 team H2H dynasty, most categories under the sun, incl. hits/blocks. Main team, farm

C: Kopitar Backstrom Stepan Cammalleri Little Bolland Laich Johnson
LW: Parise Lupul Erat McDonald Martin Silfverberg Nyquist Schwartz Morin Nieto Conacher
RW: PKane Doan Pominville Nash Clowe Lupul Rinaldo Stafford Rattie Stone Chiasson Ritchie
D: Green Suter Seabrook Dillon Beauchemin Schenn Letang Schultz Hamilton McNabb Rielly Harrison
G: Bryzgalov Pavelec Holtby Neuvirth Nihlstorp Lack CalPickard Andersen Stalock Sateri Eriksson
IR: Halak

By the way, the sooner announcers stop butchering Yakupov's name, the better. It's not YEAH-kuh-pov. It's Yah-KOO-pov. And it's Na-EEL, not something you use hammers on.

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GO WINGS!

12 team H2H dynasty, most categories under the sun, incl. hits/blocks. Main team, farm

C: Kopitar Backstrom Stepan Cammalleri Little Bolland Laich Johnson
LW: Parise Lupul Erat McDonald Martin Silfverberg Nyquist Schwartz Morin Nieto Conacher
RW: PKane Doan Pominville Nash Clowe Lupul Rinaldo Stafford Rattie Stone Chiasson Ritchie
D: Green Suter Seabrook Dillon Beauchemin Schenn Letang Schultz Hamilton McNabb Rielly Harrison
G: Bryzgalov Pavelec Holtby Neuvirth Nihlstorp Lack CalPickard Andersen Stalock Sateri Eriksson
IR: Halak

Yeah I think that was a big part of the problem. One of the worst Oiler periods in the last few years, but I'm not too worried yet.