Game Thread: Lightning at Oilers - Jonathan Drouin's NHL Debut

[Cobiemonster]

 

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Go Bolts Go!

 

[Cobiemonster]

Love the intro by Gene Principe with the purses

 

[esls79]

Dubnyk would have had that one



/too soon?

 

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Well, the Oilers had to win sooner or later.

 

[esls79]

I just checked the standings and the win the Oilers got tonight wasn't in bold. Apparently one win is not bold enough.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

How was Drouin?

 

[forty_three]

How was Drouin?

I watched two periods and though he looked pretty good. He has a ton of speed and seemed to get himself open a lot. Definitely looks like a rookie, though. Looked like he was trying to do a lot himself and not quite in sync with the system yet. He was holding onto the puck a tick or two too long and running himself out of options. I saw that a few times.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

I watched two periods and though he looked pretty good. He has a ton of speed and seemed to get himself open a lot. Definitely looks like a rookie, though. Looked like he was trying to do a lot himself and not quite in sync with the system yet. He was holding onto the puck a tick or two too long and running himself out of options. I saw that a few times.

Figured. Might take him a month or so to get up to snuff, but I hope they keep him around. Anybody who can score an extra goal or two in the 4 or 5 games they play against the Leafs this season is fine by me.

 

[forty_three]

He definitely started to look more comfortable as time went on. And he was kind of dropped into the lineup. A few practices with regular linemates and he'll take off.