Comments on: The kids are (gonna be) alright (?)

By: Mr.Majestyk

Mr.Majestyk — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 12:43:35 +0000

That list of guys who are willing to drop em isn’t too bad. Heck I’d even throw Penner(not that I want him fighting, but he has dropped the gloves coming to the aid of a teammate) and Fraser into the mix. I guess the point is, we do have a bunch of inexperienced young guys that teams might take a run at, but we’ve got enough ‘pugnacity and truculence’ on this team that we can play that game as well.

I’m in favour of the Oilers having less respect for other teams and other teams star players, they certainly don’t respect us.

By: Racki

Racki — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 05:47:32 +0000

Agreed on Sutton. I would have loved him, and he was a guy I mentioned before too. Not the most mobile, but the guy is a giant, after all, and all things considered, he moves well for his size.

By: chucker

chucker — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 05:38:41 +0000

Yeah, I’ve always been a fan of nasty hockey. I wish we had a clone of Brian Marchment. He kept guys honest. Regehr plays a similar game, but not as much on the edge. I know some guys think Mush was a dirty player, but guess what, all his team mates loved him? Why, same reason as Flamers love Regehr. We had some of that in Smith, but not as intimidating.

JFJ on a hit line is effective as hell. He is great at this role. I hope this comeback is good and he can move on and help us.

As for MacI responding to issues on the ice that fell outside of the idiotic code that LaRaque seemed to think was his role, no need to worry. He’s out there to hurt guys and he knows it. He’s a mini boogey man. I have full confidence that he’ll hit to hurt, fight like hell and pulverize those who mess with the skill guys. I would be sleeping very well if I was Taylor Hall.

EDIT: One thing I was kind of hoping the Oilers would do is sign Andy Sutton. He’s similar to Mush. Cost effective as well and he’s actually pretty good on D. He would have signed a one year I bet.

The other guy that would have been nice is Aaron Asham or a similar type. Jody Shelley maybe.

DOUBLE EDIT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjY5aPWK-do The thing that tells you MacIntyre wants to inflict pain on the other team, the body shot. I don’t know any other player that throws these and he throws them right at the kidney. That f’n hurts if you’ve never experienced a punch there. He knows what he needs to do and he doesn’t care what other teams think or who it is. I love this guy.

By: Racki

Racki — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 04:11:03 +0000

Mr M: my thoughts, looking up the roster..

Guys who can throw the big hits and back it up: Jacques, MacIntyre, Stortini, Peckham, Smid, Strudwick, Vandermeer. Not a lot considering MacI and Strudwick aren’t the best players, and probably only 3 or 4 of those guys would be in the line up at one time. I suppose that’s not bad, but damn.. I seriously wish Jacques was healthy and without back issues. I know I’m one of very few fans of his, but if you guys think of him as just a hitting machine / aggressor, he’s a fun guy to watch

I agree with Dawgtoy, that having that Orr/Carcillo/Neal type sure would come in handy. Maybe we do in Storts, but he’s got to start playing like he’s desperate to keep his job again.

Adam Dyck: that is definitely a good reason to keep him on the roster. Too bad he doesn’t have better hands. But I’ve seen him draw a few this pre-season already.

By: Mr.Majestyk

Mr.Majestyk — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 03:24:56 +0000

Every guy on the lineup should be finishing checks, but what guys should we be depending on to make big hits? Follow up to that is how many guys on a given night are either decent fighters, or atleast willing and can hold their own?