11-11-2018, 09:11 PM
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#2421
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Norm!
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
How does his superiors not pull the plug on this guy? How many times does this guy have to embarrass himself? Remember he critiqued the media for their picks regarding last season's awards. I'm not sure how he gets away with critiquing real accredited hockey media.
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Controversy creates cash baby.
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11-11-2018, 10:01 PM
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#2422
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Sweden
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Four game losing streak throwing a wrench into the Oilers cup parade plans. Down 4-1 with four minutes left, so what do you do? You double-shift McDavid and Draisaitl of course, because that is the game plan no matter what's going on in the game.
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11-11-2018, 10:08 PM
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#2423
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Norm!
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So in the last 5 games, McDavid has 1 goal 4 assists and is a -1 and has looked pretty disengaged.
Maybe the massive amount of ice time has worn him down already
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11-11-2018, 10:23 PM
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#2424
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sector 7-G
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
So in the last 5 games, McDavid has 1 goal 4 assists and is a -1 and has looked pretty disengaged.
Maybe the massive amount of ice time has worn him down already
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Wonder how long it'll take before they turn on him and his massive contract.
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11-11-2018, 10:31 PM
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#2425
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Not a casual user
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: A simple man leading a complicated life....
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11-11-2018, 10:38 PM
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#2426
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Voted for Kodos
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Originally Posted by Otto-matic
Wonder how long it'll take before they turn on him and his massive contract.
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I fully expect the Oilers to get another first overall pick, trade McDavid away to make room for that new contract, then have the new fancy toy to underperform.
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11-11-2018, 11:17 PM
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#2427
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed
I fully expect the Oilers to get another first overall pick, trade McDavid away to make room for that new contract, then have the new fancy toy to underperform.
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Should we start guessing which mid-pairing d-man they get back?
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11-12-2018, 07:14 AM
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#2428
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Calgary, AB
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Originally Posted by Dion
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That guy is playing with fire. HF Oilers is going to turn on him. He shall be ostracized. He speaks blasphemy! All hail McJesus.
Bunch of buffoons.
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11-12-2018, 07:25 AM
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#2429
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#1 Goaltender
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Quote:
Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed
I fully expect the Oilers to get another first overall pick, trade McDavid away to make room for that new contract, then have the new fancy toy to underperform.
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The losing has to stop pretty soon, I can't watch them winning another lottery.
They should hang around the .500 mark.
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11-12-2018, 08:19 AM
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#2430
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SmoggyFlamesFan
That guy is playing with fire. HF Oilers is going to turn on him. He shall be ostracized. He speaks blasphemy! All hail McJesus.
Bunch of buffoons.
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Hes probably already been loaded onto a train to the Gulags for re-education through labour.
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11-12-2018, 09:10 AM
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#2431
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SmoggyFlamesFan
That guy is playing with fire. HF Oilers is going to turn on him. He shall be ostracized. He speaks blasphemy! All hail McJesus.
Bunch of buffoons.
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We shall welcome him to CP with open arms.
Come my child
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11-12-2018, 09:48 AM
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#2432
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Franchise Player
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It seems hfoilers is in near meltdown mode. The Flames better friggin show up next Saturday and the ATL will be glorious.
Buuuttt if the Flames lose, Chia and TMac probably keep their jobs, which would also be good. Win win I suppose
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11-12-2018, 01:01 PM
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#2434
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Originally Posted by dash_pinched
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Half of it is his time skating from the bench to the play and back during changes on the fly.
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11-12-2018, 01:08 PM
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#2435
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Olympic Saddledome
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Originally Posted by dash_pinched
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Love the first reply to that tweet...
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11-12-2018, 01:22 PM
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#2436
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Farm Team Player
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: New Brunswick
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This is more like it! Keep up the E=NG material everyone! Almost brings a tear to my eye.
Speaking of tearing up, the PA must love Chia as a NHL GM. He does a tremendous job of keeping those NHL contracts costs up there with some of the lovelies he has offered since his Boston days. When he first came to Edmonton, I was actually a little concerned he could turn that franchise around. I thought, the cap hell Boston was in was no real fault of his, right? They had recently won the cup. That will drive salary demands up, right? Nope, apparently, you can outright suck too and you still get paid by Chia.
Mind you, Lucic was a UFA signing. Terrible contract to say the least. Who could have seen that coming? Not the paid professionals in Edmonton. Russell's contract... I actually like his heart, but worth 4 mill? I don't think so. Throw in some over payments to other Oilers and you have a team in a cap crunch going nowhere fast. Really, take McDingles out of that lineup and what do you have left? A whole lot of nothing.
Now, I know people will say if Edmonton didn't offer that contract to Lucic, another team would. If Drai wasn't paid his 8+ mill, someone else would love to have him at that price. McDavid is "the best player in the world", he deserves to be paid the most. The other inflated contracts? Which team doesn't have those? I know, all true in their own way. I get it. Or not, depends who you talk to.
Then you throw in gems like David Staples who pitches a fit when someone dares talk down the Oil or doesn't agree with his take on anything Oilaz. Seems like a smug guy who lacks maturity or professionalism. However, he does fit in perfectly with that organization.
The bottom line is, E=NG. That equation, unlike the Oilers and D Staples, always makes sense.
Cheers.
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11-12-2018, 01:41 PM
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#2437
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Julio
Love the first reply to that tweet...
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For years Edmonton has been the National Hockey League’s laughing stock. All those first-overall draft picks, yet, a constant diet of lottery-pick finishes.
Fans in 29 cities laughed, and that hurt. But what really killed the Oilers was that they were laughing just as hard in 29 dressing rooms across the NHL. Sometimes 30.
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11-12-2018, 01:50 PM
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#2438
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Julio
Love the first reply to that tweet...
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Oh wow, that article has some absolute gems.
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“Hey, I’ve spoken to a lot of GMs since Monday, and had a lot of different places I could have gone,” Lucic said. “I chose Edmonton.”
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And those other GM's breathe a massive sigh of relief every morning they wake up.
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The term and Lucic’s foot speed will be a cause for concern in the ever-rising pace of the NHL, as well as the fact that McDavid may be the fastest player in the game. Can Lucic keep up?
“Look at the (centres) I’ve played with over my career. I’ve been able to keep up and produce with these players,” he said of players such as Patrice Bergeron, David Krejci and for much of last season Anze Kopitar.
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How's that working out?
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11-12-2018, 01:56 PM
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#2439
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by dash_pinched
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From that first reply to the tweet. Amazing.
BTW, that's not the light at the end of the tunnel - it's a $42 million dollar train.
https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/...hanger-oilers/
It is incredible to think that since 2006 there has not been a playoff game played in Northern Alberta. That an Edmontonian born in July of 1990 is about to celebrate their 26th birthday, and but for a fluky run a decade ago, they have not had a serious contender for a Stanley Cup in their lifetime.
The drought here has been long, and it has been embarrassing.
Now, suddenly, the clouds have parted. The end is in sight.
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11-12-2018, 03:41 PM
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#2440
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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Staples article today:
According to the Reddit translation, which is in line with the other translations, Pakarinen says the following of the Oilers coaching staff: “They don’t say anything or talk to you about why you’re not playing. At least the Oilers never did. That’s what annoyed me the most… Coach never gives you a reason or reasons. You have to figure it out why you’re sitting in the pressbox by yourself. Also in general the coach and GM talked to us very little. It’s almost like they have some top secret information. I think it’s unfathomable… Communication should be more open, like it is in Europe. Here it goes like it should. In the NHL it feels like the coach is one great ego. Of course the coach will talk to the players about random things, but never about anything personal or things related to your own game.”
Pakarinen said he could not comment on whether this was an issue with Puljujarvi.
https://edmontonjournal.com/sports/h...n-from-coaches
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