Maclean is not even remembering the Canada Cup right. At the "crucial moment" it was Hawerchuk with Mario and Gretzky. Really the only time Messier was with them was on the PP. Otherwise Messier was almost always with Gartner and Anderson.
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Meh I still like Ron MacLean, maybe it's nostalgia for the old days.
He's a goof sometimes and said a goof thing. He's not an analyst and he just lapped up when the analysts around him were spewing. 2015 may have been the height of the national media circle jerk around the Oilers. Analysts couldn't write articles fast enough declaring them the Next Ones.
Meanwhile, CP knew. We always know.
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There was a day last week that I start to feel the tiniest amount of pity for that fan base. Then I remember that almost every member of that other board added Mc to their user names after they won their 4th lottery. Crisis averted.
If you ever start to feel bad for them again, just read this thread, posted hours after beating a beat down Anaheim team
Meh I still like Ron MacLean, maybe it's nostalgia for the old days.
He's a goof sometimes and said a goof thing. He's not an analyst and he just lapped up when the analysts around him were spewing. 2015 may have been the height of the national media circle jerk around the Oilers. Analysts couldn't write articles fast enough declaring them the Next Ones.
Meanwhile, CP knew. We always know.
Oh god, no. No. No. No.
The epitome of the Oilers fetish occurred during their playoff appearance in 2017, and for the subsequent summer leading all the way to Game #1 of the 2017–18 season. The hype was never higher, nor more ridiculous. Following the Oilers v. Flames inaugural game of that season National media were openly wondering if Connor McDavid would score 100 goals. It was THAT idiotic.
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I have seen a lot of hits on lots of stars on all NHL teams this year. Most of them were not called. I guess the Oilers are trying to have McNotAsGoodAsTheyThinkHeIs declared as a "no touch" player so he can just skate around without fear of touching.
They want the league to play Flag Hockey against their players yet Lucic and Kassian get to run around hunting guys like Lucic did against Joseph and Kassian against Tkachuk.
The weakest fake tough team in the league.
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...and then they traded him for Strome...who they traded for Spooner.
LOL
Hahaha! Ryan Strome currently has 4 goals and 9 points since he was traded to the New York Rangers in 22 games. Ryan Spooner has scored 2 goals and 3 points in his 20 games in Edmonton.
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Maclean is not even remembering the Canada Cup right. At the "crucial moment" it was Hawerchuk with Mario and Gretzky. Really the only time Messier was with them was on the PP. Otherwise Messier was almost always with Gartner and Anderson.
Correct it was Hawerchuk who ran a pick on the Russian defender getting away with interference for Mario to snipe away!
...and then they traded him for Strome...who they traded for Spooner.
LOL
Terrible asset management no doubt. Chia will tell you he needed the cap space but Eberle was traded a year earlier than he needed to be, cap-wise. No argument on any of that - Eberle to Strome to Spooner has been a disaster. But that wasn't the point I was correcting.
Terrible asset management no doubt. Chia will tell you he needed the cap space but Eberle was traded a year earlier than he needed to be, cap-wise. No argument on any of that - Eberle to Strome to Spooner has been a disaster. But that wasn't the point I was correcting.
This whole hitting thing is bugging me because its created this weird discussion of star players getting preferential treatment.
I looked at that hit on McDavid into the boards, realistically its a 2 minute penalty. The hit against the Kings I saw no problem with. The elbowing penalty a 2 minute penalty.
I was watching Sportsnet and they were comparing it to the QB penalties in the NFL. Basically the league needs to step in to protect its star players. But that's not how hockey can and should work. At the end of the day hockey is still a physical sport. Now the slashing and dirty hits, call away, but you'd damn well better call it for every player then, and that includes calling the stars for it.
Unless the want each team to declare a star and put a shiny silver helmet on and put a 1 foot circle around him.
Every team targets, including the Oilers, its a defensive strategy, because frankly you can't stick check a player that's really good with the puck, and you can't funnel players all the time.
The incessant whining about McDavid not getting calls is silly, on top of that I think over his first couple of years he was drawing a ton of penalties and the calls started going out because he's a world class diver.
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The epitome of the Oilers fetish occurred during their playoff appearance in 2017, and for the subsequent summer leading all the way to Game #1 of the 2017–18 season. The hype was never higher, nor more ridiculous. Following the Oilers v. Flames inaugural game of that season National media were openly wondering if Connor McDavid would score 100 goals. It was THAT idiotic.
