[OOT] Wednesday, April 24th, 4 games

[Jbo]

Yakupov is a punk

[Walter Reed]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

That's the problem with the organization right there:

Problems with the roster? look to the draft

No goaltending? wait for the draft

We need defense: wait for the draft

Draft comes: take another small forward

The Oilers are playing worse than the Flames, you should be thrilled ....

[nik-]

Originally Posted by Walter Reed

The Oilers need a higher pick than the Flames do ....

The Oilers need a relegation system.

[littlereddevil]

The Oilers are just trying to fill their yearly quota of lottery draft picks.

[Free Ben Hur!]

Originally Posted by puckluck2

A .921 save percentage and 2.57 GAA on a horrible team is above average to me. Those stats are impressive.

Ya, ya. Stats don't tell much of the story here. Grant Fuhr has pretty crappy career stats but always seemed to make a save when the team needed it. Dubnyk has no such ability.

[Cali Panthers Fan]

Originally Posted by Walter Reed

The Oilers need a higher pick than the Flames do ....

Correct, and it should never have gotten to this point. In fact, they shouldn't be allowed to pick in the top ten again until they play with some honor.

Stupid Oilers

[$ven27]

^Big difference between the 80's and today's NHL in goalie stats too though.

[Jables16]

Originally Posted by iggy_oi

Brutal dive by yakupov in the oilers vs Blackhawks game

I thought for a second it was one of his goal celebrations.

[getbak]

It's insane that the Flames are dressing a bunch of AHL call-ups and still winning games or at least fighting until the final buzzer in the games they lose, but the Oilers are dressing basically their full NHL roster and getting embarrassed every game.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by Walter Reed

The Oilers are playing worse than the Flames, you should be thrilled ....

My views on the Flames aren't based on how the Oilers are playing.

I like the energy I am seeing from some of the kids - we have a few pieces to work with as the roster starts to gets rebuilt.

I watch the annual hype and the annual excuses with the Oilers and all I can do is shake my head. But pf course, the hype machine will be rolling again in the fall.

[nik-]

I get annoyed when our players dive, but if one of our players ever pulled that crap ... I'd hope they'd staple his ass to the bench.

[EldrickOnIce]

Oilers are a terrible, terrible hockey team.
Filled with players who, unlike their President, do not know anything about winning.
Losing has a stench that never washes off

[browna]

Originally Posted by trackercowe

And yet the media still goes easy on the Oilers, and say they'll be in contention next year. You would think they would be tired of spewing the same crap over and over again, but nope... They'll probably move up one spot or two next season, and then everyone will say there's been significant improvement and keep on riding the bandwagon. It's all just one pathetic cyclical cycle of failure.

I'm guessing, and have for a while now, that behind the scenes, the Oilers are the most media friendly team, especially when it comes to national media. Likely always accessible from players to management, buttering up guys like Brophy, Spector, Dreger and the CBC crew, by giving them insdie news and rumors and texts behind the scenes, and rolling out the red carpet when they get a TSN national game for the commentators....moreso than most teams.

Mostly to get the positive PR and media spin in their favor, and use them as conduits for their rumors and for disseminating news, since anything coming out of Lowe's mouth really falls on deaf ears if he speaks it.

5 years ago or so when Lowe made sure that he told all the networks leading up to the draft that the Oilers were "open for business", and all the networks harped on that in the days before, and on draft day, and then it was met by the sound of crickets from teams around the league, I figured something was up.

[$ven27]

Oilers are beyond pathetic, just a horrible franchise.

[JurassicTunga12]

Coyotes win 2-1.

[cubistcastle]

The Oilers should be down right ashamed to be ~5 years into a rebuild and still finishing behind this shell of a Flames team. It's so frustrating to see teams with vastly superior prospects getting a chance to draft another impact player ahead of us. I'd love to hear what Adrian Dater or any of the other hype-riding media morons has to say about them now.

[cubistcastle]

Oh, I see that has been covered lol. Carry on.

[killer_carlson]

Anyone else surprised David Moss has remained healthy all season? Good for him btw. Initially i wasnt a fan at all, but his effort brought me around eventually.

[Rejean31]

Originally Posted by getbak

it's insane that the flames are dressing a bunch of ahl call-ups and still winning games or at least fighting until the final buzzer in the games they lose, but the oilers are dressing basically their full nhl roster and getting embarrassed and mailing it in every game.

fyp.

[StAlbertFlame]

Will the Oilers ever win another hockey game?

I'm curious... do the Oilers brass have the skills to make a proper draft selection if it isn't the first overall? Maybe they should pay (under the table) someone like the Red Wings management to tell them who to draft (outside of the first overall)