10-13-2024, 05:41 PM
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#61
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by mile
Coronato and Barrie in, Klapka and Bean sit
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Uh-oh! With Klapka out, we have two yoked Slovaks but only one bouncing Czech. How will we bring balance to the Force?
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10-13-2024, 05:42 PM
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#62
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Badgers Nose
No amount of money is going to get Americans to care about a hockey team in Edmonton.
If there is a conspiracy, its to get the dynamic duo out of Edmonton and into a bigger market.
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In terms of league-wide revenue, no single market is bigger than the money Rogers is foolishly paying for national broadcast rights. McDavid and Draisaitl are actually making the league more money right where they are than they would in the U.S.
In Toronto, on the other hand…
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10-13-2024, 05:43 PM
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#63
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Originally Posted by Badgers Nose
No amount of money is going to get Americans to care about a hockey team in Edmonton.
If there is a conspiracy, its to get the dynamic duo out of Edmonton and into a bigger market.
There’s no Oilers industrial complex.
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Dont shoot the messenger...Oilers have more nationally broadcasted games in the US than any other team...including US teams. Every broadcast talks about them no matter whos playing. 90% of the talkimg heads picked them for the cup. Its a league wide mandate to pump the Oilers tires and its obvious.
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10-13-2024, 05:47 PM
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#64
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by mile
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Good changes imo. I thought Bean was bad against Philly.
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10-13-2024, 05:49 PM
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#65
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by dino7c
Dont shoot the messenger...Oilers have more nationally broadcasted games in the US than any other team...including US teams. Every broadcast talks about them no matter whos playing. 90% of the talkimg heads picked them for the cup. Its a league wide mandate to pump the Oilers tires and its obvious.
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So in your estimation then, the league has instructed the officials to give the oilers more power plays to help the cause?
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10-13-2024, 05:52 PM
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#66
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Central Alberta
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Originally Posted by howard_the_duck
So in your estimation then, the league has instructed the officials to give the oilers more power plays to help the cause?
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Wouldn't surprise me In the least.
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10-13-2024, 05:54 PM
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#67
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by howard_the_duck
So in your estimation then, the league has instructed the officials to give the oilers more power plays to help the cause?
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The refs are human and not immune to hype...are you suggesting the rules are the same for all players?
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10-13-2024, 05:56 PM
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#68
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All I can get
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I thought Klapka looked okay..
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10-13-2024, 05:57 PM
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#69
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Originally Posted by dino7c
Dont shoot the messenger...Oilers have more nationally broadcasted games in the US than any other team...including US teams. Every broadcast talks about them no matter whos playing. 90% of the talkimg heads picked them for the cup. Its a league wide mandate to pump the Oilers tires and its obvious.
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Oilers, Penguins and Avalanche all have 17 nationally televised games in the US. It’s the state of the sport in the US, fans support their local team and beyond that, they have a passing interest in the biggest stars.
I don’t see this as evidence of anything more than that. Of course the NHL and its owners would prefer stars in the biggest markets but that’s not where they are.
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10-13-2024, 05:58 PM
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#70
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by WhiteTiger
Four, actually. Their next game after tonight is a home game, too.
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Meanwhile, they’ll claim the league is against them.
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10-13-2024, 06:00 PM
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#71
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: SW Ontario
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Originally Posted by howard_the_duck
Enough with the tinfoil hats. There’s no grand scheme to get any team anywhere. Oilers get PPs because of embellishment yes, but not because the league has it in for the Flames and are carving the Oilers path to the cup…
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You sound like all those game management deniers that said the same thing until the league actually got caught doing it during the pandemic. If you don't think the league plays favourites with some franchises I have some tropical beachfront property to sell you in Greenland as well.
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10-13-2024, 06:03 PM
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#72
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by dino7c
The refs are human and not immune to hype...are you suggesting the rules are the same for all players?
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There’s always biases towards or against players over time for certain officials I’m sure. It’s just not something that is disproportionately favouring one team in any master conspiracy.
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10-13-2024, 06:03 PM
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#73
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Originally Posted by Jay Random
Uh-oh! With Klapka out, we have two yoked Slovaks but only one bouncing Czech. How will we bring balance to the Force?
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Is it possible that the Frenchman is the 'Chosen One?'
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10-13-2024, 06:04 PM
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#74
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Central Alberta
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Oh great, an Oiler broadcast with Greasy Gene and the rest of the clowns.
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10-13-2024, 06:04 PM
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#75
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Calgary
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What the holy he....
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10-13-2024, 06:04 PM
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#76
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: The Pas, MB
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Gene Principe is such a spaz.
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10-13-2024, 06:04 PM
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#77
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: SW Ontario
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Originally Posted by Rejean31
Oh great, an Oiler broadcast with Greasy Gene and the rest of the clowns.
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This is so cringeworthy
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10-13-2024, 06:04 PM
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#78
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NOT a cool kid
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Calgary
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Full oilers broadcast. Kill me
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10-13-2024, 06:05 PM
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#79
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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WTF is this Gene? Are you s###ing me with this nonsense right now??
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10-13-2024, 06:05 PM
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#80
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Crash and Bang Winger
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That was the most unhinged display I've ever seen, who greenlit this?
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