Training Camp Day 8 Notes

[looooob]

Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald

Loved the little crack at the end about banners and the Flames being hard up for them. Anyone want to remind him of the Garth Brooks banner the Oilers have hanging from the rafters of their urinal?

I guess its hard to know what the Oilers would or will do if the win a regular season divison crown, as they have not done so (to my knowledge) since 1987

[Bingo]

Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald

Loved the little crack at the end about banners and the Flames being hard up for them. Anyone want to remind him of the Garth Brooks banner the Oilers have hanging from the rafters of their urinal?

Not to mention the fact that I think every other NHL team does the same thing.

Someone said this on twitter last week and I pointed out Tampa, St. Louis, Colorado all having the same banners up.

Of course when you haven't won a division title since 1987 you can be excused for not knowing this.

[Cheese]

Originally Posted by Eric Vail

Has Ilya Solovyov passed Valimaki and McKay on the depth chart? He played with the vets yesterday and is staying behind with the vets today.

If true, that is surprising, as he was ranked 26th on the CP rankings. I hardly know his name.

6-3, 210 skates well. responsible in his own end. Pretty green still

[getbak]

Originally Posted by looooob

I guess its hard to know what the Oilers would or will do if the win a regular season divison crown, as they have not done so (to my knowledge) since 1987

Yeah, teams have been hanging banners for finishing at the top of their Division since the playoff format was switched in the early 90s.

Both the Flames and Oilers have hung a banner every time they've finished first in the Division since 1993-94. The Flames have 5. The Oilers don't.

[the-rasta-masta]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

I would guess they try to get down to about 32 guys or so on Saturday, team locks in bold and then the bubble guys not in bold.

Markstrom
Vladar

Wolf
Dansk

Andersson
Tanev
Zadorov
Hanifin
Weegar
Kylington (not present)

Stone
Meloche
Mackey
Valimaki

Huberdeau
Lindholm
Kadri
Backlund
Mangiapane
Toffoli
Coleman
Dube
Lucic
Rooney
Lewis

Ritchie
Milano
Eakin
Phillips
Ruzicka
Pelletier
Zary

Maybe I'm crazy but I feel Clark Bishop has had a great camp and should be in the bubble forwards.

[Erick Estrada]

That article is petty by even Tychkowski's standards.

[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by the-rasta-masta

Maybe I'm crazy but I feel Clark Bishop has had a great camp and should be in the bubble forwards.

I don't see him being top 9, and I don't see him displacing Lucic, Lewis, Rooney, Ritchie for the 10-13 spots.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by Bingo

Not to mention the fact that I think every other NHL team does the same thing.

Someone said this on twitter last week and I pointed out Tampa, St. Louis, Colorado all having the same banners up.

Of course when you haven't won a division title since 1987 you can be excused for not knowing this.

Except all he had to do is look up in the rafters in Rogers Place.

In 1985/86, when the Flames knocked the Oilers out in the 2nd round, the Oilers raised a banner for 'President's Trophy Winners'

So apparently, regular season banners are a thing in Edmonton as well.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by Ashes

That is who they are, just check out the latest article about the game last night from some Oilers Reporter

https://edmontonsun.com/sports/hocke...dmonton-oilers

It appears that every single reporter in that town has a tiny dick

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

That article is petty by even Tychkowski's standards.

Yes. Bizarrely so. For a team that is supposedly so far past the Flames in their competitive window, having just won a playoff series it is astonishingly insecure. It's ####ing preseason.

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[Jiri Hrdina]

Don't the oilers also have a banner for winning some lame fan-vote a few years ago?

[FBI]

Best team 1984 or something lol

[shogged]

Originally Posted by jiri hrdina

don't the oilers also have a banner for winning some lame fan-vote a few years ago?

https://twitter.com/user/status/962912775474331648

[shogged]

im dying lol the ceremony and everything

[Ashasx]

It still absolutes bewilders me how Oilers beat reporters, columnists... Everyone is just a cheerleader.

Even the Nugent-Bowman guy at the Athletic came across as an absolute blowhard on 960 this week. Just absolutely insufferable.

[Reggie Dunlop]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Looks like Group 1 goes to Edmonton tomorrow. Expect cuts after tomorrows game.

Good news is Ritchie, Pospisil, and Pettersen have been moved from Group 3 where they were day to day with injury. Might mean they are good to go.

Ritchie to Group 2 and Posipisil and Pettersen to Group 1.

I can see Nikolaev and Kerins! starting in Rapid City this season, just to give them more ice time.

[TheIronMaiden]

8 preseason games is way too many. I am not sure many players will deserve a another look after tomorrows game.

[Textcritic]

Here is another story about the supremely desperate insecurity of Oilers fans:

About a week or two back TSN published a short video from Darren Dreger's and Ray Ferraro's podcast in which they were discussing the Flames as one of the most interesting teams heading into the new NHL season. You know, on account of the several franchise altering changes made over the summer.

The very first comment on the video? You guessed it: a butt-hurt Oilers fan whined: "How are the Flames more interesting than the Oilers?" This is on a 4:00 minute video which does not feature any hint of the Oilers in the title, and at no point makes even a passing mention of them.

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[GranteedEV]

Originally Posted by Ashasx

It still absolutes bewilders me how Oilers beat reporters, columnists... Everyone is just a cheerleader.

Even the Nugent-Bowman guy at the Athletic came across as an absolute blowhard on 960 this week. Just absolutely insufferable.

Oiler-based lube because there's something in the water

[CroFlames]

Sure hope Kylington is doing OK. Camp is well under way, I'm doubtful he'll be ready for the season.

Any hints about what he's facing back home? Is he in danger of missing significant time?