Oilers VS Flames..

Oilers VS Flames tonight..Flames look like they're about to go down in flames (damn I'm good), and tonight I dont see they're fortunes changing..although I do think they will make it a close game just because the Oilers are so damn inconsistant.

Here's what I think..
I think the Oilers are a top six bruiser/grinder/finisher (I guess that's a power forward) like lucic, or iginla..and another top four defenceman with a bit of a mean streak (thinking a poor mans Chris Pronger from his heyday) away from seriously competing for a conference final..
Right now they remind me of the Blackhawks in the year they JUST ABOUT made the playoffs..(think four years ago)..but they migh sneak in depending on the consistency of RNH, Hall, and Eberle..we already know what we're going to get the rest of the season from Smyth, Horcoff, Gilbert, and Jones..

Hemsky and Gagner are still question marks for me..who knows how they're gonna do the rest of this season, Gagner still hasn't scored but looks on the verge of breaking out..but this has become the norm for him every season, not being able to put a consistant offensive stretch together..
Hemsky is slowly heating up, but in the past few years I've seen him do the same only to have it all be derailed by injuries.

Lets hope this team can stay healthy.

I Predicted Oilers to beat the Jackets last night 5-2 (yeah I know I didnt post it here)..they ended up winning 6-3, tonight I predict Oilers 5-4 over the flames.

Very nice win for Edmonton

Now that was nice..I liked what I saw tonight.. I mean afternoon-early evening..
A USA thanksgiving afternoon special gave us Oilers vs Wild..17 straight times the Wild had defeated the Oil in the Excel Energy Center but tonight..or today, this afternooon..whatever, this game the Oilers took control from the opening shift to the last shift with Eberle unselfishly dishing Ryan Nugent Hopkins a nice feed for the empty netter to secure a victory..nice..5-2 Edmonton..

I'm currently listening to "theteam1260" for the postgame..normally I tune in on ched 630 but this is different..this was an afternoon game, therefore I will listen in on theteam, I normally prefer that station anyways..it's kinda found another home in my household..
Goodtimes...soon the Jets are at it..so this blog is short..doesnt matter..all that matters is the Oilers win, they are now 3-0 in teams that are in first place in western standings..beating the Predators, Wild, and Hawks...so that means they are not only winning against average-bad teams, but against the league's top teams..

Magnus Paajarvi..not sure what's going on here..why was he in the pressbox again?? Is he that important to the team right now that he has to be here?? In the future..yeah, sure, I see him in the top six..he's got world class speed..good hockey sense both in offense and defence..but his confidence to drive the net just doesnt seem there right now..he's averaging about 3-4 shifts a period..not enough to get consistently offensively involved..

Solution?

Send him to the minors..And what's wrong with that? He'll get tons of ice time, score some points..it'll do him alot better than being stuck on the fourth line playing no specialty teams..he's only 21 years old, there is no rush for him to be here in the NHL right now..if this team didn't have Eberle, Hall, RNH, Gagner, Hemsky, Horcoff, and Smyth here..then yeah, Paajarvi would get top ice time..on a team like Nashville where most of their offensive players would be no more than 3rd liners on top tier teams..Paajarvi would be a top offensive icetime player..
Next year, or the year after..Horcoff, Smyth, Belanger (if he's still here) will all be a little older..soon they will get less ice time..Paajarvi can then step in and fill that role...

Oilers win..times are good..prospects are turning out..it's fun to watch this team play.