Edmonton is No Good Episode 4: New Rink, Same Stink

[Oil Stain]

Originally Posted by Hockey

Never forget when Edmonton hated Kassian more than anyone. #LifeMovesFast https://t.co/05W360Re3r

That's sports for you. Flames fans flipped the switch on Bertuzzi pretty quickly when he joined their team.

I've seen a number of Flames fans turn on Ference despite him being an absolute beauty off the ice. Oilers fans turned on him to when he started to lose a step.

Fans are fickle.

I still think Kassian is a ###### but I like having him on the team. He's a good player. I'd probably cheer on Satan if he could QB a powerplay.

[Jacks]

Originally Posted by Oil Stain

That's sports for you. Flames fans flipped the switch on Bertuzzi pretty quickly when he joined their team.

Some did, I never liked Bertuzzi and never wanted him on this team.

Originally Posted by Oil Stain

I've seen a number of Flames fans turn on Ference despite him being an absolute beauty off the ice. Oilers fans turned on him to when he started to lose a step.

Can't speak for everyone but I turned on Ference when he assaulted Stempniak for daring to throw a clean check.

[CedarMeter]

Originally Posted by Oil Stain

That's sports for you. Flames fans flipped the switch on Bertuzzi pretty quickly when he joined their team.

No I didn't.

[Peanut]

Ugh, I personally thought the Bertuzzi thing was an embarrassment.

[Jay Random]

Me neither. Refused to spend one dollar on the Flames while he was on the roster.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Jacks

Some did, I never liked Bertuzzi and never wanted him on this team.

Wasn't a big fan of the move.

Originally Posted by Jacks

Can't speak for everyone but I turned on Ference when he assaulted Stempniak for daring to throw a clean check.

Yup it was the ultimate $$$$ move by Ference and from then on Ocktober was dead to me. He should have been ashamed of himself for that.

[N-E-B]

I cheered for Bertuzzi. Don't care if that makes me a worse person or not.

[Macindoc]

Originally Posted by Peanut

Ugh, I personally thought the Bertuzzi thing was an embarrassment.

Couldn't agree more, although he was a different player after his return. And if he did continue to take actions that put others at risk, he would have deserved to be called out for them. I still find it hard to believe that Sportsnet praised Kassian's clear and deliberate attempt to cause a head injury. As long as the perpetrator plays on McDavid's team, anything he does, no matter how dirty, must be good.

[Inferno]

Originally Posted by Oil Stain

That's sports for you. Flames fans flipped the switch on Bertuzzi pretty quickly when he joined their team.

I sure didn't. It didn't stop me from cheering for the team but I was pretty glad when he wasn't brought back.

[TheFlamesVan]

Originally Posted by Oil Stain

I'd probably cheer on Satan if he could QB a powerplay.

Miroslav retired, but I always wished he had played for New Jersey. I would have bought that jersey for sure.

[the2bears]

Alright, up you go.

Edmonton is no good. What a boring display of hockey yesterday - both teams put me to sleep with their slow paced drudgery.

[Manhattanboy]

It really did look like a dull Sunday niter in November after a painful episode of Hometown Hockey. Although Tara Sloan is kind of a babe.

[Soulless Sisters]

The Oilers actually remind me a lot of the 2004 Flames, really.

A superstar forward (McDavid, Iginla) and a Vezina-esque performance from a former backup goalie in the regular season (Talbot, Kiprusoff), which was then amplified in the post-season. Both teams lacked an elite d-man but had a solid d-by-committe approach, headed by elite shutdown guys (Larsson, Regehr). A lot of size, physicality, and grit up front from both squads.

Extended playoff droughts for both teams (8 years, 11 years) and people kept harping on "experience" and "learning to win" in the post-season because they hadn't been there before.

Time will tell if the Oilers go on a long run or if this is just a 1st or 2nd round exit. But in terms of personnel, philosophy, and expectations, the 2017 Oilers are a lot like the 2004 Flames.

Just my $0.02.

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by Oil Stain

I'd probably cheer on Satan if he could QB a powerplay.

Well technically..

[Clarkey]

Did Edmonton get McDavid because they signed a deal with Satan?

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Clarkey

Did Edmonton get McDavid because they signed a deal with Satan?

Yes they did. The deal was to get McDavid and be in the playoffs every year while he's active in exchange for never winning the cup ever again.

Lowe thinks he knows a thing or two about winning though so he's obviously smarter than Satan.

[Yrebmi]

Originally Posted by Oil Stain

That's sports for you. Flames fans flipped the switch on Bertuzzi pretty quickly when he joined their team.

I've seen a number of Flames fans turn on Ference despite him being an absolute beauty off the ice. Oilers fans turned on him to when he started to lose a step.

Fans are fickle.

I still think Kassian is a ###### but I like having him on the team. He's a good player. I'd probably cheer on Satan if he could QB a powerplay.

As a former Bertuzzi apologist, I can assure you the vast majority of Flames fans never wavered on their unabashed dislike of this player. I think your point stands, but that's a terrible example.

[Sakic19]

Confident bunch up here in edmonton. Saw a travel agency on 104st advertising packages to see the oilers play anaheim in the second round

[calgaryblood]

Bump.

[ThisIsAnOutrage]

McDavid sends powerful message about Sport, Life as Sharks draw even in Series, 2-2

Perennial Oilers' superstar, Connor McDavid (0g, 0a, 0pts, -1), showed that he is more than the taut and toned physical specimen all know and love and elected to throw around his intellectual weight for a change in a 7 - 0 Sharks victory as the Oilers were back in action after the Easter weekend. The message sent by McDavid was received loud and clear by Oilers fans around the globe: In this mad, mad world of ours, beauty is all too often coupled with tragedy.

Sources close to the team report that the revelation that the brightest light must necessarily create the darkest shadow weighed heavily on the Oilers' goaltending tandem of Cam Talbot (19-24, .792 sv%, 32:52) and Laurent Brossoit (2-8, .750 sv%, 27:08). As the night wore on, the pair eventually sought solace in the words of McDavid teammates Milan Lucic (0g, 0a, 0pts, +/-0) and Patrick Maroon (0g, 0a, 0pts, -2) who tried in vain to convince the troubled glove-hands that what appeared to be a crushing 7-0 defeat was but the smallest aspect of the Japanese tradition of Wabi Sabi and as such, the imperfect performance would only render the remainder of the Oilers' playoff run all the more profound and beautiful. As buy-in was not to be had, by 3:30a.m. the Oilers had brought in former enforcer, and known Renaissance Man, Marty McSorley, to address the goaltenders’ discord. Any progress McSorley had made in encouraging the pensive backstops to view the loss through the lens of the Mahayama Zen tradition of enlightenment through suffering and self-denial was lost however when Oilers’ Vice President of Hockey Operations, Craig MacTavish, sent out a team-wide text simply stating, “Don’t worry, failure is the springboard to success!”

None were hit harder by the stark knowledge that pursuit of perfection was not a virtue, but rather a gnawing, dreadful impossibility, though than Oilers' Entertainment Group Vice-Chairman, Kevin Lowe. As of 5:00a.m., beset by migraines, Lowe was utterly unable to reconcile the fact that being tied 2-2 with the Sharks in the Western Conference Quarterfinals meant that while the Oilers were half way to winning, they were also half way to losing and the result could not be known until the outcome of the series was observed by at least one Oilers fan. The conundrum was particularly straining for a man of Lowe's intellectual stature who is well reputed to know a thing or two about winning and a trickle of blood soon seeped from his nose.

Fortunately, as dawn broke, all debate was put to an end as Oilers' General Manager, Peter Chiarelli, announced that he had seen the light and realized that free will was but a delusion crafted by man to account for the pain and misery human beings had endured for the past decade, and that all goodness and glory could be manifested through the simple act of surrendering to the one, true saviour bearing the mark "97." As the light of truth slowly, yet inevitably, spread through the ranks of the Oilers and the Oilers Entertainment Group, it was unanimously agreed that tomorrow's practice would be cancelled.