Edmonton is No Good XI: Mud, Sweatpants and Tiers

[Reggie Dunlop]

Cocktail Hour in Edmonton...

[Groot]

Originally Posted by butterfly

Maybe they do, but they aren't advertising that all Oiler games will be played "loud and proud" and offer a discount for wearing Oilers garb.

All bars will be playing it. They will be filled with troglodytes decked out in Oilers gear overdrinking and spending large sums of money. Trying to capitalize on the troglodytes and get them to spend their money their versus any of the other hundred bars = bad? And if memory serves, they stop with all drink specials during the games, meaning that any normal patron is paying less during non-Oilers games with happy hour and daily specials than Oilers fans will be paying even with their 10%.

[Eric Vail]

Originally Posted by Groot

I know people are mostly joking, but I really hope that no Calgarian would actually boycott a Calgary establishment that is taking advantage of the thousands of Oilers fans that infest this city. The hospitality industry has become increasingly challenging over the years, and those are still Calgarians that own and are employed in those places.

I'll personally be going to Jamesons on 17th or another 17th Ave establishment well-known for being an Oilers bar to loudly cheer for whatever team the Oilers are playing.

When Jamesons hopefully goes out of business, another better establishment will fill the space and the jobs will be back. Capitalism is all about the poor businesses being out competed by the better ones.

[Reggie Dunlop]

Jamesons has committed a craven, treasonous betrayal of the community in which they reside. Their reckoning will come soon, and will be righteous. I'm starting a petition to forward to City Hall demanding Jamesons business license be recalled!

[Ford Prefect]

Originally Posted by FlamingHomer

You either allow Oiler fans in or you have a dress code. You can't have both.

Sweat pants and dirty sneakers.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by Ford Prefect

Sweat pants and dirty sneakers.

What happened to sweat pants and good shoes?

Young people these days!

[sharkov]

Originally Posted by Groot

Potentially affecting the well-being of other Calgarians over a marketing ploy because of a sports rivalry. To each their own I guess.

You'll all be very disappointed to know that unless there's a Flames game on, most bars in the downtown area anyway play every Oilers game during the season.

I’m more concerned about the ethical and public health issues that could have led them into promoting oilers hockey in the middle of calgary

[Reggie Dunlop]

Originally Posted by sharkov

I’m more concerned about the ethical and public health issues that could have led them into promoting oilers hockey in the middle of calgary

Near an educational facility at that. Impressionable university students will exposed to profligate alcohol consumption.

[sharkov]

Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop

Near an educational facility at that. Impressionable university students will exposed to profligate alcohol consumption.

Wont somebody please think of the children!

[Reggie Dunlop]

Disease.

Germs.

Alcohol.

Vomit.

Men kissing grandmothers.

A public health emergency waiting to happen.

[Southside]

Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop

Disease.

Germs.

Alcohol.

Vomit.

Men kissing grandmothers.

A public health emergency waiting to happen.

The pissing in sinks is surely enough to ensure nobody ever goes to Jamesons again!

[schteve_d]

I think if it were up to me they should have done it the other way and offered discounts to their first round opponents in garb. And then discounts to their seco...oh, never mind.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

lol nm

[Southside]

Has anyone reviewed the game tapes for McDerps phantom injury sufferred with about 5 minutes remaining in Saturdays game vs Calgary?

[dustygoon]

Originally Posted by FlamingHomer

You either allow Oiler fans in or you have a dress code. You can't have both.

[direwolf]

Originally Posted by Southside

Has anyone reviewed the game tapes for McDerps phantom injury sufferred with about 5 minutes remaining in Saturdays game vs Calgary?

Apparently he has a “lower body injury.” If the Oilers are smart, they would rest him until he’s fully healed. But knowing how they operate, they’ll definitely keep playing him injured so he can continue racking up points.

If he’s out for any of round 1, they’ll easily get swept. Everything about that sorry excuse for a team runs through him and the McPP.

[D as in David]

He's out day-to-day from what I've seen. My first thought when considering whether he'd play anymore regular season games was that the NHL would likely award him another assist retroactively so that he'd get to 100 of them.

[Robbob]

I recall Rasmus stepping up and hitting him. Don't recall when that was though.

[Boreal]

Originally Posted by Robbob

I recall Rasmus stepping up and hitting him. Don't recall when that was though.

Don’t worry he’ll be fine. The play, pace, & physicality usually take a step back in the playoffs.

[FanIn80]

I think they're just pre-emptively creating an excuse because they realized Kucherov at 93 assists was going to get to 100 before McDavid at 99.