04-18-2015, 07:10 PM
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#181
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by Ashasx
TSN panel saying some negative things about the Oilers
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Probably because they have the freedom to do so, and have not lived under a rock for the past 8 years. The Edmonton media does not have the same liberty to do so.
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04-18-2015, 07:11 PM
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#182
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Franchise Player
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Crosby had over 100 points in his rookie season and Pens still finished dead last in the league in 05-06
They turned it around when MAF became a starter and some good defenseman emerged.
Edmonton will still be bad for a while. McDavid can't stop the other team from lighting up their AHL defense.
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04-18-2015, 07:11 PM
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#183
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary
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@BillSimmons: Taken 4 - Liam Neeson tries to save Connor McDavid from being drafted by Edmonton.
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04-18-2015, 07:11 PM
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#184
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[QUOTE=Street Pharmacist;5253345]
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Originally Posted by Stay Golden
How does this benefit the NHL? Seriously, wear a foil hat if you wish, but at least try and have some reasonable points. McDavid helps the NHL waaaaaaaaaayyyyy more in the East or a struggling market like Arizona
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tin foil hat comment you are predicable and naive. Keep drinking the Bettman kool aid the NHL love people like you.
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04-18-2015, 07:12 PM
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#185
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NOT a cool kid
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashasx
TSN panel saying some negative things about the Oilers
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Recap? Was watching CBC
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04-18-2015, 07:13 PM
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#186
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04-18-2015, 07:13 PM
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#187
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jaydorn
Last one.
"The Oilers winning the McDavid Lottery is worse than The Phantom Menace"
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04-18-2015, 07:13 PM
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#188
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GirlySports
How do you fix the lottery system? it's a lottery. The fact that there is a lottery to begin with gave Edmonton a chance.
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Make a rule that a team can pick #1 overall no more than twice in a five year period.
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04-18-2015, 07:13 PM
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#189
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It's ironic. The very rule that the NHL added by reducing the odds for the 1st team to win the lottery was because of the Oilers.
And the Oilers benefited from it
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04-18-2015, 07:13 PM
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#190
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Must suck being a Buffalo fan. Finish last in 2014, miss out on Ekblad. Finish last in 2015, miss out on McDavid. Reinhart/Eichel is still pretty good, but Ekblad/McDavid would have been way better.
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04-18-2015, 07:14 PM
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#191
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Boo!
@SWhyno: MacTavish on winning McDavid lottery: "It sure turns the focus squarely on the Oilers as a team to be reckoned with in the future."
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04-18-2015, 07:15 PM
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#192
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jbo
Recap? Was watching CBC
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They all agreed that McDavid was not happy with the lottery result.
Said that it's ironic that the worst managed hockey team in the modern era is being gifted a generational talent.
Said it's a gong show that the Oilers might completely re-think their coaching situation because of the lottery results. Disrespectful to Nelson, etc.
Last edited by Ashasx; 04-18-2015 at 07:19 PM.
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04-18-2015, 07:16 PM
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#194
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashasx
The all agreed that McDavid was not happy with the lottery result.
Said that it's ironic that the worst managed hockey team in the modern era is being gifted a generational talent.
Said it's a gong show that the Oilers might completely re-think their coaching situation because of the lottery results. Disrespectful to Nelson, etc.
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If theres one trait that the Oilers know how to knock out of the park its 'disrespect.'
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04-18-2015, 07:17 PM
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#195
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MOD EDIT: Too far.
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04-18-2015, 07:18 PM
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#196
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Join Date: Mar 2002
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MissTeeks
Boo!
@SWhyno: MacTavish on winning McDavid lottery: "It sure turns the focus squarely on the Oilers as a team to be reckoned with in the future."
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Hasn't he been saying that since 2001?
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04-18-2015, 07:18 PM
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#197
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Join Date: Dec 2010
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
You should have gleaned that simple information through posting osmosis.
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What does that even mean?
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04-18-2015, 07:19 PM
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#198
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MissTeeks
Boo!
@SWhyno: MacTavish on winning McDavid lottery: "It sure turns the focus squarely on the Oilers as a team to be reckoned with in the future."
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"The lottery is doing my job for me because I am incapable!!"
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04-18-2015, 07:19 PM
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#199
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I have the upmost confidence that the Oilers can and will screw this opportunity up.
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04-18-2015, 07:21 PM
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#200
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashasx
The Oilers were able to trick Schultz for one short season. During the lockout, a lot of analysts thought the Oilers would make the playoffs.
Things were actually quite positive a couple years ago.
Of course, things are different now, but the hype train is coming back into station. If you guys thought hearing "the young, high-octane Oilers" all these off-seasons was annoying, we've seen nothing yet.
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Well that will maybe sell seats in the new building, and provide fodder for the media, but players, and agents know all to well the snake oil that Lowe tries to sell and aren't buying it. Gifting another 18 year old a starting spot on a team that hasn't made the playoffs in a decade, isn't going to have the UFA's banging down the door.
Nelson, now, is as good as gone. With the spotlight on the Oilers now as soon as the offseason hits and into the first few months of next season as McDavid makes his rounds of the league, no way will a c-lister with no rings be the teacher for him. Lowe would step behind the bench himself to take the credit and ego stroke of said increased spotlight.
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