Edmonton is No Good XI: Mud, Sweatpants and Tiers

[butterfly]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

If McDavid is confident in what he gets as a UFA it's a one year difference (plus less any tax advantages, improved endorsement opportunities, limited as his personality may be, etc). If he pushes hard enough he doesn't even have to forgo that 8th year - he pulls a Tkachuk.

If I were McDavid and I only cared about money, I'd ask for successive 1-year max deals and the moment you think they might say no, an 8-year max retirement contract. Weaponize the constant cap increases instead of settling.

Gretzky had 58.4% of his career points by the end of his age-27 season, the same season McDavid is in now.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent

Masterful work by Holland, as always.

It really was masterful. They gave him that extension a year early based off his bubble stats which proved to be an anomaly rather than wait to see if he could repeat it in a traditional 82 game season. That's why they pay GM's the big bucks.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

I have to believe that he is looking forward to getting out of that organization but I also believe the Oilers will bend over backwards for him because without him and Draisaitl it's going to be hard to fill that arena and the Oilers will go from Canadian media sweethearts to yesterday's news.

Two words: Oil Change Two (Stars For A New Team)

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

Two words: Oil Change Two (Stars For A New Team)

Ha ha ha. They will surely try to sell another Oil Change out of necessity. There's already a thread at HF Oilers asking if fans will follow the Oilers when McDavid/Drai leaves and 40% claim they will pack their bags which I find crazy high even if a lot of them will likely circle back over time. It's going to be hard for that market to recover IMO. Could lead to a dark timeline for them.

[Reggie Dunlop]

Oil Change II: Oil Drain

Still No Good.

[direwolf]

Even with their 2 wins this week, the Oilers are still in 29th place and are 4 points back of the Flames, who have lost two of their last three, lol.

Edmonton is no good.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Keeping them out of the bottom three is important.

Seems to be the only place where they find good NHLers (and even then..)

[Paulie Walnuts]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

It really was masterful. They gave him that extension a year early based off his bubble stats which proved to be an anomaly rather than wait to see if he could repeat it in a traditional 82 game season. That's why they pay GM's the big bucks.

Its even funnier when you realize Holland bridged him after a bridge deal and ended up extending him for that ridiculous deal based off a fluke year.

One of the greatest GM's of all time.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by RedHot25

https://twitter.com/user/status/1729176873891233971

What? Its brand new!

[Reggie Dunlop]

Originally Posted by Locke

What? Its brand new!

New urinals is my guess.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop

New urinals is my guess.

Once McDrai is gone they won't need the extra urinals as there will be plenty of empty seats.

[bc-chris]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Once McDrai is gone they won't need the extra urinals as there will be plenty of empty seats.

i figured you were going to say they'd be "less pissy"

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop

New urinals is my guess.

Communal urinals?

[Gaskal]

Originally Posted by trentcrimmindependent

communal urinals?

https://twitter.com/user/status/859856466794205195

[getbak]

Originally Posted by Locke

What? Its brand new!

It will be about 10 years old when the work is complete, which sadly is about 1/3 of the way through the expected lifespan of a modern arena.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Gaskal

https://twitter.com/user/status/859856466794205195

It never gets old!

Originally Posted by Seth Rosenthal

"Instead of waiting in line, you stand in a tight huddle of strangers, all of whom are facing you and peeing. Hopefully, everyone is looking up at the ceiling, but inevitably one creep is looking you right in the eye. Some people are probably having some flow troubles. Someone’s probably got terrible aim, casting his stream dangerously close to you. The people who want to wash their hands in the sink, which is what the thing you’re peeing into is, have to either give up and exit with unwashed hands or get creative. Oh, and the motion-activated handwashing thing is spraying water while you’re peeing, because it thinks you’re here to wash your hands. Just so much spraying, so many criss-crossing radii of fluid.

"It is mayhem. And what’s next? Peeing into the trash can? Just going on the bathroom floor? What about other venues? Do we all piss in the sea lion exhibit if the zoo bathroom is busted? It’s a slippery slope. It’s a slippery slope because someone probably pissed all over the slope."

[Azhouse]

Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop

New urinals is my guess.

Those are on the wall of the outside of the building.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Gaskal

https://twitter.com/user/status/859856466794205195

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Expectations (according to Staples):



vs Reality:

[Reggie Dunlop]

Originally Posted by Gaskal

https://twitter.com/user/status/859856466794205195

I think some Edmontonians were confused and thought those were water fountains and threw spare change into them.