04-16-2014, 09:38 AM
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I believe in the Jays.
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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
Even with that you're still over playing Ference who's a 5/6 guy at this point.
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Yeah, but put a couple of legit guys into that defense and they can get by... really the objective for them should be to get guys that are legit top 4 D so that they can eat the hardest minutes and allow the rest to play up a bit by leveling the disparity amoungst the rest. Schultz get's 23 minutes a night on average... he's no where near a good enough defender to play those kind of minutes. Cut his EV minutes down so he can defend against lesser competition and frontload his zone starts and he can be a weapon rather then a liability.
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04-16-2014, 09:43 AM
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#22
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Deep South
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So, they really need guys like say, oh I don't know, Ladislav Smid?
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04-16-2014, 09:51 AM
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#23
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Crash and Bang Winger
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No "HaHa, stupid Oilers" yet?
I'm disappointed.
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04-16-2014, 10:51 AM
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#24
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: NC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
To clarify, he said their prospect depth was in a position of strength.
The Oilers need 1-2 "ready now" defensemen.
Getting rid of Smid was a ming-bogglingly perplexing move. And boggingly is not even a word.
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It is in Edmonton.
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04-16-2014, 11:04 AM
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#25
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: The Void between Darkness and Light
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This experiment was over before it started.
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04-16-2014, 11:20 AM
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#26
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Franchise Player
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Luckily for the Oilers there might be some attractive d-men available for signing this summer. They have a decent amount of cap space so they should be able to fill some defensive voids.
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04-16-2014, 12:25 PM
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#27
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
Luckily for the Oilers there might be some attractive d-men available for signing this summer. They have a decent amount of cap space so they should be able to fill some defensive voids.
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Chris Butler - 6 years x $6M.
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04-16-2014, 12:27 PM
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#28
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Calgary
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He was tied with Jeff Petry for my favourite Oiler. This truly is a sad day. Good-bye Belov. You will be missed.
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04-16-2014, 12:31 PM
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#29
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In the Sin Bin
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Best defenseman outside the NHL?
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04-16-2014, 02:31 PM
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#30
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Franchise Player
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Did Garbagekov go back as well? Second best defenseman outside the NHL. Nurse must be the third.
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04-16-2014, 02:33 PM
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Franchise Player
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feel very sorry for ferrence to go from the stanley cup finals to comedy central.......
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04-16-2014, 02:42 PM
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#32
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Rocky Mt House
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Stanathan
No "HaHa, stupid Oilers" yet?
I'm disappointed.
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HA HA STUPID OILERS!
Last edited by Yrebmi; 04-16-2014 at 02:43 PM.
Reason: Sorry I'm late
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04-21-2014, 06:45 AM
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
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Dmitry Chesnokov @dchesnokov
Anton Belov told @plysenkovRUS that he didn't want to stay in Edmonton under Dallas Eakins.
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04-21-2014, 06:56 AM
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#34
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Franchise Player
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Eakins has developed quite the reputation in a short time. He'll be toiling minors or be an assistant for a long time before he gets an NHL opportunity.
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04-21-2014, 08:34 AM
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Norm!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
Luckily for the Oilers there might be some attractive d-men available for signing this summer. They have a decent amount of cap space so they should be able to fill some defensive voids.
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The money is nice and everything, but these players all talk, they phone players in Edmonton to find out if its worth it to go there, they talk to ex oilers to see how they were treated.
I think unless they clean house from top to bottom, they can have all the money in Scrooge McDucks vault and they'll still be a bottom choice for any decent free agent defensemen.
The ones that are on their last legs in the NHL, or the never will be's will sign and push for a bribe contract to go there, but I think that free agency like coaching replacement is going to be a difficult road for a dying franchise like Edmonton.
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04-21-2014, 08:41 AM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
Luckily for the Oilers there might be some attractive d-men available for signing this summer. They have a decent amount of cap space so they should be able to fill some defensive voids.
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Not sure I see much quality in the UFA defensemen this year. Niskanen maybe, but most are in the 35+ category and not all that great to begin with. Even Butler looks ok, comparatively speaking
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04-21-2014, 09:27 AM
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#37
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sureLoss
Dmitry Chesnokov @dchesnokov
Anton Belov told @plysenkovRUS that he didn't want to stay in Edmonton under Dallas Eakins.
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I think this is going to become a recurring theme. Not everyone is in a position to just walk away like Belov, but there seems to be lots of dissension towards Eakins as far as I can see.
And MacT has already given him the blessing for next year. Can't wait to see how it plays out with Hall in particular.
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04-21-2014, 09:30 AM
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#38
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Enoch Root
I think this is going to become a recurring theme. Not everyone is in a position to just walk away like Belov, but there seems to be lots of dissension towards Eakins as far as I can see.
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Can you please provide some sources for this.
Nothing makes me happier than reading about the #### show that is Mulletville.
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04-21-2014, 09:46 AM
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#39
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Salmon with Arms
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Enoch Root
I think this is going to become a recurring theme. Not everyone is in a position to just walk away like Belov, but there seems to be lots of dissension towards Eakins as far as I can see.
And MacT has already given him the blessing for next year. Can't wait to see how it plays out with Hall in particular.
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To be fair, I bet Cervenka said the same thing
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04-21-2014, 09:51 AM
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Norm!
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I would assume that more then one player feels this way. I would guarantee that Yak is huddling with his agent looking for an exit strategy. Whether he just says fug it and goes and plays in the KHL and to hell with his Oilers contract, or whether he outright demands a trade, I can't see him in Oiler silks at training camp.
Maybe Eakins is like an idiotic version of the joker, fighting for the souls of the edmonton Oilers with the fans.
Yak is his ace in the hole, Belov is just the start, He took one of Mac-T's prized recruits and drove him to leave.
You see in this case, abandoning ship is a lot like gravity, sometimes all you need is a little push.
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