01-23-2019, 01:16 AM
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#201
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Originally Posted by trackercowe
Thankfully he got in one last ####ty move at the last minute. It's like he was evicted from his house but still unloaded one last smelly turn in the literal toilet bowl of an organization for them to remember him by.
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Smelly turns are flushable. Chiarelli must have been a plant.
He took all of the cupboard doors out of the kitchen, put sardines between the mattresses and box springs, and did an upper decker in each of the toilets over the past couple of years.
Must be the greatest practical joke played on a franchise in history.
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01-23-2019, 01:19 AM
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#202
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14
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Oilers have had Four gm's over the past 12 years, as of today three were collecting a paycheck and tonight they fired the only one who had a playoff appearance.
Congrats to MacTavish and Lowe 
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01-23-2019, 01:20 AM
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#203
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Calgary
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What does Keith Gretzky’s resume look like?
“I’m Wayne’s brother.”?
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01-23-2019, 01:21 AM
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#204
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Franchise Player
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Between Wayne and Keith, the brothers have a boatload of NHL success.
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01-23-2019, 01:23 AM
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#205
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All I can get
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They pretty much have to go in-house for management. Any up-and-comer Assistant General Manager in the league isn't going to jump ship mid-season before knowing what the market will look like come summer (likely many more attractive destinations, not to mention the appeal of a ground-floor Seattle job).
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01-23-2019, 01:24 AM
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#206
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by N-E-B
What does Keith Gretzky’s resume look like?
“I’m Wayne’s brother.”?
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Can’t be any worse than Nicholson’s in regards to day to day GM duties of and NHL club. Bob doesn’t get to rubber stamp a roster with 10 hall of famers on it as he did in the Olympics, while living high on the hog and glad handing sponsors and broadcasters and complaining about no Hockey Canada logo on jerseys.
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01-23-2019, 01:38 AM
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#207
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Calgary
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So who talks tomorrow? Nicholson, Katz, Lowe, all of them?
Appointment viewing to be sure, and an absolute gold mine of material for years to come with the bluster and half truths to be spewed about “not being good enough” and “needing a winning culture” etc, as irony fills up the room, as this is all from the same crew that ran the organization into the ground long before Chia was there, and really put him behind the eight ball from the start with culture problems and cap problems that remain today.
Then, the smear job on Chia carried out as directed this last week or two, the positive spin on this from the state run media, licking these guys’ boots.
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01-23-2019, 01:41 AM
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#208
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: The Void between Darkness and Light
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Quote:
Originally Posted by browna
So who talks tomorrow? Nicholson, Katz, Lowe, all of them? Appointment viewing to be sure, and an absolute gold mine of material for years to come with the bluster and half truths to be spewed, all from the same crew that ran the organization into the ground before Chia was there and really put him behind the eight ball from the start.
Then, the smear job on Chia carried out as directed this last week or two, the positive spin on this from the state run media, licking these guys’ boots.
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And with nothing really between now and the all Star break in terms of hockey, the NHL/sports media will be all over this.
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01-23-2019, 01:44 AM
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#209
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Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Brisbane
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When is the press conference? 
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01-23-2019, 01:44 AM
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#210
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Flash Walken
And with nothing really between now and the all Star break in terms of hockey, the NHL/sports media will be all over this.
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Lowe loves his spotlight, now that he’s back from the shadows and him and his ego are officially in charge. This timing is not coincidental.
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01-23-2019, 03:02 AM
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#211
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Scoring Winger
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I hope they keep their no good fingers off Connie ... I’m actually a little scared they might find someone who’s competent ...
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01-23-2019, 03:23 AM
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#212
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Montréal, QC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bunk
Between Wayne and Keith, the brothers have a boatload of NHL success.
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Fun trivia: Wayne's other brother Brent scored 10 NHL points, which combined with Wayne's 2857 makes them the highest scoring two brothers in NHL history!
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01-23-2019, 03:31 AM
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#213
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#1 Goaltender
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The Gretzky brothers can't hear your criticism; they each have a pair of Stanley cup rings between their ears.
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The fact Gullfoss is not banned for life on here is such an embarrassment. Just a joke.
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01-23-2019, 04:27 AM
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#214
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Vancouver, BC
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An amateur GM who sat on his hands and did no trading would be better than the disasters they've pulled off. When is the last time the Oilers made a decent trade?
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01-23-2019, 04:39 AM
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#215
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Sweden
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How the hell did Katz make all those millions, it can’t be pure luck. There has to be either some intelligence, ambition or ruthlessness there. Enough of it to at least CONSIDER that what they’re doing isn’t working and what/who is the common factor in all this fail. I hope not of course, but I am.... flabbergasted.
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01-23-2019, 04:57 AM
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#216
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dajazz
How the hell did Katz make all those millions, it can’t be pure luck. There has to be either some intelligence, ambition or ruthlessness there. Enough of it to at least CONSIDER that what they’re doing isn’t working and what/who is the common factor in all this fail. I hope not of course, but I am.... flabbergasted.
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I don’t think Katz is a dumb person, but I do think he’s out of his element when it comes to owning a hockey team. I also think he’s a fan and enjoys being able to tell people he’s “friends” with all the legends from the 80’s. It’s a status symbol for him.
I do think he cares, but his ego won’t let him fire all his heroes from 30 years ago.
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01-23-2019, 05:08 AM
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#217
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: A place for Mom
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And I laughed and I laughed.
Christmas keeps coming and coming.
I should have kept my tree up.
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01-23-2019, 05:19 AM
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#218
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Thunder Bay Ontario
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Quote:
Originally Posted by stamps
I hope they keep their no good fingers off Connie ... I’m actually a little scared they might find someone who’s competent ...
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If they do find someone competent, that person will only be for show. We all know the obc is calling the shots behind the scenes.
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01-23-2019, 05:19 AM
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#219
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Austria, NOT Australia
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it's a sad day for every hockey fan outside of Greaserville. Bless you Peter, you did a fine job. We all know you deserved more time.
The silver lining is that the Oilers, with their experience in failure and no-goodness, will surely find a way to make things even worse for them. Personally I think MacTavish deserves another go although I feel Katz jr. would make a fine GM as well. He has vast draft experience, after all.
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01-23-2019, 05:28 AM
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#220
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Right behind you.
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The lyrics from The Who on We Won't Get Fooled Again seem rather apt right now!
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The change, it had to come
We knew it all along
We were liberated from the fold, that's all
And the world looks just the same
And history ain't changed
'Cause the banners, they are flown in the next war
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Yeaaah!
Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss
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