11-21-2018, 12:24 PM
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#3081
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First Line Centre
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I didn't hear this discussion from Derek Wills, but there is NO WAY IN HELL he is a professor of Fence Sitting. That guy lobs out some of the most ridiculous homerific theories in round table discussions that I am sure generate eye rolls from his peers. I have actually liked Pinder taking him to task on a few discussion, since he moved to the afternoons.
Wills can be a tad annoying in PBP, but he at least keeps up with the play.
I loved hearing from Maher the other day, but did he always interrupt his cohorts like that? He never seems to let others finish a sentence.
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"Cammy just threw them in my locker & told me to hold on to them." - Giordano on the pencils from Iggy's stall. 
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11-21-2018, 12:24 PM
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#3082
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: A small painted room
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Not sure how to post this.. check the JR you like it so far?
https://streamable.com/jg77o
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11-21-2018, 12:34 PM
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#3083
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by MolsonInBothHands
I didn't hear this discussion from Derek Wills, but there is NO WAY IN HELL he is a professor of Fence Sitting. That guy lobs out some of the most ridiculous homerific theories in round table discussions that I am sure generate eye rolls from his peers. I have actually liked Pinder taking him to task on a few discussion, since he moved to the afternoons.
Wills can be a tad annoying in PBP, but he at least keeps up with the play.
I loved hearing from Maher the other day, but did he always interrupt his cohorts like that? He never seems to let others finish a sentence.
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He will make very homerific claims but usually back pedals off them or qualifies them by attributing it to “some people may say..:” etc...
I have noticed Pinder call him out a fair amount since moving to the afternoon show and I’m glad that he does it, you can tell it gets under Wills’ skin
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Originally Posted by HotHotHeat
THIS is why people make fun of Edmonton. When will this stupid city figure it out? They continue to kick their own ass every day, it's impossible not to make fun of them.
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11-21-2018, 12:43 PM
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#3084
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by calumniate
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lol pajama boys
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11-21-2018, 12:50 PM
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#3085
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Pickle Jar Lake
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Originally Posted by calumniate
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LOL, It's on the players, they have to try harder.
You can't get blood from a stone, and all they have is a bag of rocks.
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11-21-2018, 01:47 PM
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#3086
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by calumniate
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So JR honestly believes that the divas on the Oilers are going to suddenly start playing harder because there's a hard-ass coach behind the bench on a temporary basis?
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11-21-2018, 02:23 PM
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#3087
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
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Originally Posted by Mark Spector
"Most surprising development? The realization that this program is likely not good enough. That the 103-point season from two years ago was the aberration, and the 78-point season last year is perhaps closer to the real deal."
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Oh, hey there, Mark Spector ...
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Originally Posted by Mark Spector on 22 January, 2017
"Edmonton officially passed Calgary Saturday night, in both the macro and micro sense of the word...
In the bigger picture, Edmonton is where Calgary was supposed to be by now, well on their way to being a top-10 National Hockey League team with an long and bright future.
Calgary has been the better franchise for many years. They are not anymore, and are firmly in the chase position from this point forward...
It’s a big change in Alberta, and it won’t be changing back soon."
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https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/...attle-alberta/
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11-21-2018, 02:27 PM
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#3088
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Fort McMurray, AB
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Loved this from the Sportsnet NHL power rankings:
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25. Edmonton Oilers
Todd McLellan takes the blame for not building a real team around the most gifted hockey player in the world or saving an average amount of shots. The Ken Hitchcock experiment inspires us to fire up a batch of Jiffy Pop. Grade: D
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Full list is here:
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/new...XYX?li=AAggNb9
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11-21-2018, 02:47 PM
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#3089
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sutter_in_law
He will make very homerific claims but usually back pedals off them or qualifies them by attributing it to “some people may say..:” etc...
I have noticed Pinder call him out a fair amount since moving to the afternoon show and I’m glad that he does it, you can tell it gets under Wills’ skin
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he made a very odd comment (i want to say last week) about how if mike smith gets the net and loses, he won't like what social media would say, but ryan pinder might since he loves to be a hater
......excuse me? pinder isn't some andrew walker-esq hot takes guy just looking to poop on stuff, he calls out the coaches decision to use smith long after it was apparent to everyone whos not brown nosing the people he works for that it was time to give rittich(or anyone they can pick up off the waiver wire) the net for a while since smith was god awful. his incessant need to appeal to authority for everything in a smug ass voice like he knows best because management made the decision(and we know that nhl coaches an executives are immune to mistakes) while trotting out platitudes you'd hear from a dive bar in the 80s just make him utterly unlistenable
i tried to give him some time because he didnt resonate with me at first, and i thought it was just because nobody can fill the shoes of peter maher, but he just sucks
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11-21-2018, 02:55 PM
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#3090
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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Originally Posted by stone hands
*disproportionately emotive and off-topic rant*
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Edmonton is no good.
Derek Wills is better than Edmonton.
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11-21-2018, 02:56 PM
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#3091
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Powerplay Quarterback
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**edit**
Not the place for this
Last edited by stone hands; 11-21-2018 at 03:02 PM.
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11-21-2018, 02:59 PM
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#3092
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First Line Centre
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Now, I wouldn't go that far. He is an upgrade on just about any member of the Coiler Propaganda Department I can think of. He annoys me sometimes, he could try to sound more objective at times, but I would never wish him to Edmonton. That's over the line.
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11-21-2018, 03:13 PM
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#3093
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Franchise Player
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Wills has grown on me. We were spoiled forever by hall of famer Peter Maher,
no one could fill his shoes.
It is radio pbp after all, it's not like any of the other guys I have listened to are much better. And some are remarkably worse (that guy in San Jose comes to mind).
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11-21-2018, 03:16 PM
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#3094
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MolsonInBothHands
Now, I wouldn't go that far. He is an upgrade on just about any member of the Coiler Propaganda Department I can think of. He annoys me sometimes, he could try to sound more objective at times, but I would never wish him to Edmonton. That's over the line.
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To me he's both a homer and a fence sitter. He often answers a question with "Great question - what do you guys think". On the other hand, he toes the party line for the most part.
He's an OK PBP guy - his goal call has gotten quicker and less squeaky. But he's not an "NHL Insider" no matter what they call him. Neither was Maher, but he knew a little more and sometimes could get a tidbit about non-hockey stuff.
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11-21-2018, 03:17 PM
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#3095
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Franchise Player
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Wills and Lou on the radio play by play are fantastic. They work really well together and I enjoy listening to them.
We are lucky to have them.
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11-21-2018, 03:20 PM
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#3096
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First Line Centre
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Now, the Oilers broadcast guys... Randorf's "Sam Monahan" and Louie's constant Tkachuk whining, why do we have to endure these guys on our home game broadcast?
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"Cammy just threw them in my locker & told me to hold on to them." - Giordano on the pencils from Iggy's stall.
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11-21-2018, 03:23 PM
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#3097
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MolsonInBothHands
Now, the Oilers broadcast guys... Randorf's "Sam Monahan" and Louie's constant Tkachuk whining, why do we have to endure these guys on our home game broadcast?
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They are bad, but miles ahead of Quinn/Remenda.
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11-21-2018, 03:28 PM
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#3098
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GioforPM
To me he's both a homer and a fence sitter. He often answers a question with "Great question - what do you guys think". On the other hand, he toes the party line for the most part.
He's an OK PBP guy - his goal call has gotten quicker and less squeaky. But he's not an "NHL Insider" no matter what they call him. Neither was Maher, but he knew a little more and sometimes could get a tidbit about non-hockey stuff.
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Yup, you nailed it. I don't hate his PBP but I really dislike his "NHL Insider" spots on 960.
"Admiral Vanilla" is such a great name for him
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Originally Posted by HotHotHeat
THIS is why people make fun of Edmonton. When will this stupid city figure it out? They continue to kick their own ass every day, it's impossible not to make fun of them.
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11-21-2018, 03:31 PM
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#3099
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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I don't mind Wills. He's not great but he's competent. It's a difficult gig because it's rare to find universal love for a lot of PBP guys but he's miles better than the Flames TV PBP announcers we have had in the time between Whalen and Ball.
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11-21-2018, 03:34 PM
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#3100
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: San Francisco
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MolsonInBothHands
Now, the Oilers broadcast guys... Randorf's "Sam Monahan" and Louie's constant Tkachuk whining, why do we have to endure these guys on our home game broadcast?
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It does seem like every BOA we have to endure Oilers homer broadcasters even if it’s a home game. Delusional fans need to listen to delusional commentators to reinforce their delusions. I’m sure Oilers fans would sign a petition claiming some sort of infringement of rights if they had to listen to Ball and Hrudley call a BOA, which they never do.
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