01-23-2019, 11:29 AM
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#441
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Franchise Player
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Oh, there is great news! Bob says they are going to commiserate with Conner regularly to see what he thinks. Super! Barely in his 20's and now he will be a snitch for upper mgmt.
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01-23-2019, 11:30 AM
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#442
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Scoring Winger
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McDavid is gonna bolt like Lebron. Generational talent wasted because of an incompetent front office not being able to attract enough help.
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01-23-2019, 11:30 AM
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#443
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: DeWinton
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Even Oiler fans aren't buying this crap. HF is all over Bob.
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01-23-2019, 11:30 AM
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#444
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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"expect to be in the playoffs"
Good luck with that!
http://www.sportsclubstats.com/NHL/W.../Edmonton.html
Lost to Detroit 2-3, playoff odds down 5.6 to 9.4%
They really can't lose more than 10 games at this point.
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01-23-2019, 11:31 AM
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#445
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Saving the world one gif at a time
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Textcritic
This press conference was truly a master class in mixed-messaging.
Bob Nicholson proclaims that ...
· the players are good enough. They have shown that they can win in this League and believe in themselves to be successful.
· the prospect base is deep and loaded with up-and-coming top-end talent
· there is nothing wrong with the roster that only a few minor adjustments can fix, and they expect to be in the playoffs this Spring.
... but the General Manager who constructed this excellent roster that is only a few "tweaks" away, and who put together the impressive collection of prospects in the Oilers system needed to be fired in the middle of a game.
This was idiotic.
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01-23-2019, 11:31 AM
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#447
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Flames Fan, Ph.D.
I still can't believe he verbally killed one of their players in public like that. He's an oiler but I feel for Cam Talbot.
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What did he say exactly about Talbot?
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01-23-2019, 11:33 AM
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#448
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Dec 2018
Location: 1000 miles from nowhere
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jayswin
How did they let this happen? If you were going to fire him due to stupid moves and signings why did you not put a freeze on said stupid moves and signings?
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It is like the timing of the waivers and signing Kosco the next day... It is all about optics up there. How can the OBC get through this without tarnishing their image.
Easy;
Blame Chia if the waiver / signing moves go bad.
If the goalie turns into a stud, the OBC will take credit for it.
Never change Edmonton, never change.
I am sad to see Chia go, but look forward to the next chapter of failure.
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01-23-2019, 11:33 AM
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#449
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Calgary
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01-23-2019, 11:33 AM
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#450
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Lifetime Suspension
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How the hell can someone expect to be in playoffs when they arent even on an 80 point pace
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01-23-2019, 11:34 AM
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#451
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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Nicholson on 630 CHED: "Positive energy! That'll fix it!"
Propaganda Minister Bob Stauffer: "It's always darkest before the dawn!"
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01-23-2019, 11:36 AM
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#452
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Underground
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FlamesAreOne
What did he say exactly about Talbot?
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He was asked if Chia made the decision to re-sign Koskinen. He stated that the old boys club made the decision. Could have left it there, but continued to talk and explicitly stated that the club chose Koskinen over Talbot.
You don't do that to a player.
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01-23-2019, 11:36 AM
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#453
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Memento Mori
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimmy Stang
As a Flames fan, that was all quite reassuring. They don't even realize that the problem lies higher than the coach, whatever GM they install, etc. They genuinely don't understand it.
Basically the old boys club saying "there is no old boys club" and then installing an interim GM with a famous brother from the old boys club while they old boys club searches for a new puppet that will answer to the old boys club.
But there is no old boys club. Got it.
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01-23-2019, 11:37 AM
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#455
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Memento Mori
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Textcritic
Nicholson on 630 CHED: "Positive energy! That'll fix it!"
Propaganda Minister Bob Stauffer: "It's always darkest before the dawn!"
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The Oilers planet is tidally locked, and they're on the dark side.
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01-23-2019, 11:39 AM
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#456
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I've always found the cutoff for regulation losses to make the playoffs is about 33 or 34. Maybe a little more leeway because of the crappy west this year.
Oilers have to go like...22-10.
But they'll make the playoffs and get help to do it without giving up their 1st or any high end prospects.
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01-23-2019, 11:39 AM
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#457
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Franchise Player
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I think the most hopeful thing for Flames fans is when Nicholson said the new GM must "fit the culture of the Oilers"
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01-23-2019, 11:39 AM
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#458
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01-23-2019, 11:43 AM
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#459
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LWcrowfoot
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And yet unrealistic even then, because the Oilers wouldn't be able to negotiate their way to fitting all those guys under the cap, given the knowledge that the Koskinen deal numbers (which are atrociously inflated) were a 'group decision' by management.
They're up against it even after giving away Barzal, Hall and Eberle.
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01-23-2019, 11:44 AM
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#460
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Toronto
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Flames Fan, Ph.D.
He was asked if Chia made the decision to re-sign Koskinen. He stated that the old boys club made the decision. Could have left it there, but continued to talk and explicitly stated that the club chose Koskinen over Talbot.
You don't do that to a player.
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I like that he finished with "I hope that Cam continues to play well for us." or something to that effect.
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