11-23-2018, 06:52 PM
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#3221
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Sweden
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Originally Posted by Locke
No kidding. Both games under Hitch go to OT.
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Isn't that just what Hitch is known to do? Try to squeeze out wins in low scoring games? Great news Connor!
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11-23-2018, 09:00 PM
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#3222
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Kelowna, BC
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elmeroil
Registered User
Joined:Feb 3, 2013
They played a good road game, I have faith.
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So does every flames fan
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11-23-2018, 09:11 PM
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#3223
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by old-fart
Just watching a bit of the Coilers Ducks game and they are trotting out a line they are calling "The Identity Line".
On this line, the line to define the identity of the Coilers, is Lucic, Kassian and Brodziak.
So the question is.... What is the Coilers Identity? Overpaying lousy hockey players? Too slow with no skill? IQ in double digits? Fugly caveman?
So no good.
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The identity line...
"Players who play like it's 1985.... speaking of which, the Oilers were great in the 1980s........."
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11-23-2018, 09:28 PM
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#3224
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Memento Mori
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Originally Posted by Dion
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GG strategy detected.
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11-24-2018, 12:32 PM
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#3225
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
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Oilers have recalled Puljujarvi
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11-24-2018, 12:35 PM
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#3226
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sureLoss
Oilers have recalled Puljujarvi
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1 goal and 4 assists in 10 games. Lesson learned and time to start tearing the NHL apart!
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11-24-2018, 12:49 PM
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#3227
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Norm!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sureLoss
Oilers have recalled Puljujarvi
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Right in time for Hitchcocks trap heavy heavy defensive responsibilities system.
Yeah this is going to be awesome.
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11-24-2018, 01:22 PM
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#3228
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Vancouver, BC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
1 goal and 4 assists in 10 games. Lesson learned and time to start tearing the NHL apart!
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And my Oilers fan co-worker said JP was dominating in the AHL...
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11-24-2018, 01:25 PM
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#3229
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Quote:
Originally Posted by shadowlord
And my Oilers fan co-worker said JP was dominating in the AHL...
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Yeah that's what they are saying on HF as well.  It's hard to imagine he's going to be a Hitchcock favourite.
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11-24-2018, 01:50 PM
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#3230
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Norm!
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Frankly the Oiler fans and the oilers are so desperate that after 4 games in the minors they're declaring him as dominant?
Really?
He's going to come up and Hitchcock is going to rip him face off after 2 games of his low IQ style of invisible hockey.
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11-24-2018, 01:51 PM
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#3231
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Yeah that's what they are saying on HF as well. It's hard to imagine he's going to be a Hitchcock favourite. |
Hitchcock doghoused Tarasenko, his offensive juggernaut ~70 point forward for not playing a complete game.
And Tarasenko is actually good. If Pujufgsdkjndgskjnafsdarvi isnt putting up those offensive numbers and his defensive game is terrible (which it is) he's going to be sentenced to a doghouse in another hemisphere.
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11-24-2018, 01:53 PM
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#3232
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Resident Videologist
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
1 goal and 4 assists in 10 games. Lesson learned and time to start tearing the NHL apart!
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Those are last year's stats.
He had 2G + 2A in 4 games this season in the AHL.
Lazar with 7G + 7A in 18 games for reference.
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11-24-2018, 02:27 PM
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#3233
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by Dion
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To be fair, any of the other three lines would feel like a liability risk late in a tight game also.
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11-24-2018, 02:36 PM
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#3234
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Pent-up
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Plutanamo Bay.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Right in time for Hitchcocks trap heavy heavy defensive responsibilities system.
Yeah this is going to be awesome.
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Actually I think you have a point, getting a call up now is a punishment.
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11-24-2018, 02:40 PM
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#3235
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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Bold moves, Chia
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11-25-2018, 09:11 AM
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#3236
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Franchise Player
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I think that hiring Hitchcock is a good move. It seems like everyone here has been rallying against the Oilers saying that they don't have the offensive depth required to win which is an accurate statement. I think that in order to be successful they need to bring in a coach who can coach a team defensive game and grind out wins and trap their way to a few more wins.
It just seems strange to read the fans here mocking the move because Hitch is a very defensive coach and then at the same time mock the Oilers because they have no offensive talent beyond their top three.
They don't have the skill to run and gun so they need to slow down the opposition and bring them down to their level.
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11-25-2018, 09:24 AM
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#3237
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard
I think that hiring Hitchcock is a good move. It seems like everyone here has been rallying against the Oilers saying that they don't have the offensive depth required to win which is an accurate statement. I think that in order to be successful they need to bring in a coach who can coach a team defensive game and grind out wins and trap their way to a few more wins.
It just seems strange to read the fans here mocking the move because Hitch is a very defensive coach and then at the same time mock the Oilers because they have no offensive talent beyond their top three.
They don't have the skill to run and gun so they need to slow down the opposition and bring them down to their level.
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people are mocking the move cause the guy wasn't even on the radar for other teams looking for a coach... whether the game has passed him is something we'll have to judge.
Hitch is a reputation for butting heads with players and whether mcdavid et al even want to play defense is the reason the hire is being mocked
and its an E=NG thread...
so unlikely you'd find anyone that thinks this is a good hire...
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11-25-2018, 09:28 AM
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#3238
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Scoring Winger
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard
I think that hiring Hitchcock is a good move. It seems like everyone here has been rallying against the Oilers saying that they don't have the offensive depth required to win which is an accurate statement. I think that in order to be successful they need to bring in a coach who can coach a team defensive game and grind out wins and trap their way to a few more wins.
It just seems strange to read the fans here mocking the move because Hitch is a very defensive coach and then at the same time mock the Oilers because they have no offensive talent beyond their top three.
They don't have the skill to run and gun so they need to slow down the opposition and bring them down to their level.
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No no no no..... We are ripping on hiring hitch because he's a defensive minded coach and they don't have any defenseman. Really, if you think about it, with the lack of offensive depth, and the lack of defensive depth, they really should have targeted a coach that is a master at playing the entire game at center ice. A neutral minded coach if you will
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11-25-2018, 09:29 AM
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#3239
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard
I think that hiring Hitchcock is a good move. It seems like everyone here has been rallying against the Oilers saying that they don't have the offensive depth required to win which is an accurate statement. I think that in order to be successful they need to bring in a coach who can coach a team defensive game and grind out wins and trap their way to a few more wins.
It just seems strange to read the fans here mocking the move because Hitch is a very defensive coach and then at the same time mock the Oilers because they have no offensive talent beyond their top three.
They don't have the skill to run and gun so they need to slow down the opposition and bring them down to their level.
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Hitch is the interim coach for the rest of the season. It's not like whatever he implements will be long term. Sure they lack offensive depth but you can argue defensively they are worse so it's not like playing strong defense is going to be easy to pull off with that roster. If slowing down the game was a recipe for success in the NHL more teams would be doing it and it's not like McLellan was coaching fire wagon hockey. Hitchcock is not a magician and it really doesn't matter what he does because it doesn't change the fact the Oilers are no good.
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11-25-2018, 09:43 AM
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#3240
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Franchise Player
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Hitch is a coach who has a very limited shelf life, but he can get results out of marginal rosters. Look at what he was able to do with St. Louis, a bubble team that he was able to get to the third round making Elliot and Allen look like world beaters.
I think that this may be a good move for them and may get them into the playoffs in the absolutely dreadful Pacific.
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