Edmonton is No Good XI: Mud, Sweatpants and Tiers

[Titan2]

"Greeaaaassssyyyyy"

[OldSam]

Originally Posted by flamingred89

Replaying the Oilers game from last night at the restaurant I'm having lunch at. How in the #### do the Oilers get away with blatant interference on a potential breakaway in OT? Just insane the breaks they are given.

Don't forget they have referees traveling with the team.

[McG]

Originally Posted by flamingred89

Replaying the Oilers game from last night at the restaurant I'm having lunch at. How in the #### do the Oilers get away with blatant interference on a potential breakaway in OT? Just insane the breaks they are given.

That’s the only way to get staples his super slow motion replays showing that mctantrum is better than Broberg and Holloway.

[littlereddevil]

Originally Posted by Titan2

"Greeaaaassssyyyyy"

"What's a salary cap? It's simple meth."

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Jay Random

Remember, we're talking about NHL officiating, which has always been shambolic.

I'm old enough to remember when the league officially forbade organists at games to play ‘Three Blind Mice’. I believe the home team could be assessed a bench minor if the organist did that.

Eventually they ‘solved’ the problem by adding a fourth blind mouse. There are no songs about four blind mice.

What?? That cant be real.

[McG]

Originally Posted by Locke

What?? That cant be real.

Oh it’s real all right. There were 3 blind mice and now it’s 4. And there are no songs about 4 blind mice.

[Puppet Guy]

Originally Posted by Locke

What?? That cant be real.

Oh, it's true:

He was arguably the first sports arena organist to match songs to events during games and his favorite target was the referee. When National Hockey League Hall of Fame defenceman and later referee Francis "King" Clancy called a penalty, Melgard would play "Clancy Lowered the Boom". Sometime in the late 1950s, he decided to greet the referee and linesmen when they came onto the ice before the start of the game with "Three Blind Mice". This practice ended quickly after a tersely worded order from NHL president Clarence Campbell.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Melgard

[Buff]

Originally Posted by Puppet Guy

Oh, it's true:




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Melgard

In the 50s... and Jay Random remembers that. I knew Cheese was old but I think Jay may have outed himself as the oldest CP member!

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Puppet Guy

Oh, it's true:




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Melgard

Speechless....I can't believe that.

Also JayRandom might be the Cryptkeeper...or 'Hockey Dracula.'

[sarge]

Wonder what percentage of revenue is from the sale of Bobby Nick’s burgers?

Also, love the snide remark by creepy/cringey sink-pisser Staples about the Flames’' revenue being less than half of that of the 'Coil…


https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/...ue-3-5-billion

[troutman]

8 extra home gates in the playoffs does not bring in that much $. $1-2 million per game?

[SutterBrother]

Originally Posted by sarge

Wonder what percentage of revenue is from the sale of Bobby Nick’s 🍔?

Also, love the snide remark by creepy/cringey sink-pisser Staples about the Flames’' revenue being less than half of that of the 'Coil…


https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/...ue-3-5-billion

McDavid really can't leave fast enough. That unearned Lottery bubble of confidence is going to pop so hard.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by Buff

In the 50s... and Jay Random remembers that. I knew Cheese was old but I think Jay may have outed himself as the oldest CP member!

I don't remember them putting in the rule, but I remember the rule being mentioned in the media as a thing currently in force.

[looooob]

Originally Posted by SutterBrother

McDavid really can't leave fast enough. That unearned Lottery bubble of confidence is going to pop so hard.

Some of the increase in Edmonton’s franchise value is due to the arrival of Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl. Some is due to the $600-million-plus deal worked out in 2012 with Stephen Mandel’s city council to build a new Downtown arena, which has spurred on more than $2 billion in private investment in Edmonton.
But most of the credit goes to the team’s loyal supporters, the cult of Edmonton hockey. The Oilers owe their existence and business success to their fanaticism




so he's trying to tell us that if they hadn't fallen backwards into McDavid, and they were still wandering around in Buffalo Sabres territory while playing out of Northlands, that they would be a top earning team? he can't be that daft can he? forget it

[getbak]

Originally Posted by troutman

8 extra home gates in the playoffs does not bring in that much $. $1-2 million per game?

It would be a lot more than that just in ticket sales.

I found this on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/EdmontonOil...easedthoughts/

Face value (which is what the Oilers would have made) for the cheapest seats for the Final was $300, up to $1600 for the most-expensive seats. If the average was $600, that's over $11 million per game.

That's just for the tickets. Add on overpriced beer/food/merchandise, and it's a lot more.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by getbak

It would be a lot more than that just in ticket sales.

I found this on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/EdmontonOil...easedthoughts/

Face value (which is what the Oilers would have made) for the cheapest seats for the Final was $300, up to $1600 for the most-expensive seats. If the average was $600, that's over $11 million per game.

That's just for the tickets. Add on overpriced beer/food/merchandise, and it's a lot more.

The league takes a big percentage of playoff gate receipts right off the top – I have read 30 to 50 percent – and puts that money into revenue sharing.

[direwolf]

Oilers lose!

[drewtastic]

Originally Posted by direwolf

Oilers lose!

With their opponent traveling for a back-to-back.

[McG]

Originally Posted by drewtastic

With their opponent traveling for a back-to-back.

So sad. Oilers didn’t get the refs back to back.

[BigThief]

Originally Posted by Buff

In the 50s... and Jay Random remembers that. I knew Cheese was old but I think Jay may have outed himself as the oldest CP member!

Cheese is 100% the oldest. Chese was born two years after dirt.