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What the lineup should be to start the playoffs Part 3 out of 16

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Team: 2020-21 Edmonton Oilers
Initial Creation Date: May 11, 2021
Published: May 11, 2021
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C
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C
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G
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Taxi Squad
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May 11, 2021 at 5:39 p.m.
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I would swap Nuge with Kahun. Kahun has been playing his best hockey this year alongside McDavid, and Puljujarvi, and we all know that Nuge works well with Draisaitl, and Yamamoto.
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May 11, 2021 at 5:41 p.m.
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Quoting: Nhl_oilers
I would swap Nuge with Kahun. Kahun has been playing his best hockey this year alongside McDavid, and Puljujarvi, and we all know that Nuge works well with Draisaitl, and Yamamoto.


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May 11, 2021 at 5:43 p.m.
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The rest looks good! Good job.
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May 11, 2021 at 6:49 p.m.
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Mcleod should be in the lineup
So the bottom six should be
(Shore or Ennis or Kassian), Khaira, Archi
Neal, Mcleod , Chaisson
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May 11, 2021 at 8:33 p.m.
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I agree with Pandemic_p - McLeod is better than Haas.
The line of Neal, Chiasson and McLeod is pretty good so far.
May 11, 2021 at 9:09 p.m.
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Some people may disagree but I feel like Bouchard should be given a chance in the playoffs.
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May 12, 2021 at 9:07 p.m.
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Idk how I missed this.

Echoing sentiments above about McLeod being the #3C, but I'll take it two steps further and suggest Ennis over Neal and Haas over Shore. There's no upside to Neal over Ennis: they score similarly, neither player is physically-dominant, and Neal is as slow as February's molasses. Shore is a genuine black-hole in terms of chances against. Haas as the #4C is a better option and pushes Khaira into Shore's spot. Better fit on the PK too as it allows both of the top units to go lefty-righty between Khaira-Archibald and McLeod-Haas. Nugent-Hopkins, Yamamoto, and Draisaitl can rotate in as Tippett sees fit.

Kris Russell has lost his position in the lineup outright. Jones shouldn't come out even though Tippett will happily play an inferior player in games that matter.

I have this suspicion that Tippett might go with Nurse-Bear for his top pairing. Maybe not immediately against the Jets, but definitely against the Leafs. If we go by the format of one defensive defender and one puck-mover per pair, it would look like this:

Nurse - Bear
Jones - Larsson
Kulikov - Barrie

I only bring that up because Tippett's religiously gone to the Nurse-Bear pairing during crunch time, and every second of a playoff game is crunch time. If the Oilers are in need of a timely goal, I could see Tippett reuniting Nurse-Barrie along with Draisaitl-McDavid, but it should remain a situational pairing.
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