I know it’s way too early, especially with the moves teams have made the last few months. But still, just based on the eye test and history, which teams in the east and west (west especially) are you most worried about the Oilers facing next spring? For me, it’s probably Vegas and Minnesota. But I’m interested in your thoughts.
Before I start, if you read any spoilers, please don’t leak them in the comments if this is read.
But we’ve seen two trailers so far, with only 4 months to go. However, we’ve only really seen these few locations.
Remember Endgame trailers being heavily misleading/unshowing of the actual plot? Obviously they had to since time travel was the main point, and I’m glad they didn’t.
But I wonder how much they are hiding in terms of major plot. Like, there is probably a good 80% of the movie that hasn’t been shown at all from these trailers. And I like it. I’ve heard leaks that Tobey’s Spiderman is in it, but I wonder for how long. Is he going to get cooked in one scene by Doom? Is he going to be a major part of perhaps a second battle that ain’t shown so far, kind of like the two separate battles in infinity war?
I’m excited, I’ve read a few lines of supposed leaks that I wish I didn’t and hope aren’t true, but I know nothing else. And I hope it stays that way.
Tbh? I’m really excited to see how our d-core plays out. This has to be the first time I’ve said that in……….. you get the point.
It’s not that I think Nurse was the ultimate cancer for our defense. He was 100% a great locker presence that I think the team will miss. But you can definitely tell he was mentally checked out a lot since he was (at times justifiably) the scapegoat for when things went wrong.
But we have a REALLY solid core going into the season. Bouch and Ekholm will be the usual top 2 I trust. Walman, Murphy, Shea. The only thing I’m worried for is Jake’s health. But, I feel like we have a really solid core that hopefully Babcock can get a good system going with.
I’m really excited for Savoie and McDavid’s chemistry to build. It would be really nice to have a bonafide top 6 scorer along with Hyman, but I loved what I saw from Matt last year.
Also our goalie system doesn’t look directionless for the first time a while. I feel like Levi will learn a lot from Freddy.
The only outlier that I’m hesitant for is Babcock. But the players know more than we do, so it remains to be seen.
I’m excited for the season. How about you guys? Feel free to pick out anything I said, I really want to hear your opinion!
He’s dropped out of the top 10 for goalie prospects. And he hasn’t had a very good pedigree with Buffalo since he’s been in the league. But that’s only been through like 40 total games. He’s had a pretty good AHL career and he’s only 24. His pre-NHL career was pretty impressive. If he’s mentored under someone like Freddie, do you think it’ll help him grow? I mean, if he develops well over the next few years, he could be a real good piece for EDM. But that’s a lot of if’s, the same if’s we gave Skinner, Campbell, and Jarry.
I’m optimistic, I feel like playing with a good, established environment will help a lot.
How do ya’ll feel? Very interested.
EDIT: Great analysis ya’ll, can’t wait for October (aside from college classes fml)
I’ve seen him make some really good plays this year, but I’ve also seen him slip up and play Edmonton defense. But do you think he’ll step up a bit more this year with Nurse gone? (given we don’t trade for another dman.) I didn’t hate the signing when it happened. And it’s not like he’s a pylon. I’m just wondering.
Hey guys, I’m wanting to read Heat 2, but I haven’t read Heat 1. I’ve seen the movie a bunch, but haven’t read the book. Would it be detrimental to the story to skip the book 📕 and read Heat 2?
EDIT: Part of me wants to delete this… but no I need to 1000% take this L lmao. I saw Heat and Heat 2 on my books app… and then looked again after these comments and saw Heat was an entirely different book. 🤦♂️ I deserve these roasts lmao but thank you guys for the good laugh. I’ll read Heat 3 first instead lmaoo
EDIT 2: The Heat book I thought was canon… is a kids book about a little league pitcher named Michael Arroyo… I’m cooked lmao
So, I’ve been tracing comic characters and using paint over them to understand painting itself on a tablet (since I’m too broke to try irl painting) and so I was listening to COFFEE BEAN on my tv and this pic of Travis came up and I figured yolo lol. So like 5 hours, 1 1/2 on that effing face alone lol. But I’m excited to keep painting new stuff! Also pls don’t roast me toooo badly on the face lol I’m gonna look up tutorials for painting faces